Tag: fantasy
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Link to PodcastChapters: Prologue to 9The prologue captures the scene where the Darkfriends are all shmoozing with Ba’alzemon but instead of it being a small group around a table as in the show, it’s a much more ornate affair with many more people. I really liked the way the viewpoint person “Bors” looked down at […]
Read More about The Great Hunt by Robert JordanAshes of the Revolution by Nathan G Alexander
I recently started reaching out to authors who post on Instagram that they are looking for ARC readers and it’s been a fascinating experience. All of the books I have received fall within the fantasy genre, but they could not be more different from each other. Ashes of the Revolution falls on the more realistic […]
Read More about Ashes of the Revolution by Nathan G AlexanderZodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
I am genuinely unsure what to make of this book. So first of all, it has a lot of pretty well-worn tropes. I don’t usually hold that against a writer, some of my favourite stories are re-imaginings of older works. But the “re-imagining” part is definitely not playing a role here, the main characters are […]
Read More about Zodiac Academy: The Awakening by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti.dot/slash(magic) by Liz Shipton
This was a thoroughly enjoyable story. I put it in the “fantasy” section because although there is romance, it’s not the main focus of the story. And although it deals with computers, I wouldn’t call it science fiction either. Instead it fits into that “fantastical science” category inhabited by stories like Matrix and Stargate. The […]
Read More about .dot/slash(magic) by Liz ShiptonThe Eye of The World by Robert Jordan
So full confession here, I’m on a podcast with a group of friends where we started off talking about the Wheel of Time TV show. We loved the TV show so much and it was such a disappointment when it was cancelled. So we decided to to read the books and talk about them together. […]
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