Lev Grossman’s The Magicians has flown mostly under my radar since its August 2009 release date. When I finally got around to actually checking it out I thought to myself…have I been living under a rock? Almost a thousand reviews on Amazon and over sixty thousand ratings on Goodreads. I must have been, because the book is…
Del Rey and A Bitter Draft are at it again with a special giveaway. This time one lucky winner will receive the entire trilogy that is Jason M. Hough’s Dire Earth Cycle. I reviewed the first book, The Darwin Elevator, back in July and loved it. If you haven’t heard a thing about the series, here’s the blurb for the…
I actually read Paul Kearney’s Hawkwood and the Kings back in June, but for some reason, even though I loved it, I didn’t end up writing a full review. The review is actually for the omnibus of the first and second books in his Monarchies of God series and for a good reason. The end of the…
Literature, as a whole, is a very interesting entity. Pick a book on any site, be it Amazon or Goodreads or wherever else – you’ll see part of the spectrum that forms people’s varying opinions on said book. It could have very average, mediocre ratings – say a 3 or a 3.5 star rating on…
The folks at Jo Fletcher don’t seem to be capable of disappointing. I’ve yet to read a book I wasn’t pleased with from them. What first drew me to Mage’s Blood was the clash of civilizations. East versus West. Religion versus religion. Crusades. These are all fairly standard ideas/tropes in fantasy. They’re done often. No matter…
