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…
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…
Tor is a powerhouse publisher, packed with great authors. I was skeptical that next year could possibly match the scale of great new debuts and other releases of this year. After browsing Tor’s 2014 catalog, it’s probably safe to say I was dead wrong. From Tor’s 2014 Catalog: “On the planet Ilmatar, under a roof…
