Vicious is Victoria Schwab’s first adult novel. Over the past month or so I’ve had times where I went several days between books. I’ve even temporarily shelved a few of my most anticipated books this year – Scott Lynch’s Republic of Thieves and Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice to name two. The former, though reviews have been somewhat…
Back in May, Mark blogged about having several extra ARCs of Drakenfeld lying around. He wanted to help out new bloggers, so he sent them to various ones to help get the proverbial ball rolling. Naturally, I was very excited and grateful for the opportunity. The cover immediately caught my attention. It’s elegant, bold, and, next…
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…
I stumbled across Campbell’s Sea of Ghosts back in May, and what caught my initial interest was the cover. A man in heavy diving gear trudging out of the depths with some fierce looking weapons strapped to his back – but the book dropped further and further down my list while more books were added. It…
I’ve been meaning to read Elizabeth Bear for some time now, and after taking up Worlds Without End‘s Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge, Range of Ghosts came out on top of that list. I was almost put off immediately after reading the first few pages – the premise is great, but the prose seemed uncomfortably…
