James Grimsby

About James Grimsby

James Grimsby is a creative writing major living in the UK, taking time to dabble in animation. He has an interest in the stranger things in life from horror to fantasy and has self-published a few short films online.

Review: Mythtefied by Camille Michaels

★★★★½ Mythtefied by Camille Michaels

Caelan was born with great expectations. As the mortal son of the great god Donus, Caelan was destined to live a life of enviable greatness, and to accomplish astounding feats; however, he was born in poverty, and given nothing in the way of divine auspice or protection. Seemingly betrayed by the gods that made him, we join Caelan at his beginning, his own uncertainty his first, possibly greatest foe in a battle against fate and the ancient enemies looming ahead. Will he protect his home, live up to his foretold glory, and join his friends in a happy ending, […]

2016-03-04T03:41:49+02:00February 10th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Missing by Peggy M. McAloon & Anneka Rogers

★★★★½ Missing by Peggy M. McAloon & Anneka Rogers

Elle Burton is a fairly normal girl in most respects. Ordinary, but extraordinary enough to catch the eye of the fairy-like creatures of the Fiori, who charge her with the protection of the Earth. She’s been successful in doing so so far, even if her mother is displeased at her regular disappearances. The problem is, this time it’s her brother who’s disappeared, and it’s up to Elle to find him and bring him back. With the help of Fiori, Elle’s about to go on an adventure to save her little brother in Missing, the second book in the […]

2016-03-04T03:42:48+02:00February 9th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Dark Horde Rising by Iain Hope

★★★★½ Dark Horde Rising by Iain Hope

Content warning for some sexual and violent content.

Stories tell of the Elders, the powerful races of the northern lands who held fast and prospered. A thousand years have passed since they disappeared, and it has come time for mankind to leave the sanctity of their known settlements and strike out into the inhospitable world beyond, and the forgotten powers that lay sleeping. As one man’s lust for power ushers him into places best left undisturbed, a group of somewhat unlikely friends take to the roads of adventure, seeking riches, knowledge, forgiveness, stories, and revenge. Little do they know […]

2016-03-04T03:43:53+02:00February 5th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Tricaillin by Steve Galley

Tricaillin Volume 1 by Steve GalleyContent warning for some violent and sexual content/nudity.

Tricaillin is a new graphic novel from Steve Galley, set in a post-apocalyptic society dominated by industrial overlords and torn apart by the horrors that sprung from an old war. A secret society works tirelessly for freedom, and they require help from beyond the pale to win it; meanwhile, a mysterious woman makes her way to answer the call. She must defend and assist the downtrodden and fend off the sterile tyranny of Fivecorp, all to cleanse her soul. The strange and the powerful must fight for their own ideas of order, […]

Review: My Ladybird Story by Magus Tor

★★★½ My Ladybird Story by Magus Tor

John Bird is your typical suburban American kid in many ways, and yet secretly, he knows he isn’t. His dad tries to beat it out of him with sports, and his words cut almost as sharply as the taunts his schoolyard bullies chant at him every day: “ladybird.” Everyone knows John is different, but nobody knows why, exactly. It’s only when newfound kindred spirit Aureus enters John’s life does he start to understand “himself” in My Ladybird Story: The growing pains of a Transgender by Magus Tor.

The author has a wide variety of other titles available, mostly romance […]

Review: Myxocene by Troy Ernest Hill

★★★★½ Myxocene by Troy Ernest Hill

Sarah Bennett is many things: a writer, a scientist, and a mother. Her day job freelancing as a science writer has her meeting with the pioneers of future knowledge, although she doesn’t always find herself toward the cutting edge. When she interviews one Dr. Ronald Keating on the subject of the Chernobyl disaster, Sarah unwittingly enters a whole new world of scientific discovery in viewing an eccentric plan to combat global warming and promote better living through chemistry. As she comes face-to-face with hard questions of morality, ethics, emotional turmoil, and perhaps the safety of her family, Sarah must […]

2016-03-04T03:46:14+02:00January 27th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Fractures (Book 1 of The Divine Revolution) by Will James

★★★★½ Fractures by Will James

Content warning for violence and some mention of sexual assault.

Deborah is a professional. She’s never been one to rest on her laurels and expect an easy job, even if everything seems to be going her way. Somehow she almost expected her own death; almost an inevitability for a life-long assassin. What she never expected was her fate afterward. Contracted into a legendary job by an ethereal client, even she admits she’ll need help on this job. Death breeds more death, but this job comes from beyond death in Fractures, the first part of The Divine Revolution.[…]

2016-03-04T03:46:52+02:00January 22nd, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Banehunter: A Vereldan Tale by Greg McLeod ★★★★★

Banehunter: A Vereldan Tale by Greg McLeod Something dark stirs off of the coast of Marillin, and soon it will threaten the entire world. As the Wards weaken and the people of the Vales are constantly thwarted in their efforts to push back the darkness – or even merely survive it in many places – only the last of the rangers can hope to put the Bane back into order.

Banehunter: A Vereldan Tale is part of the Vereldan series: fantasy set in the classically-styled world of Vereld. The series also encompasses King of Dreams: A Vereldan Tale and Godhead: Book I of the Aldariad (the latter […]

2016-01-15T09:20:40+02:00January 15th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |
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