Fantasy Book Reviews

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: 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: |

Review: Illuminarium by Truth Devour ★★★★

Illuminarium by Truth DevourIlluminarium, by Truth Devour, is the creative and thought-provoking first installment in the planned five book Soliloquy’s Labyrinth series.

Harper, a forensic psychologist, discovers a book while hiking in a redwood forest. The book isn’t normal and Harper feels compelled to read it. York, the author of the book, describes the horrors he lived through during his stay in a sanitarium many decades ago. York is struggling between good and evil and Harper is glued to the pages. But is the book only a book or is it more? And why did it present itself to Harper?

This fantasy […]

2016-01-06T05:43:18+02:00January 6th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

Review: The Midnight Land: Part One: The Flight by E.P. Clark ★★★★

The Midnight Land: Part One: The Flight by E.P. ClarkeWhen Krasnoslava Tsarinovna, younger sister to the Empress of Zem’, wishes to be let free to explore the world, her wish is unexpectedly granted when an Imperial soldier approaches the kingdom for support in exploring the Midnight Land; the land beyond the sun-line. The young royal volunteers for the mission, and unexpectedly, is allowed to join. Soon picking up the somewhat more casual moniker “Slava”, Slava and her companions venture into the unknown in The Midnight Land: Part One: The Flight by E.P. Clark.

The story of the unhappy princess of an exotic land is nothing new to fiction, of […]

2016-01-05T09:10:15+02:00January 5th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Masque (The Two Monarchies Sequence) by W.R. Gingell

★★★★½ Masque by W.R. Gingell

Masque by W.R. Gingell is a retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” yet an engaging fantasy all its own, adding an intriguing murder mystery to the mix. Lady Isabella Farrah, an ambassador’s daughter, stumbles on a murder scene at the ball – one of her best friends has been killed. The investigation is led by Lord Pecus, the “Beast,” who wants Isabella out of the investigation.  When her father is implicated in the murder, she decides to be held in his place at Lord Pecus’ manor, where she’s intent on solving the murder, and freeing Lord Pecus from his […]

2016-03-04T03:52:05+02:00January 4th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Mystery of the Moonfire (Book 2 of the Spectraland Saga) by Brian Tashima

★★★½ Mystery of the Moonfire by Brian TashimaLife can be weird sometimes when you’re a teenager, but not as weird as seventeen-year-old Joel Suzuki. He’s a pretty average guy, he’s in a band, just got a record deal, he has some good friends, and he has (mostly) fond memories of living in a weird place called “Spectraland” too – a world apart from the Earth he’s living on now. They might have stayed memories, too, if an old friend hadn’t have come to one of his gigs to deliver grave news about the fate of his old home: not only is his clan in trouble, but […]

2016-03-04T03:52:40+02:00December 31st, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Dissident (Forbidden Things #1) by Nikki McCormack ★★★★★

Dissident by Nikki McCormackDissident: Forbidden Things Book One by Nikki McCormack is a rollicking epic fantasy novel.

Indigo has great power, but her country, Caithin, has placed severe limitations on the use of ascard, which can strengthen, heal, and create. It can also destroy. Indigo, an orphan from a disgraced family, is engaged to an abusive and jealous man and is afraid to leave him because of her tenuous situation in society.

Yiloch, the prince of Lyra, wants to overthrow the mad emperor, who is also Yiloch’s father.

When Indigo and Yiloch meet their lives change as well as the fate of […]

2016-01-12T08:44:10+02:00December 30th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Imperia by Jason Hatcher

Imperia by Jason HatcherImperia by Jason Hatcher is an epic fantasy about Fei Sei, the Red Empress, the ruler of an empire split in two. She has many enemies – Bamboo, a murderous concubine, as well as the Emperor, who are colluding with each other – and she’s been trapped behind enemy lines for decades. A revolution is brewing in the Empire of Heaven, and the Empress must make a chilling decision that will affect the future of the Empire. A fascinating fantasy novel that incorporates historical fantasy, horror, and some erotica into a highly-charged and captivating read.

Though not Japanese himself, Hatcher […]

2016-01-05T08:21:45+02:00December 30th, 2015|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |
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