Fantasy Book Reviews

Review: Paralysis Paradox (Paradox Consecution Book 1) by Stewart Sanders

★★★★½ Paralysis Paradox by Stewart Sanders

Through a lens, and in remiss of time and space, four lives are lived in parallel. Four lives come together, and regardless of sense and argument, come to acknowledge their paradox: they live together, separately.

One lives as brother to the Count of Anjou, the next as a poor working boy, a third as a girl trapped by the unsaid, and the last, a machine. As an otherworldy device ticks long cycles on a distant bookend of humanity, a lost comrade contemplates, and these immiscible consciousnesses coalesce, with abstracted struggles converging on an immense level of conspiracy. Convoluted co-existence […]

2017-03-24T10:28:41+02:00June 25th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

About Mythborn by Author V. Lakshman

“Meet V. Lakshman, the author of the new dark fantasy, Mythborn. This epic tale follows the last seven days of an apprentice assassin’s life, as he struggles to find a way to avoid being sacrificed by his master, to demons. Following the world building tradition of Tolkien or Hobb, but with undertones of the darker Martin and Moorcock, Lakshman artfully breathes new life into the genre. Get ready for ultra-lethal combat, dragons, elves, and dwarves, re-envisioned for fantasy readers around the world. This book is over 200,000 words and is truly the birth of a new name in fantasy!”

I’ve […]

2015-06-12T02:58:28+02:00June 12th, 2015|Categories: Interviews|Tags: |

Review: Jeff Madison and the Shimmers of Drakmere by Bernice Fischer ★★★★★

drakmereWhat if there existed a dark kingdom forged on a web of evil spells, with a conniving king plotting to infiltrate the dreams of children all over the world?

Bernice Fischer’s book Jeff Madison and the Shimmers of Drakmere will cast a spell over readers of all ages.

Jeff and Matt Madison think they are normal boys, but they aren’t. When Jeff’s younger brother is whisked away to the kingdom of Drakmere, Jeff knows he has to save Matt. Two cloaked strangers offer their help and tell Jeff and Jeff’s best friend Rhed to leave the rescuing to them. Jeff […]

2017-03-24T10:31:00+02:00June 8th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

Review: Glyphbinder by T. Eric Bakutis

★★★★½ glyphbinder

Glyphbinder, by T. Eric Bakutis, is a high-octane fantasy adventure novel.

At the age of thirteen Kara learned that her mother was dying. Five years later, Kara is close to compiling a cure for her mother. The final ingredient is in the city of Tarna.

Sounds simple, but Kara may not survive the journey to Tarna.

Kara, a Glyphbinder, is being hunted by a madman who unleashes evil creatures and people to abduct Kara and her companions. One by one, Kara loses someone she cares for. What does the madman want from her and why is he so […]

2017-03-24T10:31:17+02:00June 5th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Mythborn II: Bane of the Warforged by V. Lakshman ★★★★★

mythbornIIMythborn II: Bane of the Warforged is an epic, dark fantasy and the second installment in V. Lakshman’s Mythborn Trilogy, following the events occurring in Mythborn: Rise of the Adepts.

In Mythborn’s world, the realms of Edyn and Arcadia are two sides of a cosmic coin.  Edyn is a land of physical rules and the home of the mortal races, while Arcadia is a realm of myth – the abode of angels, demons, and legends.  The angels and demons of Arcadia – known as Aeris – are the product of the mortal races of Edyn – created and sustained […]

2017-03-24T10:32:07+02:00May 27th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: The Muses by N. L. McEvoy ★★★★

montague manorThe Muses: Escaping Montague Manor by N. L. McEvoy is a curious blend of fantasy, adventure, science fiction, and thriller that makes for an entertaining read.

When Sarah and Nickolas McGuire’s parents are seriously injured in a car accident in Colorado, they are whisked away to Australia to live with their great aunt Vivian, whom they have never met.

They are shocked when they meet their aunt, who is young looking and extremely unpleasant. They soon learn that she is a scientist who conducts secret experiments in her lab. They don’t trust her, but they can’t figure out why.

While […]

Review: Dream Child (Dream Series Book 3) by J. J. DiBenedetto ★★★★★

Dream Child by J. J. DiBenedettoDream Child by J. J. DiBenedetto continues the story of Dr. Sara Alderson, following on from the second book in the Dream series, Dream Doctor, as she and her husband Brian have become parents to four-year-old daughter Lizzie. Now a first-year resident pediatrician as well as wife and mother, Sara barely has time to dream herself when Lizzie begins to show signs of her mother’s ability to enter the dreams of others. As Sara prepares for two new surprise additions to her family, Lizzie enters the dreams of a new friend: a young boy who just so happens to […]

2017-03-24T10:39:33+02:00May 8th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

Review: Dream Doctor (Dream Series Book 2) by J. J. DiBenedetto ★★★★★

Dream Doctor by J. J. DiBenedettoDream Doctor by J. J. DiBenedetto is the second book in the Dream series, continuing the story of Sara Alderson (née Barnes), former pre-med – soon-to-be med student, and now newly-wed, as she tries to move on from the events of debut novel Dream Student.

After a year and a half of peace, her sensitivity to the dreams of others suddenly re-emerges the night before her wedding to fiancé Brian, bringing back the troubling feeling of imminent danger as she remembers the horrific acts of the killer she had unwittingly become dream-witness to. As she enters her first month […]

2017-03-24T10:40:01+02:00May 8th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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