Title: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms: Book One of the Inheritance Trilogy
Author: N.K. Jemisin
Pages: 448
Genre: Fantasy
Standalone/Series: Series but easily read as a stand-alone.
Release: Out Now in Paperbackk
Publisher: Orbit
Synopsis
Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky – a palace [...]
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Green Review: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Amber Review: The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar (Angry Robot Books)
Title: The Bookman
Author: Lavie Tidhar
Pages: 395 plus extract from Camera Obscura
Genre: Streampunk
Standalone/Series: Series
Release: Out Now in Paperback UK and October 2010 US
Publisher: Angry Robot Books
Synopsis
When his beloved is killed in a terrorist atrocity committed by the sinister Bookman, young poet Orphan becomes enmeshed in a web of secrets and lies. His quest to uncover the [...]
Red Review: Hyddenworld: Spring by William Horwood (Macmillian)
Title: Hyddenworld: Spring
Author: William Horwood
Pages: 325
Genre: Fantasy
Standalone/Series: Series
Release: 5 Feb 2010
Publisher: Macmillan
Synopsis
William Horwood introduces to the hyddenworld – a place that is veiled from our own. There are crossing over places it seems but the hydden stay hidden from humans but there are occasions where the hydden and human worlds meet and this is the [...]
Green Review: Hell’s Belles by Paul Magrs
Title: Hell’s Bells Author: Paul Magrs Pages: 439 Genre: Comedic Gothic Urban Fantasy Standalone/Series: Series Book 4 of the Effie & Brenda Mysteries Release: Out Now in Hardback/Trade Paperback Publisher: headline review
Synopsis
Whitby attracts some [...]
Green Review: Turn Coat by Jim Butcher (Orbit)
Title: Turn Coat
Author: Jim Butcher
Pages: 437(hb) 544 (pb)
Genre: Noir, Urban Fantasy, Crime
Standalone/Series: Series – The Dresden Files Book 11
Release: Out Now in Hardback – 4 March in Paperback
Publisher: Orbit
Synopsis
When a man who has in the past been trying to kill you turns up at your door asking for help what do you do? If you’re [...]
Green Review: Small Favour by Jim Butcher (Orbit)
Title: Small Favour Author: Jim Butcher Pages: 437(hb) Genre: Noir, Urban Fantasy, Crime Standalone/Series: Series – The Dresden Files Book 10 Release: Out Now in Paperback Publisher: Orbit
Synopsis
The [...]
Green Review: White Night by Jim Butcher (Orbit)
Book Info
Title: White Night Author: Jim Butcher Pages: 454 Genre: Noir, Urban Fantasy, Crime Standalone/Series: Series – The Dresden Files Book 9 Release: Out Now in paperback Publisher: Orbit
Synopsis
Harry Dresden is called in to investigate what first [...]
In Celebration: Reviews of Mythago Wood and Avilion by Robert Holdstock RIP 1948-2009
This my first dual review. I was offered the chance to review Avilion by The Book Smugglers (where this review originally appeared). I always try to start at the beginning when possible so I thought I’d review both Mythago Wood, that’s considered a classic and the sequel that comes after a twenty-five year wait. [...]
Review: Under The Dome by Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
Under the Dome is a big book in both pages and in terms of scope but one that takes place in one town, Chester’s Mill. And it’s probably true to say that that King is going to be testing himself to the limit with this book.
The title of Under the Dome describes the [...]
Review: Conjugal Rites by Paul Magrs (Headline Review)
I’m guilty of putting books I buy on the back burner, it really is a bad habit to get into as I keep missing out on reading books like this one earlier.
The good thing about reviewing though it that getting hassled by a publicist (actually that’s really not true) but getting informed that [...]
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