Title / The Goblin Emperor Author / Katherine Addison First Published / 2014 Page no. / 512 Overall Rating / ★★★★.5 This is a fantastic slower paced fantasy book that follows Maia, a young half goblin and half elven male, who becomes the emperor at the very start of the book. At it’s core this is … More The Goblin Emperor / Katherine Addison
Title / Paper Mage Author / Leah R. Cutter First Published / 2003 Page no. / 312 Overall Rating / ★★★.5 This is a standalone historical fantasy book set during the Tang Dynasty. It follows a young girl called Xiao Yen, who is a paper mage that gets her first employment protecting some foreigners travelling through … More Paper Mage / Leah Cutter
Hi guys, I hope you are all well. I’ve recently read a Powder Mage novellas, so today I thought I’d share some thoughts on them. I am a huge fan of the Powder Mage and Gods of Blood and Powder trilogies, both by Brian McClellan, but I’d never really read any of the novellas, so … More Powder Mage novellas / Brian McClellan
Title / Ghost Talkers Author / Mary Robinette Kowal Publication Date / 2016 Page no. / 304 Overall Rating / ★★★ This is a historical fantasy set during WW1 and follows Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress and medium for the Spirit Corps. In this alternate version of WW1, soldiers are conditioned to report back to mediums … More Ghost Talkers / Mary Robinette Kowal
Title / Waste Tide Author / Chen Qiufan Publication Date / 2019 Genre / Science fiction Page no. / 480 Overall Rating / ★★★★ Originally written in Chinese and published in 2013, this edition is translated by Ken Liu and published by Tor Books. It is the author’s debut book. Set in a dystopian China of … More Waste Tide / Chen Qiufan
Title / The Memory Police Author / Yoko Ogawa Publication Date / 2019 Page no. / 288 Overall Rating / ★★★★ Originally written in Japanese and published in 1994, this edition is translated by Stephen Snyder and published this year. It is set on a unnamed island and is narrated by an unnamed woman. The closet … More The Memory Police / Yoko Ogawa
Hi guys, I hope you are all well. Today I have another 5 reasons to read style review to share and this time I’ll be talking about one of my favourite sci-fi books, Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi. It is a reboot of H. Beam Piper’s 1962 book Little Fuzzy. I have not read the original but … More 5 reason to read Fuzzy Nation
Title / Queenslayer Author / Sebastien de Castell Publication Date / 2019 Series or standalone / 6 book series Page no. / 416 Overall Rating / ★★★★ This is the fifth book in the Spellslinger series, which makes it the penultimate instalment. It continues to follow the adventures of Kellan and Reichis. To avoid spoilers … More Queenslayer / Sebastien de Castell
Title / The Sword of Kaigen Author / M. L. Wang Publication Date / February 2019 Series or standalone / Standalone Page no. / 559 Overall Rating / ★★★★★ The Sword of Kaigen is a self published, Japanese-inspired, high fantasy book set in the same world as the author’s Theonite series, however this book is a standalone and … More The Sword of Kaigen / M. L. Wang
Title / Black Leopard, Red Wolf Author / Marlon James Publication Date / February 2019 Series or standalone / book 1 of 3 Page no. / 640 Overall Rating / ★★ Thank you to the publisher (Penguin) for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review. This is the first book in the Dark Star trilogy. … More Black Leopard, Red Wolf / Marlon James
