Title / The Angel of the Crows Author / Katherine Addison Publisher / Tor Books Published / 2020 Page no. / 448 Overall Rating / ★★★.5 The Angel of the Crows is a fan-fiction of Sherlock Holmes and is set in an alternate London in the 1880’s. It retells some of Holmes famous cases but with a … More The Angel of the Crows / Katherine Addison
Title / The Black God’s Drums Author / P. Djèlí Clark Publisher / Tor.com Published / 2018 Page no. / 112 Overall Rating / ★★★★ The Black God’s Drums is a novella set in New Orleans. It follows a thirteen girl called Creeper, who is accompanied by Oya, an African orisha (spirit) of wind and storms. Creeper … More The Black God’s Drums / P. Djeli Clark
Title / River of Stars Author / Guy Gavriel Kay Series / Under Heaven – book 2 Star Rating / ★★★★ This is the second book in the companion duology, which started with Under Heaven. While the first book is set during the Tang Dynasty, this instalment is set during the Song Dynasty – both … More River of Stars / Guy Gavriel Kay
Hi guys, I hope you are all well. There have been a few books I recently put on the DNF pile, so I thought I’d share my thoughts on them and why I stopped reading them. I quite like these posts because it’s interesting to know why books didn’t work for some people. Anyway let’s … More DNF reviews
Title / The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn Author / Tyler Whitesides Series / Kingdom of Grit – book 1 First Published / 2018 Page no. / 784 Overall Rating / ★★★★ The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn is the first book in the Kingdom of Grit series and is the author’s debut novel. This book … More The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn / Tyler Whitesides
Titles / The Shadow Of What Was Lost, An Echo Of Things To Come and The Light Of All That Falls Series / Licanius trilogy Author / James Islington Publisher / Orbit I recently finished the Licanius trilogy and I really enjoyed it, so I thought I’d share 5 reasons to start reading it, if … More 5 reasons to start the Licanius trilogy / James Islington
Title / Age of Death Author / Michael J. Sullivan Series / Legend of the First Empire – book five First Published / 2020 Page no. / 420 Overall Rating / ★★★★ This is the fifth (and penultimate) book in the Legends of the First Empire series by Michael J. Sullivan. It is set in the … More Age of Death / Michael J. Sullivan
Titles / The Bear and Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower and The Winter of the Witch Author / Katherine Arden Series / Winternight trilogy Overall Rating / ★★★★ I know I’ve already done a full review for all three books in this trilogy, but I enjoyed these books so much I thought I’d do … More 5 reasons to read the Winternight trilogy / Katherine Arden
Title / A Tale of Stars and Shadow Author / Lisa Cassidy Series / A Tale of Stars and Shadow Star Rating / ★★★★ A Tale of Stars & Shadow is the first book in the series of the same name by Australian author Lisa Cassidy. It is a dual perspective story following Talyn Dynan and … More A Tale of Stars and Shadow / Lisa Cassidy
Hi guys, I hope you are all well. It’s the end of another month which means it’s time for my fourth monthly wrap up. I read 6 books this month, 3 of which were the first 3 books in a series. We’re still in lock-down here in the UK so I’ve been doing a fair … More April Wrap Up
