Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Fantasy #StrongWomen Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel Orbit, pb, £8.99 Reviewed by Mikaela Silk When their mother leaves unexpectedly and abruptly, Kaikeyi steps up to the plate and takes over many of her duties. Behind the scenes of the bustling palace, she helps to… Read More »Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Lords of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky from Tor #BookReview #SciFi #TheFinalArchitecture Lords of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky Tor, hardback, £16.69 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Idris Telemmier, Intermediate, has uncovered the Architect’s great secret – they are puppets doing the bidding of masters far stronger than the planet-destroying Architects. If the… Read More »
THE TYRANNY OF FAITH by Richard Swan from @orbitbooks #BookReview #Fantasy THE TYRANNY OF FAITH by Richard Swan. Orbit. h/b. £18.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. Helena Sedanka still journeys with Justice Vonvalt as his apprentice and serves him without question, even as he leads their small party out of the… Read More »The Tyranny of Faith
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty from @HarperVoyagerUK #BookReview #Fantasy The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty Harper Voyager, HB, £13.41 Reviewed by Nadya Mercik What if “Pirates of the Caribbean” happened against the bright and diverse background of the Middle Ages Indian Ocean coast with all… Read More »The Adventures of Almina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakrobarty
THE IRON CHILDREN by Rebecca Fraimow from Solaris #BookReview #Scifi #MilitarySciFi THE IRON CHILDREN by Rebecca Fraimow Solaris, Kindle edition, £3.99 Reviewed by Stephen Frame The Iron Children blends two sub-genres; military SF and road trip. It’s a novella, 160 pages long, featuring Asher, a novice in a military-religious order,… Read More »The Iron Children by Rebecca Fraimow
Beyond Sundered Seas by David Green (Empire of Ruin Book 3) Reviewed by Shona Kinsella Eerie River Publishing, eBook, This review contains mild spoilers for the first two books in this series, so if you haven’t read them yet, you may wish to go and do that first. If you’ve… Read More »Beyond Sundered Seas by David Green
The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan from @angryrobotbooks #BookReview #Fantasy #History The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan Angry Robot Books, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming Hulagu Khan, the grandson of the great Genghis Khan, has one purpose: to continue his grandfather’s dream of building a single Mongolian empire covering… Read More »The Judas Blossom by Stephen Aryan
The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz from Thomas and Mercer #BookReview #horror #thriller The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz Thomas and Mercer, hb, £19.99 Reviewed by Ian Hunter In many ways, this is my sort of book, given my self-confessed… Read More »The House at the End of the World by Dean Koontz
INFINITY GATE by M. R. Carey from @orbitbooks #BookReview #SciFi INFINITY GATE by M. R. Carey Orbit, 499 page HC, £18.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Every day each of us makes thousands of choices. Most of these choices make no difference to the way the world works. Most of them… Read More »Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey