“Plain Kate” by Erin Bow
Another review I wrote a few months ago but never got around to posting. It’s shorter than usual because it was meant to help me catch up with all the…
Read more“The Golem and the Jinni” by Helene Wecker
A Jewish immigrant to America needs a wife, but he’s never had any luck with women, so he commissions a golem – an immensely strong creature made of clay that…
Read more“The Forever Knight” by John Marco
I approached The Forever Knight with some trepidation because it was the fourth book in a series that I hadn’t read (The Bronze Knight), and I haven’t read a series…
Read more“The Daylight War” by Peter V. Brett
The Daylight War is Book 3 of the Demon Cycle (I reviewed book 1, but I never reviewed book 2, which is too bad since that’s the book that got…
Read more“The Rise of Ransom City” by Felix Gilman
The Rise of Ransom City is the sequel to The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman, but also works very well as a stand alone book. It’s one of the best second…
Read more“Hunter and Fox” by Philippa Ballantine
I was pretty excited for Hunter and Fox, since I enjoyed Ballantine’s Books of the Order series. Hundreds of years ago, the Vaerli ruled the world until the Casiah removed their…
Read more“The Half-Made World” by Felix Gilman
The Half-Made World is a Western-inspired fantasy (is the fantasy/Western mashup a new trend now? I’ve read quite a few recently – Brandon Sanderson’s The Alloy of Law, and my last…
Read more“The Six-Gun Tarot” by R.S. Belcher
The Six-Gun Tarot is a pretty mind-blowing book. It incorporates a million different ideas and tropes (for instance, the Christian creation myth, Native American myth, Chinese myth, horror, ghosts, angels,…
Read more“A Memory of Light” by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (SPOILERS)
Warning: This review contains full spoilers! I have also written a spoiler-free review, though. I intended to get this review up much sooner, but I think I needed to let the book…
Read more“A Memory of Light” by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (SPOILER FREE)
There are no major spoilers in this review but you probably shouldn’t read it if you want to go into the book with an absolutely blank slate. For those on…
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