Category: Reading
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The Hollow series & The Undead Pool
Review of The Hollow series by Kim Harrison including Dead Witch Walking & The Undead Pool. The Hollows books are page turners and i read all of them in a very short amount of time. The world building is interesting and so is the magic, which involves dealing with demons.
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Human Strandings and the Role of the Xenobiologist
Review of Human Strandings and the Role of the Xenobiologist by Thoraiya Dyer. The story was originally published in Clark’s world and is free online.
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The Circle
Review of The Circle by Mats Strandberg & Sara Bergmark Elfgren. The Circle is a swedish urban fantasy novel about five young women in a small town learning magic and finding friendship.
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Redshirts by John Scalzi
Review of Redshirts by John Scalzi. Redshirts is a loving satire inspired shows like Star Trek and Red Dwarf. The book is genuinely funny.
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The Atrocity Archives & Laundry Files
Review of The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross book 1 & 2 of the Laundry Files. The Laundry Files is an urban fantasy thriller series set in London. Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency that deals with the supernatural.
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The Master Conjurer
Review of the short story The Master Conjurer by Charlie Jane Anders. The Master Conjurer was first published in Lightspeed Magazine.
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Selkie Stories Are for Losers
Selkie Stories Are for Losers by Sofia Samatar. The story was originally published in Strange Horizons and was nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, the 2014 Nebula Award for Best Short Story among other awards. My review from 2014 of Selkie Stories Are for Losers by Sofia Samatar I liked the story a lot.…
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Circle of Magic & Sandry’s Book
Review of Sandry’s Book and the Circle of Magic series by Tamora Pierce. The Circle of Magic is one of my all time favourite magic school series.
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9 Young Adult Epic Fantasy recommendations
These are my young adult epic fantasy recommendations. It doesn’t matter if you are looking for young adult epic fantasy because you want a recommendation for a younger reader or if you just want a less dark story, than adult epic fantasy tend to be. You might also enjoy the easy to read language or…
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11 Adult Epic Fantasy recommendations
I have found a stack of adult epic fantasy recommendations for you! If you are looking for epic fantasy with main characters who are actual adults or if you want epic fantasy with some edge to it, then you are looking for adult epic fantasy.