Book reviews
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Raine Benares & Bewitched and Betrayed
Review of the Raine Benares series by author, including Magic Lost Trouble Found and Bewitched and Betrayed. The series feels like reading a really good tabletop roleplaying adventure.
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Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Review of Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews. An urban fantasy novel about a witch and her magical inn with strong worldbuilding.
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Skin Game and The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Review of Skin Game by Jim Butcher and a mini-review of The Dresden Files – they are classic urban fantasy books. If you ask someone to recommend you some good urban fantasy books, The Dresden Files is going to come up. There is also quick reviews of some of the other individual books in the…
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Kate Daniels series & Magic Bleeds
Review of the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews with a focus on book 4 Magic Bleeds. The Kate Daniels books are set in a post-apocalyptic magical future filled with were-shifters.
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His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Review of His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik. What if there had been dragons on both sides of the Napoleonic Wars? What if those dragons had opinions about their role in the war? Captain Will Laurence becomes part of the Aerial Corps as the master of the dragon Temeraire.
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Chicks in Chainmail
Review of the short story anthology Chicks in Chainmail edited by Esther M. Friesner. Do you remember when every computer game, heavy metal album, roleplaying game and cheep fantasy book had a chick in chainmail on the cover? Those were the inspiration for Chicks in Chainmail. The anthology looks a the stereotypes that surrounds the…
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Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire
Review of Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire. Half-Off Ragnarok is book 3 in the InCryptid series. We follow Alex who is a zoologist who helps cryptid individuals of his local community.
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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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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.