Note: This copy of Gabby Greene Knows Whodunit was provided by NetGalley. I’ve come to realise that despite my love for fantasy and sci-fi, I always find myself coming back to mysteries on occasion as a palette cleanser. This book caught my eye and felt like it would be the ideal cosy break from what …
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Note: This copy of The Impossible Detective was provided by NetGalley. Let me preface this review by saying this book left me with mixed feelings. The Impossible Detective by Bob Reiss has a very interesting premise. A young girl is witness to an autonomous vehicle hitting somebody, not once but twice, and then casually driving …
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Note: This copy of Borderlands: Debt or Alive was provided by NetGalley. If you're looking for anything on a slightly absurd scale with a healthy dose of action and humour, the borderlands franchise never fails to disappoint. While the games were a bit much for me at the time, this book has me considering picking …
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Having gotten me excited with the LitRPG genre again with his Iron Tyrant Series, Seth Ring's Exlian Syndrome Series brings us a more sci-fi oriented story compared to the above. In a dystopian world where aliens known as Exlians terrorize the local population, its down to a group of awakened individuals who work as the …
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A very highly anticipated novel from the author that brought us Babel, Katabasis is pitched as a dark academia-esque novel where two Ph.D students venture into hell in order to save the soul of their advisor who died in a freak magic accident. Intriguing premise? Yes. Cover art? On point. So far it was two …
Note: This copy of Seven Reasons To Murder Your Dinner Guests was provided by NetGalley. K.J. Whittle's Seven Reasons To Murder Your Dinner Guests may have an innocuous and innocent looking cover; it is anything but. The story of how seven seemingly random strangers are invited to a dinner where they are provided with a …
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Note: This copy of Hekate: The Witch was provided by NetGalley. There has been a preponderance of books around deities recently and while none have really piqued my interest, this book on Hekate, did. This was partly because Hekate, the goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, appears in the game Hades 2 as the mentor to …
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The Iron Tyrant series by Seth Ring has done something I didn't expect to happen so soon. It has gotten me excited with the LitRPG genre once again. Having consumed quite a bit from this genre in the past, I had reached a level of saturation where every story felt the same. Compared to most …
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I have decided that this is the year I shall dedicate to Adrian Tchaikovsky. Having been reminded of his brilliance when reviewing The Hungry Gods, I just knew I had to dive into more of his work. Service Model is the book I decided start with, and it did not disappoint. Service Model is the …
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Note: This copy of The Man Who Died Seven Times was provided by NetGalley. The Man Who Died Seven Times is one hell of an intriguing title. Originally published in 1998 (according to Goodreads, though some sources say 1995) in Japanese, it is the first of the author, Yasuhiko Nishizawa's works to be translated into …
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