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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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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 …
Continue reading Book Review: Hekate: The Witch – Nikita Gill
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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Note: This copy of Down Cemetery Road was provided by NetGalley. I must say that I first heard about Mick Herron when the Apple TV show Slow Dogs was announced. Having not read any of his work, seeing the option to read/isten to Down Cemetery Lane came as the perfect opportunity to get started. This …
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Note: This copy of The Hungry Gods was provided by NetGalley. The Hungry Gods is a sci-fi dystopian novella by Adrian Tchaikovsky that is, I believe, a part of his Terrible Worlds: Innovations series of novellas. My first foray into the author’s works was with Dogs of War, and I absolutely loved that book. That …
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Note: This copy of A Practical Guide to Evil I was provided by NetGalley. Originally serialised on the web, A Practical Guide to Evil is a very interesting take on the heroes vs villains trope. The series is set in a world where evil has been reigning for the last 20 years. While this may be …
Continue reading Book Review: A Practical Guide to Evil I – ErraticErrata, David Verburg
Note: This copy of The Burning Stones was provided by NetGalley. With a blurb touting the author as the funniest writer in Europe, it'll come as no surprise as to why I picked up this book. The Burning Stones is humourous murder-mystery novel set in Finland. The story follows Anni Korpinen, one of the top …
Continue reading Book Review: The Burning Stones – Antti Tuomainen
Liminal Ramblings 