Book Review: Borderlands: Debt or Alive – Anthony Burch

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 …

Continue reading Book Review: Borderlands: Debt or Alive – Anthony Burch

Book Review: Hekate: The Witch – Nikita Gill

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

Book Review: The Hungry Gods – Adrian Tchaikovsky

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 …

Continue reading Book Review: The Hungry Gods – Adrian Tchaikovsky

Book Review: A Practical Guide to Evil I – ErraticErrata, David Verburg

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

Book Review: The Burning Stones – Antti Tuomainen

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

Book Review: The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam – Megan Bannen

Note: This copy of The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam was provided by NetGalley. I went into this book fairly blind. I had heard of the author and that another book of her's was quite popular in the romantasy genre, and so I wanted to give this book a whirl. I was a bit unsure in …

Continue reading Book Review: The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam – Megan Bannen

Book Review: Murder on Friday Street – Russell Cooper

Note: This copy of Murder on Friday Street was provided by NetGalley. Murder on Friday Street by Russell Cooper is a charming cosy murder-mystery set in an idyllic village in England around the early 2000s. The plot follows a now 28 year old woman, Charlie, who had lost her father over a decade before in a …

Continue reading Book Review: Murder on Friday Street – Russell Cooper

Book Review: The Floating World – Axie Oh

Note: This copy of The Floating World was provided by NetGalley. The Floating World by Axie Oh is a romantic fantasy that hits just the right notes. It is said to be the reimagining of the Korean Legend of Celestial Maidens involving a human who tricks a nymph into marriage. Our protagonists are Sunho, an …

Continue reading Book Review: The Floating World – Axie Oh