This story does manage to do a few new things with portal fantasy, which is remarkable in a genre that has such a long history and contains Narnia and Alice in Wonderland. I was able to predict several parts of the ending pretty early in the book, but there are times when knowing what is…
Author: Kiara
Review: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
Honestly, I feel like this book is my reward for all the Eddings, Brooks, Goodkind, et al, that I spent reading as a child. If you spent a childhood reading as many high fantasy hero’s journeys as you could get your hands on… this book is redemption and reward. If you ever read any of…
Review: Road to Ruin by Hana Lee
I’m sorry to have missed posting this before the release date, because now I have robbed you of several days in which you could have been reading this book. Road to Ruin is an adrenaline rush with an absolutely unique setting. The desert is almost a character in itself. It is filled with deadly storms…
Review: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
Here I go again, reading and reviewing a book that is not fantastical in any way, unless you count the fortune teller who started the whole thing. Our narrator is Annabelle Adams, great-niece to the extremely wealthy and paranoid Frances Adams. She’s called out to a sleepy country village for a meeting about her inheritance….
Review: Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner
Godkiller was a book that I loved. It was about quests, and found families, and delicious revenge. And yet, if Godkiller was the pebble, then Sunbringer is the avalanche following right behind. Inevitable and full of characters with hard choices, I can’t help but think of it as a metaphor for US politics. First there’s…