I don’t read a lot of high fantasy these days but Brian D. Anderson’s newest book sounded interesting to both myself and Mr. B! I mean Mariyah’s family does own a vineyard after all. The Bard’s Blade reads a lot like a young adult rather than adult fiction. Anderson’s writing toes the line with beautiful writing being almost too descriptive but he some how managed to pull me in with the lovely, peaceful descriptions of Vylari and the brutality of […]
A Midnight Clear was my first winter holiday read of 2019 and overall I enjoyed it! Some of the stories I really connected to, others weren’t my cup of tea, though this is usually the case with short story collections. A Midnight Clear is a fun exploration of darker themes and ideas within the winter solstice season. The Dauntless – A bit silly but made me laugh all the same. Since we are a family associated with the legal process, […]
It seemed a bit like fate when I saw a call go out for audio-reviewers for Laura Morrison’s Come Back to the Swamp. I had just received my copy of the paperback and thought it would be a fun departure from some of my more recent reads. Morrison has a knack for description that completely drew me into the story and her background in Bernice’s field lent an interesting technical aspect to the storyline. I enjoyed the paranormal aspects, and […]
This will be a difficult review to write because honestly, this story didn’t work for me. It has nothing to do with the author’s writing, which was excellent for the style, but everything to do with my expectations for the genre. I tend to be a rather picky when it comes to the fantasy genre. I require an extensive amount of world-building, including telling me the general geography and demographics of the world, and can handle maybe two or three […]
Billed as similar to Alice in Wonderland and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Patrick Canning gives his readers a cheerful “Have fun!” before shoving us off a cliff into a bizarre world filled with magic, sock obsession, and some wicked humor. Canning’s unique writing style quickly built up this game of Cryptofauna in what should have been an ordinary world. We learn, much like the protagonist Jim, by trial and error as we stretch our imaginations to accommodate Canning’s clever […]