Science Fiction & Fantasy book reviews
Whoa-oh this story is dark. Nasty, brutish and short. Very Hobbesian in more ways that one. PROSPER'S DEMON is a little fantasy horror novella about a demon exorcist in what feels like a low fantasy analogue of the Holy Roman Empire around the 17th century and follows him as he works his way into the... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday bookwyrms. Got a bit of a bumper update this week cos I've been doing a fair bit of reading. You might be aware by now that I've given myself the rather hefty task of writing a grimdark review for every single day of Wyrd & Wonder (that's 31 grimdark fantasy books alone I've... Continue Reading →
I picked this book up because a) I've been reading a lot of grimdark lately and needed something nice and wholesome to balance out the darkness and despair, but also b) I really want to read as many 2020 releases as possible over the next few weeks. I'd heard lovely, wholesome things about T. J.... Continue Reading →
And so we come to it, the final book of Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy. So I'm trying to start this review off with a quick summary of where all the major characters are at the beginning of book three and what they're setting out to do, but it's representative of my feelings about this... Continue Reading →
I feel like I've barely written any book reviews on the blog for ages. Feels like a bit of a struggle to engage that part of my brain lately, but I have still been reading lots, so you still get the pleasure of lots of reading updates instead 😀 Recently Finished: PRIEST OF BONES by... Continue Reading →
I rarely pay much attention to upcoming releases, mostly cos my existing TBR is already beyond parody and even if I never read a new book again I've got enough already on there to see me through several ages of man. That being said, there are quite a few 2021 releases I'm counting down the... Continue Reading →
I overhauled the blog! Finally (FINALLY!) you can browse all the latest posts on the homepage. This has been my dream ever since I launched the site and now I've lived to see it become reality. I'm weeping with joy here, it's the most emotional I've been since the end of the Vox Machina Critical... Continue Reading →
Ever wanted to read an exceptionally funny queer as fuck Sherlock Holmes reimagining in a chaotic Lovecraftian multiverse where Holmes is a drug-addled pansexual freelance sorceress and Watson is a gay trans war veteran of an inter-dimensional conflict at the end of the universe? Well have I got a book recommendation for you! Upon returning... Continue Reading →
I just saw this tag on Imyril's blog There's Always Room For One More and thought it looked like fun. I don't often do tags and this is a very spur of the moment post, so strap in for some slapdash writing and poorly thought out answers. Is there a book that you started that... Continue Reading →
Hello bookwyrms, nice to see you all again and nice of you to check in and have a look see what I'm reading at the mo. You might notice a bit of a theme in the books featured today. They're all a bit grim and a bit dark. Grimdark if you will. That's because I've... Continue Reading →
