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 →
Reading Update 05/01/2021
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 →
9 Books I’m Excited for in 2021
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 →
Blog overhaul AND a brand new logo!
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 →
Review: THE AFFAIR OF THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER by Alexis Hall
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 →
Review: WHEN THE TIGER CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN by Nghi Vo
WHEN THE TIGER CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN is Nghi Vo's second book, after her beautiful, wonderfully-crafted novella The Empress of Salt and Fortune. When the Tiger is a standalone that follows the insatiably curious Cleric Chih on another outing to document the history and folklore of the Ahn Empire for their order of monks, The... Continue Reading →
Reading Update 05/12/2020
Well bookwyrms, I'm definitely in a reviewing slump. Definitely not a reading slump, cos I've actually been reading a lot of books, I just cba writing reviews for any of them haha. It does mean there's some reviews outstanding for a couple more cyberpunk books I read during SciFi Month, so you can look forward... Continue Reading →
Reading Update 18/11/2020
Recently Finished: SHADOW AND BONE by Leigh BardugoI decided to read this on a whim without really knowing anything about it. Mainly because I'm very interested in reading Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo and I have a weird thing where I like to read authors books in order, so I can see how they... Continue Reading →
Author Interview: Deck Matthews
Deck Matthews, author of The Riven Realm and Varkas Tales Hi Deck, first off thanks so much for doing the interview! How are you? How have you been spending your time during the craziness of 2020? My pleasure! I'm doing okay, just dealing with the general craziness of the current state of the world. I'm... Continue Reading →
Review: THE FIRST OF SHADOWS (The Riven Realm #1) by Deck Matthews
I've got to say, this is the first time I've encountered an epic fantasy novella. And when this book opened with a tense and thrilling fight scene I could tell I was in for a wild ride. THE FIRST OF SHADOWS is only 143 pages long, but within that small wordcount Deck Matthews delivers a... Continue Reading →