Fire From Ashes high-fantasy book review

Fire From Ashes by Jessica Barberi is a high-fantasy book of a classical dragon archetype and survival built around a strong core character narrative.This book’s strength lies in its character work. Ciran is a solid protagonist, being both reasonably likable, flawed, and believable; though it is how the author uses his character narrative that makes […]
Seeds of War high-fantasy book review

seeds of war High-fantasy book review Seeds of War (goodreads) is a high-fantasy book of returning gods, morally gray characters, and a little bit of politicking. The book’s strength lies in its characters, all of whom are varying degrees of internal moral complexity, from mercenary lords, to false prophets, and pseudo mob-bosses. Most […]
Spirits of Vengeance fantasy book review

spirits of vengeance High-fantasy book review Well executed but doesn’t really innovate on the preceding high-fantasy books in the series. Spirits of Vengeance focuses more on the spirit side of the world building, and does so with fair success, but it just doesn’t end up feeling like a different experience then the preceding […]
CROOKED LADDER book review

crooked ladder High-fantasy book review The CROOKED LADDER is a high-fantasy book that has decent to good prose, solid character work and complexity that is well executed and displayed via interactions and story progression. The fantasy world-building is decent but a little bare bones, with the more interesting elements only emerging in the […]
SIREN AND SCION romantasy book review

SIREN AND SCION Siren and Scion is a bit slow to start with its main characters being more morally complicated than the preceding books; one is a gambling addict and the other is doing her best to strong arm herself into a political marriage. So it took time for me to be able to emotionally […]
THE HOUSE WITCH Romantasy book review

THE HOUSE WITCH A cozy fantasy with a loose plot wrapped around a series of shorter adventures and a slow burn romance. The House Witch has a very specific style it’s going for, cozy, but it doesn’t quite hit the mark, and I can’t quite pinpoint why. There are many scenes […]
Small Miracles book review

Enjoyable, mostly lighthearted and consistently amusing, Small Miracle is just a fun relatively short read. The characters are full of personality (Gadriel, our MC, especially) and immensely likable, with strong motivations and many scenes and interactions where their personalities and those motivations are put on display.The inspiration taken from Good Omens is immediately evident, but […]