Writing deconstructed blog
Tristen Kozinski

Dagger Eyes Book Review

Dagger Eyes is a soft fantasy (light on the magic) court intrigue book that was submitted to me to review. It is also, unfortunately, a

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Writing deconstructed blog
Tristen Kozinski

Only in Darkness book review

While described as ‘horror’ I found Only in Darkness more of a dark paranormal (meaning dealing the the extraordinary in an otherwise ordinary modern setting.)

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Writing deconstructed blog
Tristen Kozinski

The Stranger Times Review

Listened to this on audiobook and very much enjoyed the reader.Excellent comedy, full of energetic scenes and characters that had me chuckling. The characters are

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Writing deconstructed blog
Tristen Kozinski

Epic Fantasy The Forever King review

The Forever King is full of strong elements: motivationally complex characters, strong visual flare, and a wide arrange of fantastical elements. But it suffers from

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Writing deconstructed blog
Tristen Kozinski

The Confidence Men Review

The Confidence Men is slow to start, requiring a significant amount of preamble to set the scene of the First World War and the events

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Writing deconstructed blog
Tristen Kozinski

The Broken Crown Review

I found the Iron Crown slow to start, propelled solely by the mystery of its main character’s origin. I attribute this primarily to the fact

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Writing deconstructed blog
Tristen Kozinski

Reign and Review

I thoroughly enjoyed Reign and Ruin from start to finish.The pacing is excellent and while the book does lean more towards the political and character

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Writing deconstructed blog
Tristen Kozinski

Shadows of Ivory Fantasy Book Review

Well written with immediately likable characters, Shadows of Ivory is an unusual fantasy in its archeological focus and it utilizes this focus to good effect

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