A Snake Among Swans is a tough novel for me to rate. With Godkiller, also written by Hannah Kaner, being one of my favorite fantasy novels ever, my expectations were high for a new world and cast of characters from the same author. Like Godkiller, A Snake Among Swans has a complex cast of characters with differing motives, an interesting enough magic system, and a high stakes political setting. […]
Well, the author who single-handedly made me like science fiction has done it again with The Two Lies of Faven Sythe. The second I saw that Megan E. O’Keefe had written another book, I had to read it as soon as humanly possible. And it did not disappoint, like all of O’Keefe’s works, The Two Lies of Faven Sythe features spectacular and creative world-building, loveable characters, and a thrilling story […]
Between Dragons and Their Wrath is a bit of a challenge for me to rate. While I liked the novel, it was misrepresented by the synopsis, suffered from pacing issues, and felt mainly like a setup for the sequel. Even more tragically, there were very few of the eponymous dragons. That being said, there was enough political intrigue, mystery, and new ideas to keep me invested in the book. […]
The Black Hunger sounded like the perfect historical horror novel just in time for the spooky season. I was expecting a read similar to The Historian, but with more elements of horror. Unfortunately, though the premise of the novel is incredibly fascinating, the execution of it just didn’t work for me. The Black Hunger is plagued with pacing issues and doesn’t get into the horror elements until well into the book. […]
Tonight, I Burn is a promising debut novel with innovative world-building and magical systems. The novel blazes brightest when showcasing the often complicated bonds between sisters, covering the unique abilities of different covens of witches, and when taking readers beyond the realm of life, and past the veil into death. I was immediately taken with the world of Tonight, I Burn, which felt like a dystopian universe ripe […]