I was invested pretty much from the start with beautiful prose, quick pacing, and an interesting mix of plot that made me think of a mix between the game Clue

This Is How You Lose The Time War is striking, shocking, and endlessly engaging. In less than two hundred pages, authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone manage

A Sea of Cinders brings the brutality of modern grimdark fantasy to what is, at its heart, a heroic tale of good vs evil, love over prejudice. Bishop takes your

If I had to categorise this book into a genre or two, I’d have to say Grimdark and High Fantasy with Dragons. If I wanted to go even further than two genres

Chu turns the chosen one trope on its head. The chosen one, Jian, is a young pompous disaster of a fool not of his own making. The mentor, Taishi, is a worn

Every time I’ve picked up this book, whether it be the German or English version, I’ve had an absolute blast reading it. Not only was Ryland an amazing main

The Steel Remains is a gritty, curse-laden, character focused novel that’s perfect for fans of dark fantasy and the morally grey. It excels in its strengths in

What a trip this book was, picked it up when it went out for free one day in February, and read it a few weeks ago. And was not expecting the amount of absolute

Beta was among the books I chose while reading the 300 first chapters of the SPFBO 9 competition. I chose these books for my TBR purely on the first chapters

I enjoyed this more than I could put into proper words. Sometimes, you find a book that just checks every box, and this one was very much it for me…

The Butcher of the Forest’ is quite a stunning, and equally dazzling entry into the world of novellas. Dark, richly atmospheric, and magical in more ways than

This isn't a book that has elves and dragons for the sake of having elves and dragons because they are cool. There is a depth here that will keep the reader

Brutally real, visceral, and inspiring, War Song: Legacy Rising is a powerful novelette that explores the extremes of slavery and colonisation from the

I would be entirely remiss if I didn’t mention the emotional punches and rage certain parts brought to my existence. I may or may not have even threatened to

The way choices are utilised in this game are incredibly powerful, offering the reader both agency and nuanced expression. Something I found so powerful as

The best way to describe Fourth Wing is: a mashup of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, but with dragons, as well as the brutality of The Hunger Games

This was a journey of loss, grief, trauma, mental health and the life that brings with it. This was, Tarzian’s life laid bare for all of us. Tarzian sets out

After all, any attempt to release a trilogy of trilogies spanning three millennia—while releasing each trilogy’s first entry simultaneously—would be considered

So much of this story is about personal growth and the cathartic events that force individuals to examine who they really are. This, for me, defines McKinnon’s

The way these characters slowly came together in their own colliding arcs and kept the story constantly engaging is something I have to give Ryan Skeffington