"Is Nerd Power going to save the day?", "When did I become a nerd magnet?" And "You speak English and Nerd. That's plenty." My eyes could have strained

I spent about 50% of the book curled up on a beanbag wondering what would happen to the intrepid heroes of this tale. Turns out, a lot. By the end of it

Kizuna is not just a conversational, hard-ish sci-fi book about interstellar garbage collecting and AIs growing toward sentience; it is a book about connections

Having recently read Demon, the first chronological book in the saga, my expectations going into Deathless, the first of the Annals of the God Eater trilogy

The absurdity of a LitRPG plot playing out in NYC and having the world react to it made me laugh more than once, even if it’s an apocalypse book. Not sure if

This book pulled me back, day after day, goading me into reading its words. I am a slow reader, typically reading a chapter or two each night before bed.

Be prepared to step into the rule of the Hierarchy, as James Islington is back with another epic fantasy! As someone who rates Islington’s Licanius trilogy

All power comes with a price. In a world where magic is transferred by the act of killing another, Myddrin stands above the rest. Having accidentally killed

This post-apocalyptic story was a breath of fresh air. With interesting world building and so many shattered and exceeded expectations, that it was something

The Son of the Prophets is a heart-pounding, exhilarating continuation of a sweeping space opera with the detailed worldbuilding and scope necessary to become

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…