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Erstwhile PhD in Ancient History. Wannabe fantasy writer. Likes ancient coins, imaginary kingdoms, and failed emperors.

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A book I might have wanted to write for myself

The Councillor by E.J. Beaton

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What’s this? A review? I actually kicked myself to write this review for multiple reasons. This book is a debut and I want to support debut authors. I just finished it but I’m on holiday and cannot yet meet my bookish friend in a café to talk about it. This book is so far up my alley I am devastated that I didn’t write it. (It’s written with far more beauty and panache than I could have, though). Also, Luca Fontaine. Another reason I’m reviewing […]

My first post of the year for a book that made me need to write a review

A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

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So, it’s March! And this is my first review! Which tells you a lot about how my reading has been going this year. I hit a major slump just after Christmas (and in fact, still haven’t finished reading the book I was really into at that time). So I picked a book that I wasn’t sure if I would enjoy, but was pretty sure I would have Thoughts on: A Court of Silver Flames, by Sarah J. Maas. I’m trying to make this one relatively spoiler […]

One of the most imaginative fantasies I read this year

Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft

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Senlin Ascends has gotten a lot of hype the past few years in fantasy circles. After reading it, I can really see why. It is utterly imaginative, crafting a fantasy world very different than most: one that takes place almost entirely within a tower that reaches up towards the heavens. Thomas Senlin is a mild-mannered schoolmaster from an analogue of 19th century Britain, who travels with Marya, his new wife, to visit the Tower of Babel for their honeymoon. Yet he loses Marya almost instantly, […]

Sexy YA(?!) fantasy roundup

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

The Wicked King by Holly Black

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

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Here follows a roundup (still 250 words average for each book) of some adventures into the world of super sexy YA fantasy. *cracks knuckles* Let’s go. Spoilers for ALL these entries abound, because let’s face it, anyone who reads this review will probably just read it to see if I felt the same as them, not if they should pick it up. (But if you like YA fantasy, DEFINITELY pick up Holly Black’s trilogy).   A Court of Wings and Fury, Sarah J. Maas (2.5 […]

I wouldn’t have voluntarily picked this one up, and I won’t pick up the sequels

Children of Fire by Drew Karpyshyn

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So Children of Fire was a book club pick. As the title says, it wasn’t one I would have picked up ordinarily, but I was actually intrigued by the premise. And unlike some book club picks (*coughDunecough*) I actually read this one the whole way through. The premise is this: big evil fantasy villain guy, banished to some kind of parallel universe/dungeon thing, wants to come back. So he uses chaos (the magic) to sow four seeds (lol): four children that are ‘touched by chaos’ and […]



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