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Beetle Badass

June 23, 2016 by KatSings Leave a Comment

“You refuse all help, reject all hope, and seem intent on living the most abject existence possible. If anyone is punishing you, look inward, not upward.”  Abomination – Review at KatsCannon   Preface in the name of transparency – I won this book as part of a GoodReads giveaway, courtesy of Inkshares. Free books in any capacity, be they giveaways, ARCs, or what have you, are awesome and I try not to let that influence my review, but I always like to be upfront about […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History Tagged With: fantasy, Gary Whitta, historical fiction, KatSings

KatSings's CBR8 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History · Tags: fantasy, Gary Whitta, historical fiction, KatSings ·
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Medieval Were-Bugs

May 16, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

I won this book through a Goodreads giveaway, and I am pretty much done entering these, because of the books that I’ve won only one has been enjoyable and every other one has just been TERRIBLE. To be fair, this book isn’t TERRIBLE, but it’s just not good. There’s some promise, but mostly I was bored out of my mind reading this and that’s damning for a book that bills itself as horror. Abomination is Gary Whitta’s first novel, and is set in the era […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Gary Whitta, medieval fantasy

melanir's CBR8 Review No:40 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Gary Whitta, medieval fantasy ·
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