Reviews The Great When by Alan Moore This Other London is a psychedelic kaleidoscopic shrooms induced head-fuck.
Reviews Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett This book is best enjoyed with a hot beverage and a slice of cake or possibly some shortbread while snuggled under a knitted blanket.
Reviews The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty There was some fucked up magic going on in these books - soul enslavement, blood magic, cults….
Reviews The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne I picked this book up after 5 minutes browsing in Waterstones, the cover looked cool and I was in the mood for some classic fantasy.
Reviews A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White Magic + Sci-Fi - literally my two favourite things smushed together.
Reviews White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton Redneck Urban Fantasy - I am not sure if this is a recognised genre, but if it is, then WTW falls squarely into this category and Slayton hits the nail on the head.
Reviews Lion of Macedon and Dark Prince, both by David Gemmell David Gemmell was (and still is in my opinion) one of the kings of the heroic fantasy genre.
Reviews Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky If you want a reasonably laid back, stand alone book with excellent prose - this is one for you.
Reviews Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames Think Mötley Crüe but with dual wielding scimitars and a battle-axes rather than electric guitars. Sex, drugs and rock and troll is most definitely the order of the day.
Reviews Fool's Gold by Jon Hollins This one was pitched to me as "Ocean's Eleven meets The Hobbit" and I think that is a good description!
Reviews Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames Eames manages to combine silly puns, filthy jokes and poignant misery, if you, like me enjoy dark humour then this is one for you.
Reviews Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky Band of Brothers meets Mulan meets Austen with a light dusting of fire magic.
Reviews Mindstar Rising by Peter F Hamilton - Vol.1 in the Greg Mandel Trilogy I would compare the experience to watching an episode of Black Mirror - the familiarity and the unexpected meshed together.
