
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Bright We Burn, by Kiersten White
“Without Radu to gently push her in new directions, she was turning into the most brutal version possible of herself.” The quote above is...
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- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Assassin's Quest, by Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Quest marks the end of what has become one of my favorite fantasy trilogies. The story picks up where the second...
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- Jul 10, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb
I still can’t put my finger on why I like Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy so much. Sure, the magic system is fun. In Royal Assassin, the...
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- Jun 2, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Assassin's Apprentice, by Robin Hobb
What if names were designed to be destiny, determining which traits people had and how they acted? And what if you didn’t have a name,...
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- Apr 7, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: The Girl with Ghost Eyes, by M. H. Boroson
The Girl with Ghost Eyes might be the first cultural fantasy I’ve read. M. H. Boroson’s novel is packed with plenty of history too. The...
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- Mar 14, 2018
- 4 min
Book Review: The Dark Tower, by Stephen King
And so at last we come to The Dark Tower, the final book in Stephen King’s series of the same name (the long tale he’s said is his Lord...
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- Jan 26, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Now I Rise, by Kiersten White
Kiersten White’s Now I Rise is an example of a sequel that wouldn’t work on its own, but as part of a series, makes for a strong second...
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- Dec 3, 2017
- 2 min
Book Review: The Master Magician, by Charlie Holmberg
Charlie Holmberg’s Paper Magician series has a lot going for it. The magic system is great: magicians have to bond to a specific manmade...
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- Nov 6, 2017
- 2 min
Book Review: Song of Susannah, by Stephen King
Song of Susannah is my favorite of Stephen King’s Dark Tower books so far. There are several reasons. For one thing, King picks up right...
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- Oct 20, 2017
- 3 min
Book Review: The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell
I’m always fascinated when an author I like switches point of view. And Bernard Cornwell does it admirably in The Last Kingdom, the first...
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