After three years of waiting, the fourth book of the Stormlight Archive arrived last November. It’s almost like a birthday present for me! And damn if it wasn’t worth the wait.
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Book Review: The Midnight Bargain
After reading (and thoroughly enjoying) Witchmark and Stormsong, I was pleasantly surprised to see that C.L. Polk had another fantasy coming out, based on an entirely different premise. It looked to be somewhere between Pride and Prejudice and her previous works, so I was a little skeptical, but I ended up solidly in the Polk fan club once again.
Book Review: Stormsong
Despite my long wait to track down a copy of Witchmark, I was able to get a copy of Stormsong fairly quick. So how does it stack up against its predecessor?
Book Review: Master of Poisons
Hello & welcome to 2021. I took a little break over the holidays, while the world was going crazy, but I’m back now. And because I’ve got a substantial backlog to blitz through, my next couple reviews will be a little shorter than normal. Now, with no further ado, let’s chat about Master of Poisons.
Book Review: The Bone Shard Daughter
I really did not expect 2020 to be the year of fantasy books with necromancers, but here we are. The Unspoken Name, Harrow the Ninth, and now, The Bone Shard Daughter. Can’t really say I’m displeased.
Book Review: The Memory of Souls
It’s time to wrap up my review blitz through the Chorus of Dragons series with The Memory of Souls, released earlier this year. And listen, readers: this one broke my brain a bit. But in a good way.
Book Review: The Name of All Things
Next up: Chorus of Dragons part two! Does the series continue to be awesome? Spoiler alert, reader: it does.
Book Review: The Ruin of Kings
It is time, finally, for me to review the Chorus of Dragons books. When The Ruin of Kings first came out, I was strangely resistant to purchasing it. I don’t know why, because it sounded right up my alley, but I was. I finally got over whatever weird hangup I had last year, bought the book, and then had an immensely enjoyable romp through it in two days or so. With The Memory of Souls releasing this year, I took the time to re-read because trust me. You’ll need a re-read to make sure you haven’t missed anything big.
Book Review: The Goblin Emperor
So I needed a feel-good book for this hell year, which means I reached for one of my favorite reads from last year: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. I sadly didn’t get to review it then, so once again, we’re diving into a reread review!
Book Review: Queen of the Conquered
Reading more diverse books has been a goal of mine for the last several years, and on the whole, I’ve done a much better job of seeking out marginalized authors. But given the circumstances of 2020, I wanted to make a more targeted effort to seek out Black writers this year. One result of that was reading Queen of the Conquered.
Book Review: When Jackals Storm the Walls
Another year, another Song of Shattered Sands book! We’re finally approaching the climax of the series. So how does the fifth volume pan out?
Book Review: The Obsidian Tower
Honestly, this one almost slipped me by. I loved Caruso’s Swords and Fire series (yes, someday I will go back and review the last one, I swear), and so as soon as I heard that this was set in the same world, I was ALL IN. Then I saw the aesthetic and read the blurb, and I was DOUBLY IN.
Book Review: The Gossamer Mage
Here is yet another book that I intended to purchase when it came out, but then couldn’t find in stores. Now that COVID-19 has me ordering online, I was actually able to get a copy and…well, unlike Witchmark, I’m not sure this one was worth the wait.
Book Review: Witchmark
I have been trying to track down a physical copy of this in bookstores for what feels like an eternity. With COVID happening, I ended up putting in my first online order in a few years and was able to get my hands on this lovely little book. Thankfully, I was not disappointed by the wait.
Book Review: Warbreaker
This is the last full book in my big Sanderson catchup read! (I came to Sanderson late). After knocking out the Mistborn Era 2 books (not reviewed here, because hiatus), I finally bought Warbreaker.
Book Review: Shorefall
Look, I’ve been super excited for Shorefall (as you might have guessed from my Foundryside review), and I’m glad to say that my excitement has not remotely waned after actually reading it. Robert Jackson Bennett’s books are just SO GOOD, y’all.
Book Review: Foundryside
A few years ago, Robert Jackson Bennett earned my undying love with his Divine Cities trilogy - an entertaining and engaging fantasy romp that I still return to once a year as comfort reading. I was understandably excited when he released Foundryside, the start of a wholly new trilogy. I read Foundryside when it initially came out during my review hiatus, but I was inspired to re-read by the release of the sequel, Shorefall. So let’s chat about the Founders trilogy.
Book Review: A Queen in Hiding
When I saw this book appear on coming soon lists, I waffled on getting it. The description seemed kinda generic, but the fast publishing schedule made it hella tempting for binge reading. Eventually, I made up my mind to get it, and I’m overall glad I did - it’s an OK debut, as debuts go, and I’m interested to see where it goes.
Book Review: The Unspoken Name
Tor promoted the heck out of The Unspoken Name in the lead-up to its release and to be honest, it worked. I read the first few chapters online, and it was enough for me to know that I definitely wanted to read this one. “Hot lady sword orcs” was really all I needed to know, but then I found out there’s a death god and necromancers so here we are.
Book Review: Lady Hotspur
Listen, as long as Tessa Gratton wants to keep rewriting Shakespeare plays with more ladies and queer folx, I’m going to keep buying them. I thought The Queens of Innis Lear was going to be a one-off, but here we are and overall, I was not disappointed.