Tag: high fantasy

• The Energy Picks Up in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Time of Contempt

  The actions and grit of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher series has returned in Time of Contempt, a happy sight given the lacklustre beginning in Blood of Elves. However, things aren’t all sunshine and rainbow’s in this addition the series. In fact, Time of Contempt has left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, reconsidering if…

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  April 26, 2025

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• R.F. Kuang’s The Burning God Ripped My Heart Out

  This militaristic political fantasy has run laps over my heart, giving it such pleasure with the rich description and detail of the story world, characters, and action, while also pummelling it to pieces because of said description, characters, and action. The Burning God is the third tier and the cherry on the top of the…

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  April 25, 2025

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• The Beginning of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher Novels Falls Flat

  At last, I have begun the full-length novels in the Witcher series, starting with The Blood of Elves. I admit, I am a little disappointed with the shift in energy and grit this novel has taken from the short stories The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny. While the short stories held a lot of…

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  April 19, 2025

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• More Fantasy Short Stories in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Sword of Destiny

  Another day, another Witcher novel to immerse myself in. Sword of Destiny is another short story collection within Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher world set at the eve of the main overarching story plot, Blood of Elves. I cannot say much more on that matter as I have not read Blood of Elves, but with how Sword…

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  April 12, 2025

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• The Gentleman Bastard Sequence – The Best Adult Fantasy Series To Date

  I have been reading The Gentleman Bastard Sequence by Scott Lynch over the last six months, and I honestly feel like my perception of fantasy and writing has changed thanks to his works. From the filthy Camorr origins in The Lies of Locke Lamora, to the deadly swashbuckling adventures of Red Seas Under Red Skies,…

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  February 22, 2025

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• My Review of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse

  I have read the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, and the King of Scars duology, and now it is time to review Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse as a whole. It has been some time since I last read the King of Scars duology, so I have not done a duology review for…

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  November 14, 2024

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• High Fantasy Mastery in Scott Lynch’s Red Seas Under Red Skies

  Another Scott Lynch read under my belt with Red Seas Under Red Skies, though it wasn’t so easily accomplished as The Lies of Locke Lamora. That is through no fault of the writing or plot and purely my time management and multiple focuses tearing attention away from my reading. What a read Red Seas Under…

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  September 23, 2024

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• My Series Review of Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows Duology

  Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows duology, including the powerhouses Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, are two of the most popular YA books of the last decade. You can’t go on fantasy Bookstagram or BookTok and not come across them at some point, whether they’re directly mentioned or prominently displayed on the shelves. Herein lies…

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  September 14, 2024

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• My Shadow and Bone Trilogy Review

  Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone Trilogy is a YA staple for many, introducing the fantastical world of the Grisha, the small science, and the Darkling to its many readers. My recent reread of the trilogy has changed my opinion of the books, so here I will discuss the overall impact of the trilogy and my…

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  August 17, 2024

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• Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows is Just Too Good

  Right on the heels of Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora, we have my reread of Six of Crows, something that I has been on my rereads list for many years now. If you’re not sure why I’ve linked these two books together, you should check out my review of The Lies of Locke…

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  August 12, 2024

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