Tag: popular fantasy books
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Season of Storms – Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher Standalone Novel
I’ve been trying not to anticipate what this novel could be, stilling my assumptions and pulling myself back from hoping for similarities to his short story works. Thankfully, I can say that Andrzej Sapkowski’s Season of Storms, the standalone Witcher novel, is funny, intriguing, and full of detail. Not only does it ring true to…
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Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Lady of the Lake Ends the Series Like This?
I didn’t know if I would be keeping this title as I drafted it before I read Andrzej Sapkowski’s fifth and final Witcher novel, The Lady of the Lake, but after finishing the novel I think it is pretty spot on. With all that has been happening, all the characters we met along the way,…
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Atmospheric Dark Fantasy in Rachel Gillig’s The Knight and The Moth
After the hype of One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns, I knew I needed to keep my eye out for more Rachel Gillig works. Fortunately, time has come for another astounding duology from her and The Knight and The Moth is as atmospheric, dark, and intriguing as promised. It is currently taking bookish social…
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The Tower of The Swallow – The Chilling Penultimate Tale in Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher Series
Things are slowly looking up with Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher series as The Tower of The Swallow provides some compelling and varied storytelling to progress the novels. While it isn’t a leap to say The Tower of The Swallow is my favourite in the novel series thus far, I can admit that things are developing…
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The Conflicts are Burning Hot in Penn Cole’s Heat of the Everflame
Heat of the Everflame, the third in the Kindred’s Curse saga by Penn Cole, has internal and external conflicts at a boiling point, relationships bending and breaking while others firge stronger bonds and more intimate connections, and the answers are emerging from the woodwork as the series heads to its final chapter. With the size…
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My Cassandra Clare The Last Hours Trilogy Review
I have finished my reread of The Last Hours trilogy by Cassandra Clare, the third completed trilogy within the Shadowhunter Chronicles (I’m not sure of the official order given The Eldest Curses is still awaiting the third novel, yet The Red Scrolls of Magic was published before Chain of Gold). I have been reminded of…
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Chain of Thorns – Thank You Cassandra Clare
We’ve had the introduction into this new age of Shadowhunter fantasy in Chain of Gold, then we had the intense and gut-wrenching drama of Chain of Iron, and here it is – the finale, Chain of Thorns. The Last Hours Trilogy is full of amazing characters, new conundrums, conflicts and interactions to make your heart…
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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…