The Devil and the Dark Water
Stuart Turton
Raven Books
576 pages
4/5
I was rather impressed by The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle when I read it a year and a half ago. It’s not something I would normally pick up but I enjoyed it a great deal. I feel very much the same about The Devil and the Dark Water.
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Dark Forge
Miles Cameron
Masters and Mages #2
Gollancz
392 pages
4/5
Another book that I have read when I really should have re-read the first book before continuing.
Will I ever learn?
Music Monday is a meme created by Drew from The Tattooed Book Geek where you pick a song you like and share it on a Monday.
This week it’s Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel
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The Black Coast
Mike Brooks
The God-King Chronicles #1
Orbit
672 pages
3/5
Copy received from Netgalley. All opinions are my own.
Sometimes a book has some good ideas but it is just executed in such a way that leaves me feeling very disappointed.
Like Dune…
Or this book.
Axiom’s End
Lindsay Ellis
Noumena #1
Titan Books
384 pages
3.5/5
I don’t usually read books written by Youtubers. For some reason they always come across as blatant cash grabs to make as much money before they slide into inevitable irrelevancy.
This one wasn’t bad.
Music Monday is a meme created by Drew from The Tattooed Book Geek where you pick a song you like and share it on a Monday.
This week is This Air by Anathema.
Spear of Malice
R.S. Ford
War of the Archons #3
Titan Books
4.5/5
Finally! I’ve been waiting to read this book for ages.
Also, look at the cover. I thought the cover for Hangman’s Gate was perfection but that blue and pink theme really does it for me.
We Are the Dead
Mike Shackle
The Last War #1
Gollancz
488 pages
3.5/5
Oh my god, that cover is cool.
Embassytown
China Miéville
Pan
405 pages
4/5
Every so often, I read a book that makes me question my own intelligence.
Embassytown is definitely one of those books.
The Black Song
Anthony Ryan
The Raven’s Blade #2
Orbit
482 pages
4/5
Copy received from Netgalley. All opinions are my own.
All I’m going to say is thank god for this duology for washing away the disappointments that were Tower Lord and Queen of Fire.
Well, that’s not all I’m going to say but that’s the gist of the review.
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