It’s almost Hallowe’en, and I am a massive wuss. Ghost stories freak me out. I cannot watch a horror film to save my life and anything creepy leaves me unable to sleep but I wanted to celebrate the spooky season and what better way than with a little nostalgia.
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The Truth of the Divine
Lindsay Ellis
Noumena #2
Titan Books
3.5/5
Copy received from Netgalley. All opinions are my own.
Axiom’s End was an interesting, if flawed first novel in the series. Luckily The Truth of the Divine manages to avoid most of them.
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Six Sacred Swords
Andrew Rowe
Weapons and Wielders #1
331 pages
4/5
In the third Arcane Ascension book it is mentioned that Keras tells everyone a story. I thought, oh I’ll have to read that book to find out what the story is but, in true me fashion, it has taken me months to get around to doing it.
September wasn’t the best reading month, and I do not have enough to say about these two books to write full reviews, so here are a few mini reviews.
The Wisdom of Crowds
Joe Abercrombie
Age of Madness #3
Gollancz
1/5
Well, I didn’t expect my first DNF of the year to be a Joe Abercrombie book.
This post hurts a lot to write.
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Holy Island
L. J. Ross
DCI Ryan Mysteries #1
316 pages
3/5
I’m not normally into mysteries but this one is set in my neck of the woods so that alone made me want to read it.
The Trouble With Peace
Joe Abercrombie
Age of Madness #2
Gollancz
529 pages
3/5
Not going to lie, this is the most disappointing Abercrombie book I have ever read.
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September hasn’t been the greatest reading month. It was full of disappointments, mediocrity and books I would rather poke my own eyes out that ever read again. There were a couple of bright spots but they came from re-reads rather than new books.
THE HOBBLEIT 