Rating 3/5 The Vienna. Travelling where no man, woman or AI has gone before and asking the most important question in the universe; is it possible for a human to have ‘relations’ with an alien? No this is not a smut novel. At least that wasn’t how I recall Jilly Paddock pitching her book, Warbird to me at World Fantasy Con last year. Fan fiction at its most absurd, Warbird is a campy space adventure romance that really challenged my tastes as a reader. It follows Captain Gr

Rating: 4.5/5 “So…you suddenly find out you’re the new ruler of the world. You can do what you want. You even have power over the fabric of the universe itself. So, what are the first three things you do?” This is a question posed to main character, Frankie Finnegan by his friend, Wookie in Keith Brooke’s The Unlikely World of Faraway Frankie. And what follows is an exploration into loss and imagination. A quick read reminiscent of stories like Patrick Ness’s When a Monster

Rating 3.5/5 In today’s review I’ve decided to share my thoughts on Caroline Astiago’s Make Damn Sure, the sequel to her Shadows and Regrets series. If you’re looking for something that blends American Gods with Supernatural then Astiago’s urban dark fantasy Make Damn Sure is the comfort read with just enough vibes to keep the pages turning, offering an original and creative story on the gods, legends and myths with which we are so familiar. Taking place a month after the s

Rating 4/5 It is a fantasy readers would love to take part in. Then immediately regret as soon as they realise they lack any of the skills required. However, if they were blessed like Maggie The Undying they too would have the advantage in Ilona Andrews’ This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. An Isekai-inspired, slow burn dark fantasy, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me explores Kair Toren, a fictional city from an unfinished fantasy series where our protagonist, Maggie, finds herself, w

Rating: 4.5/5 If you have been looking for a replacement to fill the void left by BBC 4 radio’s Pilgrim series then you will find it in Cameron Sullivan’s debut novel, The Red Winter. Creative storytelling, captivating characters, this historical fantasy offers an alluring concept to the werewolf mythos all the while delving into France’s history and bourgeois society. Taking place during events like The Hundred Years War, The Beast of Gervauden and The French Revolution, Su

Rating 5/5 If ever an author were to combine the mind-bending dream-verse of Christopher Nolan’s Inception with the grey morality offered in the universe of Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher I feel it would be Nicolas Lietzau. Lietzau’s canon fantasy Dreams of The Dying is pure satisfaction to a reader such as myself with just enough political intrigue and psychological horror to leave me wanting more. After his work on indie game, Enderal: Forgotten Stories, it’s clear Lietzau

Rating 5/5 Imagine Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher but with a Scottish twist. That’s what to expect from Tristan Gray’s Call of The Black Wing ; a six story collection following wandering Crow, Fiadh on her quest for answers and vengeance. It was inevitable that I would end up getting a hand on this collection. By now we already know my fondness for Gaelic inspired tales. Still a thanks to Gray for selling me a copy at World Fantasy Con. Call of The Black Wing was the st

Rating 5/5 It truly says something when you choose this month’s review to be on revolts. New Year, new resolutions I suppose. Only have to look at the world around you to realise the need for change has become dire. Terry Deary must certainly have come to the realisation when he decided to release his book, Revolting; a simplified historical book looking at the world’s most memorable and unmemorable revolts through the comedic lens. I have to say reading Deary again does brin

Rating 5/5 Happy New Year and what a better way to end 2025 than a review on the final tale in Jay Kristoff’s Empire of The Vampire trilogy. Originally, I had intended to sink my teeth into Empire of The Dawn at a later date. But after finishing Empire of The Damned I just had to know how it was all going to end for Gabriel de León and Celene Castia. Looking over my year’s reading journey, this is the first trilogy I’ve finished. It has been a superbly tense ride with ever

Rating 2/5 Keeping to my spooky tradition I’ve chosen to base this month’s post on Eric LaRocca’s recent release, We Are Always Tender With Our Dead (2025), book one of their new trilogy. If you haven’t heard of LaRocca’s work, it can be described as transgressive horror. And when I mean ‘transgressive’ I mean very twisted and extreme so for those faint of heart be wary if you consider delving into LaRocca’s world. Much like LaRocca’s story collections, We Are Always Tender

Rating 3.2/5 I want to start off with an apology. If the picture wasn’t obvious enough its clear I never got around to that Last Vigilant...

Rating 5/5 This month’s choice was a hard one. Originally my intention was to review Mark A. Latham’s The Last Vigilant (2025). However,...

Rating: 3/5 Once more into bookstragram I go. Though this time I’ve managed to avoid romantasy titles. In fact, today’s review is on a...

Rating: 4.5/5 ‘Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds’. That is the opening sentence on Good Reads book description for Joe...

Rating 4.5/5 The game is afoot once more! Honestly it has felt like an age since I delved into The Shadow of the Leviathan universe...

Rating 5/5 Time for a little horror this month. I confess I was hoping to base today’s review on A.K .Faulkner’s Jack Of Thorns , a book...

Rating: 4/5 Much like last month, today’s review is another book I’ve been wanting to get my hands on. James Alistair Henry’s Pagans ...

Rating: 5/5 I’ve been waiting for this one. Forget the Greek pantheon, time to listen to the cry of the Celts. As readers already know...

Rating 1/5 I wanted to start off this year with a positive review but unfortunately that is not possible due to my strong negative...

Rating: 5/5 This month’s review came at me in an unexpected way. In fact, if anyone were to gift me a self-help book, I would likely bury...