Well met! Today is my stop on the book tour for The Knave of Secrets by Alex Livingston, a high fantasy story with a world that feels heavily inspired by 18th century history. I’m going to give you my first impressions of the book in this post! I have to admit, I was drawn in by comparisons to The Lies of Locke Lamora and The Mask of Mirrors but the book itself is quite different. Let’s take a look. The…
Hello! It’s time for the speculative fiction book releases for May 2022 in the UK, going through all the fantasy, horror, science fiction releases that sound neat to me, plus a few others, be they mixing genres, historical fiction, non-fiction or something else. These may be traditionally or independently published, and as ever, I may update throughout the month of May so keep coming back to keep up to date! Please do send over your future releases for these posts….
Hello, hello! Today is my stop on the Escapist Tours book tour for A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart. This is the first in a new epic fantasy series about an exiled people whose ancestral home is buried beneath the waves, and now long to rule once more. It is based on Plato’s lost city of Atlantis, which is a story that has always fascinated me! Sounds awesome, right?! A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart Series: The Drowned Kingdom Saga…
*Sale is over now but I still recommend having a look at the authors involved and Tessa’s spotlight posts, there are some great titles in here!* Happy April, friendos! Today I bring great news of a huge indie book sale that lovely Tessa of Narratess has organised to help connect independent authors with new readers as part of #IndieApril. Everybody loves a sale, right? All books included in the sale are fantasy, science fiction, or horror books that are first in…
‘Eyy! I’m back for a second month of new books, going through the Speculative Fiction releases for April 2022 that I’m interested in! We’ll mostly be focusing on fantasy, science fiction, and horror, but on the odd occasion, I may sneak in something non-fiction, historical fiction, romance perhaps. It all depends on what is out there. April has a few titles that I’m really intrigued by, and a few that could turn out to be fantastic reads. I may also…
Years ago in the book blogging world, I recall a weekly feature literally called: “It’s Wednesday! What Are You Reading?” It did what it said on the tin, you’d just talk about what you’re reading that week. Heck, it may still be around, I don’t know. As a slow reader, I never took part because it’d often take me a couple of weeks to finish a book and I didn’t think people would want to read about how I was…
Title: Legends & Latte Series: Standalone Author: Travis Baldree Publisher: Cryptid Press Genre: Cosy Fantasy Length: 258 pages Goodreads – The StoryGraph Content Warnings High Fantasy with a double-shot of self-reinvention Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the…