Posted by Kat Hooper | Mar 26, 2019 | SFF Reviews | 3
River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams River of Blue Fire (1998) is the second book in Tad Williams’ OVERLAND quartet. You absolutely must read the first book, City of Golden Shadow, first. Our group of heroes (Renie, Xabbu, Orlando, Fredericks, Martine, Tb4, Kwan-Le) have entered Otherland and are searching for Paul Jonas at Mr. […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Jan 30, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 3
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin Renly Baratheon explains, “I have it in me to be a great king, strong yet generous, clever, just, diligent, loyal to my friends and terrible to my enemies, yet capable of forgiveness, patient…” Renly’s only problem, besides arrogance, is that he has no legal claim to the […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jul 18, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton Warning: Contains a few spoilers for the previous book, The Reality Dysfunction. “Jesus, I can’t believe that’s all there is: life and purgatory. After tens of thousands of years, the universe finally reveals that we have souls, and then we have the glory snatched right back and replaced […]
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Posted by Jason Golomb | Dec 8, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 2
Thunderbird by Jack McDevitt When we last left Jack McDevitt’s North Dakota in 1996’s Ancient Shores, the U.S. Government had failed miserably and embarrassingly to wrest control of an alien stargate from the Spirit Lake Sioux, rightful owners of the land on which the alien artifact was found. Thunderbird, a sequel to Ancient Shores, picks […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Aug 14, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Seven Songs by T.A. Barron “Pursue the Seven Songs in Turn; the Parts Beget the Whole…” The second book in T.A. Barron’s MERLIN SAGA (preceded by The Lost Years and followed by The Raging Fires) continues young Merlin’s journey toward the powerful wizard of legend. Having noticed that there was very little literature that dealt […]
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Posted by Ruth Arnell (RETIRED) | Jan 7, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
Jovah’s Angel by Sharon Shinn Set about 150 years after Archangel, Jovah’s Angel returns to the world of the Samaria books to find a new set of problems besieging the land. Terribly destructive storms are wracking the land, and the angels, who for hundreds of years have been able to intercede with the god Jovah […]
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Posted by Ruth Arnell (RETIRED) | Dec 18, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner Eugenides ends The Thief in triumph, but within the first chapter of this sequel, he is back in the prisons of the Queen of Attolia, where he loses his hand to the executioner’s axe, while the Queen looks on impassively. Forced to deal with the rest of […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Jul 2, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
THE NIGHT WORLD: Volume 2 by L.J. Smith “There Is Plenty of Darkness…” The first omnibus edition of The Night World sets up the basic premise of the Night World, introducing several concepts and characters that pop up again in later books, and are quick, entertaining reads. But it’s not until the fifth story (found […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Feb 21, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
Heart of Ice by Louise Cooper Louise Cooper’s Dark Enchantment books are a series of reasonably short novels, all stand-alone stories, that cater well to the young teenage girl who likes a blend of romance, mystery, mild horror and fairytale. Though I don’t fit into that age group anymore, the books in the Dark Enchantment […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Dec 5, 2007 | SFF Reviews | 0
Windrider by Pamela Freeman Windrider is the second of the Floramonde books, though unlike other books in series, they all can be read on their own or out of order, and indeed when it came to the first book The Willow Tree’s Daughter, the chapters themselves could be read out of sequence thanks to the format […]
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