In case you haven’t noticed, we’re fans of Guy Gavriel Kay, and Rob and Stefan recently reported that Mr. Kay’s newest novel, Under Heaven, which releases today, is definitely up to par. (Comment below for your chance to win a copy.) While striving to suppress his enthusiasm about speaking with his favorite fantasy author, Rob […]
Read More I’m happy to temporarily come out of FanLit retirement to spend some time with my favorite author, Guy Gavriel Kay. Kay’s newest novel, River of Stars, was released today and it’s as wonderful as I’d hoped (here’s my review). Bill and Kelly loved it, too. Trust us: you don’t want to miss River of Stars! […]
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The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay I absolutely loved everything about Guy Gavriel Kay’s stand-alone novels Tigana and A Song for Arbonne, so it was with great excitement that I downloaded the newly released audio version of The Summer Tree, the first novel in his famous The Fionavar Tapestry. In The Summer Tree we […]
Read MoreKat Hooper and Katie Burton | Guy Gavriel Kay | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 7 comments |
The Wandering Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay It’s been 1½ years since I read The Summer Tree, Guy Gavriel Kay’s first novel and the first in his Fionavar Tapestry. I mentioned in the review for that book that I’m an adoring fan of Kay’s later stand-alone novels but that I found The Summer Tree derivative […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Audio | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay Tigana is a masterpiece. It is difficult to summarize the plot, for so much of the story unfolds organically — indeed, as a near-perfect tainflower — that one fears to spoil the pleasure of becoming swept up in the narrative. That said, the tale concerns the Palm, a mythic penninsula […]
Read MoreRob Rhodes and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4, 4.5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay In this homage to the troubadours and the “court of love” of medieval France, Guy Gavriel Kay comes down from the dizzying heights of The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy and creates a beautiful and memorable tale of mere mortals ensnared by political intrigue, enmity and love. (GGK does […]
Read MoreRob Rhodes and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4, 4.5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Reposting to include Bill’s new review. The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay The Last Light of the Sun is another of Guy Gavriel Kay’s lovely historical fantasies. This one blends Norse, Celtic, and Anglo-Saxon histories with a bit of faerie mythos. We follow a few main characters from each of these […]
Read MoreKat Hooper and Bill Capossere´s rating: 4, 5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay In the turbulent region that used to be the stable empire of Al-Rassan, petty kings vie for power. Each of these rulers is ambitions and clever, but none of them has been able to acquire his position without the help of others — crafty advisors, brave army […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay The new emperor in Sarantium has a lot to atone for, so he’s building a grand chapel to his god and calling the most famous artisans in the surrounding regions to come work for him. Crispin, a mosaicist from a neighboring country, is one of these. Unhappy since […]
Read MoreKat Hooper and Skye Walker´s rating: 3, 4 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay Lord of Emperors is the second (and final) novel in Guy Gavriel Kay’s THE SARANTINE MOSAIC duology. The story, set in a pseudo-Byzantine Empire, mostly centers on Crispin, a mosaicist from a neighboring kingdom who’s been commissioned to decorate the ceiling of a new chapel the emperor is […]
Read MoreKat Hooper and Kevin Wei´s rating: 3, 4 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Audio | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay What can I say about this book? If I see a new Guy Gavriel Kay book on the shelf at the bookstore, I buy it. It didn’t work out this time, though, and the reason is that the way this story is told makes no sense to me as a […]
Read MoreGuest´s rating: 2.5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Stand-Alone, World Fantasy Award | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay Under Heaven is the long-awaited new novel by master fantasist Guy Gavriel Kay — and let’s get the most important news out of the way: it was 100% worth the wait. Fans of Guy Gavriel Kay know that his novels often take place in what appear to be fantasy […]
Read MoreStefan Raets (RETIRED), Rob Rhodes and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4.5, 5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 10 comments |
River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay Since this is a fantasy review site, let’s get this out nice and early. Outside of its setting — a fictionalized and truncated version of China’ s 11th century Northern Song Dynasty — there is next to no fantasy in River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay’s newest work. […]
Read MoreBill Capossere and Rob Rhodes´s rating: 5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay A new Guy Gavriel Kay novel is cause for great celebration and anticipation in our household, as he has authored some of our most beloved novels over the decades (by “our” I mean my wife, my fifteen-year-old son, and myself). A consummate storyteller and stylist (the […]
Read MoreBill Capossere and Tadiana Jones´s rating: 5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | 7 comments |
A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay I confess that I always dread just a little bit reviewing a new Guy Gavriel Kay novel. Not because I’m concerned it won’t be any good; Kay writing a bad book would have to be on anyone’s list of Impending Signs of the Apocalypse. But because what […]
Read MoreBill Capossere and Tadiana Jones´s rating: 5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay As I write this, it’s early spring in Rochester, and those who live in the Northeast know what that means. Cold. Clouds. Wind. The false promise of warmth. The precipitation that no longer falls in feet and inches but instead has become a more annoying […]
Read MoreBill Capossere´s rating: 5 | Guy Gavriel Kay | SFF Reviews | | 12 comments |
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