Jun 5, 2019: Let me make a few things clear. Inheritors will rip your heart out. Then it’ll make you come back for more. There’s nothing you can do about that. You have two choices: Leave, and miss out an amazing story, or soldier on through the grief for more. I picked the second option, obviously. Do I regret it? Just a little. But if I had to choose, I’d do it again. Because it was all worth it. This story pulls no punches, curbs none of it’s kicks. It’s dark and brutal, [more . . .]

May 17, 2019: (note: this review covers Ch. 1-3!)

Pyrebound’s world captivates me. Just the first two paragraphsmade my mind buzz with possibility. Immediately after reading that, I skimmed the glossary, and . . . ugh . . . so many strange ideas. There’s an ever-expanding list of Kur’s grotesque creatures, who pour into Ki, where humans (and some other strange things) are native. But there are also the deep ties to fire that humans have—physical fires, spiritual fires, fires that live, that inhabit objects and people. A human settlement protected by [more . . .]

May 9, 2019: Endless Stars is an interesting take on a fantasy story as seen through the eyes of a dragon.

Snug has a great grasp on prose, lending the book a more literary feel than most serials. Likewise I really like seeing the story through the dragons perspective; the use of draconic body language is a nice touch to hammer home that the characters arent human while still giving them a realistic presence. It is also entertaining to see how they percieve other [more . . .]

May 2, 2019: Technically Abroad is technically rough, yet practically . . . something unexpectedly endearing. Hold onto that thought, we’ll pick it up again momentarily. It’s a fantasy work which has a number of syntactic and semantic blemishes: that is, spelling and grammar might benefit from a second run-over. Those blemishes kept me doubling back over sentences from time to time to reparse what I just read for comprehension. One instance: “Now I’m sure you know, but this an indication of promotion to be red yet.” The line is, in context, obviously a reference to the [more . . .]

Apr 15, 2019: Short Version – if you enjoy the experience of going ‘oh my god no you idiot don’t’ every few paragraphs, Quoria is for you. No, this is not sarcasm.

Long Version – Quoria is a fantasy detective/noir story about Colton McKinley, an ex-con and current PI, and his struggles to get by in the fantasy, 1900s-esque city of Quoria, vexed at every turn by suspicious police, shady clients, and most often, his own tendency to be kind of an idiot.

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Apr 10, 2019: I will always give points to any story that immediately evokes a sense of specific imagery, and is simultaneously able to evoke a sense of tone that blends with said imagery perfectly.

After Moses fits the bill, presenting a futuristic space-western tale that is informed by the likes of Star Wars, Firefly and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

It begins as your typical sci-fi western fare: a lone guacho named Matthew Cole goes [more . . .]