Dec 4, 2018: A teensy disclaimer: A story I write is hosted on the same site as this one. However, I still endeavor to be honest!

Star’s Tempest is a creepy, dark take on a classic Shakespeare story, that as Wayne Basta noted, suffers most when it is shackled to its source material too closely. However, there’s a lot of imagination and very competent writing in this updated take on the Tempest.

The most incredible [more . . .]

Nov 28, 2018: On Touch

So Touch is a relatively unknown webnovel (to a shocking degree) despite it being one of the best webnovels out there. It has only 190 followers on Royalroad. It’s also probably in my top 10-15 webnovels. I will admit, it doesn’t update with the most frequency, with it updating on average once every 8.7 days or so, and with only 51 chapters thus far. To exacerbate the problem, the chapters aren’t extremely long either (~2.5k words or so), so [more . . .]

Nov 12, 2018: Token by Desmo is a story about four college kids who enjoy playing games. After a round of Axis and Allies turns sour they all discover a mysterious card in their hands. These cards are list of increasingly poor behavior with a set of points next to them.  Each card is tailored to the individual.

None of the boys can figure out where they came from and they magical appearance gets starker as they discover that when they do one of [more . . .]

Nov 10, 2018: Shadow pulls you in just like any good space opera—with compelling characters and an engrossing, mysterious plot. The reader is dropped into the story from the perspective of Vai Ma’amaloa, who has only recently been awakened from an 80-year sleep. He quickly realizes that something is amiss: a mysterious drug that led to an intergalactic war from before his long sleep has reappeared, and threatens the (now-peaceful) galactic community.

The author surrounds Vai with other strong characters, such as Owen (a [more . . .]

Oct 29, 2018: A quick summary: NAH is a dark, gritty, almost noirish take on the superhero genre. There are some mythic, mystical notes to the worldbuilding that provide an extra flavor I’d say reminds me of Halo: writing this review I am distinctly reminded of the gorgeous Gregorian vocalizations that made you feel you’d stepped into something otherworldly. I don’t mean mystical in the sense of DC/Marvel who need to justify magic-using heroes in their kitchen sink universes. I mean that this mythic feeling pervades the entire work and elevates it. Though, [more . . .]

Oct 22, 2018: I like to give a serial three episodes before I decide if I want to continue. First impressions can be deceiving, both for good and bad. Excluding stories that have been recommended to me, those usually turn out good, this is the first where I want to read episode 4.

The prose is strong and the main character is intriguing. Vai is a kid out of time preparing to go onto an unknown future of life aboard a research vessel. Its [more . . .]