"You told me you had died eight times and that this would be the last." Gabriella Ortiz: child experiment-turned-soldier, teenage General, holder of a half-dozen noms de guerre, spent several decades causing chaos across the galaxy. Now her final appellation, 'Nine Lives', is going to be put to the test. She once more crash lands … Continue reading Ninth Life – Stark Holborn
I don't often take part in the weekly prompts, but this one spoke to me. I'm about to start my summer holiday, and reading loads is high on the list of wannas! But what might I be at least planning on picking up? Well, there are ARCs - thankfully fewer these days (I'm being good/sensible!), … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Summer Reading List
"Most eminent arbiter of the King's laws, duellist of well-deserved renown and, perhaps boldly stated, my colleague in the investigation of matters occult and supernatural pertaining to the safety of our troubled nation, I greet you thus, Estevar Valejan Duerisi Borros." Estevar Borros is a Greatcoat, a sword-fighting, travelling magistrate in service to the King. … Continue reading Crucible of Chaos – Sebastien de Castell
"Stephen's god died a little after noon on the longest day of the year." Three years have passed since the Sword Saint died, throwing his paladins into sudden, catastrophic, berserker fits. Those that survived - both the rampage and the subsequent guilt - have had to find new ways to live, to cope. Stephen, along … Continue reading Paladin’s Grace – T Kingfisher
"While the Sisters of the Our Lady of Impossible Constellations argued themselves in circles, the Reverend Mother sat silently in her chair at the head of the chapel as she always did, listening to the arguments twist and double back on themselves." Nuns in space is quite the tagline, and it's not wrong! But this … Continue reading Sisters of the Vast Black – Lina Rather
John Sugar (Colin Farrell) is a globe-trotting private investigator specialising in finding missing people. We first see him finalising a case in Japan, and first hear his "I don't like hurting people" line right before he shows that he is actually very good at hurting people. From there it's on to Hollywood, where the granddaughter … Continue reading Sugar (season 1)
"It takes me two weeks to die, locked in my own dungeon." Davi is not having a good life, what with being captured and tortured to death by a not-at-all-sexy snake lady. But it's okay: there'll be another one (life) along in a minute. Davi is somehow (a) in some weird fantasy world and (b) … Continue reading How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying – Django Wexler
Back in 2020, Eric Bana starred in a movie I somehow failed to review, called The Dry. Based on the best-selling novel by Jane Harper, it introduces us to Aaron Falk, a police investigator forced to deal with an old crime in his drought-stricken home town. Force of Nature is the second book and now movie following … Continue reading Force of Nature (2024)
"'Mgeni! Stay a moment; I have your future for you.'" Hitomi is an outsider on the streets of Karolene, forever marked by the paleness of her skin no matter how many years she's lived there, skimping a living on her wits. But she has a secret: a magical gift hidden and partially trained by her … Continue reading Sunbolt – Intisar Khanani
"'But, Sally, I'm not a writer.'" It's hard to believe we're eight books into the Haunted Library series, and reaching a natural conclusion. From arriving in small town USA, taking up a career as a library events planning, and finding the man of her dreams, Carrie's next big adventure is finalising the planning for her imminent … Continue reading Booked on Murder – Allison Brook
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