Slow Burn, Detailed Lore & Classical Archetypes
Rating 4/5 It is a fantasy readers would love to take part in. Then immediately regret as soon as they realise they lack any of the skills required. However, if they were blessed like Maggie The Undying they too would have the advantage in Ilona Andrews’ This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me. An Isekai-inspired, slow burn dark fantasy, This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me explores Kair Toren, a fictional city from an unfinished fantasy series where our protagonist, Maggie, finds herself, w
May 303 min read
Hauntingly Dark, A Complex Partnership & Creative Storytelling
Rating: 4.5/5 If you have been looking for a replacement to fill the void left by BBC 4 radio’s Pilgrim series then you will find it in Cameron Sullivan’s debut novel, The Red Winter. Creative storytelling, captivating characters, this historical fantasy offers an alluring concept to the werewolf mythos all the while delving into France’s history and bourgeois society. Taking place during events like The Hundred Years War, The Beast of Gervauden and The French Revolution, Su
Apr 302 min read
Fantastic world building, Inventive story structure and Complex Characters
Rating 5/5 If ever an author were to combine the mind-bending dream-verse of Christopher Nolan’s Inception with the grey morality offered in the universe of Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher I feel it would be Nicolas Lietzau. Lietzau’s canon fantasy Dreams of The Dying is pure satisfaction to a reader such as myself with just enough political intrigue and psychological horror to leave me wanting more. After his work on indie game, Enderal: Forgotten Stories, it’s clear Lietzau
Mar 312 min read