Goodreads | Amazon | Bookshop.org (UK) | Book Depository | Hive Publisher: Stripes Publishing Publish Date: 6 February 2020 Page Count: 384 pages If you follow my blog, you’ll know I try to highlight diversity in SFF. So I was surprised to notice I’ve only ever read two books with a gay male protagonist, both […]
Read More Wranglestone by Darren CharltonGoodreads | Amazon | Bookshop.org (UK) | Book Depository | Hive Publisher: Transworld Digital Publish Date: 21 July 2020 Page Count: 368 pages Having long neglected the horror genre despite my undying love of scary films, I’ve never read a book quite like The Year of the Witching. With plagues, sigils, zealots, and pilgrim-style clothing, […]
Read More The Year of the Witching by Alexis HendersonGoodreads | Amazon Publisher: Silver Sun Publish Date: 9 July 2020 Page Count: 388 pages It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book featuring vampires, so I was excited to receive an advance copy of Josie Jaffrey’s May Day in exchange for an honest review. I was expecting something along the lines of […]
Read More May Day by Josie JaffreyGoodreads | Amazon | Bookshop.org (UK) | Book Depository | Hive Publisher: Angry Robot Publish Date: 8 September 2020 Page Count: 345 pages As a trained phlebotomist, I’m fully qualified to tell you that this book is bloody fun. Chris Panatier’s upcoming debut novel has satisfied a thirst I didn’t know I had for a […]
Read More The Phlebotomist by Chris PanatierI just realised that it’s August tomorrow (yeah, I know) so here is my monthly round-up post! – What Happened – The Fantasy Hive’s #WomenInSFF event on Twitter and Instagram was an absolute blast and has put my TBR in a state of shock. Happily, I managed to get through my planned SFF reads from […]
Read More What’s up, August?Goodreads | Amazon | Bookshop.org (UK) | Book Depository | Hive Publisher: Orbit Books Publish Date: 23 June 2020 Page Count: 528 pages I was lucky enough to win a copy of We Ride the Storm from the author who was commemorating the surprise #kiill typo in the UK edition. This novel is the first […]
Read More We Ride the Storm by Devin MadsonGoodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Publisher: Capital Station Books Publish Date: 18 June 2019 Page Count: 480 pages Volke is an outcast, the orphan of criminal parents with no prospects beyond his gravedigging apprenticeship. Yet he dreams of becoming a famous arcanist – a person who bonds with a mystical animal and gains unique, […]
Read More Knightmare Arcanist by Shami Stovall– What Happened – June was my first full month book blogging and it was a big one, between catching up on my 6 Netgalley ARCs (never again!) and completing a reading challenge for #ReadersWithoutBorders. Thank you SO much to everyone who has supported this event – @JDRoberts_SFF has now raised £97 for Doctors Without […]
Read More What’s up, July?I’m thrilled to say that I’ve completed my June #ReadersWithoutBorders challenge to read the 2020 Hugo Awards best novel and novella finalists! Thank you to all the lovely people who have donated and to @JDRoberts_SFF for organising this event. He has raised £57 for Doctors Without Borders over the month! Tor.com was the first publisher […]
Read More Review: Hugo Awards Best Novellas 2020Goodreads | Amazon | Bookshop.org (UK) | Book Depository | Hive Publisher: Tor.com Publish Date: 10 September 2019 Page Count: 448 pages For the #ReadersWithoutBorders June readathon I’m currently reading the finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards best novel and novella. Check out The Worlds of SFF for more information and the chance to win […]
Read More Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Jake is Reading 