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Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.

3/5

Good
Worth reading.

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January 20, 2025

THE FIRST KNIGHT SHAMAN

By R. Roderick Rowe
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

R. Roderick Rowe’s THE FIRST KNIGHT SHAMAN boasts a solid protagonist and decent storytelling, even if the action and other characters could be more developed.

January 15, 2025

THE GIFT: BOOK 2 IN THE COUNCIL TRILOGY

By Evette Davis
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Evette Davis's THE GIFT: Book 2 in The Council Trilogy is a fun and pacy fantasy that enchants readers with its accessible prose, passionate romantic...

IR Approved
January 13, 2025

IMMORTAL GIFTS

By Katherine Villyard
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Katherine Villyard's IMMORTAL GIFTS is literary catnip for vampire fans hungry for a fresh, deeply humanist spin on a beloved paranormal trope.

January 3, 2025

THE MINISTRY OF DREAMS

By Marta Lenartowicz
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

As disorienting as a dream itself, Marta Lenartowicz's THE MINISTRY OF DREAMS carries its own whimsy, humor, and moments of poetic philosophy.

IR Approved
December 27, 2024

CICERO JAMES, MIRACLE WORKER

By Hal Emerson
Rating:
4.4 / 5.0

Fans of urban fantasy will love Hal Emerson's funny, action-packed CICERO JAMES, MIRACLE WORKER, thanks to its engaging protagonist and unique spin on magic (as...

IR Approved
November 13, 2024

BROKEN MOON – SCORNED LANDS

By Patrick Todoroff
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A promising beginning to an epic series, Patrick Todoroff's BROKEN MOON—SCORNED LANDS builds a shattered world seeded with hints of something both greater and more...

November 1, 2024

THE GUARDIAN’S GAMBIT

By J.R. Konkol
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

J.R. Konkol’s THE GUARDIAN’S GAMBIT is heartfelt and charming at times, but it doesn’t quite cohere into a successful narrative.

IR Approved
October 21, 2024

THE ASSAYS OF ATA

By K.I.S.
Rating:
4.4 / 5.0

Deftly balancing intrigue, action, and emotional heft, THE ASSAYS OF ATA by K.I.S. is an engrossing epic brimming with magic, machinations, and mayhem.

IR Approved
September 4, 2024

JOURNEY OF SEVEN CIRCLES

By Russell Pike
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A remarkably imaginative flight, Russell Pike's JOURNEY OF SEVEN CIRCLES bristles with energy and verve in its fantastical story of duty and self-sacrifice.

August 19, 2024

THE CHIMERA SNARE: Fragments

By S. Black, E. Black
Rating:
2.5 / 5.0

Energetic but disjointed, S. and E. Black’s THE CHIMERA SNARE: Fragments needs to make more deliberate structural decisions for its storytelling to shine.

IR Approved
July 12, 2024

HOURGLASS

By Daniel James
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

In HOURGLASS, Daniel James presents a worldview that is at once dire and hopeful: the afterlife by way of The Expendables. While its apparent pessimism...

July 8, 2024

REUNION OF THE THREE

By C.S. Harris
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

REUNION OF THE THREE by C.S. Harris is an entertaining, surprisingly heartfelt series opener for fantasy readers seeking a series with scope, ambition, and a...

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