âSome stories hand you power. Swords Donât Kill Monsters makes you survive long enough to deserve it.â Core Premise & Initial Impressions: Swords Donât Kill Monsters. Rappers donât either. What does? Perhaps Ambientâthe ingeniously inventive, elegantly executed magic system at the heart of this novel. Iâve got to be real with you, Iâm not ready…
âThe Glass Wizard isnât pushing the boundaries of web fictionâitâs hurling itself through them like a wizard-shaped meteor.â Core Premise & Initial Impressions: How best to convey my first impressions of The Glass Wizard? I wrestled with that question while scribbling notes for this reviewâbut eventually, the answer revealed itself. To wit: imagine yourself at…
Core Premise & Initial Impression: Stay with me, dear reader, because this one might bring up some awkward memories. For the lads, you know exactly what I mean. Iâm sure itâs no less true for some of you ladies as well. Throw yourself back to when you were thirteen. A pimply youthâhormones aflame, eyes wandering…
âThis isnât a story where bigger fists winâitâs one where sharper knives are hidden behind prettier smiles.â Core Premise & Initial Impression: What do you get when you mix a mind-melding maligned monarch, a mesmerisingly malignant maiden, manipulative municipal machinations, and multifaceted mystically meticulous magics? A lot of Ms⌠fifteen of them, by my count….
âItâs a murder mystery where the biggest mystery is how the priest hasnât burned the church down yet.â Core Premise & Initial Impression: What can I say about The Partisan Chronicles? Well, I can tell you this: I wanted to like this one. I really did. On paper, it has so much going for it….