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…
âThis is not a fantasy built to be consumed quickly, but one meant to be lived in.â Core Premise & Initial Impressions: Everyone has their issues. Some of us drink too much; for others, itâs food. Maybe your parents pushed you too hard. Maybe they didnât push you hard enough. Someone reading this right now…
âAn earnest work of myth-making, heavy with history and danger.â Core Premises & Initial Impressions: Throw yourself back to your school days. Youâre on the far side of the classroomânot in the teacherâs direct line of sight, but you can see the whiteboard all the same. You donât even have to bob and weave past…
âIn Aether Nexus, kindness and calamity share the same cabinâa boyâs compassion, a witchâs curse, and a storm waiting just beyond the door.â Core Premise & Initial Impression: Bardic Planet has reviewed quite the number of progression-fantasy novels of late. As Bard-in-Chief, itâs my prerogative to mix things up. Pursuant to that, this week youâll…