In todayās society of ceaseless overachievers, I canāt help but feel a little left out every time I walk into a bookstore ā itās flooded with how-to-become-successful guides. Iāve never read one, so I canāt say how good they areā¦ Can bestsellers really teach you how to write themselves? But on a second thought, Iām…
āIn Aether Nexus, kindness and calamity share the same cabināa boyās compassion, a witchās curse, and a storm waiting just beyond the door.ā Core Premise & Initial Impression: Bardic Planet has reviewed quite the number of progression-fantasy novels of late. As Bard-in-Chief, itās my prerogative to mix things up. Pursuant to that, this week youāll…
āDeath is temporary. The fine print is forever.ā Core Concept & Initial Impressions: In our ever-growing partnership with Bardic Planet, IāSilas Quibble, reputable spokesgoblin for Dubious Derivativesā¢ Limitedāhave been invited back to co-author this First Impressions review of Paragon of Weaponmasters.When I first dug into the work, I knew I was the right goblin for…
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. Iām sure itās no less true for some of you ladies as well. Throw yourself back to when you were thirteen. A pimply youthāhormones aflame, eyes wandering…
āWelcome to Kyrus Academy: where the obstacle courses break bones, the bullies draw blood, and the Sorting Hat explodes if youāre talented enough.ā Core Premise & Initial Impression: The magical academy: a staple in any young childās life. I remember my wizarding daysāhow weād laugh while Professor Slughorn oinked furiously from pupil to pupil, desperate…
āThis isnāt a story where bigger fists wināitās one where sharper knives are hidden behind prettier smiles.ā 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 Msā¦ fifteen of them, by my count….
āSpace may be infinite, but A Pioneerās Blood makes it feel like four walls closing ināand thatās the thrill.ā Core Premise & Initial Impression: Space. The Final Frontier. Finalānot because thereās nowhere left to go, but because space itself would rather like to kill you. At least thatās true in the latest serial novel Bardic…
āTurns out, when gods get bored of eternity, they donāt take up golfāthey isekai themselves into a galactic war.ā Core Premise & Initial Impression. Galaxy of Gods is a book that I read. It has wordsā¦ English words. Though if you translated it, itād be in that language, I guess. It has characters and stuff….
āThe gods left their toys behind. The mortals are still figuring out which end goes boom.ā Core Premise & Initial Impressions: What The Gods Left Behind bills itself as an epic fantasy novel. āEpicā is about as accurate as it gets. Right from the prologue, the author serves up a sweeping creation mythāpresented as the…
āHe died for art. But that won’t stop his vision” Core Premise & Initial Impression. The Pictomancer is a LitRPG unlike any youāve ever read before. Unless youāve actually read one beforeā Then yeah. Then itās just like that. Across the twenty-two chapters Iāve read, it rarely strays from the genreās staples. With one notable…