4/5 Stars Masterfully penned, vividly brutal, wonderfully unique fantasy I borrowed this book from my son who recommended it to me and after hearing much about it I was intrigued to give it a read. I love Asian-inspired fantasy and historical fiction, R E Feists’ and Janny Wurts’, Daughter of the Empire Series and JamesContinue reading “The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang”
Tag Archives: fantasy
The Grand Game – Books 1 -8 By Tom Elliot
5/5 Stars – (Adult, YA) Unputdownable LitRPG shenanigans. Well, it has been a little while since my last review and it’s not my fault, really it’s not. I blame Tom Elliot because I have had my nose stuck in his Grand Game Series and I lost track of time. Sooo…. it looks like I haveContinue reading “The Grand Game – Books 1 -8 By Tom Elliot”
Sleight of Hand by Mark Henwick
5/5 Stars – Urban Paranormal Fantasy Fun I haven’t read a paranormal Fantasy for a while and I was intrigued enough by the synopsis and the reviews for Sleight of Hand to give it a go. I confess my last binge into this genre was Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files which I absolutely loved, particularlyContinue reading “Sleight of Hand by Mark Henwick”
A D Green’s Fantasy Newsletter January 2025
Hello Good people, I hope this finds you well and that you had (as Bill and Ted would say) a most excellent Christmas. If you were really good and fortunate you got a book from Santa. Unfortunately, I must have been on the naughty list, no books for me ☹ I ate too many minceContinue reading “A D Green’s Fantasy Newsletter January 2025”
A D Green’s Fantasy Newsletter November 2024
Hello Good People It’s been a while since I last posted, I hope this finds you well. Coming up in this newsletter: Mindless Rambling Thanksgiving is just around the corner for my US friends and followers, the starting gun for the run into Christmas, which over here in the UK has already begun in earnestContinue reading “A D Green’s Fantasy Newsletter November 2024”
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Books 1-3) by Matt Dinniman
5/5 stars, Fun-filled, imaginative and gory LitRPG with Princess Donut the talking cat…oh and Carl Got this on a whim, looking at the high rating and large number of them I took a peek inside and found I liked the easy tone, the snarky banter and the gory action. Roll on three books and fourContinue reading “Dungeon Crawler Carl (Books 1-3) by Matt Dinniman”
A D Green’s Fantasy Newsletter & Book Roundup for 2023
Hello good people, Another year and we’re all still here on planet Earth. I hope the festive season was good to you and January gave you a kind start to the year. Thanks for sticking with me, I know my newsletters are outstripping my book reviews at the moment but there has been a lotContinue reading “A D Green’s Fantasy Newsletter & Book Roundup for 2023”