I knew I needed to read this book the moment my eyes landed on: They call me the Bitch Queen, the she-wolf, because I murdered a man and exiled my king the night before they crowned me. And, boy, wasn’t my instinct right again? Politics, secrets, complex characters you question as much as their motives, and a very adventurous journey make this a riveting book. The pace works like magic, […]
If you expect a fantasy story like the ones you are used to, you are mistaken. If you think this is a regular urban fantasy book, you are wrong again. But if you are thoroughly looking to be dragged into an urban world where myths and legends are real but unknown—or foolishly dismissed—then bingo! The world described by the author is the sad truth we live in with the exception of […]
Previous to this book, I was new to Anthony Ryan’s writing and his fascinating mind and now, after having read this first instalment in The Draconis Memoria series, I don’t just want to read more, I can also say the ‘a master storyteller’ praise on the cover is totally deserved. I have a huge passion for dragons and anything related to them so, when I started reading about those incredible […]
I’ve only read one novel, Bitten, in the Women of the Otherworld series a few years ago, and I wasn’t quite impressed by it. I remember the book didn’t particularly involve me and I didn’t continue with the series. Then the UK publisher asked me to review this anthology and I thought that—even if a bit risky—it could have been a good way to give Armstrong’s world another go. Now, imagine […]