Category Archives: Fantasy

TOUGH TRAVELLING — BELOVED MOUNTS

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Bookwraiths

Every Thursday, Nathan over at Fantasy Review Barn hosts a weekly party where blogs set out with Diana Wynne Jones’ hilarious book The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel in hand to explore all the tropes … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Lists, Tough Traveling | Tagged Aenarion, Bazil Broketail, best fantasy mounts, Blackjack, Bree, Christopher Rowley, Chronicles of Narnia, David Eddings, Dragonriders of Pern, fantasy tropes, Faran, favorite mounts, Indraugnir, JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Ruth, shadowfax, The Elenium, The Hero and the Crown, The Horse and His Boy, The Tamuli, Tough Traveling, Tough Traveling Thursday, Warhammer | 17 Comments

THE DRAWING OF THE THREE (THE DARK TOWER #2) by STEPHEN KING

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower #2) is usually proclaimed by readers as either “The book that truly got me hooked on The Dark Tower series!” or as “The book … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Stars, Cross-Genre, Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Science Fiction | Tagged Dark Tower, Dark Tower The Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, Stephen King, the dark tower, The Drawing of the Three, The Gunslinger | 6 Comments

REFLECTIONS OF ETERNITY (FANTASY SHORT STORY) by J.M.D. REID

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 4 out of 5 stars. Reflections of Eternity is a fantasy short story that I stumbled upon a few weeks ago. Since I’m generally turned off by photographic fantasy covers, it was the story description which persuaded … Continue reading →

Posted in 4 Stars, Fantasy, High, Short Stories | Tagged indie fantasy series, indie fantasy stories, J.M.D. Reid, Reflections of Eternity, The Assassin's Remorse | 5 Comments

FUN DAY MONDAY, OR THE BOOKS THAT WILL HELP ME SURVIVE THE WEEK AHEAD (MARCH 22, 2015)

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Bookwraiths

The work week begins. I quickly slip into my business suit and head back into the office to save a few innocent people from wrongful incarceration. But while I try to fool myself into being excited about the grind, deep … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy, Funday Monday | Tagged Expanse, James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes, R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before, The Prince of Nothing | 4 Comments

SABAZEL (SABAZEL #1) by LILLIAN STEWART CARL

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. Sabazel is a thinly disguised fantasy take on Alexander the Great: The Macedonian who led the Greek world in their crusade against the Persian Empire and won himself a world spanning empire … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Stars, Fantasy, High | Tagged Alexander the Great, Amazons, fantasy alternate history, fantasy amazons, Lillian Stewart Carl, Sabazel | 1 Comment

THE SWORDSMAN OF TANOSA (TALE OF THE MIDDLE SEAS) by DUNCAN M. HAMILTON

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 4 out of 5 stars. “The Swordsman of Tanosa” is a short story set in the Middle Sea world of Duncan M. Hamilton, which has also been the setting for his Society of the Sword Trilogy and … Continue reading →

Posted in 4 Stars, Fantasy, Low, Short Stories, Swashbuckling | Tagged best independent fantasy, best swashbuckling fantasy, Duncan M. Hamilton, Middle Sea, Society of the Sword, The First Blade of Ostia, The Sword of Tanosa | 4 Comments

THE FALL OF FAIR ISLE by ROWENA CORY DANIELLS

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 3 out of 5 stars. Upon Fair Isle, the garnet-eyed, silver-haired, pale-skinned, twelve-fingered T’En have nearly become a thing of legend, as years of intermarriage have made the race of conquerors nearly identical to their human subjects. … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Fantasy, Romantic | Tagged Fair Isle, Rebellion Publishing, Rowena Cory Daniells, T'En, The Chronicles of King Rolen's Kin, The Fall of Fair Isle, The Outcast Chronicles | 2 Comments

VENGEANCE OF THE IRON DWARF by R.A. SALVATORE

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Bookwraiths

Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf by R.A. Salvatore Genre: Fantasy Series: Companions Codex #3 | Legend of Drizzt #27 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (March 3, 2015) Author Information: Website | Twitter Length: 352 pages My Rating: 3 out of … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Drizzt, Fantasy, Forgotten Realms, High, Swashbuckling, Sword and Sorcery | Tagged Companions Codex, drizzt, Drizzt Do'Urden, Forgotten Realms, Legend of Drizzt, R. A. Salvatore, Salvatore, Silver Marches, The Legend of Drizzt | 3 Comments

THE BROKEN SWORD by POUL ANDERSON

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 3 out of 5 stars. The Broken Sword is a modern Norse myth that both dazzles and disappoints with its tale of unwitting mortals caught in the web of gods. When just a newborn, our hero Skafloc … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery | Tagged classic fantasy novels, Norse myths, Poul Anderson, The Broken Sword | 3 Comments

TOUGH TRAVELLING — KNIGHTS

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Bookwraiths

Every Thursday, Nathan over at Fantasy Review Barn hosts a weekly party where blogs get to follow along with Diana Wynne Jones’ hilarious book The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel listing their favorite books with … Continue reading →