Category Archives: Star Rating

THE LAST COLONY (OLD MAN’S WAR #3) by JOHN SCALZI

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 3 out of 5 stars. I have to admit I was a bit excited to finally get to read The Last Colony. Old Man’s War was a great scifi novel and The Ghost Brigades was only a … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Science Fiction, Soft | Tagged best military science fiction, best science fiction series, Jane Sagan, John Perry, John Scalzi, Old Man's War, The Colonial Union, The Ghost Brigades, The Last Colony, ZOE'S TALE | 3 Comments

STORM FRONT

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Storm Front by Jim Butcher Genre: Urban Fantasy Series: The Dresden Files #1 Publisher: Roc Books (April 1, 2000) Author Information: Website | Twitter Length: 352 pages My Rating: 3 stars What can one say about The Dresden Files that hasn’t already been said? Not much really. It is hailed … Continue reading →

Posted in 4 Stars, Dresden Files, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy | Tagged best urban fantasy, best urban fantasy series, Dresden Files, Harry Dresden, Jim Butcher, Storm Front, THE DRESDEN FILES | 6 Comments

ARTFUL by PETER DAVID

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. Artful by Peter David is a novel which expands on the world of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist by taking a look at the continued life of Jack Dawkins, better known as the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Stars, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy | Tagged Artful, Artful Dodger, Charles Dickens, Jack Dawkins, Oliver Twist, Peter David, Urban Fantasy, urban fantasy vampire novels | 6 Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: THOR VISIONARIES – WALTER SIMONSON #1

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Flashback Friday is something I’ve been doing here at Bookwraiths for a while now: a time when I can post my thoughts about books and graphic novels that I’ve read in the past and never gotten around to reviewing. With … Continue reading →

Posted in 5 Stars, Flashback Friday, Graphic Novels, Marvel | Tagged Asgard, Beta Ray Bill, Comic book, God of Thunder, Graphic novel, Marvel Comics, Simonson, Thor, Walt Simonson | 2 Comments

THE UNWEAVING (SHADER #3) by D.P. PRIOR

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 3 out of 5 stars. The epic conclusion of the Shader series! So many questions still demanding answers. Can anyone forgive Deacon Shader for failing to stop Sektis Gandaw when he had the chance? Is there a … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Fantasy, High, Post-apocalyptic, Self-Published | Tagged best indie fantasy, best indie fantasy books, best indie fantasy novels, best indie fantasy series, D.P. Prior, Deacon Shader, Shader series, Shadrak the Unseen, The Nameless Dwarf, The Unweaving | 1 Comment

A PEHOV DUET by ALEXEY PEHOV

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. This is a free download from Alexey Pehov that features two, original, short stories about master thief Shadow Harold. Harold is the protagonist of The Chronicles of Siala fantasy series. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Stars, Assassin, Fantasy, Low, Short Stories | Tagged A Pehov Duet, Alexey Pehov, free fantasy ebooks, free fantasy short story, master thief, Shadow Harold, Shadow Prowler, The Chronicles of the Siala | Leave a comment

THE ANT-MAN OF MALFEN (CHRONICLES OF THE NAMELESS DWARF #1) by D.P. PRIOR

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is three out of five stars. The Ant-Man of Malfen (Chronicles of the Nameless Dwarf #1) is a novella that doesn’t put on any pretensions about what it is. Nope, this is a sword and sorcery extravaganza that … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Fantasy, High, Self-Published | Tagged best indie fantasy books, best indie fantasy series, best sword and sorcery stories, Chronicles of the Nameless Dwarf, D.P. Prior, Shader, Shader series, The Ant-Man of Malfen, The Nameless Dwarf | 2 Comments

ZOE’S TALE (OLD MAN’S WAR #4) by JOHN SCALZI

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. After enjoying the first three books of Old Man’s War, I decided to read Zoe’s Tale even though I was familiar with a common complaint of its detractors– specifically that it tells … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Stars, Science Fiction, Soft, Young Adult | Tagged Jane Sagan, John Perry, John Scalzi, Old Man's War, science fiction series, YA science fiction book, ZOE'S TALE | 6 Comments

PROTEGEE (EXILES OF ARCADIA #2) by JAMES GAWLEY

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 4 out of 5 stars. Protegee (Exiles of Arcadia #2) by James Gawley is an alternative history-fantasy version of the death of the Roman Republic similar in vein to George R.R. Martin’s fantasy revision of the War … Continue reading →

Posted in 4 Stars, Alternative History, Fantasy, Low, Short Stories | Tagged alternative history-fantasy series, best alternative history series, Exiles of Arcadia, James Gawley, Protegee | Leave a comment

WOOL (WOOL #1) by HUGH HOWEY

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 4 out of 5 stars. This is the first “story” in the Wool Omnibus series that took the world by storm in 2011. At 49 pages long, the tale can be read in a single sitting, and … Continue reading →