Tag Archives: vlad taltos

THE GOOD GUYS

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Bookwraiths

Good Guys by Steven Brust Genre: Urban Fantasy Series: Stand Alone Publisher: Tor Books (March 6, 2018) Author Information: Website | Twitter Length: 320 pages My Rating: 2 stars Good Guys is an urban fantasy take by Steven Brust, author of the Vlad Taltos fantasy series; it is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Stars, Fantasy, Urban | Tagged Brust urban fantasy, Good Guys, magic, magical detectives, murder, Steven Brust, teleportation, Tor Books, Urban Fantasy, vlad taltos | 3 Comments

TOP 5 WEDNESDAY: BOOKS I LOVE TO DISCUSS

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Bookwraiths

Today, the guys in the Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday group have an interesting topic, one which is straight forward and to the point: “Books You Love to Discuss. Some books we disliked or they were just okay, but they still have a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Five Wednesday | Tagged A Crown for Cold Silver, Alex Marshall, Brokedown Palace, Draegaran, Kameron Hurley, Stephen King, Steven Brust, Tad Williams, the dark tower, the dragonbone chair, The Mirror Empire, Top 5 Wednesday, vlad taltos | 8 Comments

VALLISTA

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Bookwraiths

Vallista by Steven Brust Genre: Fantasy Series: Vlad Taltos #15 Publisher: Tor Books (October 17, 2017) Author Information: Website | Twitter Length: 352 pages My Rating: 3 stars Vallista is the fifteenth installment of Steven Brust’s Vlad Taltos series, and while these books are in a downward trajectory after … Continue reading →

Posted in 3 Stars, Fantasy | Tagged Assassin, Dragaeran, Fantasy, fantasy mystery, locked-room mystery, Steven Brust, Tor, Tor Books, Vallista, vlad taltos | 4 Comments

FUNDAY MONDAY, OR THE BOOKS THAT WILL HELP ME SURVIVE THE WEEK AHEAD (NOVEMBER 6, 2017)

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Bookwraiths

Another week begins. I quickly slip into my business suit and head back into the office to save a few innocent people. But while I try to fool myself into being excited about the promise of a new year and … Continue reading →

Posted in Funday Monday | Tagged Casting Shadow's Trilogy, Funday Monday, Gryphon's Eye, Kevin Weston, new fantasy books, October 2017 fantasy releases, self-published fantasy books, Steven Brust, Tor, Tor Books, Vallista, vlad taltos | 3 Comments

TOP 5 WEDNESDAY: CHARACTERS I ONCE LOVED BUT DON’T ANYMORE

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Bookwraiths

Today, the guys in the Goodreads Top 5 Wednesday group have an interesting topic this week: CHARACTERS YOU ONCE LOVED BUT DON’T ANYMORE! These are the characters who you used to adore, but now you don’t. Maybe they changed a lot. Maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Five Wednesday | Tagged A Game of Thrones, disliked fantasy characters, Dragonlance, Dragonlance Chronicles, dragonriders, Dragonriders of Pern, fantasy characters, Feist, Game of Thrones, janny wurts, Jaxom, Mara of the Acoma, Ned Stark, Raistlin, The Empire Trilogy, The White Dragon, Top 5 Wednesday, vlad taltos | 6 Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY — JHEREG (VLAD TALTOS #1) by STEVEN BRUST

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Bookwraiths

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again “There is nothing harder than reviewing one of your teenage favorites once you grow up.” And, unfortunately, Jhereg isn’t an exception to this fact. Like many longtime fantasy fans, I first … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 Stars, Fantasy, Flashback Friday, High, Swashbuckling, Sword and Sorcery | Tagged 1980s fantasy series, Dragaeran, Dragaeran friends, elves by another name, Fantasy world, Flashback Friday, Hawk, Jhereg, longest running fantasy series, Steven Brust, Ursula K. Le Guin, vlad taltos | 5 Comments

TOUGH TRAVELING — ELVES

Posted on October 23, 2014 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 →

Posted in Fantasy, Lists, Tough Traveling | Tagged Corum, Dennis L. McKiernan, Diana Wynne Jones, Dragonlance, Drizzt Do'Urden, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Magician, margaret weis, Mark C. Perry, Michael Moorcock, Mithgar series, Morigu, R. A. Salvatore, raymond e. feist, Riftwar Saga, Steven Brust, Terry Brooks, The Elven Nations, The eternal champions, The Iron Tower, The Legend of Drizzt, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, Tolkien, Tolkien's elves, tracy hickman, vlad taltos | 10 Comments

TOUGH TRAVELING – PRINCESSES

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Bookwraiths

Posted in Fantasy, Lists | Tagged best princesses in fantasy, Chronicles of the Cheysuli, David Eddings, Diana Wynne Jones, Dragonlance Chronicles, Dread Empire, margaret weis, Michael J. Sullivan, PRINCESSES, raymond e. feist, Riyrian Revelations, Steven Brust, The Belgariad, The Mallorean, Tough Traveling Thursday, tracy hickman, vlad taltos | 25 Comments

Brokedown Palace More Political Than Fantastical

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 1 out of 5 stars. Brokedown Palace is a fantasy fable, as told by Stephen Brust. The tale itself is set in the Dragaeran world of Vlad Taltos in the human (Easterner) kingdom of Fenario, which borders … Continue reading →

Posted in Fantasy | Tagged animal farm, Brokedown Palace, Brust, Dragaera, Dragaeran, Fantasy literature, george orwell, Grateful Dead, Karl Marx, phoenix guard, Phoenix Guards, Steven Brust, Sugar Magnolia, vlad taltos | 2 Comments

Brust’s Phoenix Guard Too Wordy

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Bookwraiths

My rating is 2 out of 5 stars. Steven Brust is an unabashed fan of Alexander Dumas, and The Phoenix Guards is his attempt to both emulate and exceed the swashbuckling master of such classics as The Man in the … Continue reading →