ReviewScifi
Fortune’s Pawn (Paradox # 1) by Rachel Bach (book review).
A book that captures the reader on the first page is rare. ‘Fortune’s Pawn’ had me pretty much at the first sentence. The…
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Kelly Jensen
Writer of love stories. Bibliophile. Gamer. Cat herder.
October 2013
ReviewCons
New York Comic Con 2013 by Kelly Jensen (convention review)
My mission this year at the New York Comicon was to meet Greg Capullo. I failed miserably, in part due to the NYCC…
ReviewFantasy
The Loathly Lady by John Lawson (book review).
Nothing like the call of duty to ruin a good party. Or the cold slap of reality. The carousing of squire Brandywine is…
September 2013
ReviewFantasy
Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson (book review).
‘Shaman’ is the story of Loon, a young man who comes of age thirty-two thousand years ago, in the Palaeolithic era. At the…
ReviewFantasy
The Godborn: The Sundering, Book II by Paul S. Kemp (book review).
I haven’t read anything by Paul S. Kemp before. After finishing The Godborn, I have to wonder why. The man can write. The…
ReviewHorror
East of West Volume 1: The Promise by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta (comic book review).
I love post-apocalyptic fiction, all kinds. Examined, it’s not the healthiest obsession, but I seem to share it with a good portion of…
ReviewScifi
The Plague Forge (Dire Earth Cycle book 3) by Jason M. Hough (book review).
Best last line, ever. I had to get that out first; it’s an important observation because the last line of this book perfectly…
ReviewFantasy
Seven Forges by James A. Moore (book review).
Lands extend from the edge of the known empire into the unknown; to the mountains, themselves, and beyond. No one knows what’s on…
August 2013
ReviewScifi
Leviathan Wakes (Expanse book) by James S.A. Corey (book review).
‘Leviathan Wakes’ can be described as space opera, but it’s not typical of the genre. The scope is smaller and the story…
ReviewFantasy
The Garden At The Roof Of The World by W.B.J. William (book review).
‘The Garden At The Roof Of The World’ by W.B.J. Williams is an ambitious debut. Presented as a found manuscript, the epic tale…
ReviewScifi
The Exodus Towers (The Dire Earth Cycle book 2) by Jason M. Hough (book review).
‘The Darwin Elevator’ by James M. Hough ended with the discovery of a second space elevator and a new, moveable aura to protect…
ReviewFantasy
Relic by Renee Collins (book review).
‘Relic’ by Renee Collins has an awesome setting. The world has been blighted by a long forgotten catastrophe that buried mythical creatures and…