Book Review: Juggler’s Blade

My rating: 2 of 5 stars If I was to say that Juggler’s Blade is like Push (movie starring Chris Evans)crossed with The Lies of Locke Lamora, I would mean only that the plot resonates with those two works. Ross’s Juggler’s Blade features a bunch of people who have ESP (extra-sensory perception), that have been […]

Book News: Perfection Challenged Cover Reveal

Perfection Challenged, the thrilling conclusion to Jade Kerrion’s multiple award-winning, bestselling DOUBLE HELIX series, will be released on September 17th and will be available in paperback and all electronic formats. Beta readers have declared Perfection Challenged “the best of the four books…the perfect ending to an amazing series.” If you’ve never picked up the DOUBLE […]

Book Review: Rage of the Old Gods, by Tyler Edwards

My rating: 3 of 5 stars Gamers and movie-goers are probably now going to be familiar with mechs and giant robots, especially in content from the sf genre. Think Pacific Rim and Transformers, or Armoured Core and Zone of Enders. But how many times have you come across giant robots trying to wipe out humanity […]

The Long Road: The Truth About Self-Publishing

Are you ready to hear the truth? Are you sure? It’s quite simple. For many of us writers out there, the only way we are going to see our work in print is through self-publishing. The problem is that only a few of us writers out there are suited to the rigors of self-publishing. This […]

Book Review: Max Brook’s World War Z

Its very rare to find a peice of creative writing that goes beyond just being a clever use of words, structures and gimmicks that is worthy of commercial and literary success; and yet World War Z is just such a work. A great many people will be put off by the oral history (interview) format […]

Book Review: Camdeboo Nights by Nerine Dorman

My rating: 4 of 5 stars To relegate Camdeboo Nights to being a mere gothic romance would be unfair and inaccurate, although a romance between a vampire and a young woman is at the center of this tale. Despite its misleading cover, Camdeboo Nights is an urban fantasy novel mixing western superstitions with the more […]

Book Review: Rebel Elements

Jasmine Giacomo has envisaged a fantasy world that brings together diverse nations, with a rich history and a clever magic system that immediately put me in mind of the physical rituals demonstrated in the wonderful Avatar, the Last Airbender cartoon series. Giacomo uses her background in martial arts to combine hand-to-hand combat, with energy focusing […]

Book Review: Shawn Mihalik’s Flute Player

My rating: 2 of 5 stars The Flute Player is a whimsical fairytale set during the bombing of France during WWII. The story is split between a hospital and a village situated in a magical land that exists between reality and dreams. A young lady has had an accident and lies in a coma, whilst […]

Book Review: Mockingjay (Hunger Games)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Mockingjay is the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy. I started reading this trilogy back in September 2011 and have had this final part sitting on my kindle for nearly eight months. Its not that I didn’t want to read it right away. I wanted to draw out […]

Book Review: Darrin Grimwood’s Destroy All Robots

A giant toy robot looms over a pair of terrified marines, overlaid with the legend ‘Destroy All Robots’. The kitsch cover art of Darrin Grimwood’s new novel matches the cheesy creature-feature opening with a ship pulling into the cove of a mystery island, marines pouring out onto the beach and steely-eyed General declaring ‘Destroy All […]