When Folk Tales Collide

Western fantasy fiction is heavily influenced by Greco-Roman and Norse mythologies. From pantheons of fickle deities to mischievous fae folk, from great dragons to tunnel crawling wyrms. Over the decades, since fantasy’s emergence as a genre, more and more European folklore has made its way into fantasy fiction. Orcs, goblins, elves, dwarfs, etc., are well […]

Book Review: Resa Nelson’s Dragonfly

A Viking girl raised among Native Americans must overcome her desire to have a family of her own in order to fulfill her destiny. Greeta has known all her life that she is different. Her pale skin, blue eyes and blonde hair sets her apart from her darker skinned people, the Shining Star Nation. Then […]

Book Review of Way Walker: Tangled Paths by J Leigh

Jathen is the crown prince of the Tazu Kingdom, a draconic people who have the ability to shift from a scaly, humanoid form to full dragon form. The only problem is that Jathen is a pink-skinned, scaleless, moot. The motif of the story sets up a interesting conflict for the protagonist and is essentially a travel […]

Book Review: The Millennial Sword by Shannon Philips

My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Millennial Sword is an Arthurian tale set in modern day San Francisco. It follows the exploits of Viveka Jansen, a PR accounts junior and the newest Lady of the Lake. Her adventures begin when she is given a sword by an old hippy lady and informed that it […]

Review: White Tiger by Kylie Chan

**** The first thing you notice about White Tiger is the size of the tome. It’s 528 pages long and much of it seems like padding, although I’m sure the author would argue that it was needed to develop the characters more fully. White Tiger is an urban fantasy that uses the rich mythology of […]

Book Review: Temeraire by Naomi Novak

His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik My rating: 4 of 5 stars Do you like dragons? I do. I’ve always found them fascinating, how they pop up in the culture and lore of every civilisation around the globe. That’s why I had to check out this particular one too. Novik has used the Napoleonic Wars […]