Red Sister Red Sister is the first book in Mark Lawrence’s Book of the Ancestor trilogy. This grimdark coming-of-age tale revolves around a young girl named Nona Grey. Nona is sent to a convent to be trained by a group of assassin nuns. Interested yet? Nona has some magical powers that I won’t go into. … Read more
The Lies of Locke Lamora This delightful debut by Scott Lynch follows the beginnings of the career of a master thief named Locke Lamora. This is the granddaddy of the Grimdark Fantasy genre. It is the first book that I read in this genre. Grimdark is not my favorite. I prefer stories with heroic, honorable … Read more
The Operator isn’t fantasy. Let’s get that out of the way. This is a good book. I don’t read a lot of thrillers but I got The Operator cheap and gave it a try. It was fantastic. From the first paragraph I was interested in Ian Bragg. The pacing was very tight and I kept … Read more
The Blade Itself really surprised me. I have a very smart friend who kept cramming Joe Abercrombie down my throat. I bought it one day at Half Price Books because I couldn’t find a Brent Weeks book I was looking for. One page sold me. Here is your Bad Book Review. The Characters I hate … Read more
The Hook Children of Blood and Bone struck me from the first time I saw it. It was in a department store and the cover jumped out at me. I know the old adage “never judge a book by its cover”. But I also know that the cover is the most important page in a … Read more