Marc Aplin's Blog, page 24
May 9, 2022
Dead Boys by Gabriel Squailia
*Content Warning: Body horror. Infant death. Suicide.* I did not intend to review this book. But I picked up the audiobook and quickly fell in love with it, and I just had to talk about it. Dead Boys is my favourite kind of fantasy novel, one which is very hard to fit into an elevator […]
May 5, 2022
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Like much of the fantasy book world, I was surprised to find out that audiobook narrator extraordinaire Travis Baldree would be releasing a fantasy novel he wrote himself. I’d loved his performance of Will Wight’s Cradle, Tao Wong’s Thousand Li, and several others, but I wasn’t sure what to expect from him as a storyteller. […]
May 3, 2022
The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons
The conclusion of any narrative brings a sense of anxiety with it. The audience experiences moments of excitement, paranoia, sadness, etc., because their experiences with the story is coming to an end. All the questions surrounding the characters, the villains, the plots and the subplots, etc., leaves us wondering whether or not we’ll learn what […]
April 28, 2022
The Forever King by Ben Galley – SPFBO #7 Finals Review
*Disclaimer* Everyone is different and likes and dislikes different things. Reading is no exception. One person’s all-time favorite might seem too bland or too high stakes for another. That being said, the opinions of our judges in this contest are just that, opinions. Just because we let a book go, doesn’t mean it isn’t good. […]
April 27, 2022
The Girl and the Moon by Mark Lawrence
“Without the moon we would have been swallowed up long ago.” Mark Lawrence’s The Girl and the Moon is a hopeful, solid conclusion to the Book of the Ice. Unlike Lawrence’s previous trilogies, such as The Broken Empire, Yaz’s story offers up an ending that is far more optimistic than his darker trilogies. Yaz and […]
April 26, 2022
The Mortal Blade by Christopher Mitchell – SPFBO #7 Finals Review
*Disclaimer* Everyone is different and likes and dislikes different things. Reading is no exception. One person’s all-time favorite might seem too bland or too high stakes for another. That being said, the opinions of our judges in this contest are just that, opinions. Just because we let a book go, doesn’t mean it isn’t good. […]
April 25, 2022
The Iron Crown by L. L. MacRae – SPFBO #7 Finals Review
*Disclaimer* Everyone is different and likes and dislikes different things. Reading is no exception. One person’s all-time favorite might seem too bland or too high stakes for another. That being said, the opinions of our judges in this contest are just that, opinions. Just because we let a book go, doesn’t mean it isn’t good. […]
April 21, 2022
We Men of Ash and Shadow by H. L. Tinsley – SPFBO #7 Finals Review
*Disclaimer* Everyone is different and likes and dislikes different things. Reading is no exception. One person’s all-time favorite might seem too bland or too high stakes for another. That being said, the opinions of our judges in this contest are just that, opinions. Just because we let a book go, doesn’t mean it isn’t good. […]
April 17, 2022
Reign & Ruin by J. D. Evans – SPFBO #7 Finals Review
*Disclaimer* Everyone is different and likes and dislikes different things. Reading is no exception. One person’s all-time favorite might seem too bland or too high stakes for another. That being said, the opinions of our judges in this contest are just that, opinions. Just because we let a book go, doesn’t mean it isn’t good. […]
April 15, 2022
Hall of Bones by Tim Hardie – SPFBO #7 Finals Review
*Disclaimer* Everyone is different and likes and dislikes different things. Reading is no exception. One person’s all-time favorite might seem too bland or too high stakes for another. That being said, the opinions of our judges in this contest are just that, opinions. Just because we let a book go, doesn’t mean it isn’t good. […]
