Luke Harkness, Author at Luke’s Blog

13Jan 2024 by Luke Harkness No Comments

The Knight of the Moon by Gregory Kontaxis book review

The Knight of the Moon was kindly sent as an ebook to me by Kontaxis after I reviewed his debut novel The Return of the Knights last year. It's a prequel novella to The Return of the Knights following the story of John, The Long Arm, a bounty hunter who is given the task of hunting down a dangerous knight who turned their back on the Gaeldeath. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. This is a very short novella, totalling less than 100 pages, so I've tried to take this into…

11Jan 2024 by Luke Harkness No Comments

Battlefield Earth by L Ron Hubbard book review

Book reviews, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Battlefield Earth is quite the epic. Not only is it over 1,000 pages filled with lots of characters but the audiobook version I was kindly gifted was over 45 hours, which even at 2x speed was quite the time consumption. Was it worth my time and, more importantly, would it be worth yours? Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the products below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (as it's properly called) tells the story of Jonnie Goodboy Tyler and his incredible story as we meet him trapped by an alien called…

07Jan 2024 by Luke Harkness No Comments

Battle Song by Ian Ross book review

Book reviews, Historical Fiction

Battle Song was a book sent to me last year that I picked up just before Christmas in an attempt to get through more of my gifted books. I roughly knew that it was historical fiction and that it would likely feature some battles (due to the front cover). I've come away rather impressed. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. Battle Song tells the story of Adam De Norton, a young squire with the goal of being a knight one day. We follow De Norton as he joins a band…

05Jan 2024 by Luke Harkness No Comments

Helle & Death by Oskar Jensen book review

Book reviews, Crime, Mystery

I'm not the world's biggest crime fan. I think I feel a little bit like once you've read one crime book, you've sort of read a lot of them. However, sometimes a crime book comes along that's something just different enough to make it stand out for me. I think Helle & Death was just different enough to have me remember it for quite some time. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. Helle & Death was kindly sent to me by the publishers in return for an honest review. Helle…

31Dec 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

7 Authors I Want to Read in 2024

Features, Recommendations

As 2023 has gone by, I have used a combination to decide what books I read next. This combination is usually ranked firstly by whether I have the audiobook available to listen to at the same time, then it's whether the book has been requested for review and then finally I base my decisions on simply what I want to read next. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means that if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. In 2024, I most definitely want to explore some authors I read in 2023 and some new authors who I simply don't know how I've not managed to pick up any of their books…

28Dec 2023 by Luke Harkness 4 Comments

The Best Books I’ve Read in 2023

Features, Monthly Round Ups, Opinion, Recommendations

Well, there's another year gone by! I am now going into my fourth year as a blogger and so this is the third "best books I read this year" sort of post I've done now. Have my reading tastes changed at all? Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. If you're new here - these books aren't the best books that I read that came out in 2023. This is a list of just the best books that I have read in 2023. However, don't think this list isn't as good, because,…

14Dec 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark by Warner Bros and Spotify Studios podcast review

Fiction, Podcast reviews

I'm becoming a big fan of audio dramas, or "fiction podcasts" whatever you want to call them, at the moment as they're often an entertaining and easy listen to replace the audiobooks I constantly have in my ears. The latest and greatest of these I've listened recently was The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark, the latest audio drama by Warner Bros and Spotify Studios, the same people that brought you Batman Unburied and Harley Quinn and The Joker; Sound Mind. The Riddler: Secrets in the Dark focuses on another of Batman's anti-heroes, The Riddler. The description on Spotify describes it as: "A masked vigilante is on the loose, murdering notorious super-villains all over Gotham City… and all clues point to the suspect being the Caped Crusader himself, Batman. Now, with…

12Dec 2023 by Luke Harkness 1 Comment

Why epic fantasy is the greatest form of fiction

Features, Opinion

I don’t think it’ll be a massive surprise to anyone that fantasy is one of my, if not my most, favourite genre of book. There’s something about losing myself in a completely fictional, made up world that captures my attention and leaves me far more impressed than any other genre. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of products. In fact, I would go as far as to say that epic fantasy may be the best example of fiction you can read and with the likes of Fourth Wing and Harry Potter pushing those who…

11Dec 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

The Servant by Maggie Richell-Davies book review

Book reviews, Historical Fiction

Quite a while ago now, I was kindly sent The Servant by Maggie herself. I had no idea what the book was about but after hearing a bit more about it "servant joins household and finds the owners have a dark secret which turns her world upside down" really had me interested. nd I'm so glad I stuck with it. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the products. The Servant tells the story of young Hannah who has come from being a maidservant in a previous home with lovely owners but after they've…

09Dec 2023 by Luke Harkness No Comments

The five most-read articles on my blog in November 2023

Features, Monthly Round Ups

Every month I write a quick and short article on the top five most-read articles that I posted in the last month. This doesn't just highlight the top five but also puts them in order. Please note that this article contains affiliate links. This means if you choose to purchase any products via the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate links do not affect my final opinion of the product. I do this for a couple of reasons: firstly so that you can see what articles have done well and, if you're interested, have a look for yourself. This would also be beneficial for any other bloggers out there looking to post to their blogs they might be able to…

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