Category: Fantasy

Epic fantasy is a genre that often features whole new realised worlds, creative creatures not in our own world, and, more often than not, a big journey. Lord of the Rings arguably shot this genre into the mainstream. Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World and subsequent series fleshed out the genre and realised its potential. (more…)

What would it be like if the Nazis had won and gone on to take over America? What would life be like if the Japanese ruled alongside them and all other races were left in slavery and discrimination? That’s what The Man In The High Castle by Philip K. Dick discusses. (more…)

One of the greatest modern fantasy writers we have, Brandon Sanderson’s arguably greatest piece of work is his Stormlight Archive series currently comprising of four books. The first in the series is The Way of Kings and it. is. Epic. (more…)

You may find yourself here because you’re thinking about watching the Netflix adaptation of the hit young-adult fantasy series Shadow and Bone - that’s fine! You may also be here simply because you wanted to read the book and want an idea of whether it’s any good or not - that’s also fine. (more…)

I’d heard a lot about Jade City by Fonda Lee before I picked it up. It had begun to build up some incredible hype when the second one came out and people remembered just how good the first is. I feel that the hype for a first book gets a second wind when the sequel comes out as people didn’t want to hype it too early in case the rest of the series was bad. I do plan on reading the second at some point. However, this review is about the first. (more…)