by Rob | Feb 7, 2020 | Book Review
OK, so if you read my reviews you know I like to start them with a weird little aside, an anecdote, something very very barely related to anything else I’m about to say… Stick with me on this one. I’m a massive fan of Avatar the Last Airbender, hells...
by Rob | Feb 1, 2020 | Book Review
I guessed it! I guessed the big twist right near the beginning of book 2, and RJ managed to throw enough doubt on that guess that I’d reconsidered by the end of book 3 and assumed I was just seeing villains in every shadow!I hate reviewing third books in a...
by Rob | Jan 12, 2020 | Book Review
Yes, I’m using the french covers in these reviews because they are so fucking gorgeous! Book 2 of The Wounded Kingdom trilogy, Girton Needs a Slap – no, look, I’m allowed to call it that. RJ himself calls it that… and it’s true. Oh dead...
by Rob | Dec 20, 2019 | Book Review
A ‘who dunnit’ in reverse. I’m gonna start this review by pointing out the main character in Age of Assassins is a young lad by the name of Girton… and for some reason my crazy brain says “hears a who” after every single time I read...
by Rob | Nov 21, 2019 | Book Review, SPFBO
Beautiful, haunting, damning. Grimdark poetry.You’ll have to bear with me, my computer has crashed and I’m writing this review on my phone. Yes, I could wait until my PC is up and running again, but that could take years and I’ve already been sitting...
by Rob | Nov 1, 2019 | Book Review
You’ll have to forgive me if this review is a little rambly. I didn’t get near enough sleep last night and one cup of tea doesn’t appear to the have the caffeine I need to get started today… How’s that for an introduction? The Gutter...
