If you thought my triumphant return to blogging would involve anything other than Orc Smut, I am happy to disappoint you. I’m coming back with a couple of Mini-Reviews. Halloween Swirl (I read as Owned by the Orcs by Kylie Love and Mated to my Orc Professor by Sara Goodhead. Owned by the Orcs …
I am meant to be reading through Dark Apostle with the usual suspects, but, I just cannot get into it. I’ll save that rant for when I am finally finished with it, but because I was doubting my ability to read, I tried a few other books. I can clearly say it isn’t me. It’s…
Title: Callis and TollAuthor: David AnnandalePublished by: Black LibraryPublication date: 23rd March 2024Genre: FantasyPages: 292Format: HardbackSource: Private Collection Blurb/Synopsis Cinderfall district, Hammerhal Aqsha. The Twin-Tailed City belches fire day and night, smoke chokes the skies, and ash lines the streets like so much filthy snow. Life is brutal in Cinderfall – crime is rife, and death is cheap. But even…
Title: UnspeakableAuthor: Graham MastertonPublished by: Head of ZeusPublication date: 25th Jan 2005Genre: ThrillerPages: 264Format: eBookSource: Kindle Unlimited Blurb/Synopsis Her daughter is the target of evil…Child welfare officer Holly Summers is deaf, but she has an amazing talent for lip-reading – a talent the police are very happy to call upon in difficult criminal investigations. Using her unique gift to help the…
Title: The PriceAuthor: Matthew BarrowPublished by: Troubador Publishing LtdPublication date: 16th Jan 2024Genre: Dystopian Science FictionPages: 170Format: eBookSource: NetGalley Blurb/Synopsis In a future England, governed by the authoritarian Party of Order and Nation, individuals are selected at random to live in enforced poverty. The policy is called ‘the Price’: in order for the majority to live well, the policy…
Animal Farm – George Orwell This is one of those books that can provoke endless discussion and honestly, the internet isn\’t really the sort of place to have the conversations that this book provokes. It\’s a great read if a little terrifying and heart-breaking. You feel for fate of some of the characters, mostly Boxer,…
Title: The Damnation of PythosAuthor: David AnnandalePublished by: Black LibraryPublication date: 18th July 2014Genre: Science Fiction/WarPages: 416Format: PaperbackSource: Personal Collection Blurb/Synopsis In the aftermath of the Dropsite Massacre at Isstvan V, a battered and bloodied force of Iron Hands, Raven Guard and Salamanders regroups on a seemingly insignificant death world. Fending off attacks from all manner of monstrous creatures, the…
Title: The Running GraveAuthorRobert GalbraithPublished by: SpherePublication date: Septh 26th 2023Genre: CrimePages: 945Format: HardbackSource: Private Collection Blurb/Synopsis In the seventh installment in the Strike series, Cormoran and Robin must rescue a man ensnared in the trap of a dangerous cult. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in…