Verdict: 5/5 stars. Nicholas Eames delivers a fun, fast-paced story with a "voice" the rest of us can only dream of. What I loved: Voice/Style: Kings of the Wyld draws you in almost immediately with prose that is not only clear, effortless, and crisp, but personal. He's able to deliver on a lot more humor than … Continue reading Kings of the Wyld
Book reviews
Sins of Empire – A Five Star Review
Verdict: 5/5 Stars. Go read it, it's awesome. What I loved: Characters - The book starts out introducing each primary character in turn, and McClellan does a very good job of establishing each character outside of and while setting up the impending conflict. I thought each character had unique and interesting flaws, believable motivations, and … Continue reading Sins of Empire – A Five Star Review
Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star
Stop whatever you are doing and go read Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Seriously, it's that good. My rating + review for each of the 3 books: Red Rising - 5 Stars The first 5-10% of the book is a little bit slow, and the "worldbuilding" elements (new words, terms, new races of humans) were a … Continue reading Red Rising, Golden Son, Morning Star
Finishing Books and Other Stuff I Like
I just finished my book... again. There will be plenty of tweaks to make still, but I'm starting to look forward to when my agent will submit the manuscript to publishers. It may still be quite a ways out depending on how we feel about the current state, and there's no way to know how it will … Continue reading Finishing Books and Other Stuff I Like
Review: The Emperor’s Blades – Brian Staveley
*Edit: I did a re-read of The Emperor's Blades, and damn, it's good. Staveley knows his stuff. It may have taken going through a bajillion edits on my own book to realize how truly well-written this book is. Upping the rating to full 5 stars. True Rating: 4.5+ - Brian, if you read this (and … Continue reading Review: The Emperor’s Blades – Brian Staveley
Review: The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan (Powder Mage #3)
The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan My rating: 5 of 5 stars I gave this book a 5 because I enjoyed reading it enough that I finished it within a few days, and because I think that the author did a very good job with his characters in this book. The characters were moderately interesting … Continue reading Review: The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan (Powder Mage #3)
Review of “Act of War” by Brad Thor
I'm going to - finally - get back into blogging about my book (Draft 1 is done, I'm editing and should submit to agents soon), but for now I'm re-christening the blog with a quick review of Act of War by Brad Thor that I posted on Goodreads. I'll stop back in a few days … Continue reading Review of “Act of War” by Brad Thor
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