Gemsigns – (R)evolution #1 – Stephanie Saulter
Release date: March 28th, 2013 Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 320 Format: Paperback Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review Humanity stands on the brink. Again. Surviving the Syndrome meant genetically modifying almost every person on the planet. But norms and gems are different. Gems may have the superpowers that once made them valuable commodities, but they also have more than their share of the disabled, the violent and the psychotic. After a century of servitude, freedom has come at last for the gems, and not everyone’s happy about it. The gemtechs want to turn them back into property. The godgangs want them dead. The norm majority is scared…
New Featured Series – (R)evolution by Stephanie Saulter
You might have noticed that I don’t really stick to the “one featured series per month” thing. That’s because life sometimes has other plans for me and throws plans and ambition my way. As such I have decided to just read at my own leisure and post when I finish a book or have time to compose a post about the series. This has been an extremely busy year for me and I know the blog has suffered sometimes, but I still want to commit myself to posting, simply because I love doing it. So for the next featured series, I’m going to do one that I hadn’t planned. I…
The Inexplicables – Clockwork Century #4 – Cherie Priest
Release date: February 15th, 2013Publisher: Tor BooksAge Group: AdultPages: 366Format: PaperbackSource: Won Rector “Wreck ’em” Sherman was orphaned as a toddler in the Blight of 1863, but that was years ago. Wreck has grown up, and on his eighteenth birthday, he’ll be cast out out of the orphanage. And Wreck’s problems aren’t merely about finding a home. He’s been quietly breaking the cardinal rule of any good drug dealer and dipping into his own supply of the sap he sells. He’s also pretty sure he’s being haunted by the ghost of a kid he used to know—Zeke Wilkes, who almost certainly died six months ago. Zeke would have every reason to pester Wreck, since Wreck got…
Ganymede – The Clockwork Century #3 – Cherie Priest
Release date: January 1st, 2013Publisher: Tor BooksAge Group: AdultPages: 352Format: PaperbackSource: Won The air pirate Andan Cly is going straight. Well, straighter. Although he’s happy to run alcohol guns wherever the money’s good, he doesn’t think the world needs more sap, or its increasingly ugly side-effects. But becoming legit is easier said than done, and Cly’s first legal gig—a supply run for the Seattle Underground—will be paid for by sap money. New Orleans is not Cly’s first pick for a shopping run. He loved the Big Easy once, back when he also loved a beautiful mixed-race prostitute named Josephine Early—but that was a decade ago, and he hasn’t looked back since. Jo’s still thinking about him,…
Dreadnought – The Clockwork Century #2 – Cherie Priest
Release date: December 1st, 2012Publisher: Tor BooksAge Group: AdultPages: 400Format: PaperbackSource: Won Nurse Mercy Lynch is elbows deep in bloody laundry at a war hospital in Richmond, Virginia, when Clara Barton comes bearing bad news: Mercy’s husband has died in a POW camp. On top of that, a telegram from the west coast declares that her estranged father is gravely injured, and he wishes to see her. Mercy sets out toward the Mississippi River. Once there, she’ll catch a train over the Rockies and—if the telegram can be believed—be greeted in Washington Territory by the sheriff, who will take her to see her father in Seattle. Reaching the Mississippi is a harrowing adventure by dirigible and rail…
Featured series – April: ‘The Clockwork Century’ by Cherie Priest
April has already arrived and gave us a few wonderful, warm and sunny days here in Belgium. Unfortunately the rain has come again and the sun only shows itself occasionally. So to brighten my days, I’m reading an amazing series that I want to feature on the blog this month: ‘The Clockwork Century’ by Cherie Priest. As always, feel free to read along with me! I’m a big steampunk fan, though I only discovered the genre last year. ‘Boneshaker’, the first book in ‘The Clockwork Century’ series was actually the first steampunk book I ever read and I loved it. A while ago I won the 4 books (at the…
King Breaker – King Rolen’s Kin #4 – Rowena Cory Daniells
Release date: September 17th, 2013 Publisher: Solaris Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 774 Format: E-book Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The conclusion to the hugely popular King Rolen’s Kin series! The story of Byron, Fyn and Piro picks up immediately where the cliff-hanging ending of The Usurper let off! When Cobalt stole the Rolencian throne, Byren, Fyn and Piro were lucky to escape with their lives, now they’ve rallied and set out to avenge their parents’ murder. Byren is driven to defeat Cobalt and reclaim the crown, but at what cost? Fyn has sworn to serve Byren’s interests but his loyalty is tested when he realises he loves Byren’s betrothed. And Piro…
The Usurper – King Rolen’s Kin #3 – Rowena Cory Daniells
Release date: August 31st, 2010 Publisher: Solaris Books Age Group: Adult Pages: 489 Format: E-book Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. The third book in a major new fantasy trilogy. Now a slave, Piro finds herself in the Merofynian Palace where, if her real identity is discovered, she will be executed. Meanwhile, Fyn is desperate to help his brother, Bryen, who is now the uncrowned King. Bryen never sought power but now he finds himself at the centre of a dangerous resistance movement as the people of Rolencia flee vicious invaders. How can Byren defeat the invaders, when half his warriors are women and children, and the other half are untrained boys and…
The Uncrowned King – King Rolen’s Kin – Rowena Cory Daniells
Release date: July 27th, 2010 Publisher: Solaris Age Group: Adult Pages: 396 Format: E-book Source: Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Rolencia’s ancestry enemy, Merofynia, has invaded and marches on King Rolen’s castle. Powerless to help, thirteen yeard old Piro watches as her father, King Rolen, listens to poisoned whispers against Bryen. How could the King doubt his second son? Determined to prove his loyalty, Bryen races across the path of the advancing army to ask the Abbot to send the warriors monks in defence of the castle. Review: We start off immediately where The King’s Bastard left us. Byren is leaving behind a blazing Dovecote estate and skating as fast as…
Featured series – March: ‘King Rolen’s Kin’ by Rowena Cory Daniells
New month, new series! And prepare yourselves, because this is an amazing Fantasy book series, published by Solaris. May I introduce: ‘The Chronicles of King Rolen’s Kin’ by Rowena Cory Daniells. 4 books, some 2300 pages and one hell of a story. There is also an e-book that comes after the third book, but unfortunately I won’t have enough time to read that one too, so I’ll leave that for you guys to enjoy on your own. So let’s have a look at the books themselves. I had heard a lot of good things about them and Dominick, my fellow Belgian Fantasy book blogger from Fantastical Imaginations absolutely loved them.…