Where Fiction and Reality Meet
It took me a while to decide, but I think I can honestly say I’ve never read an anthology quite like Irregulars, four novellas from four talented authors who’ve woven each of their stories together to create an Urban Fantasy/Urban Fairy Tale world where goblins, vampires, brownies, fairies, pixies, demons, witches, and all other manner... Continue Reading →
It took me a while to decide, but I think I can honestly say I’ve never read an anthology quite like Irregulars, four novellas from four talented authors who’ve woven each of their stories together to create an Urban Fantasy/Urban Fairy Tale world where goblins, vampires, brownies, fairies, pixies, demons, witches, and all other manner... Continue Reading →
The Archer's Heart by Astrid Amara My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Archer’s Heart is posed as an epic tale of avarice, hypocrisy, betrayal, and dishonor, and juxtaposes the injustice of the caste system in a mythical India against the belief that it is God’s intent for those of lower birth to subjugate to... Continue Reading →
The Archer's Heart by Astrid Amara My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Archer’s Heart is posed as an epic tale of avarice, hypocrisy, betrayal, and dishonor, and juxtaposes the injustice of the caste system in a mythical India against the belief that it is God’s intent for those of lower birth to subjugate to... Continue Reading →
His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars So it began and so it ended, at well more than 1000 pages of nothing less than outstanding character exposition, world building, dialogue, narrative, humor, action, terror, violence, heartbreak, romance. This was the Chronicles of Basawar and was everything great speculative fiction should... Continue Reading →
The Iron Temple by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars And finally, we are at the beginning of the end. Or is it the end of the beginning? Perhaps when dealing with shifts in time, as Ginn Hale has done throughout this series, it is both. There is one certainty, however—John, Jahn, Jath’ibaye;... Continue Reading →
The Silent City by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars On the path to becoming the Rifter, John joins the Fai’daum resistance, swearing his allegiance to their cause and training with the witch Ji Shir’korud in an effort to learn to harness the immense power he possesses. The Silent City is the continuation... Continue Reading →
Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reading Enemies and Shadows was a little bit like standing in Hades and watching Sisyphus push his boulder uphill, seeing it strive toward its ultimate destination, holding your breath and hoping…only to have it roll back down to the bottom of the hill... Continue Reading →
Broken Fortress by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars Broken Fortress – The Interlude – This is the perfect place to catch your breath and digest everything that has happened up until now. Pluck what you know of the past and apply it to the present, because the future is sure to be... Continue Reading →
The Holy Road by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars 5+ Stars I am, by turns, frightened and fascinated at this point in the saga, which sums things up pretty concisely and accurately. The Holy Road is darkness defined. This is the point in the journey where John discovers everything there is to... Continue Reading →
Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars So, if you’ve made it this far in the Rifter series, you know that John, Laurie, and Bill have inadvertently traveled to Basawar, to the year 185, when John intercepted a key meant for Kyle, his scarred, tattooed, and mysterious roommate. The three friends... Continue Reading →
Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars So, if you’ve made it this far in the Rifter series, you know that John, Laurie, and Bill have inadvertently traveled to Basawar, to the year 185, when John intercepted a key meant for Kyle, his scarred, tattooed, and mysterious roommate. The three friends... Continue Reading →
Black Blades by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars And the plot thickens. Prophesies broken, awesome powers revealed, an assassination thwarted, and former allies who apparently have become enemies, these are some of the enticements Ginn Hale offers up in episode three of the Rifter saga. Told in a non-linear fashion, this installment... Continue Reading →
4.5/5 stars Servant of the Crossed Arrows by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading Servant of the Crossed Arrows was a little bit like watching the movie Inception. In other words, I labored under a pervading sense of “what the hell?” for a good portion of the time. But then I realized... Continue Reading →
The Shattered Gates by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars And so it begins, another Ginn Hale inspired addiction, this one woven somewhere between the contemporary and an alternate reality that is only just starting to take shape as a place of extreme danger, a place where being an outsider might mean a... Continue Reading →
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