Category: Fantasy
Fool’s Assassin — Robin Hobb
Halfax — Joseph R. Lallo
Another addition to The Book of Deacon series.
This novella takes up the story after the events of Jade when Myn has gotten a little older, and i admit that i did have hopes that we may have found some of the answers to the questions that Jade had left festering in my mind: alas it was not to be. 
Answers aside though, it’s a well written novella set in one of my favourite series, so i’m not complaining too much about being kept in the dark. I’m sure Joseph will get around to filling in all the blanks for us in some future books.
Joseph’s Page
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Gubbins and the ‘Munculus — Gaie Sebold
A freebie over at the Fox Spirit website and a nice little taster of Gaie’s writing.
A really good twist on the sorcerer’s apprentice kind of theme, where instead of an apprentice we find that Gubbins is a slave.
“What’s a ‘Munculus?” you ask.
“Read it and find out,” i answer.
And then go and read Babylon Steel and Dangerous Gifts, coz Gaie is a damn good fantasy writer.
Gaie’s Page
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Children of Nod — James K. Pratt
Night Side of Nature — James K. Pratt
The Writer and the Witch — Robin Sloan
A wonderful, fairy tale style, short story that you can read for free by simply popping in to Robin’s website while you’re passing.
And don’t forget to give all of Robin’s books a read: they’re really good as well.
Bye for now.
Robin’s Page
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Lewis Carroll
When i read this last time i never wrote a review for it: possibly because i’d only just written a review for Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and didn’t really see the need to say much the same for this book.
So what brings me to reading this book again and writing a review now, you may ask. Well, it’s because i just finished reading Heartless by Marissa Meyer and i so wanted to see how well it would flow into Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland if it was read as a prequel.
Now i’m certainly not saying that this book needs a prequel, but if it were to have one then Heartless has my full blessings to occupy that honoured place.
Yes, one can argue that Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a plenty wonderful book and stands perfectly alone without any need for a prequel, but, having just read Heartless beforehand as a prequel, i can fully attest that it makes for a much better reading experience if you do.
Here be some more “Alice and Wonderland” books.
Lewis’ Page
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Heartless — Marissa Meyer
Another book for fans of all things “Alice and Wonderland”.
In Heartless, Marissa has certainly written a very good prequel to the Lewis Carroll books, so much so that i now feel the need to re-read Wonderland and Looking Glass.
If you’ve ever wondered why the Hatter is Mad, why the Queen of Hearts likes chopping everyone’s heads off, where Jabberwockies come from, and lots more besides, then this is the book for you.
Well written, very enjoyable and quite unputdownable.
