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The Winter King review
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I'm a huge fan of historical fiction and history in general, but I have to admit that beyond the broad strokes, I'm pretty unfamiliar with the legend of Arthur. Everyone knows about the Sword in the Stone, the Round Table, and Merlin, but I've never read the "source material" myself. So when I...
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Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter Review
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Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter is Christian Cameron's first novel-length Tom Swan adventure, the former all being serialized novels realized in parts. It loses nothing as it gains length, in fact, Saint Peter might be the strongest entry yet.
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The Song of Achilles Review
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Anyone familiar with Greek mythology knows how this story ends. Patroclus, dead in Achilles' armor at the walls of Troy. Achilles, broken with grief, avenging him and wanting to die, dying. Yet even knowing how the story ends, The Song of Achilles was a surprise and a page-turner: not simply a...
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The Hands of the Emperor Review
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This is a book that shouldn't, by all the rules that govern what makes a book "work", be anywhere near as good as it is. Victoria Goddard has crafted a novel here that goes against every established convention of the genre: there's no war, vanishingly little violence, there's really very little...
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Project Hail Mary Review
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Sci-fi isn't normally my genre. I'll take swords, kings, and magic any day over spaceships and physics. Every once in a while, though, I pick up a sci-fi book, and almost every time I find myself really enjoying it. Project Hail Mary is no exception.
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The Ramp Review
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The Ramp is a very simple skateboarding game. There is no campaign or story mode - the goal is simple: across the 4 tiny maps, get as much air and speed as you can. It's a fun diversion for a few minutes, but not much more.
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