Category: Sci-fi + Fantasy

Reviews of sci-fi and fantasy novels

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

[rating=3] Do you enjoy anti-heroes, scoundrels, vengeance and blood? If so, huzzah! ‘The Lies of Locke Lamora’ is for you. It’s a boys-own adventure, the stuff of campfire legends. Tintin and Ocean’s Eleven and James Bond rolled into one. A Big Fish story, figuratively and literally, in that it is both crammed full of large […]

Magyk by Angie Sage

[rating=3] Poor Angie Sage. How annoying, to write a book about a young wizard right in the midst of Harry Potter mania! Comparisons are unavoidable, and reading ‘Magyk’ in the shadow of Rowling’s legacy makes it difficult to properly evaluate the characters and plot without drawing mental links between Boggart and Hagrid, DomDaniel and Voldemort, […]