All the world, from Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, know Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world’s preeminent dragon naturalist. But before she became the illustrious figure we know today, there was a bookish young woman whose passion for learning, natural history, and, yes, dragons defied the stifling conventions of her day.
Category: Book Review
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil – V.E Schwab
Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots.
One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild.
And all of them grow teeth.
Babel – R.F Kuang
Babel and its students are the world’s center for translation and, more importantly, magic. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland.
Murder at Spindle Manor – Morgan Stang
Armed with gaslamp and guns, she tracks an insidious beast that wears the skin of its victims, mimicking them perfectly. Ten guests reside within Spindle Manor tonight, and the creature could be any one of them. Confined by a torrential thunderstorm and running out of time, Isabeau has until morning to discover the liar, or none of them will make it out alive.
Empire of the Damned – Jay Kristoff
The Last Silversaint faces peril. Pursued by terrors of the Blood Voss, drawn into warfare between the Blood Dyvok and duskdancers of the frozen Highlands, and ravaged by his own rising bloodlust, Gabriel may not survive to see the Grail learn her truth..
Hills of Heather and Bone – K.E. Andrews
Morana, a feared boneweaver, and her husband Percy navigate a world filled with prejudice and danger due to their unique gifts. On the run and battling the elements, ancient creatures, and the loss of all they called home, Morana and Percy search for any sanctuary left..
Riven Earth – Zammar Ahmer
For untold millennia, mankind lived subservient to the dryads, forced into worship of the Earth-Mother, Astea. A rebellion brought the dryad empire to ash and the Kingdom of Heartsong was formed.
Twelve years later, the new king is missing. The earth trembles. Famine ravages the land, and a mysterious illness creeps through the capital..
Sandman Slim – Richard Kadrey
Life sucks and then you die. Or, if you’re James Stark, you spend eleven years in Hell as a hitman before finally escaping, only to land back in the hell-on-earth that is Los Angeles.
Resurrection sucks. Saving the world is worse.
Clutches of Deceit – J.W. Meyer
Driven by the manipulative will of an imprisoned dragon, Kresdin and Fuke are pushed to retrieve an ancient magical tablet long lost in an outlying region. The companions, joined by new friends with stunning skills, must journey across the sea and trek into the scalding desert…
The Liar’s Knot – M.A. Carrick
In Nadezra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor has been destroyed, but darkness still weaves through the city’s filthy back alleys and jewel-bright gardens, seen by those who know where to look.









