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Book review: The Raven Queen

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Tomas

The second book of the Storyweaver series, compared to the usual, starts with a time gap – and a false sense of calm that changes later than I expected, but quite abruptly.

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Book review: The Pale Princess

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Tomas

After a couple of years since my last time, I returned to one of the big names among self-published fantasy authors, D. K. Holmberg. With it starts a journey of mystery…

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Book review: The Sorcerer Knight

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Tomas

The first book in the Kingshield Knights series left me with mixed feelings, but I went on with the second book to see if it improves. Let’s have a look…

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Book review: The Seventh Knight

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Tomas

The Seventh Knight is a fantasy story that’s… quite minimalistic when it comes to the number of characters but works quite well. Let’s have a closer look.

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Book review: A Dragon’s fate

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Tomas

The fifht, final book in Robert Vane’s series brings a decent conclusion, though the way the plot was tied off surprised me in some aspects.

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Book review: A Dragon’s Burden

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Tomas

The fourth book in Robert Vane’s series makes it clear that even though there’s just one book left, there are enough plot twists to be seen.

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Book review: A dragon’s quest

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Tomas

The third book in Robert’s Vane series turns into a bit more single-minded focus, and delves deeper into the backstory, while keeping a decent pace and a good level of humor.

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Book review: A Dragon’s War

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Tomas

The second book in Robert Vane’s series continues back-to-back with the first book, sending Bayloo on an adventure that will test him in many aspects – and show that his struggle for freedom of dragons might be quite complicated.

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Book review: A dragon’s chains

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Tomas

My latest read is a book that caught me by surprise with the first sentence. Because, quite unusually, it’s told from the PoV of a dragon.

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Book review: Relics of the Rune imperium

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Tomas

After quite a while, I’ve returned to J.C. Kang’s fictional world with the newest release of his second series. And, despite the long break, it didn’t take me that long to reacquaint myself with the characters.

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