Can I just copy and paste all of my favorite quotes from this book instead of writing a review? It would take 10x as long, but would be 100x more likely to convince people to read one of my favorites of all time! “God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker […]
He vants to suck your blood.
This book is about evil. But it’s also tricksy. You might think going into the book that that evil will be contained in the form of our central, ancient vampire (the non-sparkly kind, thank you very much, and a true monster in the oldest sense of the term). And there is certainly evil in Kurt Barlow (if that’s even your real name, you son of a bitch), but he wouldn’t be nearly as frightening as he turns out to be if King hadn’t made the […]
A delightful fantasy debut
4.5 stars Bought and liberated as a child, and later adopted by the esteemed Sorcerer Royal, Sir Stephen Whyte, Zacharias Whyt now has the honour of being the first dark-skinned Sorcerer Royal of England. In a time when English magic is waning due to some mysterious restrictions from the Faerie courts and the country is still facing threats from Napoleon on the Continent, Zacharias is also facing personal challenges, with a seeming majority of the members of the Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers (gentleman magicians) […]
What Do You Want From Me?
Simon Snow is the chosen one, the most powerful mage to have ever been born, destined to combat the greatest threat magic has ever known. His roomate and nemesis at Watford, the school of magic, is Tyrannus Basilton “Baz” Pitch. They have spent the entirety of their years at Watford scheming against each other. Everything has built into this final year at school, when their inevitable and final confrontation will come to pass. One will win, one will die. (This review contains mild spoilers – […]