The Alchemy Wars is a series by Ian Tregillis about conscious robots enslaved to humanity and the rebellion that sets them free. As a trilogy of books this review will fill two slots on my bingo card (it’s not cheating, IT’S NOT). The Mechanical, as the first book, will fill the And So It Begins Slot and The Liberation, as the final book, will fill the This is the End slot. I’m going to try to avoid spoilers, but as I am reviewing all three […]
An OK read but I recommend checking out Bobby Dollar instead
With cigarette smoke rising from under a fedora, the murky cityscape in the background, and the scarlet feathered wings, The cover of Something More than Night screams angelic noir mystery. From 2012 to 2014 I read Tad William’s excellent Bobby Dollar trilogy that kicks off with The Dirty Streets of Heaven. Bobby Dollar is the nickname of the angel Doloriel and the series is a mash up of noir mystery, urban fantasy, and angels. Something More than Night came out in 2013, the same year as the second Bobby Dollar […]
Nazis vs. Cthulu
I’ve been trying to figure out exactly how to review these books for a while now. I liked them quite a bit, they’re very entertaining, but there are some really ugly themes in the books which I think were unintended by the author. I think the biggest problem is when I read them, which I’ll get into in a later paragraph because it’s gonna be a long one. However, even with those troubling themes, I still did like the books. They’re very well plotted out […]