Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. Drowned Country is the haunting follow-up to Emily Tesh's lush, folkoric debut, Silver in the Wood. Last time I checked goodreads this … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Drowned Country by Emily Tesh
Category: Mythic Fiction
Book Review: The Testament of Loki by Joanne Harris
Summary: Ragnarok was the End of Worlds. Asgard fell, centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead, while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them, the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time … Continue reading Book Review: The Testament of Loki by Joanne Harris
Book Review: The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris
Summary: The novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods - retold from the point of view of the world's ultimate trickster, Loki. It tells the story of Loki's recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his … Continue reading Book Review: The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris
Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller
Circe by Madeline Miller re-tells the life of the Greek Goddess Circe, making her into a much more sympathetic character. Summary: In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. … Continue reading Book Review: Circe by Madeline Miller
Book Review: The Automation
I have been under a curse, recently. Locked away in my fortress in the eastern wilds, I am being tormented and attacked by a terrible and fierce devil. Every time I turn around, she's stabbing at me, biting at my feet, howling at the sky and threatening to tear me apart. And the only … Continue reading Book Review: The Automation
Way Too Fantasy 