Jade City Review
fonda lee

A Jade City Review – 4.5/5 Stars (Fonda Lee)

Author: Fonda Lee Publisher: Orbit Books Page Count: 560 pages Audiobook Length: ~19 hours and 7 minutes (narrated by Andrew Kishino) Jade City on Amazon Introduction When I first picked up Jade City, I wasn’t sure how I felt about the setting. A fantasy novel set in a modern(ish) city ruled by rival mafia-like clans? It felt like a strange mix of crime drama and supernatural warfare. Would it lean too heavily into gangster tropes? Would the magic system feel tacked on? Turns out, I had nothing to worry about—this book rules. Fonda Lee crafts an intricate, gripping world where honor, family, and raw power are everything. Instead of keeping their dealings in the shadows, the clans openly run the streets of Kekon, the only place in the world where jade—yes, that jade—grants superhuman abilities. Two rival clans, No Peak

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The Bloodsworn Saga
Fantasy

The Bloodsworn Saga – A Bloodsworn Trilogy Review

Author: John Gwynne (Goodreads)Publisher: Hachette Book GroupThe Shadow of the Gods (Book 1)The Hunger of the Gods (Book 2)The Fury of the Gods (Book 3) The Bloodsworn Saga isn’t just another Viking-inspired fantasy. It’s a war cry. John Gwynne, already a legend in the genre thanks to The Faithful and the Fallen and Of Blood and Bone, takes everything we love about epic fantasy: brutal combat, larger-than-life characters, and a world soaked in mythology. Then, he dials it up to eleven in this newly completed book series. This trilogy isn’t just good. It’s the kind of series that makes you want to grab an axe and challenge your neighbor for dominance. From the moment The Shadow of the Gods kicks off, Gwynne introduces us to a brutal world shaped by the corpses of fallen gods. By the time The Hunger

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A Wind and Truth Review - Cover
Brandon Sanderson

A Disappointing Finale: A Wind and Truth Review, the Fifth Book in The Stormlight Archive

A Disappointing Finale: A Wind and Truth Review, the Fifth Book in The Stormlight Archive When Wind and Truth hit shelves, fans of Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive were eager to dive into the epic conclusion to the series’ first arc. However, while positive reviews flood the top search results, a deeper dive into Reddit threads, YouTube book channels, and Goodreads user reviews reveals a different sentiment. For many readers – myself included – this book felt more like a fizzle than a finale of this first arc. Sanderson himself, just days before the book’s release, told Esquire, “If my career is going to crash and burn, this is the book that’ll do it.” While that may be an overstatement, Wind and Truth left me unsatisfied. Sanderson said a few things in different interviews before this book’s release that seemed

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