Rosemarie Cawkwell

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Review: Fantasy Fiction - A Writer's Guide and Anthology, by Jennifer Pullen

About the book The first fantasy-writing textbook to combine a historical genre overview with an anthology and comprehensive craft guide, this book explores the blue prints of one of the most popular forms of genre fiction. The first section will acquaint readers with the vast canon of existing fantasy fiction and outline the many sub-genres encompassed within it before examining the important…

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Look what beauty just arrived!

Lives of Bitter Rain, by Adrian Tchaikovsky My copy of this novella, a special edition from Goldsboro Books, arrived today, and it is gorgeous.  It is a prequel to Days of Shattered Faith, and features Angilly as a younger person. The cover illustrations and the end papers are delightful. They match the three novels in the series. I’m going to get the audiobook so that I don’t damage the…

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Review: The Raven Scholar, by Abtonia Hodgson

About the book From an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy comes The Raven Scholar, a masterfully woven and playfully inventive tale of imperial intrigue, cutthroat competition, and one scholar’s quest to uncover the truth.Let us fly now to the empire of Orrun, where after twenty-four years of peace, Bersun the Brusque must end his reign. In the dizzying heat of mid-summer, seven contenders…

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Review: Stone & Sky, by Ben Aaronovitch

I’ve got the WordPress app on my phone now, so instead of copy/paste I photograph! My Review I’ve been listening to the audiobook of Stone & Sky, but I needed to go into town today so I visited Waterstones and got their only copy. It’s a signed special edition and I rather like the cover and end papers. The fish scale pattern is rather subtle on the paper cover but you can just about see it in…

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ARC Review: Queen of the Dead, by Sarah Broadway

25th November 2025 | PB | 9781915998927 | £9.99/$18.99 |Also available in ebook | Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal ABOUT THE BOOK: Conversing with the dead is nothing new for Lou. It’s a curse she’s learned to hide from everyone – including herself. After running away from a past that took advantage of those abilities, Lou finally carves out a normal life for herself. Until a mysterious message…

ARC Review: Queen of the Dead, by Sarah Broadway

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ARC Review: The Scour, by Richard Swan

A HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE A JUSTICE ACCUSED OF MURDER AND A SINGLE QUESTION What is The Scour? In the dying port town of Gdansburg, Sir Konrad Vonvalt finds the unthinkable: a fellow Justice imprisoned for the murder of a young boy. Despite the furious insistence of the townsfolk, the only evidence is a question written on a piece of paper by a dead man: what is The Scour? The answer begins in…

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Review: Terms of Service, by Ciel Pierlot

Release Date: 2025-09-23Formats: Ebook, PaperbackEBook ISBN: 23rd September 2025 | 9781915998712 | epub | £4.99/$6.99/$7.99Paperback ISBN: 23rd September 2025 | 9781915998309 | Trade paperback | £9.99/$18.99/$24.99https://angryrobotbooks.com/books/terms-of-service/ Blurb When her cousin gets kidnapped by a dastardly trickster, Luzia is forced to sell herself in servitude to the Eoi in exchange…

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Promo Post: Magic, Maps And Mischief, by David Green

Publication date ‏ : ‎ 24 Oct. 2025 Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wise Owl Publishing https://mybook.to/magicmapsandmischief What Would You Do To Discover Your Heart’s Desire? Greton of Willow is in a spot of bother. Caught in the act while escorting a family of elves to safety, Greton flees for greener pastures with only his scant magic and brilliant mind to his name. And a question. The question. ‘What…

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TBR Pile Review: Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz

Format: 163 pages, HardcoverPublished: August 5, 2025 by TordotcomISBN: 9781250357465  Blurb From sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cosy near-future novella about a crew of abandoned food service bots opening their very own restaurant. While San Francisco rebuilds from the chaos of war, a group of food service bots in an abandoned ghost kitchen take…

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Blog tour calendar: Terms of Service, by Ciel Pierlot

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TBR Review: A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine

Format: 448 pages, PaperbackPublished: March 26, 2019 by TorISBN: 9781529001587 Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn’t an accident—or that Mahit might be next to die, during a…

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TBR Review: The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemison

Format: 449 pages, PaperbackPublished: August 4, 2015 by OrbitISBN: 9780316229296  Blurb This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze — the world-spanning empire whose…

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Review: From Crime Scenes to Cruise Ships, by Dr Rhona Morrison

Screenshot NEW FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF I DON’T TALK TO DEAD BODIES What if your biggest challenge became your greatest adventure?One day, Dr Rhona Morrison was a respected forensic psychiatrist planning for retirement. The next, on her birthday, she became a widow, stepping into an uncertain and unplanned future alone. But as Rhona soon discovered, an ending can also be a beginning – if…

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August 2025 update and news

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TBR Review: The Last Gifts of the Universe, by Riley August

Format: 208 pages, PaperbackPublished: July 31, 2025 by PenguinISBN: 9781804950647 A dying universe. When the Home worlds finally achieved the technology to venture out into the stars, they found a graveyard of dead civilizations, a sea of lifeless gray planets and their ruins. What befell them is unknown. All Home knows is that they are the last civilization left in the universe, and whatever…

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Review: A Necromancer Called Gam Gam by Adam Holcombe

Length: 110 PagesGenre: FantasyAge Category: AdultDate Published: May 30, 2023 Blurb A grandmotherly necromancer seeking resolution for her past with the help of her loyal entourage: an undead cat and a spectral knight. A girl on the run from the Eternal Empire for the mysterious power she possesses. When a chance encounter pulls them together, Gam Gam will do what it takes to protect Mina…

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