Nyx Book Reviews

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Nyx at Night Review: Eye Spy by Tahir Shah

Title: Eye Spy Author: Tahir Shah Series: None Rating: 4 Stars 241 pages Published July 2013 by Secretum Mundi Publishing Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository As veteran wearer of contact lenses, I’m fine with eyes. I don’t mind touching my own eyes, and I’m pretty confident that I […]

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Review: The Midnight Queen by Sylvia Izzo Hunter

Title: The Midnight Queen Author: Sylvia Izzo Hunter Series: A Noctis Magicae Novel Rating: 4 Stars 432 pages Published September 2nd 2014 by Ace Trade Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository In an age of instant gratification, a scrambling rush for “fast-paced” and “nail-biting” reads, The Midnight Queen is a breath of fresh air, […]

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Review: Otherworld Nights by Kelley Armstrong

Title: Otherworld Nights Author: Kelley Armstrong Series: Otherworld Stories #3 (Women of the Otherworld) Rating: 4 Stars 320 pages Published October 7th 2014 by Orbit Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Otherworld Nights is an anthology that collects several short stories and novellas set in the Women of the […]

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Review: Hounded by Kevin Hearne

Title: Hounded Author: Kevin Hearne Series: The Iron Druid Chronicles #1 Rating: 4 Stars 304 pages Published May 3rd 2011 by Del Rey Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository As a highly female-dominated genre, urban fantasy has very little male protagonists. The archetype male main character is Harry from the Dresden Files, and it’s […]

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Literary Fiction Mini-Reviews #1

Title: Lolita Author: Vladimir Nabokov First Publication: 1955 From the first sentence, I loved the writing of Nabokov. His prose meanders and substitutes, deceives and describes, tempts and rejects. Purely on the word-level, I think this might be one of the best books I have ever read. Rarely am I this impressed by writing itself. […]

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Review: Death of an Avid Reader by Frances Brody

Title: Death of an Avid Reader Author: Frances Brody Series: Kate Shackleton #6 Rating: 4 Stars 384 pages Expected publication Octover 2nd 2014 by Piatkus Review copy provided by the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Set in the 1920s, the Kate Shackleton books follow private detective Kate as she navigates post-war society and […]

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Review: The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters

Title: The Cure for Dreaming Author: Cat Winters Series: None Rating: 4 Stars 368 pages Expected Publication October 14th 2014 by Amulet Books Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository I read Cat Winter’s debut novel, In the Shadow of Blackbirds, last year and I immediately fell in love. The […]

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Graphic Novel Review: Victorian Batman #1-2 by Brian Augustyn

Title: Batman: Gotham by Gaslight Author: Brian Augustyn et al. Series: Victorian Batman #1 Rating: 4 Stars 48 pages Published February 1st 1989 by DC Comics Bought Goodreads Summary: It’s the end of the nineteenth century, and Bruce Wayne is coming back from his trip around Europe to arrive at Gotham. But it seems like […]

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Graphic Novel Review: Imagine Agents by Brian Joines

Title: Imagine Agents Author: Brian Joines Series: Imagine Agents #1-4 Rating: 4 Stars 97 pages Published December 9th 2014 by Boom! Studios Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Summary: Imaginary friends are real – and quite a pest sometimes. When a figment acts up, the I.M.A.G.I.N.E. agents come to clean up the mess. Six […]

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Review: Age of Iron by Angus Watson

Title: Age of Iron Author: Angus Watson Series: Iron Age #1 Rating: 4 Stars 560 pages Published September 9th 2014 by Orbit Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Book Depository We barely know anything about the Iron age in Britain – all the information we have we got from archaeological finds. This shows […]

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