The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin
The Inheritance trilogy ; book 3 Oh my god, you totally need to read this series. It is so awesome and just plain great. Go read it. Am I overselling it...
4 October 2018
The broken kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
The Inheritance trilogy ; 2 I pretty much devoured this book. I just couldn’t stop reading once I started; it was awesome. It starts ten years after the events of The...
26 August 2018
Circe by Madeline Miller
I have only read parts of The Odyssey; while I know the general story and many of the episodes I would not say that I know the full story. But I...
25 August 2018
City of stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
I don’t think I would have picked this book up at all if it hadn’t been nominated for a Hugo this year. The trilogy The Divine Cities is nominated in the...
13 July 2018
The silver tide by Jen Williams
The Copper Cat trilogy ; book 3 As this is book three in a trilogy you really should read the books in order. And if you enjoy action and adventurer fantasy...
7 January 2018
The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton
Thessaly ; book 2 From acclaimed, award-winning author Jo Walton: Philosopher Kings, a tale of gods and humans, and the surprising things they have to learn from one another. Twenty years...
13 July 2016
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Days before his release from prison, Shadow’s wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbly, he makes his way back home. On the plane, he encounters the enigmatic Mr Wednesday,...
5 July 2016
The Monstrous Child by Francesca Simon
A stunning, operatic, epic drama, like no other. Meet Hel, an ordinary teenager – and goddess of the Underworld. Why is life so unfair? Hel tries to make the best of...
16 June 2016
The Just City by Jo Walton
ARC received via the publishers & netgalley. Apollo just cannot understand why Daphne chose to turn into a tree. It simply doesn’t make sense to him. The game is that nymphs...
10 January 2015
Obsidian and Blood by Aliette de Bodard
The Acatl stories : Servant of the Underworld, Harbinger of the Storm, and Master of the House of Darts. Recieved free from Netgalley. Acatl, our narrator, is an Aztec priest. High...
2 June 2012
Ragnarok : the end of the gods by A. S. Byatt
Quotes I liked ; Pinterest There was once a girl, an evacuee during the blitz, who read a lot. Myths, legends, religious books. And her favourite was the Norse tales. She...
26 October 2011
Pegasus and the flame by Kate O'Hearn
Mythology and Reality collide! So the blurb on the back of this book tell me. The mythical winged stallion Pegasus crash lands on a rooftop in modern day New York, fleeing...
22 October 2011
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