The Draconic Bibliophile

  • Review of “Assassin’s Apprentice”

    This next book took me back to the beginning of a series that I unintentionally started in the middle. A while back I read the Tawny Man trilogy by Robin Hobb and I mentioned that it didn’t feel like it was the start of the story. Turns out I was right and that series is…

  • Review of “Seizure”

    Human-Wolf hybrids hunting for pirate treasure. That almost doesn’t sound like it could be a real book but in Seizure, book two of the Virals series by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs, there really are human-wolf hybrids hunting for pirate treasure. The book opens with Tory Brennan and her friends experimenting in order to figure…

  • 3 Classic Kids Series

    It the beginning of another month which means time for my new list of recommended books. This time I am doing a list of classic kids series and my criteria are pretty simple. The books all need to be a series containing three or more books, the preferred genre is fantasy and the last but…

  • Review of “The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections”

    Libraries, a sacred and mystical space. At least, it is if you are a dedicated reader. However, in The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk it is also a place where the absolutely horrendous happens. A one of a kind book goes missing. Liesl is a librarian at a university library…

  • Review of “Serial Killer Support Group”

    I’ve met a lot of older siblings but I don’t think any of them would go as far as Cyra Griffin did in Serial Killer Support Group by Saratoga Schaefer. When Cyra’s younger sister Mira is killed she is rather desperate to find out who killed her. Mira’s friend Eli who works as a clerk…

  • Review of “The Quest”

    Time to return to the world of Ancient Egypt with The Quest, the third book in the Ancient Egypt series by Wilbur Smith. Taita is visiting a remote sanctuary where he is getting his second sight ability unlocked when he first starts hearing rumblings and rumors of a highly evil sorceress that serves the Lie…

  • Review of “Petey”

    This particular book happens to be a long-time favorite of mine but one that I recently re-read and felt like sharing. Petey by Ben Mikaelsen tells the story of Petey Corbin, a man who has severe cerebral palsy. The book opens when Petey is just a child, only a year or two old, during the…

  • Review of “Don’t Let Me Drown”

    I wasn’t really sure what to make of this next book and to be honest I am still not sure what to make of it. In Don’t Let Me Drown by Andy Siege we explore being a photojournalist in a country being torn apart by civil war as the protagonist Aaron visits Miberia. However, we…

  • Review of “Terratron – Gods of Mars”

    Have you ever read a book and just ended up seriously confused? This doesn’t typically happen for me but with Terratron – Gods of Mars by Nathaniel Bernadau that did. The book opens with humanity contemplating ways to colonize space which leads to the creation of semi-sentient self-replicating terraforming robots. This leads to the formation…

  • Review of “Immortalis”

    I have finally finished the DemonWars Saga by R. A. Salvatore having read the last book, Immortalis. This book brings together the two previous books, Ascendance and Transcendence, to continue in a joint storyline. It opens just after Aydrian has been crowned King and Brynn has secured the freedom of the To-Gai-Ru. As Aydrian works…

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