The Draconic Bibliophile

  • Review of “Transcendence”

    I recently have been working my way through the DemonWars Saga by R. A. Salvatore, a series based in the world of Corona and tells the story of the various wars against the demon dactyl Bestesbulzibar. Having finished Ascendance with Aydrian Wyndon, now Aydrian Boudabras taking the throne of Honce-The-Bear I was expecting the next…

  • Review of “The Titan’s Curse”

    As many of you are aware The Titan’s Curse is the third book in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and the halfway point. Both in terms of the series but also in terms of the character’s timeline as it is the only book to not take place over the course of a…

  • Review of “Hard Magic”

    Most books that contain magic have fairly similar styles of magic so it was rather refreshing to see something different in Hard Magic, book one of the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia. It tells the story of Jake Sullivan, a former military man turned criminal turned private investigator working for the government. When he is…

  • Review of “A Day of Fire”

    I am extremely glad I do not live in Ancient Pompeii, just saying. A Day of Fire is an anthology of short stories written by six different authors: Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, Eliza Knight, Sophie Perinot, and Victoria Alvear. Each of their six stories tells the events of the final days of Pompeii…

  • Review of “Pegasus in Space”

    This book ends a series even as it sets a new stage. Pegasus in Space is the final book in The Talents series by Anne McCaffrey. It picks up not long after the end of the previous book with the building of the Padrugoi Space Station coming to a close. Peter is still working on…

  • Review of “Hurt Go Happy”

    Some books are just heartbreakingly sad and yet you still find yourself almost compelled to read them. Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby is one of them. It tells the story of Jess, a young girl who is about thirteen when the story starts. Jess is mostly deaf after an incident when she was seven…

  • Review of “The City of Brass”

    I have read very few books that mention djinn but of those this next book seems to be one of the better ones. The City of Brass is the first book in the Daevabad trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty and starts the story of Nahri, a young woman living in Cairo, and Ali, prince Alizayd…

  • Review of “First Family”

    I have recently read a thriller by a new author, well new to me anyway, that was really good. First Family by David Baldacci is about Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, two former secret service agents who are now private investigators. Sean and Michelle are asked to a meeting with an old friend of Sean’s…

  • Review of “Fool Moon”

    Werewolves, so many werewolves. In Fool Moon, book two of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, that is exactly what Harry Dresden seems to encounter every time he turns around. The book opens with Harry being consulted by a trainee wizard on a containment ward that Harry claims is extremely dangerous to cast. Almost immediately…

  • Review of “The Black Cauldron”

    It is time to return to a world based around Welsh mythology and folklore with The Black Cauldron, the second book in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. In in we get to see the continuing adventures of Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, and his loyal group of friends. The story opens with a council…

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