Gollancz Team: Paul - February 16th, 2012
Horror, Sarah Pinborough
Mixing genres can be a really tricky thing. Ideas that looks pretty superb on paper can quite often end up being total rubbish when completed; none more so, for me, than combining a Cop Thriller with the Supernatural. It’s all about the balance, getting the right amount of ‘pure’ thriller mixed in with the right amount of supernatural-elements you want without pushing it too far one way or the other and losing readers who might be drawn more to one … More
Tags: A Matter of Blood, Horror, Sarah Pinborough, Supernatural Crime, The Chosen Seed, The Dog Faced Gods trilogy, The Shadow of the Soul
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Gollancz Team: Paul - November 17th, 2011
Fantasy, Pierre Pevel, Reviews
There is something about swashbucklers that really brings out the excited child in me. I have no idea what it is but sword fights, proper sword fights really get me onto the edge of my seat. Loving every move, every cut and parry and thrust. Like a deadly dance, it is absolutely mesmeric. As I grew older and broadened my reading horizons I found that a lot of these swashbuckling movies were based on equally swashbuckling novels. And sometimes, dare … More
Tags: Pierre Pevel, Review, The Alchemist in the Shadows, The Cardinal’s Blades, The Dragon Arcana
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