Book Review: The Spellshop
January 20, 2024
It’s a book that feels like a warm hug—perfect for anyone craving a story full of sweetness, magic, and the comfort of found communities.
It’s a book that feels like a warm hug—perfect for anyone craving a story full of sweetness, magic, and the comfort of found communities.
It’s all too common in sci-fi to reach a dissatisfying ending to an otherwise well-crafted story. This is a wonderful exception to the rule.
A Psalm for the Wild Built is a perfect book for those dwelling on purpose and identity. A beautiful comfort sci-fi read…
A brilliant tale of conflicting worldviews, unknowable entities, human life and death, and the importance of both compassion and curiosity
Lyrical prose, flawed but loveable characters and an ominous villain, all tucked within a mystical fantasy world.
Klune does a great job of crafting his characters. They are warm and inviting, and I was sad to let them go at the end.
Playful in its use of pronouns and gender expression, the story weaves around the questions of who we are, and who we want to be.
One of my favourite fantasy books (and series) in a long time, ACOTAR combines a phenomenal story with masterful characterisation.
This is a creative and action-packed current-day sci-fi about a shady corporation manifesting and weaponising nostalgia.
I loved my time with this series, and would highly encourage anyone to try it out. There are so many incredible characters!
With its quick and effective prose, it draws you quickly into the Empire of the Wolf and takes you under the surface of its cohesive facade.
An invigorating story through the tried and true ‘Robots have taken over the earth!’ lens with a refreshing, cozy feel to it
With brilliantly engaging characters and a land so vividly brought to life, this novel felt incredibly nostalgic the whole way through!
How to describe The Dawnhounds? This book is exquisite, totally unique, and utterly Kiwi to boot! Please read it now!
Vivid, wild and fun, with an absurd but believable premise, this book has friendly, distinct characters and fantastic prose
Part Sci-fi adventure, part cosmic horror, part psychological mystery, Paolini has outdone himself yet again.
Based at a war college in the midst of political strife, this fantasy tale is full of dragons, magic, and delightfully cringey romance.
A gripping tale of six magic wielding youths. The six must uncover the mystery of the Alexandrian Society before it’s too late.
A very intellectually engaging science fiction drama. I cried at the end, it was so ambiguous and thoughtful.
Perhaps the greatest fantasy series I’ve ever read. I’m sure many of the characters are going to be cemented in my mind and heart forever.
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