Author Archives: shaunalawless

Historical fantasy is my favourite genre – and I’m seeing more and more books in this genre over the last couple of years. Gurzil is both very ambitious and highly imaginative – linking characters from all over a collapsed Roman Empire. Set in the 6th century, we meet Morgana and George, Britons at war withContinue reading “Gurzil by I, Anonymous – Book Review (spoiler free)”

Hello everyone, I hope you are all keeping well! I’ve been writing, editing and reading all this month – and have lots of exciting news to share on my novel – The Children of Gods and Fighting Men. Firstly, we had a cover reveal! I had a few blogger friends help me out with theContinue reading “February 2022 reading and writing”

I’ve heard so much about David Gemmell over the years. Either through book recommendations, or through reading (and enjoying) authors who had been nominated for the award set up in his name. However, rather embarrassingly, I’d never made my way to reading any of his books. When a friend of mine discussed The Rigante seriesContinue reading “Sword in the Storm by David Gemmell and links to Irish mythology”

How can I describe this book? I’d say it’s a sexier The Name of the Rose – with less monks – and with some cool fantasy magic. The narrator of the book is Helena, an apprentice to Konrad Vonvalt. Through her eyes, we see how important events unfold. However, despite Helena, being the main pointContinue reading “The Justice of Kings – Book Review”

Hello, everyone! I hope you’ve all had a nice break over Christmas. It’s a cold and windy month over here, so am looking forward to lighting the fire and sitting in with the kids for the next few days. I’ve already been looking ahead to the books I want to read in 2022. It’s notContinue reading “2022 TBR”

Hello everyone, I haven’t finished work yet for Christmas – I’ve another few days to go. But I am looking forward to a break. The kids are excited for Christmas and so am I! I’ve already made a promise that I won’t write at all over Christmas. Given that I’ve done so much recently, IContinue reading “December reading and writing blog 📚📚📚✍️✍️✍️”

What a book. Honestly, I picked it up and could hardly set it down. Anthony Ryan has always had a flair for creating interesting male protagonists (hello, Vaelin), but Alwyn is a truly engaging character. Why? Well, firstly we meet him while he’s a young man. He’s had a hard life and gets by usingContinue reading “Book Review – The Pariah by Anthony Ryan (spoiler-free)”

The Blurb The Chathrand – The Great Ship, The Wind-Palace, His Supremacy’s First Fancy – is the last of her kind – built 600 years ago she dwarves all the ships around her. The secrets of her construction are long lost. She was the pride of the Empire. The natural choice for the great diplomaticContinue reading “Book Review – The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert V.S. Redick (spoiler-free)”

Hello everyone! I hope you are all keeping well. I was going to do my 2021 review a little later in the year, but Europe seems to moving towards another lockdown, and so I thought some book recommendations might be useful. I’ve invented quite a few categories – mostly so I can highlight all ofContinue reading “2021: Fantasy Books In Review”

Hello everyone, Another post for #Norsevember! This time, I’m chatting about the best non-fiction books that I’ve read on the Viking era. I’ve read quite a few in my time, so hopefully you will find one here to your tastes. Also, if you’ve read any Viking non-fiction books that I’ve missed, please add them inContinue reading “Viking books: Non-Fiction”