by Langley Hyde
Really excellent, gripping steampunk flavored book. There were a few issues - the pacing got a little slow in the middle, and too fast at the end. Some of the characters were a bit two-dimensional. The plot was a little here and there toward the end. But I felt pinned to my chair with breathless ...
Very good world building, I never really warmed towards Neil, I found him naive for way too long
Highfell Grimoires (HG) is a fantastic steam-punk experience, which is the beginning of Langley Hyde's hopefully long writing career.In a world where a source of energy named aether runs abundant in the world's atmosphere, humanity has learned to harvest it in everyday technology and spells. Among t...
THE REVIEW WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT DEAR AUTHOR, I RECEIVED THE BOOK AS FREE REVIEWING COPY AND PURCHASED A PAPERBACK LATER ON.Dear Langley Hyde,I love being transported to the fantastical worlds of all kinds, and I became very excited when I read the blurb because this general description could ...
PRE-RELEASE REVIEW “Highfell Grimoire” is first and foremost a steampunk fantasy adventure rather than male/male romance. Considering that I don’t have a good record with stories I consider as ‘fantasy’ especially dashed with ‘steampunk elements’, the fact that I wish I had several more pages shou...