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In my opinion J. R. Ward's Dark Lover is one of the worst vampire books I've ever read (and it's definitely the worst book I've read this year). I usually like vampire books, but I didn't like this book at all.

Although this book can be called horror fantasy, it's much closer to paranormal romance than genuine horror fantasy, which is a bad thing. This kind of romantic horror fantasy may appeal to some readers, but I don't like it (if somebody wants to read good horror fantasy, I can recommend Anne Rice's first vampire books - they're excellent books).

In my opinion Dark Lover is a good example of how not to write horror fantasy books. The writing was below average, the character development was horrible, the plot was almost non-existent etc...

I could write several lines of text about the badness and low quality of this book, but I won't do so. I simply say that do yourself a favour and don't read this book.

The Ancient Track is an excellent collection of H. P. Lovecraft's poems. S. T. Joshi has done a great job by collecting all the possible poems to this collection. It's great that Night Shade Books published this collection, because Lovecraft's poems are difficult to find.

I loaned this book from a fried of mine a couple of years ago, but now I finally decided to buy it. I'm glad that I bought it, because it's nice to have a good collection of Lovecraft's poems.

In my opinion the second category of this collection, Fantasy and Horror, contains the best and most famous poems. His weird poems are fascinating and the writing style is excellent.

I can recommend The Ancient Track to all Lovecraft fans. If you enjoy reading Lovecraft's short stories, you'll probably like his poems too.

Stephen Deas' debut fantasy book, The Adamantine Palace, was a good and enjoyable book. I enjoyed reading this book, because the plot was interesting and complex enough to keep me interested in it. The story moved fast forward, which was nice.

Although I liked this book, it wasn't a perfect book because it had some flaws. The worst flaw was that there was no map of the world in the hardcover edition (epic fantasy books should always contain a map of the world). I also found the characters to be a bit one-dimensional.

The chapters of this book were quite short, but that didn't bother me much, because the writer concentrated on the story and didn't fill the pages with descriptions of scenery etc (to be honest, I would've liked to see a bit more descriptions in this book). In my opinion this kind of fantasy is quite easy to read.

I can recommend this book to readers of epic fantasy, because it's an enjoyable book. I'm sure that readers, who like fast moving stories, will like this book.

I finally managed to buy a hardcover edition of Return of the Crimson Guard, so I had to read it last night. I simply couldn't stop reading it, so I stayed up late and finished reading it after 4 am.

In my opinion Return of the Crimson Guard is an excellent book. Although Ian C. Esslemont isn't as good a writer as Steven Erikson, he knows how to write good stories. This book had enough depth and the story was interesting. The writing style wasn't always as fluent as it should've been, but that didn't bother me much, because other things made up for it.

I can recommend this book to all Malazan fans. If you've read Steven Erikson's books and Ian C. Esslemont's previous book (Night of Knives), you'll enjoy this book. Before reading this book I strongly recommend that you read Erikson's books, because you need to know certain things about the Malazan Empire in order to enjoy this book.

I finished reading The Emperor of Dreams a couple of days ago. I decided to read this short story collection, because his stories have often been compared H. P. Lovecraft's stories.

The Emperor of Dreams was an excellent short story collection and it was a good introduction to the weird fiction of Clark Ashton Smith. I liked Clark Ashton Smith's writing style very much. His prose was rich and well written. In my opinion his writing style was quite similar to Lovecraft's writing style.

So far I've read only some stories by Clark Ashton Smith, but if his other stories are as good and fascinating as these stories, I'll read all of them.

I loaned With a Single Spell from my friend two days ago. I decided to read it, because I liked The Misenchanted Sword.

With a Single Spell was an entertaining and well written fantasy book. In my opinion it was excellent light fantasy. Lawrence Watt-Evans' writing style was fluent and the story was good enough to keep awake until 3am last night.

I can recommend this book to all readers, who want to read good light fantasy.

I loaned The Misenchanted Sword from a friend a couple of days ago and I finished reading it today. It was a nice and simple fantasy book. It wasn't a masterpiece, but I liked it very much (it's nice to read this kind of light fantasy every once in a while).

If you want to read an entertaining fantasy book, The Misenchanted Sword is a good choice. It's not a great book, but it's very entertaining.

Jasper Kent's Twelve was an interesting historical fantasy/horror book. It was also a fascinating history lesson about life in the old Russia during the Napoleonic Wars.

I liked Twelve very much, because it was a different kind of vampire book. There are many urban fantasy books about vampires, so this kind of historical vampire books are quite rare nowadays. That's why this book was a breath of fresh air to the horror genre.

It was great that the author used enough time to describe the main character and his life - it added depth to the book. The story was fascinating and Kent's writing style was fluent.

I gave Twelve four stars, because it was a good and enjoyable book. I can recommend this book to all readers, who like historical fiction and vampire books.

This review is for all The Night Angel Trilogy books: The Way of Shadows, Shadow's Edge and Beyond the Shadows.

When I began to read this trilogy I didn't have much information about these books. I think it was good that I didn't know much about them, because it helped me to like them.

In my opinion these books were entertaining and easy-to-read fantasy books. There were some minor problems/flaws and the writing wasn't always as fluent as it should have been, but the plot was interesting. Although these books were quite thick (600+ pages), I read them fast.

For a debut trilogy, The Night Angel Trilogy was pretty good. The flaws were a bit annoying sometimes, but the books were readable and likable.

Here's some information about the flaws: The adult themes were nice, but I would've liked to see more depth in certain scenes. The writing style was okay, but not as good as it could've been (it was easy to see that these books were debut books).

And here's some information about the good things: The plot was pretty good and interesting. I also liked the action. Although these books weren't perfect, I consider them to be good entertainment.

If you're looking for an interesting, entertaining and easy-to-read fantasy trilogy, The Night Angel Trilogy is a good choice. You'll probably enjoy reading it.

The Judging Eye is a great new book from R. Scott Bakker. After reading this book I can say R. Scott Bakker is definitely among the best epic fantasy writers I've ever read and he can be compared to George R.R. Martin and Steven Erikson.

I had high expectations from this book, because I enjoyed The Prince of Nothing series very much. I was a bit worried if Bakker could ever write something as good as The Prince of Nothing, but fortunately he managed to write another good book. All my expectations were fulfilled and I was very pleased with the quality of this book. The writing style was excellent and the plot was interesting.

I can highly recommend The Judging Eye to everybody, who has read R. Scott Bakker's The Prince of Nothing series, because this book is amazingly good.

Last Dragon was an interesting debut fantasy book, because it was written in a different way than other fantasy books. This book consisted of letters (memories), which were written by the main character.

This book was like a jigsaw puzzle, because the story opened gradually through the letters. Some people may not like this kind of writing style, but I liked it. At first it felt a bit weird to read short letters, but I got used to it.

I enjoyed reading Last Dragon, because J. M. Dermott's prose was beautiful and he handled all the pieces of the story amazingly well. It was refreshing to read a fantasy book, which avoided all the usual clichés and plot twists.

A Cruel Wind is an omnibus edition of the first three Dread Empire books (A Shadow of All Night's Falling, October's Baby and All Darkness Met), which were published before The Black Company books. I think it's great that Night Shade Books decided to publish this omnibus edition, because these books are difficult to find nowadays.

These Dread Empire books were quite small and compact, so it didn't take long to read them. They were interesting, well written and fascinating fantasy books for adults. Although these books weren't as excellent as The Black Company books, they were quite original and enjoyable books. I think it's great that Glen Cook doesn't recycle basic fantasy elements in his books. He has his own voice and he knows how to write top quality fantasy (I think I could say that these books were more interesting than many other fantasy books).

I can recommend A Cruel Wind to all Glen Cook fans and other fantasy readers. If you've never read any books by Glen Cook, this omnibus edition is a good starting point.