Last year, The Winds of Khalakovo nabbed the Debut of the Year from Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist. Pat pinged me shortly after and asked if an ARC for The Straits of Galahesh was available. I said of course an ARC was available and promptly arranged for one to be sent with Night Shade’s publicist. Truth is, though, [...]
The latest review of Winds goes to Battle Hymns. Overall, a very nice review. The setting here is a unique one. The place names and character names give The Winds of Khalakovo a distinct Russian feel, and the windswept archipelago geography is pretty cool too. I gotta give Beaulieu credit, he definitely found his story a unique [...]
Fresh on the heels of the review from Bookworm Blues comes another review of Winds, this one from the Goatfairy Review Blog. The closing paragraph of reviews usually contains the coolest stuff, and this one is no exception: The Winds of Khalakovo is the opening part of a series with limitless potential. I have super [...]
Keith over at Adventures Fantastic recently read and reviewed The Straits of Galahesh. Keith had read The Winds of Khalakovo last year and was really impressed by it. Here’s that review. Well, he apparently likes Straits as well. Here’s the kicker: If you read The Winds of Khalakovo, then you will want to read The Straits of [...]
Sarah over at Bookworm Blues recently reviewed The Winds of Khalakovo, calling it a book worth paying attention to and me and author worth noting. Here’s a brief excerpt from the review: Beaulieu has written an incredibly complex novel filled with rich cultural detail and plenty of symbolism. In fact, many reviewers have compared The Winds [...]
Far Beyond Reality, the relatively new review site from Stefan Raets, has a brand new review of The Winds of Khalakovo. The review, which you can read in its entirety here, is quite complementary. Here's my favorite part: The Winds of Khalakovo is a debut that merits your attention. The way Bradley Beaulieu focuses on the [...]
And the winner (if there's an award for such things) goes to Paul Weimer and the Functional Nerds. Here's a brief excerpt from the review: The author’s writing continues to improve. Now that I know what to expect from the writer, the changes and point of view changes were like beats that came easily and [...]
LEC Reviews just posted a nice retrospective and collects his “Best of” list for 2011. Winds gets a Notable Mention, which is wonderful considering the very worthy stories that are on the list. Exciting!
The Winds of Khalakovo recently hit Pat’s Fantasy Hotlists’s Top 10 Specfic Books for 2011. Pat wasn’t quite finished up with the review at the time, but it has now been posted to his site. The verdict? Highly recommended. Here’s a brief excerpt from the review: Truth be told, Bradley P. Beaulieu’s debut wasn’t on [...]
Today, there is a rather large smile on my face. The Winds of Khalakovo just made Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist’s Speculative Fiction Top 10 for 2011. Winds joins books by two of my heroes: C.S. Friedman and George R.R. Martin. And I’m certainly pleased (more than pleased. Way, way pleased…) to be among such august company [...]
In a day apparently filled with reviews, there comes another. Phil over at A Fantasy Reader has just posted his review of The Winds of Khalakovo. Phil has an interesting grading style that I’ve not seen before, which gives the reader a decent idea of how well (or not) various aspects of the book worked, [...]
Risingshadow gave Winds a whirl recently and just posted their review. My mood this morning? Well pleased. Here’s a brief excerpt from the review: Without a doubt one of the best fantasy debuts of 2011 (I can hardly wait to read the second installment of this series). It’s truly amazing how many excellent fantasy books [...]
Thus reads the title of the latest review of Winds from Adventures Fantastic. The review, which you can read in its entirety here, starts thusly: If there is any justice in this world whatsoever, this book will be short-listed on next year's Hugo ballot. Erm. Wow. That's incredibly gratifying to read. Every writer dreams about [...]
Barry over at Blogging for a Good Book recently read The Winds of Khalakovo based on a recommendation from (I think) another of the bloggers at the same site. It's kind of sweet to hear that not only did someone like you're book, but that they picked it up based on the recommendation of someone [...]
Michael over at The Mad Hatter's Review recently read and reviewed The Winds of Khalakovo. Here's a brief excerpt: Even amid all the Fantasy it is the characters who you'll remember the best. Each goes through torn loyalties all for believable reasons. The action surrounds Prince Nikandr Khalakovo for the most part as he is [...]
This review actually came out early in the year, but I missed it, but the review is rather complimentary of my story, "Foretold," so I thought I'd post it: Foretold by Bradley P. Beaulieu This is quite a nice story, with science and superstition mixing; the Russo-Greek cultural setting is quite brilliant, with some really nice [...]
Elitist reviews just posted their thoughts on Winds. They had some very nice things to say, along with a couple of issues. Here's a short excerpt from the full review: One of the main elements of this novel that really had us nodding in appreciation was the setting. The use of an archipelago for the country/kingdom [...]
Paul Weimer has posted his review of Winds at The Functional Nerds. Here are a few brief excerpts from Paul's full review: There is a lot here for epic fantasy fans to sink their teeth into. As I said in the opening to this review, Beaulieu has taken the opportunity to mine some unexplored veins for [...]
BoomTron recently reviewed Steampunk'd, which includes my story, "Foretold." It's nice to see a review talk a little bit about each story in the anthology. Too often they gloss over the individual stories, mentioning only a few. This one was very complimentary of "Foretold": “Foretold” by Bradley F. Beaulieu was probably my favorite story in [...]
Patrick Wolohan, over at Yeti Stomper, has picked The Winds of Khalakovo as his April Debut of the Month. I don't know about you, but I think that's pretty cool, especially when it comes against stiff competition from the other great debuts in April. Patrick says: April is another strong month for debut authors with Among [...]
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