Saint's Blood by Sebastien de Castell

On the morning of your first duel, an unusually attractive herald will arrive at your door bearing a sealed note and an encouraging smile.

This is such a fab fantasy series full of sword fights, friendship, messy politics, and wry humour!

Recommended For: anyone who likes swashbuckling fantasies that are more sword than sorcery

Read On: The last book in the Greatcoats series is Tyrant's Throne. Another swashbuckling fantasy is Swordheart by T. Kingfisher.

The Last Colony by John Scalzi

Let me tell you of the worlds I've left behind.

John Scalzi is one of my fave sci-fi authors and this third book in his Old Man‘s War series didn‘t disappoint. The story has shifted from military sci-fi to a colony so it‘s a quieter tale but it still has all the things I like - politics, wry humour, and a love for humanity tempered with a distrust of organizations.

Recommended For: Anyone who likes sci-fi that's more about humans than space battles.

Read On: The next book in the Old Man's War series is Zoe's Tale. Another sci-fi that focuses on space colonists is Semiosis by Sue Burke. I can also highly recommend Scalzi's Interdependency series - the first book is The Collapsing Empire.