Synopsis: Nona McKinley raised three boys in the Hester Gardens section of Medford, Michigan, an impoverished community divided by those who follow their faith in God and those who turn to crime to survive. With her drug dealer husband behind bars and her eldest son shot to death at eighteen, Nona has devoted herself to […]
Reviews
Review: The Wings of Ashteroth by Steve Hugh Westenra
Synopsis: The great city of Qemassen is at a crossroads. A powerful empire from beyond the ocean threatens to reignite a centuries-old feud. A slave rebellion brews in the tangled labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city streets. And Crown Prince Ashtaroth, the city’s supposed saviour, is considered unfit to rule even by those closest to […]
Review: My Brother’s Keeper (The Cycle of Ash #1) by Ben Schenkman
Synopsis Magic is real, demons walk the earth, and Max’s brother is dead. Max Asher, Jewish mystic and private-eye, never thought he’d be coming back to his home town to bury his twin brother, Solomon. He definitely never thought the funeral would turn into a case, but when Sol’s widow Gabby asks him to investigate […]
Review: Lost In The Dark and Other Excursions by John Langan
Lost In The Dark has finally cemented John Langan as a new favourite, auto-buy author.
SPFBO Review: Hearts of Bark and Scale by Nicole Leland
Synopsis The world is blood and pain, but still there’s love. All Kvisti has ever wanted is to protect her desert village in a way that would make the Mother Tree proud. Unfortunately, an old injury has left her once-potent dryad powers broken, and she can’t even stop the ruthless magic poachers that invade her […]
Book Review: Brand of the Bloodheir #1 by Jaime Castle and CJ Aaron
TL;DR Review: Batman meets Moon Knight, but much grittier and darker. A loyal assassins learns truths that will make him question everything. Synopsis: He was the king’s silent justice. Now he’s the throne’s greatest threat. Risens is the King’s Rightmaker, the silent justice of Halthome, whose word is law and whose blade ensures absolute obedience. […]
Review: Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
Synopsis: The year is 1899 and Sonia Wilson is a scientific illustrator without work, prospects, or hope. When the reclusive Dr. Halder offers her a position illustrating his vast collection of insects, Sonia jumps at the chance to move to his North Carolina manor house and put her talents to use. But soon enough she […]
Review: Priest of Bones (War for the Rose Throne #1) by Peter McLean
Synopsis The war is over, and army priest Tomas Piety heads home with Sergeant Bloody Anne at his side. But things have changed while he was away: his crime empire has been stolen and the people of Ellinburg–his people–have run out of food and hope and places to hide. Tomas sets out to reclaim what […]
Review: The Wrecking Squad (The Wrecking Squad #1) by Nick Snape
The Wrecking Squad is a fun sci-fi novel, with myriad lots of action and twists from start to finish. A great read for those who love or are new to sci-fi.
Review: Daughter of Crows (The Academy Of Kindness #1) by Mark Lawrence
Synopsis he survivor of a brutal academy must exhume her own past in the first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of the Library Trilogy and the Broken Empire series. Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters. The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents […]
Review: Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw, by Eric LaRocca
Wretch is a story not to be read on an empty stomach, or one to be consumed in a low state of being. But, when you do read it, you’ll find LaRocca’s most interesting, philosophical, and conversation worthy novel to date.
Review: Resident Evil: Requiem
RESIDENT EVIL: REQUIEM is the ninth entry in the main series of Resident Evil, one of the longest-lasting series in video games and the popularizer of the survival horror genre. There’s been dozens of other spin off games but the main series has always been a mixture of both horror as well as action. Sometimes […]