Synopsis: Kill the monsters when they’re found. No matter who they used to be. The girl with secret feathers in her skin and strange bones jutting out beneath her clothes is resigned to her fate. Her deformities mark her a monster and the stories say monsters must die. When her family finds out and turns […]
Fantasy
Book Review: Hell of a Witch (Tear Down Heaven #2) by Rachel Aaron
TL;DR Review: Action, romance, magic, and intrigue dialed up to max intensity. A delicious “will they, won’t they” I absolutely loved. Synopsis: The hotly anticipated sequel to HELL FOR HIRE! One month ago, Bex, the demon Queen of Wrath, and Adrian, witch of the Blackwood, pulled off the upset victory of the century. Now, they […]
Review: From the Depths (The Heart of Quinaria #0.6) by B.S.H. Garcia
Synopsis: The world can sustain the needs of many, but the greed of a few can destroy it for all. In a life steeped in peril, the Brune family has thrived on the knife’s edge. Renowned for their smuggling and bounty exploits, Konar and Karliah’s parents command both respect and fear. Comfortable yet haunted, the […]
Review: Fall, Sacred Apple by Emory Glass (The Chroma Books)
A tragedy that punches well above its weight, Fall, Sacred Apple introduces us to a world teeming with possibilities and unrest.
Review: A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1) by Deborah Harkness
Synopsis: In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Review: I picked up this book based […]
Review: For A Few Days More by Z.B. Steele
Synopsis The Hinterlands are a lawless place of broken dreams and broken people. Roth is a bodyguard trying to leave his dark past behind, but history has a way of turning back up. Cynthia is a bandit who’s trying to make a future by wading through blood. They travel separately, trying to live by their own codes. […]
Book Review : New York Minute by Stephen Aryan
Synopsis: A noir story, set in an alternate New York City. After years of being a cop, and now a private investigator, there’s little that surprises Cole Blackstone. But when someone working for Karl Dolman, the most notorious crime boss in the city asks for his help, Cole is caught off guard, and more than […]
Review: The Whisper that Replaced God by Timothy Wolff
Synopsis Murder is just, so long as it serves the crown. Hidden behind a mask and with a dagger in his sheath, Mute serves the crown with pride. A fair life, if not a monotonous one. But his next contract nicks too close, for murder within a brothel is always nasty business, especially the one […]
Review – Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive #4)
Review I will start by stating the obvious, The Stormlight Archive is going to go down as a generational fantasy series and will become part of fantasy folklore for generations to come. I have never experienced any story or series that is so ambitious in every aspect. The world building is on another level to […]
Review: Reawakening – A Collection of Short Stories in the Seer of York Universe by Alethea Lyons
Some new York… Synopsis After centuries of suppression, the magic of England is Reawakening Return to the world of The Seer of York with this collection of new tales set in the aftermath of The Hiding. Harper, Grace, Saqib, Heresy, and AJ bond as a team and as a family to save innocents, supernatural and […]
Book Review: Wistful Ascending (Hybrid Helix #1) by JCM Berne
TL;DR Review: Zippy pacing, hyper-colorful sci-fi setting, rich tapestry of characters, and, most delightful of all, an upbeat and optimistic tone. Synopsis: A superhero space opera for grownups. For fans of Invincible and Marvel Cinematic Universe films.If Thor and Harry Dresden combined in a transporter accident. The il’Drach have conquered half a galaxy behind the […]
Review: A Tide of Black Steel by Anthony Ryan
Well what do we have here! Anthony Ryan and a Norse Fantasy! Not the combination I expected but certainly one I could get on board with! A Tide of Black Steel is the first book of the “Age of Wrath” series. An epic fantasy trilogy! I cant say it any better than the blurb so […]