Synopsis: Wealth. Privilege. Superpowers. Valene has it all… including a target on her back. Valene Blackwood hears everything, everywhere, always. Her superhuman sonic abilities cause her so much pain she flees to a space station to find peace. When her father dies, she must return and take over the family business – selling superhuman protection […]
Fantasy
Review: I Am Made of Death by Kelly Andrew
Hello again dear reader or listener, do you fancy reading some YA horror? Perhaps with a dark romance, a teeny dash of eat the rich, but mostly an awful lot of body horror and supernatural phenomena of the eldritch variety?
Well, curtesy of the lovely folk over at Scholastic Press, I have just the thing for you!
Book Review: Silver Blood (Gilded Blood #0) by Rachel Rener
TL;DR Review: Spicy, steamy, dark and broody yet surprisingly colorful. An awesome prequel to the Gilded Blood series. Synopsis: Two years before Talia’s story ended, Zayn’s story began… “I could smell her attraction for me, so potent I could almost taste it; somehow, I knew that if I ever let myself steal a sip of […]
Review: The Crimson Court by Brendan Noble
Synopsis Game of Thrones meets The Powder Mage in this intrigue-filled flintlock fantasy where ravenous spirits haunt the skies, magic slowly destroys its wielder, and sorcerous elites pull the hidden threads of power. The upstart matriarch of a fallen house, Kasia Niezik has sworn to destroy the elusive Crimson Court who assassinated her father. They are near immortal, […]
Review: Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Synopsis Shesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she’s fallen in love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal […]
Review: Bell Tower by Raphael Pond
Synopsis: In a future where one phrase can heal any pain, there exists a meditation unlike any other: Solosis. It’s a practice that forms an empathetic bond between two souls, unlocking unparalleled healing power. But its secrets are fiercely guarded by Sasha Sumzer, a mysterious meditation teacher with a darker agenda. Sasha is determined to […]
Review: Mushroom Blues (The Hofmann Report #1) by Adrian M. Gibson
Gibson’s fungalpunk detective noir is a stunning read, elevated by Imogen Church’s performance in the audiobook.
Review: Dream of Death City by P.J. Nwosu
Synopsis Chilling, dark fantasy with a heavy dose of Sherlock Holmes in this new series of twisty mysteries in fantasy worlds. Pale moths haunt an icy frontier. Beneath the shadow of a drowned death god, a frozen body is unearthed from the snow. Investigators arrive to a superstitious island to solve a brutal crime. Among […]
Mini Reviews by Shaggy #1
I regularly read and review short stories, novelettes, and novellas, and their reviews don’t always feel long enough to have a whole post for them. Even some novel-length books are really fun but don’t have me writing a ton about them besides proclaiming my enjoyment for them. Instead of keeping them completely from you, I […]
Review: A Pale Box on the Distant Shore by P.J. Nwosu
Synopsis A silent killer stalks the slum towers of Death City. In the shadow of a drowned death god, a young soldier risks his life to solve a violent crime. To catch a killer, Soldier Honnan Skyin carves a bloody trail over the behemoth bones of a dead giant and through the deepest forest of a […]
Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentlemen Bastard #1) by Scott Lynch
Synopsis An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentleman Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most […]
Review: Pyres in the Long Night by P.J. Nwosu
Synopsis A vast, rotting city set aflame by Purge House. A crowd gathers in the shadow of the Red Palace to watch the pyres burn. A bitter ex-soldier infiltrates the city’s greatest gold house, determined to locate the slave he seeks. Diem Lakein might not like what he finds. Welcome to the Red Kingdom. Pyres […]