Synopsis In Emre, bards are revered. Their stories have answers; their stories have influence; their stories have power. When the subject of his story meets an untimely end, Vatis, a disgraced bard, finds himself alone in the unforgiving wilderness. Undeterred and desperate, he embarks on a quest to find a new subject for his revitalizing tale. […]
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15 Great LGBTQ+ Fantasy and Sci-fi Books Every Reader Needs: Guest Post by S. Labrecque
Media never has enough LGBTQ+ representation. And if it does, we’re the side characters in someone else’s story. Are you sick of this too? Fear not! LGBTQ+ fiction does exist, and I’ve compiled a list of 15 books where the queer characters are the protagonists. So if you’re looking for fantasy or sci-fi with great […]
Book Review: Dango by Jack Long
TL;DR Review: Wild West-flavored fantasy. Pure chaos in the best way possible. Synopsis: Dango, a retired half-elf army scout, sets out with his friends to start a quiet new life on The Dark Frontier. Maybe raise some tuskers, no more fighting. But fate has other plans. Kidnapped by savage elves Dango must fight for survival, […]
Review: Goosebumps House of Shivers 2: Goblin Monday by R. L. Stine
Synopsis A brand new Goosebumps series is coming―prepare to be scared like never before! Mario is spending winter break with his neighbors, Todd and Jewel, on their family vacation to Vermont. He is excited to see snow for the first time and meet his friend’s beloved grandparents. But Todd and Jewel’s grandparents turn out to […]
Review: Absolute Wonder Woman #1
Synopsis Without the island paradise…without the sisterhood that shaped her…without a mission of peace…what’s left is the Absolute Amazon! Review Wow. Few words can sum up the reading experience that is Absolute Wonder Woman #1. One of them is Amazon, a word banned from ever being uttered again in a startling, fearless sequence early in […]
Review: The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Hugh Westenra
It’s Halloween so what better time than now to talk about the book that’s apparently gotten me into my horror era? That’s probably an exaggeration, but this really is the book that has made me curious about exploring the horror genre more. I am now creating a small spooky TBR for the next couple of […]
Review: The September House by Carissa Orlando
Synopsis “Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts? Just when you thought you’d seen everything a haunted house novel could do, The September House comes along and delivers an eerie, darkly funny, and emotionally grounded book about the ghosts that haunt houses and marriages.”– Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to […]
Review: The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean
For my first post as part of the team, I wanted to choose a book that I really loved and the one that has stood out to me the most so far this year was The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean. I can understand why it wouldn’t be a good fit for some readers, but […]
Review: Grim Portraits by Kealan Patrick Burke
Synopsis What do you see when you look at a painting? The image, the brush strokes, the stippled canvas beneath? What if you looked beyond it? And what do you know about the person who created that picture that’s hanging on your wall? They say art requires a certain acceptable degree of madness. What secrets […]
Review: When the Void Splits the Realm (Anagovia #3) by Sam Parrish
Synopsis: They followed a prophecy written in the stars, but they were too late before they even began. With the great sacrifice of one of their own, Li’or, Hashkan, Emond, and Gemni escaped a dying realm and freed its people. But the damage to the Fabric is already too great, and terrors from beyond the […]
Review: Grey Noise by Marcus Hawke
Synopsis Evan Grey is just trying to get his store, REWIND VIDEO, up and running. Fate, unfortunately, often has other plans. Then he finds something that would be the perfect touch, an old vacuum tube TV. One that keeps turning to static. And it too has other plans. It follows you. Drives you. It’s already […]
Book Review Fury of the Gods (Bloodsworn Saga #3) by John Gwynne
TL;DR: An insanely epic conclusion to one of my favorite series of the year. High-stakes, fast-paced, gripping action and satisfying emotional resolutions across the board. Synopsis: The Fury of the Gods is the earth-shattering final book in John Gwynne’s bestselling Norse-inspired epic fantasy series, packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance. The final battle for […]