Synopsis When Dorothy’s obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf–themed wedding Rose is hosting. Things are heating up, and not just because of Blanche’s hot flashes. Rose’s cousin is eloping to Miami, and Rose is playing host. If she can’t […]
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Review: Wake Up and open your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
Synopsis: Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the “Great Reawakening” is here, he assumes it’s related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, […]
Review: Rekt by Alex Gonzalez
Synopsis: A disturbing examination of toxic masculinity and the darkest pits of the Internet, Alex Gonzalez’s rekt traces a young man’s algorithmic descent into depravity in a future that’s nearly here. > be me, 26> about to end it all> feels good, man Once, Sammy Dominguez thought he knew how the world worked. The ugly things in […]
Review: The Devils (The Devils #1) by Joe Abercrombie
Synopsis Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds. Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters, and the mission he is tasked with will require bloody […]
Review: Shattered Spirits by Cal Black
Synopsis Legends say a dead god is buried under the stone city of Ishcairn, protecting its inhabitants by dashing enemy fleets into the jagged coast of Craeburn. Adjunct professor Corrie Ecksley doesn’t believe any of that, but she knows from her work excavating nearby burial sites that the ancient Craeburn people believed it enough to […]
Review: Slaying the Vampire Conqueror (Crowns of Nyaxia #2.5) by Carissa Broadbent
Synopsis: She was commanded to kill him with a single strike to the heart. She didn’t expect her own to betray her. Sylina has sacrificed everything for her goddess–her soul, her freedom, her eyes. Life in service to the Arachessen, a cult of the Goddess of Fate, has turned Sylina from orphaned street-rat to disciplined […]
Review: the Devil’s Face by Christopher Artinian
Synopsis: Those fleeting glimpses that send shivers down our spines and goosebumps rippling over our skin. Those split-second freeze-frames where our minds picture something terrifying, impossible to comprehend. They last for fragments of a moment until our brains catch up and process what we’ve seen. What if they were real? Punching the clock as the […]
Review: Blood of the Kami by Baptiste Pinson Wu
Synopsis For centuries, the Yaseki have fought the corrupted souls who seek to plunge Japan into darkness. But the fragile balance is now shifting toward the forces of evil. Ren Fudō, a young Soul Hunter blessed with the blood of the kami, receives a mission from Amaterasu Ōmikami. This simple errand is a spirit-given chance […]
Review: The Europan Deception ( Dark Galaxy Book 1) by Ryan M Patrick
Synopsis: The year is 2204. The galaxy is on the edge of conflict. And an ancient conspiracy is about to explode. Can two intelligence operatives with a brutal shared past and a former Lunar freedom fighter stop a dastardly plot that dates back to the lost continent of Atlantis? Find out in The Europan Deception, […]
Review: Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones
Synopsis: Walking through his own house at night, a fifteen-year-old thinks he sees another person stepping through a doorway. Instead of the people who could be there, his mother or his brother, the figure reminds him of his long-gone father, who died mysteriously before his family left the reservation. When he follows it he discovers […]
Review: Zombie Billionaire (Creature Quest Series Book 2) by Nick Sullivan
Synopsis Action, adventure, horror, comedy… Zombie Billionaire has it all. The long-awaited sequel to Zombie Bigfoot is here! You know those series books that say “This book is a standalone?” This one isn’t. Zombie Billionaire picks up directly from where Zombie Bigfoot left off. If you haven’t read “ZBF,” do yourself a favor: get it, read it, and come on back. […]
Review: The Rest to the Gods (The Song of the Sleepers #0.5) by Joshua Walker
The introduction to Joshua Walker’s epic fantasy series, this is a story of political unrest and self acceptance—all in a stunning and original setting.