Roses are red, violets are blue, this book is grim and it’s good for you Synopsis Alderose Mortimer is no stranger to grief. As she roams from one bleak countryside village to another, killing monsters for coin, she’s haunted by the loss of her first love, slain on their wedding day with two puncture wounds […]
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Review: Echoes of the Imperium by Nicholas & Olivia Atwater
Synopsis A fallen empire. A goblin airship captain. One big, blasphemous problem. Captain William Blair has taken shady jobs before—what goblin hasn’t? But this shady job has pirates off the port bow and legendary aethermancers knocking at his cabin door. Unfortunately, Wil has sworn an Oath to escort his newest dubious passenger wherever she wants to go… […]
Review: Killswitch Protocol by M. J. Kuhn
Synopsis In New Avarita, every person is born with a purpose. Once fulfilled, they are eligible for Ascent, a peaceful passing and assumed rebirth on the next plane of existence, celebrated for having left their perfect mark upon the world. At least, that’s what the powers that be want them to believe. When Liv Spencer’s […]
Review: The Court of Venus by Bel Banta
Synopsis: Set in a fantasy world inspired by Tudor England and the real astrologers who advised kings, The Court of Venus is Bel Banta’s romantic fantasy debut and a beautifully written historical novel about rival magicians. ‘Our kind has many names. Planetborn. Sorcerer. Witch or wizard. Magician.’ In Alvion, magicians have always ruled beside kings. Blessed at […]
Review: This Crimson Ruin (The Titan’s Wrath Trilogy #2) by Rebecca Thorne
Synopsis: Death might be the only escape. When Sergeant Nix Marr signed up as her ex’s bodyguard for a trip to the domed city of Fall, she doubted she’d return alive. But neither woman could have predicted the cataclysmic event that stranded them both beneath the ocean. Worse, Fall has been completely abandoned, ruins of a once-grand […]
Review: The Demon Star by Jesse Aragon
A rich and dark world full of lore and gods that walk the planet, demons and exorcisms, monsters and lost technology, and a story so tightly paced and gripping you won’t want to put it down.
Review: Star Trek: The Last Starship, Vol. 1 by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing
Synopsis: A Galaxy Shattered. A Legend Reborn. A New Frontier Begins. After the cataclysmic Burn brings warp travel to a standstill and shatters centuries of unity, the dream of the United Federation of Planets collapses almost overnight. Worlds are cut off. Civilizations tumble. Chaos fills the void where hope once thrived. Out of this cosmic […]
Review: Newbourne Park by Jennifer Thorne
Synopsis: After years of caring for her dying mother, Martha Shaw feels empty, exhausted, and far older than her twenty-six years. So when her brother invites her to a weekend getaway at the opulent, two-hundred-acre country estate where his friend works, Martha reluctantly agrees. After all, what’s the harm? The owners and all their staff […]
Like Creature Features? Watch these Movies
I am back! After tackling my Zombie movies / shows lists, I moved on to Slashers and Shark Week recommendations. It’s with the shark films that my mind really started to go toward all-out creature features. Another favorite sub-genre (although at this point I suppose it’s just all of horror really), and one that’s filled […]
The Last Breath of Peace by Lewis J. Sutcliffe
Synopsis In the deep quiet of the Whispering Wood, Sorin has made a life out of being forgotten. That silence shatters when a dying Elven messenger collapses at his door, carrying a sealed warning meant for a king who may already be too late to listen. Hunted by fanatics, shadowed by ancient powers, and burdened […]
Review: Crash into You (Lights Out #3) by Simone Soltani
Crash into You had me kicking my feet and giggling the whole way through. I’ve never read a F1 romance before, and I can see why it’s so popular. This is basically a great romance story and set it in the glitz and glamour of F1 locations, and add a dash of real-life ‘the F1 life isn’t all perfect’ and you’ve got a gripping story.
Review: The Heroes We Never Were by Thomas Howard Riley
Synopsis: War is the only thing Everan Caid was ever good at, and he yearns to return to his old ways. Long ago stripped of his knighthood and all but exiled from the castle of Oldmeadow, he is drunker by dawn than most men can manage all day. Peace, with the lack of killing that […]