A clever sapphic sci-fi romance—one that leans more into the romance than the science.
Book Review
Review: The Merge by Grace Walker
Summary: How far would you go to never say goodbye? Laurie is sixty-five and living with Alzheimer’s. Her daughter Amelia, a once fiery and strong-willed activist, can’t bear to see her mother’s mind fade. Faced with the reality of losing her forever, Amelia signs them up to take part in the world’s first experimental merging […]
Review: Bolted to the Bone by Bart Carroll
Synopsis: Infusing Celtic legend into science fantasy… Despite being mortal enemies, a saint and her disgraced former commander must solve the mystery of a failing sky and find the missing children of their shattered world. A panel of the artificial sky has fallen; a market town below suddenly destroyed. And while everyone on the Emerald—this […]
This Brutal Moon (The Kindom Trilogy #3) by Bethany Jacobs
Synopsis Violence has erupted across the Treble. The colony that Jun Ironway and Masar Hawks have fought to protect is now woefully compromised, and its people, unwilling to submit to tyranny once more, face a brutal fight for their lives and freedom. In the midst of upheaval and rebellion, new enemies arise from every corner, […]
Review: Tides of Torment (Sea of Souls #3) by N. C. Scrimgeour
Last Tide Synopsis The capital has fallen. Ghostly wraiths and bloodthirsty selkies roam the coast as the haar spreads its sickness across Silveckan. Every day, another port is consumed by the mist, and without her pelt, Isla Blackwood can do nothing to stop it. Her only hope is to track down Eimhir, but her old […]
Hammerfall: A God Eater Saga Story by Rob J. Hayes
Synopsis How long can a cause remain just, when painted in the blood of innocence? They named her the Starhammer once. Hero to some, monster to many more. First into the breach at the Shattering, anointed in the blood of a thousand demons. The last of the legendary Valkyr. But the Starhammer is dead. Or […]
Review: The Severing Son (The Sundered Nation #1) by Vaughn Roycroft
Synopsis: Tales of the Bringer of Urrinan had been told for generations, but never had the prophecy felt so near to so many. Elan wasn’t sure if she even believed one man could cause the sort of upheaval that would change the world. And yet, just as the prophecy foretold, dark forces were on the […]
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Synopsis They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever […]
Review: The Scroungers (Vermin of the Old Empire Bk1) by Thomas J Devens
Synopsis: The Lords have fallen. It was the war to end all wars. Violence had plagued the Fractured Kingdoms since the fall of the Old Empire. But as the generals and the lords died in the Valley of Torglen, the folk looked beyond their allegiances. Beyond their nations. The bedraggled masses that survived the battle […]
Book Review: Brigands and Breadknives (Legends and Lattes #2) by Travis Baldree
TL;DR Review: Cozy yet adventurous, entertaining but also immensely heart-warming, with fascinating insights into the author—and ourselves! Synopsis: Return to the fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but […]
Review: Andrew Doran Omnibus Volume One by Matthew Davenport
Synopsis FROM ARKHAM TO THE ANTARCTIC. FROM BERLIN TO NAMIBIA. ANDREW DORAN IS ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN US AND ANNIHILATION. Andrew Doran’s life has been plagued by knowledge. The knowledge that we are not alone in this universe or the next hindered by the knowledge that the things we share our universes with are malevolent […]
Empire of the Dawn (Empire of the Vampire) by Jay Kristoff
Synopsis Gabriel de León has lost his family, his faith, and his last hope of ending the endless night – the Holy Grail, Dior. With no desire left but vengeance, he and a band of loyal brothers journey into the war-torn heart of the Augustin Empire to claim the life of the Forever King. Unbeknownst […]