Where Fiction and Reality Meet
If The Decisions We Make has done anything, it’s proven to me that RJ Scott has definitely found her place in the YA LGBT genre. All the angst, agony, and emotion that make their way into her adult M/M romances translate beautifully with her teenage characters as they struggle to find a place to belong... Continue Reading →
9:05 by K.C. Burn Socially introverted accountant Scott Taylor's world is stuck in a state of suspended animation--his coworkers, the falling snow, the clocks--all frozen, at 9:05, to be precise. As Scott continues to move through the motions of what should be the advancement of the days and weeks, eating, sleeping, and eventually daring to... Continue Reading →
"Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice." Amy Lane says that Fire and Ice will help to bring about the evolution of man by becoming human, joining together to nurture Rain and loving with the heart and soul of gods, only to be destroyed, in the end, by the hatred... Continue Reading →
Seiran Rou's life was marked for misery the moment he was born into the female dominated society of witches, made all the more difficult by the fact that his mother is the leader of the Dominion--the governing body of witches--as well as the fact that she saw his being born a boy as reason enough... Continue Reading →
I spent two days zigzagging throughout the Midwest, including spending some time in the stinkiest city in the US--Terra Haute, IN--ended up in Vegas, and never even left the comfort of my own home. I spent those two days buried deeply in the ten short stories/novelettes that comprise Jordan Castillo Price's Channeling Morpheus/Sweet Oblivion series.... Continue Reading →
The Archer's Heart by Astrid Amara My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Archer’s Heart is posed as an epic tale of avarice, hypocrisy, betrayal, and dishonor, and juxtaposes the injustice of the caste system in a mythical India against the belief that it is God’s intent for those of lower birth to subjugate to... Continue Reading →
The Archer's Heart by Astrid Amara My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Archer’s Heart is posed as an epic tale of avarice, hypocrisy, betrayal, and dishonor, and juxtaposes the injustice of the caste system in a mythical India against the belief that it is God’s intent for those of lower birth to subjugate to... Continue Reading →
Pole Star by Josephine Myles My rating: 5 of 5 stars This short, hot, sexy little story is just chock-full of naughty bits and grins and outright laughs that really illuminate Josephine Myles’ gift for creating characters who can charm their way right into your heart in record time. Matt Lovell should get hazard pay.... Continue Reading →
Tailor Made by Josephine Myles My rating: 5 of 5 stars Tailor Made is the story of two men who are both uncompromising in the way they’ve chosen to live their respective lives. They each stand firmly on opposing principals—Felix, the unapologetic manslut, and Andrew, the virgin who prefers to save himself for the one... Continue Reading →
The Haunted Glade by Hayden Thorne In true fairytale fashion, where enchanted forests house mystical beings and inspire the legends passed down to the village children, eighteen year old Yves Milford hears music that only the village potter, Irwin Blythe, can hear as well. It is a song that calls to those who love differently,... Continue Reading →
His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars So it began and so it ended, at well more than 1000 pages of nothing less than outstanding character exposition, world building, dialogue, narrative, humor, action, terror, violence, heartbreak, romance. This was the Chronicles of Basawar and was everything great speculative fiction should... Continue Reading →
The Iron Temple by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars And finally, we are at the beginning of the end. Or is it the end of the beginning? Perhaps when dealing with shifts in time, as Ginn Hale has done throughout this series, it is both. There is one certainty, however—John, Jahn, Jath’ibaye;... Continue Reading →
The Silent City by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars On the path to becoming the Rifter, John joins the Fai’daum resistance, swearing his allegiance to their cause and training with the witch Ji Shir’korud in an effort to learn to harness the immense power he possesses. The Silent City is the continuation... Continue Reading →
Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reading Enemies and Shadows was a little bit like standing in Hades and watching Sisyphus push his boulder uphill, seeing it strive toward its ultimate destination, holding your breath and hoping…only to have it roll back down to the bottom of the hill... Continue Reading →
Thirteen years ago, my sister was diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer called Multiple Myeloma. It's an aggressive disease that attacks the marrow in the bones, as mutated white blood cells reproduce unchecked, taking up room in the marrow cavity and, in turn, leaving less and less room for normal cells to grow. As... Continue Reading →
Broken Fortress by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars Broken Fortress – The Interlude – This is the perfect place to catch your breath and digest everything that has happened up until now. Pluck what you know of the past and apply it to the present, because the future is sure to be... Continue Reading →
The Holy Road by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars 5+ Stars I am, by turns, frightened and fascinated at this point in the saga, which sums things up pretty concisely and accurately. The Holy Road is darkness defined. This is the point in the journey where John discovers everything there is to... Continue Reading →
Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars So, if you’ve made it this far in the Rifter series, you know that John, Laurie, and Bill have inadvertently traveled to Basawar, to the year 185, when John intercepted a key meant for Kyle, his scarred, tattooed, and mysterious roommate. The three friends... Continue Reading →
Witches' Blood by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars So, if you’ve made it this far in the Rifter series, you know that John, Laurie, and Bill have inadvertently traveled to Basawar, to the year 185, when John intercepted a key meant for Kyle, his scarred, tattooed, and mysterious roommate. The three friends... Continue Reading →
Black Blades by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars And the plot thickens. Prophesies broken, awesome powers revealed, an assassination thwarted, and former allies who apparently have become enemies, these are some of the enticements Ginn Hale offers up in episode three of the Rifter saga. Told in a non-linear fashion, this installment... Continue Reading →
Delsyn's Blues by Lou Sylvre My rating: 4 of 5 stars ”Sonny James and Luki Vasquez are living proof that the course of love never runs smoothly.” If ever there was a single sentence that set the tone for a novel, this is it. Not only does the course of love never run smoothly for... Continue Reading →
Delsyn's Blues by Lou Sylvre My rating: 4 of 5 stars ”Sonny James and Luki Vasquez are living proof that the course of love never runs smoothly.” If ever there was a single sentence that set the tone for a novel, this is it. Not only does the course of love never run smoothly for... Continue Reading →
4.5/5 stars Servant of the Crossed Arrows by Ginn Hale My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading Servant of the Crossed Arrows was a little bit like watching the movie Inception. In other words, I labored under a pervading sense of “what the hell?” for a good portion of the time. But then I realized... Continue Reading →
The Shattered Gates by Ginn Hale My rating: 4 of 5 stars And so it begins, another Ginn Hale inspired addiction, this one woven somewhere between the contemporary and an alternate reality that is only just starting to take shape as a place of extreme danger, a place where being an outsider might mean a... Continue Reading →
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