Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Titles: Unworthy, Unbound, Unyielding Author: J.A. Vodvarka Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 447 Pages, 545 Pages, 705 Pages Category: Epic Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Saga: (noun) a dramatic and often complicated story or series of events. The Blacksea Odyssey Trilogy is this, and then some. The world building is robust, its characters richly... Continue Reading →
Title: Viscounts & Villainy Series: Roaring Twenties Magic: Book Three Author: Allie Therin Publisher: Carina Press Length: 327 Pages Category: Fantasy, Historical Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Come for the magic, stay for the romance, bask in a world where danger lurks and heroes are made and happily ever afters are earned. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: End of the Road Series: SOS Hotel: Book Ten Author: Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 212 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Even as the series comes to a close, the SOS Hotel carries on in all its singular glory, as does the unlikely love affair between the dragon,... Continue Reading →
Time flies when life comes at you fast, doesn't it? Here's a quick roundup at some of the books I've read and enjoyed over the past few weeks :) Along Torturous Paths by Vivian Moira Valentine - Amelia Temple harbors a cosmic being in her consciousness and is pursued and coveted for her parapsychological abilities,... Continue Reading →
Title: Can't Spell Treason Without Tea Series: Tomes and Tea: Book One Author: Rebecca Thorne Publisher: Bramble Length: 345 Pages Category: Cozy Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The only thing better than the love for books and tea is the found family and friendships Reyna and Kianthe build along the way. The story... Continue Reading →
Title: Icy Reception Series: SOS Hotel: Book Nine Author: Adam Vex (Ariana Nash) Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 192 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Ariana Nash serves up the sass and sweetness and spice that’s a staple of this -verse, but it’s the love that holds it all together. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: Into the Dark Series: OutFoxing the Paranormal: Book Three Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 227 Pages Category: Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: When all is said and done, Into the Dark delivered something unique. If Cozy Horror isn't a thing, maybe this book just invented it. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →
In support of Transgender Day of Visibility, a group of 32 trans authors have joined together to offer their books — 38 in total — for just $40. That's a 65% savings over regular price. Supporting trans authors, and trans rights overall, is so important. I hope you'll check it out at the link below!... Continue Reading →
Title: On the Road Series: SOS HOTEL: Book Eight Author: Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 160 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Ariana Nash (writing as Adam Vex) hasn’t missed a single beat since she closed the first story arc and opened this one. Adam, Zee, and Victor are as warm... Continue Reading →
Title: Mandrake Manor Author: JP Rindfleisch IX Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 366 Pages Category: Cozy Paranormal Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: What a delightful surprise this book was. It’s warm, cozy, a little bit sassy, and the bonds of found family and magic give a nice touch to developing both the plot and... Continue Reading →
Title: Upright Women Wanted Author: Sarah Gailey Publisher: Tor Books Length: 171 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: This short novel reads like a Wild West tale set in a dystopian future where modern conveniences no longer exist. Outlaws and bandits, vigilantes and shootouts, life on the dusty desert trails once traveled... Continue Reading →
Title: Servant Sovereign: The Complete Collection Author: Michael G. Williams Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 484 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Time Travel Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Servant Sovereign series is, plainly, an homage to the city of San Francisco. It's a time-travel adventure, from the city's gold rush beginnings to its modern day... Continue Reading →
Title: A Spell for Heartsickness Series: Rune Tithe: Book One Author: Alistair Reeves Publisher: Podium Publishing Length: 330 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: The world-building in this story is lovely and has some things to say about avarice, indifference, self-esteem, being true to oneself, enduring faithfulness, and unadulterated evil. For better... Continue Reading →
Title: The Ritual of the Broken Series: Ritual of the Broken: Book One Author: Seb L. Carter Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 450 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This book is rife with so much suspense that I had to smack down my anxiety every so often so I could keep... Continue Reading →
Title: The Revenge of Captain Vessia Series: Sails of Black and Blood: Book One Author: Leslie Allen Publisher: Self-Published Length: 449 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: There is a slow-burn romance amongst the action and adventure and bloodthirst in The Revenge of Captain Vessia. While it doesn't develop along the usual... Continue Reading →
Title: Molly Boys Series: London Underside: Book One Author: Vawn Cassidy Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 372 Pages Category: Murder Mystery, Gaslamp Fantasy, Historical Romance Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: There wasn't much new or different about Molly Boys, nothing I hadn't read before in one form or another, but that familiarity made this an... Continue Reading →
Titles: Beneath Strange Lights and Against Fearful Lies Series: Amelia Temple: Books One and Two Author: Vivian Moira Valentine Publisher: Self-Published Length: 269 and 334 Pages Category: Cosmic Horror, New Adult, Historical Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: If you love your cosmic horror with a heaping side of intelligence, sympathetic heroines, evil-doers and alien... Continue Reading →
Title: Their Heart a Hive Author: Fox N. Locke Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 268 Pages Category: Teen Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This is a beautiful book in both style and substance. That I was left in tears at the end only speaks to how lovely the story is and how invested I... Continue Reading →
Title: Your Final Resting Place Series: SOS Hotel: Book Seven Author: Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 195 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The sweet one, the sassy one, and the stoic one walked into a bar. What happened from that moment on was brilliant. I’m sorry to see these... Continue Reading →
Title: Twisted Shadows Series: Sugar & Vice: Book Two Author: Allie Therin Publisher: Carina Adores Length: 395 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Hands down, the worst thing about this book is having to wait a year to see how Allie Therin is going to fix what she broke. Things are... Continue Reading →
Title: They Who Bring the Light Series: Ghost Flower: Verse Two Author: Jessica Conwell Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 242 Pages Category: Fantasy, Horror Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This book is anger and retribution against a corrupt system that professes to love but only harms. It is justice meted out to the unjust on... Continue Reading →
Title: The Reanimator's Remains Series: The Reanimator Mysteries: Book Three Author: Kara Jorgensen Publisher: Self-Published Length: 360 Pages Category: Historical Fantasy, Gaslamp Fantasy, Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The chaos and danger in The Reanimator's Remains usher in a perfectly romantic and beautiful ending to this chapter of Oliver and Felipe’s story. Where... Continue Reading →
Title: Don't Let the Forest In Author: CG Drews Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Length: 336 Pages Category: Dark Fairy Tale, Fantasy, YA, Horror Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Don't Let the Forest In is esoteric and honest, unhurried and delivers some great twists that made me go back and read chapter one again to... Continue Reading →
Title: A Captured Cauldron: Rules for Compulsory Brews Series: Side Quest Row: Book Two Author: R.K. Ashwick Publisher: Self-Published Length: 334 Pages Category: Cozy Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: A Rival Most Vial easily won my adoration and captivated my imagination. A Captured Cauldron not only affirmed those feelings but built upon them... Continue Reading →
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