Title: Burning for You Author: Joel Abernathy Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 298 Pages Category: Fantasy Content Notes: Action violence, substance abuse, extreme enemies-to-lovers dynamics, nonconsensual ritual bloodletting, heat sex, knotting, technical suicide in a supernatural context (not self-harm). Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: For as angsty as it had the potential to be, the…
Review: Deceiver of Minds by Jordan L. Hawk
Title: Deceiver of Minds Series: SPECTR Series Three: Book Five Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 105 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: For fans of the SPECTR series, we know to anticipate the chaos and danger as well as the lovely teases at the end of each novella that…
Review: The Bachelor’s Valet by Arden Powell
Title: The Bachelor’s Valet Series: Flos Magicae Author: Arden Powell Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 148 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Bachelor’s Valet is a gentle and charming story with happy endings for all involved, short on drama and long on anticipation, waiting for Alphonse to suss out his…
Review: Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
Title: Hell Followed with Us Author: Andrew Joseph White Publisher: Peachtree Teen Length: 412 Pages Category: YA, Fantasy, Monster Fiction Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Hell Followed with Us is not my story. I will never know firsthand what it means, or feels like, to walk in Benji’s shoes. That doesn’t mean I can’t…
Review: Labours of Stone by EM Harding
Title: Labours of Stone Author: EM Harding Publisher: Self-Published Length: 164 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Labours of Stone is one of those happy little accidental finds: a quick, sweet summer read that I’m glad I happened upon. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Day after day, Ephra Stone labours away on trashy…
Review: Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
Title: Swimming in the Dark Author: Tomasz Jedrowski Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 224 Pages Category: Literary Fiction Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Tomasz Jedrowski’s deeply moving and stunningly portrayed novel of love set against a backdrop of political unrest and divided loyalties reads like both memoir and confessional. It is a passionate novel, beautiful and…
Review: Final Orders by Gregory Ashe
Title: Final Orders Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book Five Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 410 Pages Category: Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The saying goes that having a child is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. I can’t fathom how that…
Review: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Title: Young Mungo Author: Douglas Stuart Publisher: Grove Atlantic Length: 392 Pages Category: Literary Fiction Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Young Mungo is a full-circle novel that places Mungo in harm’s way and then shows us how and why he got there. It is lyrical. It is steeped in despair. It is a brutal…
Review: Small Town Pride by Phil Stamper
Title: Small Town Pride Author: Phil Stamper Publisher: HarperCollins Length: 265 Pages Category: Middle Grade Fiction Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Just in time for Pride month, Small Town Pride is a book that needs to be given a place on middle school library shelves. It’s an uplifting story about the power of love…
Review: The Sceptic by Lily Morton
Title: The Sceptic Series: Arcana: Book One Author: Lily Morton Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 365 Pages Category: Paranormal, Contemporary Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The Sceptic is, as her readers have come to expect, signature Lily Morton. The only unexpected difference is that the paranormal aspect of the book was more of a…
Review: The Doctor by C.S. Poe
Title: The Doctor Series: Magic & Steam: Book Three Author: C.S. Poe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 255 Pages Category: Steampunk Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The Doctor is full of some wicked surprises and gruesome illustrations of the evil that people are capable of when seeking to play gods and monsters. This sinister plot is…
Review: Austin by Con Riley
Title: Austin Series: Learning to Love: Book Four Author: Con Riley Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 303 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Austin is nothing less than emotionally lavish and fully encompasses the word romantic. It is a story that is lyrical and opulent and generous in its portrayal of friendship,…
Review: Tramps and Vagabonds by Aster Glenn Gray
Title: Tramps and Vagabonds Author: Aster Glenn Gray Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 261 Pages Category: Historical Romance Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: Aster Glenn Gray’s commitment to deliver impeccable historical detail in Tramps and Vagabonds is nothing short of impressive. Readers who love to delve into a beautifully researched and detailed tale of bygone…
Giveaway: The Hourglass Throne by K.D. Edwards
Hi, fellow book addicts, how about a giveaway? It seems I was so ultra-excited about the release of K.D. Edwards’ The Hourglass Throne that I somehow forgot I ordered the paperback and then ended up with two copies of it. Huh. Now, while there’s always room on my shelves for more books (that’s the lie…
Review: The Hourglass Throne by K.D. Edwards
Title: The Hourglass Throne Series: The Tarot Sequence: Book Three Author: K.D. Edwards Publisher: Pyr/Simon & Schuster Length: 425 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I have fallen madly, deeply, and irrevocably in love with this series and its characters, and I can’t recommend it strongly enough. The Tarot Sequence series is,…
Review: The L.A. After Midnight Quartet by Steve Neil Johnson
Titles: The Yellow Canary, The Black Cat, The Blue Parrot, The Red Raven Series: L.A. After Midnight Quartet Author: Steve Neil Johnson Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 240 Pages, 246 Pages, 277 Pages, 252 Pages Category: Historical Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The L.A. After Midnight Quartet is a turning back of the clock…
Review: Out of the Ashes by Jenn Burke
Title: Out of the Ashes Series: Ashes and Dust: Book Three Author: Jenn Burke Publisher: Carina Press Length: 283 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: Never let it be said that a good dose of fear and danger and adrenaline mixed with some forced proximity aren’t an effective catalyst for rekindling…
Review: Inherit the Lightning by Bud Gundy
Title: Inherit the Lightning Author: Bud Gundy Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 260 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Inherit the Lightning is an achingly lovely and compelling book. Its passions soar as high as its sorrows run deep, with a breadth and beauty to the story that is eloquent…
Review: Reckless by Cari Z
Title: Reckless Series: Luckless: Book Three Author: Cari Z Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 124 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: The gripping moment when Evan and Lee’s bond is stricken delivers on the tension shaped by betrayal and the emotion driven by anguish. I am, as always, anxious to see what Cari…
Review: The Prince’s Poisoned Vow by Hailey Turner
Title: The Prince’s Poisoned Vow Series: Infernal War Saga: Book One Author: Hailey Turner Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 646 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 3 Stars At a Glance: I know one of the most useless things a reader can say in a review is, “I really wanted to love this book.” Intention and outcome with…