Where Fiction and Reality Meet
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 →
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 →
Reading used to be my refuge. Books were the unreality I escaped to, my heart wide open, my senses attuned to the characters and their journeys. I could ignore the outside world for a while, guilt free. Now, it feels like my favorite pastime has come to a screeching halt in favor of paying attention... 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: 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: 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: 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: Check Me Out Authors: Jordan Castillo Price, Clare London, Dev Bentham & Kim Fielding Publisher: Self-Published Length: 201 Pages Category: Anthology, Romance, Contemporary, Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Check Me Out gives good feels and has a little something to please every reader. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurbs: THE PRICE OF HAPPINESS by... Continue Reading →
Title: SOS Hotel Series Author: Ariana Nash writing as Adam Vex Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: Short Novels Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I devoured these books, no other word for it. I was charmed, start to finish, by the characters and the world Adam Vex (aka Ariana Nash) has built. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: Awakening in Sapphire Series: Once & Forever Kings: Book One Author: Jonathan Hawker Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 502 Pages Category: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: Stylistically speaking, this book and I didn't jibe, but overall, Awakening in Sapphire throws out some great surprises and originality to give an awesome spin to an... Continue Reading →
Title: The Woods All Black Author: Lee Mandelo Publisher: Tordotcom Length: 153 Pages Category: Historical Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Horror is not always about the things that go bump in the night or hide in the places that light can’t touch. Horror is as often about the inhumane masking as human, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Beyond the Veil Author: S.C. Wynne Publisher: Blind Eye Books Length: 299 Pages Category: Romantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Beyond the Veil unfolds with no big surprises, which isn't a bad thing as it keeps the plot flowing briskly without needing to pause for unnecessary detail or description that wouldn't have served... Continue Reading →
Title: Gary the Once and Former King Series: The Unwanted King: Book Two Author: Isabel Murray Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 242 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 3 Stars At a Glance: Gary the Once and Former King comes down to this: it wasn't necessary to read this book. It doesn't add anything of depth or value... Continue Reading →
Title: An Education in Malice Author: S.T. Gibson Publisher: Redhook Length: 346 Pages Category: Dark Fantasy, Historical Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: An Education in Malice is not meant to be light on drama. It foments darkness, steeps in a soup of its own secrets, complicates itself with a fixation on a decades-long separation... Continue Reading →
Title: Of Feathers and Thorns Author: Kit Vincent Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 314 Pages Category: Fantasy, Teen Fiction Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Kit Vincent wraps dangers and intrigues around a cast that served to help or hinder when Kieren and Esten were called on to show the stronger stuff they were made of.... Continue Reading →
Title: Bookshops & Bonedust Series: Legends & Lattes Author: Travis Baldree Publisher: Tor Books Length: 332 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Every single message Baldree meant to convey in Bookshops & Bonedust hit their mark with precision, and I took those hits gladly. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: When an injury throws... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Moon, Shallow Sea Series: The Gods of Night and Day: Book One Author: David R. Slayton Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Length: 407 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: If you love character-driven fantasy set in a world rife with danger and treachery, magic and mythology, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea delivers. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: The Reanimator's Soul Series: The Reanimator Mysteries: Book Two Author: Kara Jorgensen Publisher: Self-Published Length: 340 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Fantasy, Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I love everything about what Jorgensen communicates in this story and through these characters, up to and including the fact that relationships can be tested from... Continue Reading →
Title: Death by Silver Series: Lynes & Mathey: Book One Authors: Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold Publisher: Queen of Swords Press Length: 375 Pages Category: Historical Mystery, Fantasy Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: While I remain perplexed by all the accolades heaped up this book, if you like a good procedural mystery, Death by... Continue Reading →
Title: Bewitched: Being a History of Affection, Enchantment, and Housecleaning Series: Sea Goblins: Book Two Author: Juniper Butterworth Publisher: Self-Published Length: 179 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Juniper Butterworth’s incessantly enchanting imagination and loveable goblins are the driving force in this series. And Baby, as always, is the scene-stealer in the... Continue Reading →
Title: OKPsyche Author: Anya Johanna DeNiro Publisher: Small Beer Press Length: 124 Pages Category: Transgender Fiction, Speculative Fiction Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: OKPsyche is a long short novel. It packs a lot of narrative and food-for-thought into its pages and while the world-building remained elusive to me, the aim of the story is... Continue Reading →
Title: Shipwrecked Series: Sea Goblins: Book One Author: Juniper Butterworth Publisher: Self-Published Length: 161 Pages Category: Fantasy Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: If you're looking for something a little wacky and smilesome, filled with whimsy and doesn't take itself at all too seriously, there are goblins and goats afoot to the rescue. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: A Market of Dreams and Destiny Author: Trip Galey Publisher: Titan Books Length: 432 Pages Category: Fantasy, Teen Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: A Market of Dreams and Destiny is bewitching, enchanting, extraordinary, and is one of the most imaginative books I’ve read this year. What makes it an original isn't its... Continue Reading →
Title: Once a Rogue Series: Roaring Twenties Magic: Book Two Author: Allie Therin Publisher: Carina Press Length: 309 Pages Category: Historical Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This story is a race against the clock to locate old friends and new acquaintances, and Therin transports readers through time and trouble with an endearingly cheeky... Continue Reading →
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