You know what this book had that most PNR and UF novels don’t? A lead female character who is in her late 30s. Every once and a while it’s nice to read about characters who are close to my age. It grabbed me from the start. Molly discovers that her husband is cheating on her... Continue Reading →
Gorgeous cover alert! Release date: May 7, 2019. Publisher: Thomas Nelson This is a fantasy re-telling of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. Some of the events are historical and some have been embellished by the author. The most significant fantastical aspect is the addition of magic, or spell-casting. There is an ink that masters use... Continue Reading →
I'm so happy to be a part of the Wicked Saints blog tour! This is the first in the Something Dark and Holy trilogy. The female protagonist is named Nadya and is a religious cleric from Kalyazin (Russian-inspired country). She is the last of her kind and can speak directly to the gods who share... Continue Reading →
The story seems to be ever increasingly rooted in Faerie. Grave magic did play a role in this although it was a small one. I miss it that Alex no longer seems to be straddling two worlds, but it may be a temporary break from that. Rather momentous things happened. Alex’s life will no longer... Continue Reading →
They're not the heroes we deserve. They're just the ones we could find. Nobody panic. Release date: May 7, 2019. Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers. If Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, and The Breakfast Club had a baby...this would be it. The cast of characters... Tyler Jones (Alpha) Scarlett Jones (Diplomacy) Aurora O'Malley... Continue Reading →
This is book three in The Road to Nowhere series, published by 47North. Release date is April 23, 2019. I'm a huge fangirl of this series and of Meg Elison, so I feel like I have been waiting on this book for a short eternity. I loved Flora in the previous installment, The Book of... Continue Reading →
Release day: April 9, 2019. Publisher: 47North. Rating: ★★★★★ Craig Schaefer once again proves he is genius-level in the paranormal noir genre. This is my 15th? book and it may be my favorite yet. The writing, the plotting, the characterization, the pacing, the world-building … just gets better and better. Have you read Craig Schaefer... Continue Reading →
Rating: ★★★★ Annie is still on the run from the covenant. In case they find her, she can’t contact her family. She and her friends end up in a tiny town in Maine. Trouble finds her even in such a small place. She meets a strange local boy with interesting theories. The crossroads call in... Continue Reading →
The Everything Box (Another Coop Heist #1) - ★★★★ Coop is a good guy, but unlucky. Well, actually, he was sold out, and ended up in jail. Prison coffee was like someone had shouted the word coffee into a bag of potting soil and strained the boiled sludge through a dirty T-shirt. Then, after he... Continue Reading →
