Book Review: Dragonfly Nightmare by Erin Richards

This book was reviewed for Xpresso Book Tours   Richards’ Dragonfly Nightmare is a thrilling young adult coming of age story. Four years ago Allie Bailey was kidnapped by a former employee of her father’s and held hostage. For the last four years, Allie’s parents have been overly protective of her, refusing to allow her […]

Book Review: Catology by Adrian Searle and Oliver Ninnis

This book was reviewed via Netgalley   Catology, by Adrian Searle and Oliver Ninnis, is a cute little book of one-shot comics illustrating what goes on inside the minds of our furry little overlords. Most are incredibly believable interpretations of feline behaviour. One moment sweet and cuddly, the next all flailing claws and teeth, cats […]

Lost Gods by Brom

Brom’s Lost Gods is a dark, gripping tale of the power of love, the wickedness of men, and the power of alchemic forces always at work in our lives. Chet Moran is a man with a new lease on life. Recently released from prison, Chet elopes with the love of his life, who is carrying […]

Book Review: Pagan Portals: The Cailleach by Rachel Patterson

  This book was reviewed via Netgalley   The Cailleach, by Rachel Patterson, is one of the Pagan Portals series. This nifty series offers snapshots on a wide variety of pagan topics. The Cailleach focuses on the eponymous deity, little known and misunderstood by many. This little guide covers myths and legends related to the […]

Book Review: Source by Zach Abrams

  I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review   Source, by Zach Abrams, follows Tom and his fellow journalists Sally and Ahmed as they attempt to unravel a sinister plot to overthrow the financial leviathan of the RNB through means such as damaging rumours and by manipulating […]

Book Review: Invasive by Chuck Wendig

This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review   Wendig’s Invasive sinks its mandibles in from the start and refuses to let go. Terse, yet eloquent, it’ll keep you up all night. Whether it’s to finish it, or because you’re too afraid to sleep, well now, that’s a different question altogether. And now I […]

Earthbound

Book Review: Earthbound by Mari Collier

Earthbound by Mari Collier is the first of the Maca books. Set in America’s Old West, it is certainly not my typical fare, and I’ll admit to being more than a little sceptical at first. Even though I read fantasy, adore Star Trek, and write in an arcanepunk realm where the inhabitants would technically be […]

Book Review: The Empty Room by Sarah Clemens

    This book was reviewed for Xpresso Book Tours   The Empty Room is Sarah Clemens’ debut novel about a pair of newlyweds who move to the sleepy town of Eastbrook, Maine to get away from the drudgery and rat-race of their former jobs with different advertising agencies. Dean and Elizabeth purchase a Victorian […]

Book Review: A Time for Dragonflies and Angels by JM Erikson

I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and impartial review   A Time for Dragonflies and Angels by JM Erikson is a compilation of five short stories whose main focus deals with the notion of parallel universes.   Recount Our Dreams: This is the story of a man participating in […]

Marie Benedict’s Top 6 Historical People to Meet

As a writer of historical fiction, somedays I feel like an archaeologist, cobbling together an understanding of a past person or place from an amalgam of letters and artifacts and abandoned spaces. Using my own mixture of logic and fiction, I fill in the blanks between the signposts left by history. But, of course, sometimes […]

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