This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review Sullivan’s Age of Myth is a new foray into a world (mostly) familiar to readers of the previous Riyria novels. Though sad to not be journeying with Royce and Hadrian once again, I really enjoyed walking with Raithe, Malcolm, Nyphron, Persephone, and the others. To […]
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Book Review: In the Company of Strangers by KE Mullins
In the Company of Strangers by KE Mullins is the second of her Team Ice series. This story jumps perspectives often. Most are delineated with a line of asterisks separating the sections. Other times the change occurs after a dialogue exchange, and it is done so smoothly you barely even notice. We follow Elle/Gabrielle, […]
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Book Review: The Purloined Poodle by Kevin Hearne
This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review and Netgalley Hearne’s The Purloined Poodle is a rollickin’ good novella set in the world of the Iron Druid series. It is told from the point of view of Oberon, Atticus’ ever amusing wolfhound. Through the Druidic arts, Oberon has been granted greater […]
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Book Review: The Dragon Sphere by Abel Gallardo
This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours Gallardo’s The Dragon Sphere is a strong start to a new series. We follow Landon, a teen on the cusp of a great life change. Landon’s da disappeared when Landon was quite young. A visit from his uncle, near his fifteenth birthday, revealed a family secret […]
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Book Review: The Devil’s Prayer by Luke Gracias
This book was reviewed via Netgalley The Devil’s Prayer by Luke Gracias is a brilliant series of nested stories recounting two generations of one young woman’s family. The mother who disappeared for decades, only to turn up dead in Europe. The two orphans raised by their grandma when their mother vanishes. The history […]
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Book Review: The Jersey Devil by Hunter Shea
The Jersey Devil was my first introduction to Shea’s work and I quite enjoyed it! I’ve an interest in cryptozoology, and find the Jersey Devil among the more interesting of the beasties out there. No trope is this one, unlike the vampires, werewolves, and zombies that make their tired ways across the pages of contemporary […]
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Book Review: The Shadowed Path by Gail Z Martin
This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review The Shadowed Path by Gail Z Martin is collection of short stories giving insight into the murky past of Jonmarc Vahanian, telling the story of how this young man got started down the path that would eventually cross with Prince Tris. I was so […]
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Book Review: Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn
This book was reviewed for Netgalley ‘They’re battery operated and remote controlled by Satan.’ ~Elvis, on June bugs Humour books are not usually my forte. I prefer fantasy, hist-fic, and archaeology for the most part. Every once in a while a book of humour will snag my attention, though, and this was one […]
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Book Review: Navigating Life by Margaux Bergen
This book was reviewed via Netgalley This book is a visceral look at the trials and tribulations, the celebrations and exultations of one life, and the lessons learned along the way, distilled in the pelican of soul and body, a precious written elixir to aid the ongoing alchemy of others. Written first, and […]
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Book Review: Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy by Paula Berinstein
This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours. Bernstein’s Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy is the first in a new middle-grade detective series a lá Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and The Three Investigators. This is a world where the great literary detectives are real people. .Amanda is a young aspiring film […]
