Book Review: Coming Darkness by Susan-Alia Terry

  This book was reviewed for Port Jericho   *Warning/ Age Level Advisory: some scenes of graphic sexual nature   Terry’s Coming Darkness is a story of loss, and change, of beginnings and endings. In a very Supernatural-esque way, God is gone from Heaven, and without his ordering guidance, things are beginning to unravel. Angels […]

Book Review: Are We Happy Yet? by Lisa Cypers Kamen

  This egalley was reviewed for Dragon Gypsy Publishing via Netgalley   Happiness is an elusive beastie, that responds better to gentleness than brute force. In Are We Happy Yet?, Kamen will teach you how to tame that shy, skittish creature we call happiness, and aid you in cultivating a permanent relationship with it. Kamen […]

Pleiades Prompt: Sleep

Pleiades poems were among the first of the forms I learned, way way back when. They are still among my favourite to work with. Pleiades are seven line poems, with a single word title. Each of the seven lines must start with the same letter as the title. They lend themselves very well to playing […]

WIP Snippet: Evalyce Quaestors

Here’s a snippet from my current work in progress. The chapter has no title yet. ?     “Who’s there?” My voice was sharper than intended. More rustling, coming from behind a stack of wooden crates, and a towheaded boy no older than five tumbled into view.     “What’cha lookin’ for?”, he asked.     “You first, whelp. […]

Open Book Blog Hop: What’s On Your Bucket List?

I’ve never really given much thought to a bucket list. I’d love to travel to the UK, especially to Cymru. The greater bulk of my ancestry came from various parts of the British Isles. As a Sherlockian, I want to visit Baker Street, have my picture taken by the Sherlock statue, and visit Undershaw, Conan […]

Cover Reveal: Seraphina’s Vengeance by Sheena Hutchinson

 Seraphina’s Vengeance  by Sheena Hutchinson (Seraphina #3) Publication date: July 2017 Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance Synopsis One year ago, Seraphina’s entire world seemed to have dived into a mythical land over night. She’s somehow even gotten used to the madness of it all. But what happens when the craziness stops? Things become quiet… too quiet. She should […]

Book Review- Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Allies by Lydia Sherrer

This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours Allies is the third in the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus series featuring Lily Singer and Sebastian Blackwell. While still full of delightful snark, especially by Kip, things with LeFay are really starting to heat up and take a darker turn. As with the previous books, this […]

Book Review: Daughters of Carrawburgh by Nigel Plane

This book was reviewed for Troubadour Publishing Limited via Netgalley Daughters of Carrawburgh is a first-rate psychological thriller that you simply can’t put down! I lost myself in this book, and finished it in a single day, so engrossing was it. Sam Layton is a spiritualist. Not the cold reader, the charlatan psychic who is […]

Cover Reveal: A Promise Broken by Anissa Garcia

A First Look at A Promise Broken by Anissa Garcia! In A PROMISE BROKEN, Hilary is in need of a distraction from her wounded heart, and that distraction comes in the form of Zach Collins. The only problem is, he’s her brother’s best friend. Readers will love this standalone contemporary romance, featuring characters seen in […]

Top 10: Mallory McCartney/ Recommended YA Fantasy Novels

Thank you for having me! Here are my top ten recommendations for YA Fantasy! ? Daughter of Smoke and Bone series- Laini Taylor Strange the Dreamer- Laini Taylor Throne of Glass series- Sarah J Maas A Court of Thorn and Roses series- Sarah J Maas Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault- Candance Robinson A Darker Shade of […]