Book Review: Dreams of the Queen by Jacqueline Patricks

*This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours   ***Warning- graphic depictions of rape   Patricks’ Dreams of the Queen is an out of this world adventure quite unlike any other. First of The Brajj Trilogy, it has a very Dr Whovian and Stargate-esque nature. Cassiopeia Baros is a physicist at MIT working on a […]

Weekly Recap: May 28th- June 3rd

This week was a slower week than last. Being sick’ll do that to ya. Still, several books read, reviewed and posted/scheduled, and a rarity for me- a book I just gave up on, and didn’t finish. *Dreams of the Queen by Jacqueline Patricks, 4 ? *Solomon Bull by Clayton Lindemuth, 4 ? *Black Bead by […]

Book Review: The X-Files and Philosophy, edited by Robert Arp

This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review   Aah, but this show, one of the first big serial paranormal dramas, shaped a large chunk of my teenage years. I’ve always loved the unknown, the unexplained, the unusual. There’s a great deal of philosophy embedded in the X-Files, to be sure. The X-Files […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]