The Brightest Fell is number eleven (!) in the October Daye urban-fantasy/paranormal series. Eleven! How is this the first time I’m reading this series? It has all the things I love. It’s got many types of Fae folk, including cait sidhe. I love cait sidhe! It has a sassy heroine, relatable and engaging characters, and […]
***This book was reviewed for Sourcebooks/ Fire via Netgalley Miller’s Mask of Shadows is a great beginning to a new fantasy series! Sallot Leon is a highwayman, here called a road agent. When they happen to rob a young Erlend noble, their life changes forever. Within the loot is a message regarding auditions for the […]
The Stone Sky (Broken Earth #3) by NK Jemisin “The shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed bestselling trilogy that began with The Fifth Season, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2016, and The Obelisk Gate, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2017. The Moon will soon return. […]
The Last Dragon Rider by Errin Krystal (The Wild Realms of Véneanár, #1) Published by: The Wild Rose Press Publication date: August 9th 2017 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance Synopsis Trained as an elite warrior from childhood, the elven crown prince Flintathriël fights to bring a stop to a war that began before he was born. With the aid of his betrothed Sairalindë, […]
Crescent Calling by Axelle Chandler (The Crescent Witch Chronicles #1) Publication date: August 9th 2017 Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy Enter to win a 20$ Amazon gift card Synopsis ‘Skye Williams is an ordinary woman, living an ordinary life. Or so she thought. When she receives news of her estranged mother’s death, she must go […]
I seem to have niched myself into certain genres by accident! Children’s books, historical fiction, philosophy. Who’d’ve guessed? 😛 Any perceptive person, I hope. Except for the children’s books. That… that was unexpected. Books read, reviewed, and posted/scheduled this past week: Wind and Oyster Jack by Marcia G. Moore, 5* (releases Nov 28) I […]
***This book was reviewed by independent request. Meredith’s Reflections of Queen Snow White is an alchemical expansion of the beloved children’s fairytale ‘Snow White’. Decades have passed since Prince Charming woke Snow White, and her wicked stepmother was overthrown. The wedding of Snow White’s daughter Raven is approaching, but all Snow White can think […]
Russ Watts’ Adrenal7n follows Bashar, a Syria immigrant to England as he desperately searches for a job. No matter how qualified Bashar is, as soon as potential employers learn he is Syrian, they shut down. After another failed interview, Bashar stops into a café for a cup of tea. As Bashar sits listening to their […]
Title: The Misadventures of Lady Ophelia Series: The Undaunted Debutantes Series (Book Three) Author: Christina McKnight Genre: Historical Romance, Regency England Release Date: July 11, 2017 Word Count: 70,000 Synopsis Quiet, reserved, Lady Ophelia Fletcher always has her nose stuck in a book; hence why she didn’t witness the death of her […]
***This book was reviewed for the San Francisco and Seattle Book Reviews, and via Netgalley The Asylum of Dr Caligari by James Morrow, spun from the 1920s silent film The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, is a commentary on duality- life and death, war and peace, science and art, reason and mysticism, sanity and insanity- […]