Kathleen O’Neal Gear’s Cries from the Lost Island followed Hal and his friend Robert after they find their friend Cleo murdered, and set out to grant her last request. Cleo claims to be the reincarnation of Cleopatra. They set out with archaeologist Dr James Moriarty to visit Egypt in hopes of finding the legendary graves […]
Highfire by Eoin Colfer is one rollicking good read! When young ‘Squib’ Moreau witnesses a murder on the bayou (of his new employer, no less), and nearly bites the dust when the killer realised there has been a witness to the dastardly deed, he is rescued by an unlikely saviour. Enter the dragon- one Wyvern, […]
Balthazar’s Bane by Kat Ross is sixth in the delightfully dark Gaslamp Gothic series. This book, as the title suggests, focuses on Balthazar and his ward Lucas. When Balthazar kills a necromancer with a debt, and gets tangled up with said necromancer’s daughter, he ends up kidnapped by jinn and taken to a mythical city […]
In The Tiger at Midnight, first in a same-name trilogy by Swati Teerdhala, Esha, known as the Viper, sneaks into the Blood Fort, a major Jansan stronghold, and assassinates the feared General Hotha. Several elite soldiers are tasked with tracking down the Viper and returning the assassin for punishment. The reward is being named Commander […]
***TRIGGER WARNING: adult/minor sexual relationship, sexual/physical/etc abuse, addiction, mention of suicide The Electric Heir is the finale in Victoria Lee’s Feverwake duology. Several months have passed since Dara and Noam parted ways. They’ve both changed, and now they’re ostensibly mortal enemies, fighting on different sides. As Lehrer’s conquest plans ramp up, Noam and Dara must […]
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Feast of Phantoms is the first book in Kat Ross’ newest series- Lingua Magika. Set in a ‘wild west’ time frame, Feast follows Deputy Cortez as she is drafted from her small town of Lucky Boy to assist Marshal Hardin with a dangerous captive. All she was supposed to do was help get the captive […]
The Fever King is first in Victoria Lee’s Feverwake duology. I got this book as part of the Kindle Firsts program, and am really glad it’s the book I chose! It was a timely read too, given the themes of contagion, and immigration. This is an alternate timeline of our world, where a pandemic of […]
With assassins chasing him, a pressing need to secure votes to preserve the Sand Mages, and darksider visitors unhappy he didn’t reveal his true identity to begin with, Kenton has plenty to keep him occupied. Khrisalla, one of the Darkside envoys, decides to help Kenton secure his votes. He gains some measure of protection against […]