Queen Elizabeth by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Queen Elizabeth by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara explores the life of this former royalty who has sadly since passed away. Elizabeth wasn’t initially in the direct line of succession. That came about when her uncle renounced the throne and her father became king. Young Elizabeth had to begin […]
***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 […]
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 […]
A Beginning At The End by Mike Chen is a tale of humanity’s survival following a slatewiper pandemic that killed off over two-thirds of the population. Those left either live in Metros (remnants of large cities), or out in ‘Reclaimed Territory’ (more like homesteaders, reclaiming areas away from the Metros). There are piratical gangs that […]
Vault of Frankenstein by Paul Ruditis Vault of Frankenstein by Paul Ruditis takes the reader from the earliest, mere inkling of the iconic Frankenstein, when it was but an idea in Shelley’s mind, through to the enduring legacy still vibrantly alive today. This is the charting of a legend, the mark of an outstanding story. […]
Emmott Syddall wants nothing more than to leave the tiny English village of Eyam, that has been home to countless generations of her family. She’s desperate to escape to London, with her boyfriend Ro, though Ro seems more reluctant to leave. Emmott’s father wants her to stay, eventually taking over the family tour business. Before […]