Having really enjoyed my time with the first book in the Salvi Brentt series, I gladly continued my foray into future San Francisco as soon as I could. Thanks to the author, as well as Angry Robot for the review copy! A series of brutal murders has the homicide division of San Francisco's Hub 9... Continue Reading →
Review: The Half Killed by Quenby Olson
I've had this book on my shelf for an embarrassingly long time (like... I winced when I went to amazon to link the book and it reminded me when I purchased it...), but it just never made its way into my (admittedly eclectic and oftentimes spur-of-the-moment) circulation until recently. No time like the present, as... Continue Reading →
Review: We Lie With Death by Devin Madson
I was lucky enough to read an ARC of the self-pubbed version of this one, and so when I was given the opportunity to read this version, which has had some edits and rewrites, I jumped on it! I remember loving it just as it was, but it can only get better, amirite? So thanks... Continue Reading →
Kristen’s Best of 2020
2020 has been... rather abominable. But, at least the books have been good, right?! Here are a dozen or so of my favorites from this year!
Review: Paternus: War of Gods by Dyrk Ashton
I've actually been waiting a long while to get this one into my brain, but with an overwhelming amount of physical books, I haven't been able. So, I said I'd wait for the audiobook. And so when I was offered a review copy of the audio as it came out, I cleared my schedule to... Continue Reading →
Review: The Subjugate by Amanda Bridgeman
This one crossed my radar in a few different ways, but every way I looked at it, it looked right up my alley. Cyberpunk! Mystery! Hooray! So thanks to the author, as well as Angry Robot for the review copy! In a small religious community rocked by a spree of shocking murders, Detectives Salvi Brentt... Continue Reading →
Review: Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke
I've been waiting very patiently (not that patiently) for this book, and so when I was given an opportunity to read a copy of it a little early, I jumped at it headfirst. So, thanks to the author, as well as Tor for the review copy! Poison was only the beginning.... The deadly siege of... Continue Reading →
Review: Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
This book has been heavily, heavily recommended to me even by people who I didn't really expect a rec for a regency fantasy romance from (yes you, Esme). Suffice to say that as soon as I had a few free hours, I was on it! Itโs difficult to find a husband in Regency England when... Continue Reading →
Review: Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen
This was a surprise book mail that I had heard good things about, so I was excited to start! So thanks to the author as well as Orbit for the review copy! When a young man's planet is destroyed, he sets out on a single-minded quest for revenge across the galaxy in Nophek Gloss, the... Continue Reading →
Review: The Nine by Tracy Townsend
Pyr was nice enough to send me this book and its sequel about an age and a half ago and I then promptly fell into a bout of the mood reads and it bounced off a couple times. Finally, the mood for this hit me! The audiobook mood, as it were. ^_^ But, all the... Continue Reading →