Is there a better way to enter Pride month than reading a super gay murder mystery? (Trick question - there is clearly no better way.) Thanks to the author, as well as Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley for the review copy. Mikey Hartford IV has coasted through his twenties in a distracted blur of yachts... Continue Reading →
Review: River of Bones and Other Stories by Rebecca Roanhorse
I love a good book of short stories, and when this one was offered to me as having a Sixth World short story in it, I was in. I'm running behind on reviews, which always seems to happen when the SPFBO comes around, but dammit, I am catching up! Thanks to the author as well... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: The Moonlight Lies by Aengie Scevity
Moving right along with my pile of books! Today I'm reviewing The Moonlight Lies! Fourteen-year-old Cassiopeia Brown has never belonged. Ridiculed, detested, and powerless, sheโs an outcast even among her own kind โ a goblin cursed with fiery red hair. So when the prophesied hero refuses to face the coming Moonfall โ a magical cataclysm... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: The Raven’s Revenge by K.J. Wagner
Getting closer to the bottom of my reading pile for this year!! Today, I'm reviewing The Raven's Revenge by K. J. Wagner. A dead man tells a single tale. A drowned man tells none. A bloody civil war has left elves as the inferior race in the country of Curliffe. Hot-tempered elf Slate Raven takes... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: The Stonebound Heir by L.A. Barnitz
Moving along with my SPFBO books - it's time for the longest of my slushy pile! Fourteen-year-old Sid Sol knows nothing about his origins but believes himself destined for better things than living in an isolated cabin with a giant and a girl whose strange appearance causes the locals to shun them. His fellow orphan,... Continue Reading →
Review: You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews
This one was offered to me and it sounded interesting. Love a spooky haunted house story every now and then! So thanks to the author, as well as St. Martin's Press via NetGalley for the review copy! Single mother Elodieโs life has become a fairy tale. Sheโs met Bren, equal parts Golden-retriever-devoted and sinfully handsome.... Continue Reading →
SPFBO Review: Beneath The Gods’ Tree by S. Kaeth
Surprise! I bet you thought Esme would get in the first review. Well... okay, you would be right because she does have one reviewed already, but it was before the contest started so HAHA here I am. Much like Esme and her D20, I chose my first book with a D10, since decisions are hard... Continue Reading →
Review: The Below by Scott T. Miller
This one was offered to me as a cyberpunk adventure that takes place in Hawaii, which I thought sounded super interesting and unique so I jumped on the chance to read it. Thanks to the author as well as Amplify Publishing Group via NetGalley for the review copy. Humankind rose from the carcass of a... Continue Reading →
Review: The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely
This one was recommended to me as being very like Gideon the Ninth, which I was all over. So, thank you to the author and Saga Press via NetGalley for the review copy! The Devoted Lands was once home to many gods: Salt, Stone, Storm, Green, Shadow. Now, after centuries of devastating wars, only Tempestra-Innara,... Continue Reading →
Review: The Gentleman and His Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide
This one popped up on my radar because one of my favorite authors wrote it and I didn't notice. >.> Look, I had cancer at the time and was a bit preoccupied. I GOT THERE THOUGH. Lord Nicholas Monterris, the last remaining heir of a crumbling ducal house, must marry to save his family from... Continue Reading →