Finally, I got around to reading some Jim Butcher. I’m glad I did. Turn Coat was my introduction to Harry Dresden. People have been recommending it to me for a while now since I also write some paranormal fiction and one of my series has a detective (though I modeled him more after Constantine as
Read More from: https://authorchristopherdschmitz.wordpress.com/2019/03/19/review-turn-coat-dresden-files/Review: Always Gray in WInter
As a SF/F author I go to lots of comicbook conventions with my books and meet new an interesting folks. I also blog and keep in touch with my readers and I am always somewhat fascinated with the furry community (and being from the Midwest, I’ve never seen a higher per capita number of furries
Read More from: https://authorchristopherdschmitz.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/review-always-gray-in-winter/Monday Mini-Reviews: Choices Edition
So I haven’t been reading much at all lately. I have had the attention span and the focus of a fly – so very little. But, something that has been working well for me is playing through visual novels on my phone. They’re just long enough for me to play a chapter or two and…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/monday-mini-reviews-choice-of-games-edition/Review: Graham’s Delicacies by Em Ali
Six people and three love stories all in one bakery. This follow up to Soft on Soft is a perfectly delicious short story collection that ties up nicely. I even made an aesthetic for the first short story in it! I received an eARC of Graham’s Delicacies from the author in exchange for an honest…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/review-grahams-delicacies-by-em-ali/Review: Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale
Rule #1 – Never fall for a summer boy. Fresh out of high school, Babe Vogel should be thrilled to have the whole summer at her fingertips. She loves living in her lighthouse home in the sleepy Maine beach town of Oar’s Rest and being a barista at the Busy Bean, but she’s totally freaking…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/review-small-town-hearts-by-lillie-vale/Monday Mini Reviews: 4/15
It’s been a while since I did any of these, but this post has been sitting in my drafts for more than a month, so it’s About Time, don’t you think? The Dead – Cal Matthews I picked this up on Kindle Unlimited and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s got zombies, vampires, inexplicable magic and an…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/monday-mini-reviews-4-15-19/Review: Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/review-wicked-saints-by-emily-a-duncan/[Book Review] Why Consider Phlebas did nothing for me.
Book Review: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks So. After everything I’d heard about the AI-driven utopian world of “The Culture” in Iain M. Banks books…I was expecting a bit more, well, utopia in my Science Fiction read. Instead, Consider Phlebas delivered a gritty military science fiction: A disconnected protagonist, rotating cast of loosely sketched out
Read More from: https://canaryreview.com/2019/05/08/book-review-why-consider-phlebas-did-nothing-for-me/In a Badger Way – Shelly Laurenston
Another amazing read by Shelly Laurenston, you will laugh and giggle your way through this one. I am loving the honey badgers they are just so wacky and homicidal that you can help but love them. One of my favorite things about the writing is that the more flawed the characters the more, we come
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2019/03/18/in-a-badger-way-shelly-laurenston/Demon Slayer – Linsey Hall
Another edge of your seat, passion filled adventure from Linsey Hall. The unique and imaginative world of the Dragon’s Gift just keeps getting better and I can’t wait to read more
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2019/04/09/demon-slayer-linsey-hall/ARCHANGEL’S WAR by Nalini Singh Cover Reveal
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Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2019/04/09/archangels-war-by-nalini-singh-cover-reveal/American Witch – Thea Harrison
Just when you think you know all about the Elder Race world Thea Harrison give you another twist. I loved this one set in the same world as her other series but still a unique read that just keeps getting better and better
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2019/04/10/american-witch-thea-harrison/Tainted Forever – Terri Anne Browning
Another emotional rollercoaster from Terri Anne Browning this one returns to Kin and Jace while also allowing us to visit some of our favorite characters
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2019/04/11/tainted-forever-terri-anne-browning/Chasing Sunrise – E. M. Tippetts
The author is Emily Mah but you may also know her as E. M. Tippetts this is a young adult book so she is writing under another name but you still get the great characters. While the series starts with a younger age it quickly moves into an older group by the second in the
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2019/05/09/chasing-sunrise-e-m-tippetts/Lion Shifter – Lucía Ashta
The next installment of Magical Creatures Academy this one has less action and more character development so we are getting to know them better
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2019/05/12/lion-shifter-lucia-ashta/Storm Cursed – Patricia Briggs
While this series are not my favorites as they go along it is one I try to keep up with and if you like your urban fantasy a little darker then you will enjoy them.  
Read More from: https://booksinbrogan.com/blog/2019/05/12/storm-cursed-patricia-briggs/Book Review: Vengeful by V. E. Schwab (4/5)
I enjoyed the second installment in Schwab’s Villains series, but I didn’t like it as much as the first. I did not like this series as well as her Shades of Magic series. Villains felt slow to start and lacking in that beat of character development and adventure that I crave in books. That’s not
Read More from: https://bbmorgan.com/2019/03/02/book-review-vengeful-by-v-e-schwab-4-5/Book Review: Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco (3.5/5)
In this sequel to Stalking Jack the Ripper, forensic prodigy Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her dashing friend Thomas have traveled to Bran Castle to attend a forensic academy. However, there is trouble afoot. First, a murder in the paper. Second, a murder on the train. Third, a dead classmate. It seems as if the immortal
Read More from: https://bbmorgan.com/2019/03/09/book-review-hunting-prince-dracula-by-kerri-maniscalco-3-5-5/Book Review: The Cursed Sea by Lauren DeStefano (4/5)
My overall reaction – okay. I loved The Glass Spare (the first in this duology) but this installment felt a bit detached from the first in terms of pacing, character arcs, and plot. To recap, The Glass Spare followed Wil, the spare heir and princess to the northern kingdom. She develops the power to turn
Read More from: https://bbmorgan.com/2019/03/23/book-review-the-cursed-sea-by-lauren-destefano-4-5/Book Review: Lovesick by Jacqueline Levering Sullivan
It is 1953 and Jeanmarie Dowd is crazy about handsome Chuck Neary, captain of Rainier High School’s hockey team and boy wonder musician. But he belongs to Terry Miller, her best friend, the school’s reigning beauty. But Jeanmarie has a few things going for her, too. She is smart, fun loving, and energetic with a
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