Science fiction and fantasy books of all sorts – from the Lord of the Rings to Kate Daniels and everything in between
A welcome new addition to the Cambio Springs series After a looooong eight-year gap, Elizabeth Hunter has written another Cambio Springs book, and I, for one, am quite happy she has. Like the other books in the series, Dust Born is a smooth-reading blend of mystery, romance, and urban fantasy. Although, if we’re honest, the …
Dust Born by Elizabeth Hunter is out tomorrow – a review Read More »
I’ve read several of Elizabeth Hunter’s books, and my favorites definitely are the books in her Cambio Springs series, which, although they are technically romances, in my mind are also a very enjoyable mix of urban fantasy (actually, I suppose, desert fantasy) and mystery. And right now, per an email from the author, the newest …
Presale on Dust Born by Elizabeth Hunter – three days only Read More »
Trouble will always find Kate – or maybe the other way around… Magic Claims is the second book in the Wilmington Years series spin-off from Ilona Andrews’ Kate Daniels books. And it’s another rip-roaring adventure, but with some moments of seriousness as well. In the first book in the series, Magic Tides, readers learned that …
A review of Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews – coming June 13 Read More »
A fun finale to the Starlight’s Shadow series… Capture the Sun is the third, and presumably the last, in Jessie Mihalik’s Starlight’s Shadow series. And it’s a very nice finale, wrapping up the overarching Federated Human Planets (FHP)/Valovian Empire storyline, while somehow also managing a happy ending for a “new couple”, Lexi Bowen and Nilo …
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Some people probably won’t ever relax, even if they think they want to… Author duo Ilona Andrews have written a follow-on novella featuring Kate Daniels, set about eight years after Magic Triumphs, which is the last formal book in Kate’s series. The new story, Magic Tides, takes place in Wilmington, NC, where Kate has moved …
Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews coming January 17 – a review Read More »
An enjoyable sequel to the first in the series… Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame is a follow-on to Meg Long’s previous book, Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves, and several key characters appear in both books, including Sena and Iska (the protagonists of the first book), and Remy, who is the main focus of …
A review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long – coming soon Read More »
A fun outing in the Innkeepers world, with a bit of seriousness… Sometimes the books that are almost, but not quite, at the end of a series can be a bit slow – acting more-or-less as set-ups for the grand finale. But Sweep of the Heart, whose authors have hinted on their blog that there …
Review of Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews – coming Dec 13 Read More »
A fun combination of alt-history, science fiction, and thriller… I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I was offered a review copy of Alan Smale’s Hot Moon. But what I found was a fun combination of alternative-history and science fiction, with a good bit of thriller thrown in for good measure. And there’s a …
A review of Hot Moon by Alan Smale – not a mystery, but still a lot of fun Read More »
A great series starter… I’ve been hooked by Jennifer Estep’s books since I read the first two lines of her first Crown of Shards book, Kill the Queen: “The day of the royal massacre started out like any other. With me doing something completely, utterly useless.” How can you not keep reading a book after …
Review of Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep – recently published Read More »
I have never read a graphic novel, so take this all with a grain of salt… It turns out that the first of Ilona Andrews’ Innkeeper books, Clean Sweep, is now on an graphic novel app called Tapas. So I’m trying it, and kind of enjoying it. The artwork is really good, and not too …
Graphic novel adaptation of Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews Read More »
