Another breakneck-paced space opera/romance from Jessie Mihalik… I’m not an author, but it has always struck me that writing the middle book in a pre-planned trilogy must be pretty hard. An author gets to introduce the characters and the setting in the first book, and tee up the over-arching storyline. So everything is shiny and …
Review of Eclipse the Moon from Jessie Mihalik – coming in July Read More »
A fun series finale… I’ve enjoyed each of the previous two books (see my reviews here and here) in Jessie Mihalik’s Consortium Rebellion series, and to avoid creating any suspense, I really liked Chaos Reigning too. I found it just a little bit slow to get started, but pretty soon the action got going, and …
I originally found the first title in this series, Polaris Rising, mentioned on an e-book forum a while back, bought it and loved it. So I was happy to be given a review copy of Aurora Blazing to review for my blog. Although I mostly read mysteries, I also appreciate a good space opera and/or …
I got hooked into reading the first title in this series, Kill the Queen, by its first two sentences: “The day of the royal massacre started out like any other. With me doing something completely, utterly useless.” So you can imagine my amusement when I discovered that the second book, Protect the Prince, starts out: …
Kill the Queen had me hooked from its first two sentences: “The day of the royal massacre started out like any other. With me doing something completely, utterly useless.” From this inauspicious beginning, things rapidly go even further downhill for the protagonist, Evie – officially Lady Everleigh Saffira Winter Blair, a very minor royal in …
I originally saw Polaris Rising mentioned on an e-book forum, and when I checked it out online, I discovered that Ilona Andrews (whose books I always enjoy) had provided nice feedback about it. So that encouraged me to (1) buy it, and (2) move it to the top of my long to-be-read list. And then …
