J.L. Gribble book review

Review: HOME BIRTH (Kaiju Revisited #2) by Jessica McHugh

Disclaimer: The author and I share a publisher and I consider her a friend. I received an ebook version of this novella in exchange for an honest review. Despite this being the second in a shared-world series by many authors, this story works well as a stand-alone tale. It included just enough science-fiction world-building to … Continue reading Review: HOME BIRTH (Kaiju Revisited #2) by Jessica McHugh

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Review: FAIREST, WINTER, and STARS ABOVE by Marissa Meyer

This post includes reviews of the final three installments of the Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer. Fairest Reading this novella before the exciting conclusion to this series was perfectly timed. Since Cinder, Queen Levana has been a distant, evil character meant to represent the evil queen of the Snow White fairy tale. In this story, … Continue reading Review: FAIREST, WINTER, and STARS ABOVE by Marissa Meyer

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Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany

Like many readers, I had a difficult time falling in love with the play that continued the story of the both the original and next generation of wizards from the Harry Potter universe. Since I hadn't read anything in script form in over a decade, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out … Continue reading Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany

J.L. Gribble book review

Review: ALL-NEW WOLVERINE VOL. 1: THE FOUR SISTERS by Tom Taylor

To be fair, I haven't read any of the original Wolverine graphic novels, so I didn't really know what I was getting into with a female version of the iconic Marvel character. As played by Hugh Jackman, Wolverine has consistently been my favorite part of the X-Men on screen. So I had high hopes for … Continue reading Review: ALL-NEW WOLVERINE VOL. 1: THE FOUR SISTERS by Tom Taylor

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Review: “No One On Earth” by Jennifer Loring

Disclaimer: This review is of a novella that is part of the Starstruck Holidays anthology; due to time constraints, I am only able to review one installment of the anthology at this time. The author and I attended the same graduate program and have assisted each other with promotional work in the past. She provided me … Continue reading Review: “No One On Earth” by Jennifer Loring

J.L. Gribble book review

Review: CLOAK OF WAR (Empress Game #2) by Rhonda Mason

Disclaimer: I attended the same graduate school program as the author and consider her a friend; however, I purchased my hardcopy version of this novel for full price. Often, middle books in a trilogy act as placeholders. Things happen, but mostly just to get the characters from point A (the exciting first installment) to point … Continue reading Review: CLOAK OF WAR (Empress Game #2) by Rhonda Mason

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Review: FROM A HIGH TOWER by Mercedes Lackey

I was thrilled that Lackey once again broke the mold with this installment of the Elemental Masters series. Some things were the familiar, such as a modern (well, Victorian-era) retelling of a traditional fairy tale featuring a strong heroine with elemental magic powers. However, like in Blood Red before it, this novel also transported us outside … Continue reading Review: FROM A HIGH TOWER by Mercedes Lackey

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Review: NO TIME LIKE THE PAST (Chronicles of St. Mary’s #5) by Jodi Taylor

After devouring five books in this series, two things are fairly obvious to me at this point: Jodi Taylor is a hell of a researcher/historian. She has also embraced a major facet of writing time travel and run with it rather than fight against it -- Once again, this novel had two major climaxes. One … Continue reading Review: NO TIME LIKE THE PAST (Chronicles of St. Mary’s #5) by Jodi Taylor

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Review: CAPTAIN MARVEL Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More by Kelly Sue Deconnick

This was another book picked up by my husband in his quest for graphic novels about women heroes by women authors. I'm a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), but I didn't grow up on comic books, so I've been going into all the movies blind. I figured this would be a great … Continue reading Review: CAPTAIN MARVEL Vol. 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More by Kelly Sue Deconnick

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Review: ARTICLES OF THE FEDERATION by Keith R. A. DeCandido

Reasons why you should read this book: You are a fan of political dramas that involve multiple main characters dealing with crises and scandals. The television show The West Wing is your favorite of all of those. You are curious about the inner workings of the Federation, a major government in the Star Trek universe, … Continue reading Review: ARTICLES OF THE FEDERATION by Keith R. A. DeCandido