Category: book review

  • Book Sale: STEEL VICTORY ebook for $0.99

    The Kindle version of my debut novel, Steel Victory, is on sale for $0.99 until the sequel comes out in July! What are you waiting for? This is a great deal, and you should click here to take advantage of it. This is your best chance to catch up before Steel Magic is released. Look, Amazon…

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  • Release Day: CONSEQUENCE by C.R. Langille

    Happy book birthday to Consequence, the first book in the Dark Tyrant series by C.R. Langille! Now available at Amazon | Barnes & Noble What started as a hunting trip for Tobias Evard Warner II and his friends turns into a fight for survival during a supernatural storm which kicks off the apocalypse. The storm…

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  • Review: “Method Writing” by K.W. Taylor

    Disclaimer: This author and I share a publisher, and I consider her a good friend. However, I purchased this short story for full price. “Method Writing” is one of those short stories that covers characters and events that deserve to be a novel. However, it is the rare sort of writer who knows that sometimes…

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  • YA Book Sale!

    My friend Sherry Peters has put her two YA fantasy novels on sale for the month of June! The ebook versions are currently available for $0.99, pretty much everywhere. Mabel Goldenaxe just doesn’t fit in with the other girl dwarves—and she likes it that way. To please her father, and encouraged by her older brothers,…

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  • Review: MAGIC GIFTS by Ilona Andrews

    This is a fun filler novella that takes place during Ilona Andrews’ novel Gunmetal Magic. Because so much urban fantasy/paranormal romance involves a burgeoning romantic relationship between the main characters, it’s always a treat to stop by and visit Kate and Curran. Especially when they are trying to do cute couple stuff, which always seem to…

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  • Review: FROST BURN by K.T. Munson and Nichelle Rae

    DISCLAIMER: I received a free ebook copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. It’s really easy to make assumptions about this book from the artwork and back cover blurb. The good assumptions are right on the nose for a happy ending: strong female characters and two kingdoms that must unite to overcome adversity.…

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  • Fantasy Character Cotillion today!

    My character Toria Connor (of both Steel Victory and the upcoming Steel Magic) is having a party today! She is participating in a “character cotillion” with a bunch of other great fantasy heroes. Join us for this Facebook event and learn about all of the great characters and vote for your favorite tonight for a…

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  • May Wrap-Up & June Goals

    I’m not going to lie: This month has been really busy and kind of rough. I’m satisfied with my progress on some things, and not as happy with others. Unfortunately, June is looking like more of the same. May Wrap-Up: The Steel Magic cover reveal happened, to great success! A great group of people came…

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  • Dog Star Books Author Spotlight: K.W. Taylor

    This Saturday in Xenia, Ohio, Bluejacket Books is hosting three Dog Star Books authors for readings, signings, and a bit of Q&A! Today the spotlight is switching over to the newest Dog Star Books author, K.W. Taylor. (Note the way the air seems to shimmer and glow about her. But don’t let the halo fool…

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  • Dog Star Books Author Spotlight: Matt Betts

    This Saturday in Xenia, Ohio, Bluejacket Books is hosting three Dog Star Books authors for readings, signings, and a bit of Q&A! By now, you should all be pretty familiar with me and my work, so today I’d like to shine the spotlight on fellow author Matt Betts. (This is where he starts claiming that…

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  • STEEL MAGIC: Parisii, City of Light and Darkness

    With clues leading to the old world of Europa ahead of them, and enemies behind them, Toria and Kane cross an ocean to reach Parisii. This ancient city has changed hands multiple times over the centuries between Roman and British control, with occasional bouts of independence. Will the warrior-mages find what they’re searching for in…

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  • Interview: C.S. Wilde, author of A COURTROOM OF ASHES

    The ebook version of A Courtroom of Ashes is on sale today and tomorrow! Love. Epic battles. And a lawyer with shady morals. Santana Jones never thought she’d fall in love with a ghost, but that was before she met John Braver, the incredibly charming and incredibly dead politician on the other side of her…

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  • STEEL MAGIC: New Angouleme, Jewel of the British Colonies

    While the events of my first novel take place in Limani, a free city-state that acts as a neutral zone between the British and Roman colonies, I’ve gone farther abroad in book 2 of the Steel Empires series, Steel Magic. Toria and Kane, a bonded warrior-mage pair and journeymen mercenaries just starting out, have left their…

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  • Review: LIVE BY THE CODE (Star Trek Enterprise: Rise of the Federation #4) by Christopher L. Bennett

    DISCLAIMER: I received this book as a freebie from the publisher at Cleveland ConCoction 2016, where Bennett was the author guest of honor. Though book titles should always have something to do with the contents of the book, I will always appreciate a book title that is also a good pun. Live by the Code can…

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  • Review: Uncertain Logic (Star Trek Enterprise: Rise of the Federation #3) by Christopher L. Bennett

      DISCLAIMER: I received this book as a freebie from the publisher at Cleveland ConCoction 2016, where Bennett was the author guest of honor. My favorite aspect of this novel was the fact that Bennett allows a Starfleet ship to make a major mistake. This series might be about the ascension of the Federation to a…

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  • Review: TOWER OF BABEL (Star Trek Enterprise: Rise of the Federation #2) by Christopher L. Bennett

    DISCLAIMER: I received this book as a freebie from the publisher at Cleveland ConCoction 2016, where Bennett was the author guest of honor. My only major complaint about this series is also, oddly, one of the things that I like most about it.

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  • Review: A CHOICE OF FUTURES (Star Trek Enterprise: Rise of the Federation #1) by Christopher L. Bennett

    Though Star Trek Enterprise is not my favorite of the television series, I found myself easily sucked into these tales that follow the on-screen adventures. The first four books made for great vacation reading, and I anxiously waited for my turn to read them since my husband had laid dibs first. (Star Trek Enterprise is…

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  • Review: BREAK THROUGH THE ICE by Rachell Nichole

    Disclaimer: The author is a friend of mine. However, I purchased this ebook for full price. This was a well-written novella that I found particularly humorous to read as an urban fantasy author myself. There is a certain amount of wish-fulfillment that I couldn’t help but enjoy, considering the author main character is getting pretty…

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  • Review: THE CURIOSITY KILLERS by K.W. Taylor

    Today I’m celebrating the launch of K.W. Taylor’s first science-fiction novel, The Curiosity Killers! This book is close to my heart because I have been friends with the author since she was still writing it, cheered her on as it passed as her thesis for Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction graduate program, and then threw…

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  • Review: NOTES OF TEMPTATION by Rebecca Halsey

    Disclaimer: I am friends with the author. However, I purchased my copy of the book for full price. Notes of Temptation is a mixed book: part romance, part historical drama, part urban fantasy, and all fun.

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