Tag: fantasy
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STEEL MAGIC Blog Tour, Stop 5: Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?
For the final stop on the Steel Magic blog tour, I swung by the online home of YA Dark Fantasy author Andi Adams! She asked me to talk a little bit about the origin of the Steel Empires series. Read my post, “Evolution of an Urban Fantasy Series” to learn…
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Steel Empires Fan Art!
My best friend Julia (the Kane to my Toria, as it were) regularly makes goofy comics of our friend group using ridiculous stick figures of us. Today, in honor of the release of Steel Magic, she made fan art for me! I’m sure it is the beginning of much more…
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STEEL MAGIC Release Day and Blog Tour, Stop 4: After “The End”
It’s finally book release day! The Steel Empires series now has two books, making it officially a series! I know I’ve been spamming it a lot, but here’s the link to purchase your print or ebook copy of Steel Magic, just in case you’re new to my little corner of…
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STEEL VICTORY deleted scene!
In honor of the final days of the Steel Victory 99 cent sale, I wanted to post one of the deleted scenes I have from this book. This is a Toria and Syri scene from the middle section of the novel that shows a lot of fun interaction between the…
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Author Interview: A.J. Culey
Today I’m hosting YA/fantasy author A.J. Culey as part of her blog tour to celebrate the release of The Trouble With Antlers (a.k.a. Melvin’s Rampant Rack). Since I’ve spent the past year exploring the werecreatures in my own urban fantasy world, I was excited to see that other people are also writing…
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Review: MAGIC STARS by Ilona Andrews
I know that I have about a million favorite things about this series, but two of them are definitely Julie and Derek, the foster kids/proteges of the two main characters. Watching them “grow up” and come into their own skills and powers over the course of the books has been…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Cover Reveal: STEEL MAGIC
I’m pleased to announce the official cover reveal of the second book in my Steel Empires series: Steel Magic! You can also preorder the book from Amazon today, ahead of the release on July 6, 2016! Don’t forget that when you buy a hardcopy of an RDSP book, you’ll also…
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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…
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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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Review: THE MAGICIAN’S LAND (The Magicians #3) by Lev Grossman
Some trilogies work well when the author tries to have every book tell a story in a very different way. Unfortunately, this wasn’t one of them.
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Review: THE MAGICIAN KING by Lev Grossman (Magicians #2)
This novel was easily my favorite in the trilogy, for a few different reasons.