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Book Review: Autumn of the Witch (Seasons of the Lukoi #4) by Iris Foxglove
Read my previous reviews of the Seasons of the Lukoi series: Winter of the Owl (Seasons of the Lukoi #1) Spring of the Wolf (Seasons of the Lukoi #2) Summer of the Wanderer (Seasons of the Lukoi #3) The final book in this series returns us to the island of Lukoi and features characters we have met in…
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In Your Write Mind 2022 Schedule
One of the main reasons that the last 2 years have been pretty brutal on my mental health is that I haven’t been able to visit one of the places that truly refreshes me as both a writer and a person. In Your Write Mind is an annual writing workshop hosted by alumni of the…
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Book Review: To Love You (Not Ready for Love #2) by Kate Hawthorne
Read my review of the first book in the Not Ready for Love series, Not Allowed. This book’s first scene takes place right after Wyatt leaves for college in the previous novel, but luckily, Hawthorne doesn’t make us relive THAT EPILOGUE. Probably because she is too busy cackling with sadistic glee over a different time…
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Book Review: Metahuman Files Series by Hailey Turner
This post includes reviews of the available books in the Metahuman Files series: In the Wreckage (#1) In the Ruins (#2) In the Shadows (#3) In the Blood (#4) Out of the Ashes (#4.5) In the Requiem (#5) New Horizons (#5.5) Fire in the Heart (#5.6) In the Solace (#6) In the Wreckage (Metahuman Files…
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Book Review: The Shepherd (The Game #6) by Cara Dee
Read my previous reviews of the books in The Game series: Top Priority (The Game #1) Their Boy (The Game #2) Breathless (The Game #3) Doll Parts (The Game #4) Out of the Ashes (The Game #5) If you can count on anything about this series, you can depend on Dee’s unpredictability when it comes to the varying characters and…
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Book Review: Rediscovered (Do-Over #2) by E.M. Denning
This book continues the tale of the other groom in the failed arranged married from the first story, along with evoking plenty of thematic echoes to create an excellent duet of stories. Denning held back a lot of Harrison’s half of the story in Rearranged in order not to spoil this half of the narrative.…
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Book Review: Unraveling the Threads of Fate by Alice Winters
This assumption is on me, but when I read the back cover description of this book, I assumed the main characters would be the action hero sort. Military, spies, etc. Imagine my surprise when, instead, Alex is a high school English teacher, and Bishop works for a company owned by his wealthy family. This shot…
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May Wrap-Up & June Goals
I started May with all of the plans. Lots of writing while the spouse was away for work. Two conventions. Finally, some warm weather! I got exactly one of those things. Spouse came down with a cough the first weekend, and we discovered by the first Tuesday that both of us finally got the plague.…
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Con Report: Balticon 56
Last weekend, I attended my sixth Balticon as a panelist. In some ways, this year was even stranger than the completely virtual conventions of the past 2 years in that programming was a mix of in-person events at the usual hotel in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and virtual panels open to participants worldwide. Due to a…
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Book Review: Master of Hounds (Eburosi Chronicles #12-#14) by R.A. Steffan
The post contains reviews of the books in the Master of Hounds trilogy: Master of Hounds: Book 1 (#12) Master of Hounds: Book 2 (#13) Master of Hounds: Book 3 (#14) Read my reviews of the previous books in the Eburosi Chronicles series: The Horse Mistress: Book 1 (#1) The Horse Mistress: Book 2 (#2) The Horse…
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Book Review: Inferno (Hammer and Fist: Geminatus #1) by Jennifer Cody
The author advertised that this book could be read before or after Sledge and Claw (Hammer and Fist: Lextalion #1), but I read it second per the publishing dates. This order worked well for two reasons. First, characters from the other book provide delightful cameos in this novel (and yes, Lex and co. are as…
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Book Review: Roped In (Lone Star #2) by Jodi Payne & B.A. Tortuga
Read my review of Lone Star #1: Tending Tyler. If you’ve been following my reviews, you know that this author pairing is an insta-read for me. Especially for their east meets west stories, and doubly so when that trope includes a rodeo cowboy. This particular installment of that concept isn’t my favorite so far, but…
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Book Review: Sledge and Claw (Hammer and Fist: Lextalion #1) by Jennifer Cody
I’m really into the genre differences between urban fantasy and paranormal romance, especially when the main character includes supernatural traits, and this book takes that distinction to an entirely new level. The unique spin Cody puts on the fantasy elements of this series is that the non-humans are from different dimensions for which Earth is…
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Book Review: Ornamental (Irons & Works #8) by E.M. Lindsey
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Irons & Works series: Books 1 through 6 + 2 bonus novellas Scratcher (#7) We return to the Irons & Works tattoo shop for another visit to this excellent universe. You’d think we’d be running out of characters, but Lindsey effortlessly weaves together the “next generation”…
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Book Review: Bellamy (Sons of the Fallen #5) by Jaclyn Osborn
Read my reviews of the first 4 books in the Sons of the Fallen series. The fated mate connection between Bellamy (avatar of Lust) and Phoenix (demon and all-around snarky dude) has been teased for a few books. Though we have only seen their interactions from other perspectives until now, their eventual clash was less…
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Book Review: Spirited Situation (Ghostly Guardians #1) by Louisa Masters
This book popped close to the top of the list when I began to intentionally search out urban fantasy stories emphasizing queer characters instead of queer paranormal romances. A difference between the two exists, even when one of the central characters in this book has a paranormal ability. The romance between Josh and Ewan is…
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Book Review: Not Allowed (Not Ready for Love #1) by Kate Hawthorne
Hawthorne is one of those authors who can take typical genre tropes and always put her unique spin on them. In this case, she upends the dad’s best friend/age-gap romance premise by featuring two characters who are both too self-aware and incredibly dumb about everything they’re getting themselves into. As a mature adult in his…
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Book Review: Magi Accounts Series by Michele Notaro
This post includes reviews of the currently available books in the Magi Accounts series: Our Hearts That Tie Us (#0.5) The Scars That Bind Us (#1) A Kiss to Revive Me (#1.5) Our Hearts That Tie Us (Magi Accounts #0.5) This novella is available as a free download via Prolific Works as part of the Your Book…
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Book Review: Oh So Oscar (Forever Love #3) by Charlie Novak
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Forever Love series: Always Eli (#1) Finding Finn (#2) This book gives the final son of the sprawling combined family that has threaded its way into every corner of Novak’s shared book universe his happily ever after. So far, Oscar’s travel-writer lifestyle (and London home base) means that…
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April Wrap-Up & May Goals
Awesome things I did this past month: Doubled my word count from March. Read a ton of ARCs (advance reader copies) by some of my favorite authors. Got together with my best friends. All in all, a pretty successful 30 days! I don’t expect to double my word count again for May, but I’ll be…
