I enjoy when authors write short stories exploring the worlds they’ve built in their novels. This is common in epic fantasy, detective fiction, and science fiction. In the same spirit, Karen Diem writes and distributes short stories for her Arca series in between her novels. These stories help to flesh […]
In light of recent events, I tried to think of a way I could reflect and listen to the plight of the black men and women of the United States. One way to listen is to read because you can’t interrupt the author of a book to provide a counterpoint. […]
H. L. Burke’s Heart of the Curiosity is a steampunk fantasy adventure of exceptional quality and entertainment. Heart starts with two sisters, Leodora (Leo) and Musette (Muse), who make their way to a legendary theater called the Curiosity. Leo is there to help Muse obtain a position among the ballet […]
Jo Macgregor’s The First Time I Fell is the second of the Garnet McGee series of a psychology student who has a knack for landing in the middle of a mystery. In the first novel, Garnet gained certain abilities after dying and coming back to life, leaving her with not […]
Abundance is an adult, cowboy romance with a serious, contemporary plot, or as author Shanna Swenson says “Romance with a touch of reality.” It’s the first in a series of romances set in a fictional town of Abundance, Texas where each book centers on two different main characters. The premier […]
The Devouring Gray, a YA supernatural thriller, was a highly anticipated novel published in 2019 by debut author Christine Lynn Herman. As summarized from the back cover, three teenagers in the town of Four Paths, Upstate NY are conflicted over changes in their lives. Violet is moving to Four Paths, […]
Karen Diem’s third novel, Power, in her Arca series is as true to its title as the prior two (“Super” and “Human”) While not only a trilogy of clever titles, each single word relates to the plot of the book it represents. Power is all about our main villain’s schemes […]
Kristiana Sfirlea is a middle grade fantasy author of whimsical adventures involving time travel and things that go bump in the night. Her debut novel, Legend of the Storm Sneezer, released May 5th (2020) from Monster Ivy Publishing and received the 5-star seal from Readers’ Favorite. It’s available on Amazon […]
When I review novels, I often don’t reference my own work but in this case, it’s warranted. I had just finished publishing my third novel, Kingdom’s Advent, which is a book of fairytale short stories all set in the same world. While I was on my page, Amazon listed a […]
Kristiana Sfirlea’s debut novel The Stormwatch Diaries: Legend of the Storm Sneezer is a middle grade fantasy adventure of angels and legends; epic wars and budding friendships; and umbrellas and tutus. Rose Skylar is a young angel who will grow up to the prominent position of Dame Commander of Pandrum, […]