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Review of Eros, Inc.
What would happen if the afterlife consisted of an in-between world where the deceased went to a nine-to-five job to help the living? And what if one of these jobs assisted people in finding their perfect match? This is the premise of Eros, Inc., a short novel / novella by […]
Review of Projection
Projection, a science-fiction novel by Tabatha Shipley, has an interesting premise. What if, by embedded technology, you could project your thoughts on a screen? And what if that same technology glitched and you started showing private memories to the public? This is the dilemma of sixteen-year-old Emma Johnson. An average […]
Review of Blaze
Blaze, a delightful new novel by Hope Bolinger, tells the story of an academic year in the lives of four students at a new academy after the school they love burns down. Danny, Michelle, Rayah, and Hannah all must find a way to adjust as they are accepted to King’s […]
Review of Alight
A witch’s code, steampunk weapons and gadgets, the frontier southwest, a stagecoach robbery, and a group of bandits led by a man named Shadow Wolf. All of this and a lot more are contained in Jewel E. Leonard’s Alight (The Witches’ Rede Book 1) which I spotted among a list […]
Villains
A blog on how villains work as main characters in a novel.
Review of Blue Rabbit
Blue Rabbit, a YA portal fantasy by Jimena I. Novaro, chronicles the adventures of five teenagers who cross over into an alien world from Knoxville, TN. Their crossing comes with consequences, and the five suddenly find themselves struggling to save both worlds while keeping themselves alive. I have a preference […]
Review of Zeph1rum
After reading the first two books in this trilogy, I was itching to dig into the “conclusion.” I put conclusion in quotes because the author plans many more in the series, but I had hoped this installment would bring the narrative in the first two books to a proper conclusion. […]
In Search of Happily Ever After
“And they lived happily ever after.” A common, if trite and clichéd, ending to a fairy tale. It paints a picture in the reader’s mind that nothing untoward will happen to your beloved characters after this point in the narration. Usually, the characters have suffered enough through the stories. In […]
Welcome to Tales of Fascination
Please join my street team for my novels. 2 postings on social media is all I ask! Join my Street Team My name is Jim Doran and I’m a writer of genre fiction. My blog is composed of short stories, reflections on writing, and shameless plugs for my novels. Rowan […]