A quick summary of this novel is that a woman who has barricaded herself in her apartment during a zombie and vampire apocalypse for 187 days emerges to find a world in chaos. I’ve read another novel by author Jodi Jenson in a different genre and enjoyed it. I was […]
Krysta Tawlks’ novel Wilderoot is a YA, historical urban fantasy set around the 1900s. In California, a few people have magical abilities, mostly involving shapeshifting. For prejudicial and other reasons, certain humans hunt those imbued with magic. The hunters want the gifted to reject their magic abilities or suffer the […]
I read the first of this duology, Atlantis Rising, last year and found it thrilling. A lot of twists & turns, engaging characters, and a creative history for Atlantis. While it ended abruptly, I was mostly satisfied. When I found out a sequel existed, I knew I had to read […]
The second book in the Lamplight Murder Mysteries series changes the location from an inn to a train. The setup is remarkably similar. Huntress Isabeau Agarwal boards a train at the last minute, the very last minute, to ensure the safety of the passengers to their destination. She doesn’t know […]
In Transcendence, Alexis Ferelli is a widower with a normal life with a young girl, Luna, and a supportive boyfriend, Jack. She’s a masseuse in the Pacific Northwest. Her life is humming along until her sister, Linda, asks her to attend a seance. Against her better judgment, she agrees to […]
Amelia Clark is a homeschooled twelve-year-old girl who travels with her developer father when he goes on site to build a new housing project. In this case, she’s temporarily housed in a small town of Blacktree while her father builds a luxury resort on the edge of town next to […]
For me, Stu Turton’s The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle was a revolution in detective stories. It combined science fiction with mystery in a fascinating way and earned its six stars out of five. His followup, The Devil and the Dark Water, was a disappointment. With a […]
Murder at Spindle Manor is a dark fantasy and gaslamp mystery. While mysterious elements aren’t new in gaslamp novels, this novel takes the step into true detective fiction. The setup is a classic whodunnit. A group of people have come to a “hotel” outside of a large city while taking […]
Olivia Gratehouse’s Rat King takes a familiar fantasy plot and puts the most unusual hero in the center of it—a goblin. Rat King (or RK) is a lowly guard for an elven vampiric lady. She is visited by an adventurer named Teagan who often interacts with the lady of the […]
Havok’s Remember When takes on a journey through the calendar, presenting stories set in specific times of the year. This anthology of flash fiction (1000 words or less) gives us bite-sized tales of time periods (in this case, months) and seasons. I always consider the theme when I rate a […]