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 […]
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, […]
When I finished the novel The Van Helsing Paradox (The Clara Grey Adventures Book 1) by Evelyn Chartres, I had two simultaneous thoughts. One was “what a ride” and the other was “what was that ride?” Two reactions: one emotional, one logical. I listen with my heart over my head […]
Jo Macgregor’s The First Time I Died: Garnet McGee Book One is a mystery thriller about an amateur detective who returns to her hometown and may or may not have gained psychic powers after an accident there. The main character and sleuth, Garnet McGee, flees her town of origin after […]
Lisa Caskey’s third book in her The Farmed trilogy, The Cured, brings to a conclusion the events of post-apocalyptic United States circa 2085. In her first book, she described the devastating war which left only a few people alive, mostly in San Francisco. Residents live under a brutal regime while […]