A Trade of Blood Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: When Romeo slays Juliet in a horrendous way, that is only the beginning and now Din and Ana must come and root out the evil that is stalking this farming community. Robert Jackson Bennett’s Shadow of the Leviathan […]
Audiobook review: Minder’s Rising by Carol Van Natta Returning to this exciting, colorful, and intriguing future world in the distant stars the author created was exciting and I was ready to press on for more. If you want it to make some sense scientifically while keeping the wonder of the inexplicable beside an action, suspense, […]
Cops in Space Author: Gail Koger Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B What I’m Talking About: Saving earth from a devouring alien horde wasn’t enough now she’s out to save the galaxy. Gail Koger’s entertaining, sassy, steamy sci-fi rom coms are like a hit of chocolate to a booklover’s imagination. Cops in Space is part of […]
Audiobook review: Overload Flux by Carol Van Natta After years of waiting for the latest installment in the series and not daring to get excited over each rumor that it was coming out, this is truly the year and my own copy will be arriving shortly. I wanted to revisit the series and re-familiarize myself with the […]
Audiobook review: Mantles of Oak and Iron by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt After the events of The Orb and the Airship, the Igyeum and the Telmondir are on the brink of war, evil is rising, and the friends must all do their parts from those headed to military training, a mysterious mystic mentor, and to a dashing […]
FROM THE VAULT: Villains Pride I originally read and reviewed this book in January 2018. Jackson Blackwell is back again and looking for a new adventure while awaiting fatherhood. However, when his beloved tosses him out of his own dimension, finding a place to spend time isn’t easy. That is until King Stanley provides him […]
Audiobook review: After Glow by Jayne Castle Not long after the events of After Dark, After Glow returns to the story of para-archaeologist, Lydia Smith, and her mob boss boyfriend, Emmet London, negotiating a new relationship and working together when another body turns up. After Glow is the second of the Ghost Hunter series which […]
Audiobook review: The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty The Tapestry of Fate picks up a few months after the conclusion of the previous adventure. Amina and her crew are bound to their agreement with the peri to locate and retrieve four additional transgressions (magic-imbued objects). The book opens with a recounting from Jamal and […]
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die Author: Greer Stothers Reviewer: Jen Rating: A- June’s optional theme: Pride What I’m Talking About: Sir Cameron is a fop who knows he is devastatingly handsome. He realizes the other knights poke fun, but he brushes off their jabs as if he doesn’t understand their intent. But most of […]
Audiobook review: After Dark by Jayne Castle Indiana Jones meets futuristic sci-fi and paranormal romance! Things get interesting After Dark, the first of Jayne Castle’s Harmony series. After really enjoying other books and series by the author under her Jayne Ann Krentz name and her Amanda Quick name which she uses to distinguish her various […]
Grumpy Alien Boss Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: An office romance, alien-style with the crackling of attraction, ahem, loathing. The boss and the temp are setting the office files on fire. Cara Bristol is one of my go-to authors ,and I barely read the blurbs at this point. […]
Audiobook review: Platform Decay by Martha Wells Murderbot is back!! Picking up an indeterminate time (but not too long) after the conclusion of the previous book (System Collapse), Platform Decay opens with Murderbot on a mission to extract three members of Dr. Mensah’s family from a Barish-Estranza installation. Readers are tossed right into the action […]
The Antiquarian’s Object of Desire Author: India Holton Reviewer: Jen Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Set in an alternate version of historical England, The Antiquarian’s Object of Desire features two rival Oxford professors who study and contain ordinary objects (antiques) imbued with magic. Amelia Tarrant and Caleb Sterling have been best friends since they […]
Audiobook review: This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews One night, Maggie fell asleep in her apartment in Boston and woke up the next morning naked and covered in mud in Kair Toren, a city from her favorite fantasy book series. Unsure how or why she’s sent there, she quickly realizes that 1) […]
Audiobook review: Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan This month’s optional theme is Fool’s Errand, with one suggestion being a fake relationship. Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms not only features a fake engagement, but it also centers on a human and fae working together on an outrageous plan to overhaul the standard magic […]