Survival Instinct Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A What I’m Talking About: When aliens first came to earth, humans didn’t realize just how devastating first contact would be. Now, it’s everyone for themselves. Cara Bristol started a new series mixing post-apocalyptic and sci-fi elements with a riveting enemies to lovers romance. A woman […]
Audiobook review: Sweep in Peace [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews The Innkeeper Chronicles is probably my favorite book series. This is the fourth time I’ve read Sweep in Peace. You can find my original ebook review here, as well as reviews of the original unabridged audiobook and the dramatized adaptation (both reviews on Goodreads). I found […]
Audiobook review: Clean Sweep [Dramatized Adaptation] by Ilona Andrews The Innkeeper Chronicles is probably my favorite book series. This is the fourth time I’ve read Clean Sweep. You can find my original ebook review here, as well as the original unabridged audiobook review, and the dramatized adaptation (both reviews on Goodreads). I found that my […]
Double Bind Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: He seduced her, he drugged her, he kidnapped her, and then he married her. Anyone surprised this marriage is more like hostile combatants trapped together? Cara Bristol’s Cosmic Mates series has been filled with some fun sci-fi romance surprises with this latest having […]
The Adventures of Mary Darling Author: Pat Murphy Reviewer: Jen Rating: B/B- What I’m Talking About: Much like the 1991 film, Hook, The Adventures of Mary Darling is a re-framing of James Barrie’s Peter Pan which expands the legend into additional generations of the Darling family. The story is framed as Mary Darling’s (mother to […]
Two Crowns, Three Blades Author: Robert A. Walker Reviewer: Jen Rating: B/B- What I’m Talking About: Picking up shortly after the conclusion of the first book, Two Crowns, Three Blades focuses on the fallout from the executions and deaths featured in the first story. Sibil, Tristan, and King Axil are each looking for revenge. The […]
Last Chance to Save the World Author: Beth Revis Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Enroute for Earth with a plan to save the planet, hostile co-conspirators are up against big corporation and government high security in this Chaotic Orbits series finale. Beth Revis has delivered a tight, high-stakes plot and a […]
A Drop of Corruption Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A+ What I’m Talking About: After the harrowing case and succeeding events in the opening book, The Tainted Cup, Din and Ana are faced with a new macabre case that is only the tip of the tentacle and has ramifications for the whole […]
Audiobook review: The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope April’s TBR optional theme: Location, Location, Location Clara Johnson was touched at birth and has been able to see the “other side” and communicate with spirits since she was a child. In her teens, she made a bargain with an enigma (similar to a Jinn or […]
Double Take Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: From blue aliens to cyborgs and now to clones, Cara Bristol brings another suspenseful sci-fi romance in her Cosmic Mates series of duet stories. Double Take is the fifth book in the series and begins the third separate Cosmic Mates duet […]
The Geographer’s Map to Romance Author: India Holton Reviewer: Jen Rating: C+ What I’m Talking About: The Geographer’s Map to Romance is the second historical romance set in Holton’s alternate history, fantasy world. We learn that a large storm has caused a spring of magic in a small village in Wales which threatens to leak […]
Audiobook review: Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Balder After my first sip of cozy fantasy with the first book in the series, Legends and Latte, and loving it, I was more than willing to return for more Viv the Orc and her adventures. And, in case you’re wondering, an author as narrator made for a […]
Wooing the Witch Queen Author: Stephanie Burgis Reviewer: Jen Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Felix is the Archduke of Estarion, but his father-in-law has long controlled everything as Estarion’s Chief Minister, with his son as the head of the military. They put themselves into power after Felix’s parents died fifteen years ago. Knowing the […]
The Rainfall Market Author: You Yeong-Gwang Translated by: Slin Jung Reviewer: Jen Rating: D What I’m Talking About: The Rainfall Market is a simple, predictable tale of a young girl who wishes for a better life. Serin is excited that she receives a ticket to the Rainfall Market, a magical place where she can exchange her life […]
Kiss of Fury Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: He’s waiting to become part of a happy couple and live happily ever after on Refuge in his new life, but then she gets out of the wagon with a plus one. Cara Bristol’s latest series combines sci-fi with the […]