Entwined Magic Author: Monica Fairview Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: For those on the frontlines, the war has pushed people to their limits, revealed betrayals, and pushed any form of personal life to the side. Entwined Magic is the long-awaited finale in this series of magic and romance set in Jane […]
How to Steal a Galaxy Author: Beth Revis Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A What I’m Talking About: After Full Speed to Crash Landing launched this trilogy of high-octane futuristic heist sci-fi romance novellas, I was jazzed to pick up where things left off in Ada and Rian’s second eventful encounter. Beth Revis combined a wise-cracking, […]
Kiss of Steel Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A What I’m Talking About: The planet Refuge and the Cosmic Mates program offer them a way to escape their pasts, but every day hiding secrets from each other becomes hardest of all. Cara Bristol writes engaging and exciting sci-fi romance and this latest Cosmic […]
Only Cold Depths Author: Jennifer Estep Reviewer: Jen Rating: B What I’m Talking About: Picking up shortly after the second and third titles, Only Cold Depths finds Vesper and Kyrion on the run from the leader of the Imperium, his Arrows, and the terrorist group Techwavers. With a huge bounty on their heads, it’s not […]
Volatile Conjunction Author: Mary Ashe Reviewer: Jen Rating: B What I’m Talking About: Opening during the concluding scenes of the first book Celestial Velocity, Volatile Conjunction shifts to the POVs of Amaryllis and Ivan. She’s there to steal Bea’s prototype engine but would rather be relieving the wealthy of their jewels. Ivan, worried that she’ll […]
Help Wanted: Wife Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Not long after the events of the first book, Escape Clause, two secondary characters from that book discover that they, too, have a need for a match-making service with an escape clause. Cara Bristol delighted me with her light sci-fi […]
Audiobook review: Legends and Lattes by Travis Balder An orc mercenary knows the score and has no desire to end her days in blood and war so she walks away from her old life for a curious, odd new one. Long has this book been on my radar and it was a matter of when […]
This Will Be Fun Author: E.B. Asher Reviewer: Jen Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Ten years ago, Clare, Beatrice, Elowen, and Galwell saved Mythria from foul magic and power summoned by the Fraternal Order, but the cost was high. The realm’s beloved hero Galwell the Great was slain, and the three remaining warriors of […]
Audiobook review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty July TBR optional theme: What a Wonderful World – I’m behind in the schedule! Set in the 12th century in the thriving port cities of the Indian Ocean, Amina lives in a world where women are expected to marry and maintain a home, not become […]
Full Speed to a Crash Landing Author: Beth Revis Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A What I’m Talking About: What seems like a long time ago, I read a Young Adult Sci-Fi Across the Universe Trilogy that utterly captivated me. The author created a world, characters, and plot that drew me in and had me in […]
Escape Clause Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: Cardonia needs women and their leader reluctantly must set the example of joining the matchmaker program. Krogan can hack it for a year, right? Is there really a woman out there who’s willing to do a match knowing there’s an expiration […]
The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love Author: India Holton Reviewer: Jen Rating: A What I’m Talking About: Set in an alternate version of historical England, The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love shares a world filled with magical, and often deadly, birds. Ornithologists are often wily and deceptive in their efforts to become Birder of the […]
Audiobook review: Queen of None by Natania Barron Anna Pendragon, the youngest and only full sister to King Arthur, was married off at twelve. Twenty years later she returns to Carelon, widowed and hopeful for a quiet life at court. However, Arthur has other plans for Anna, and she finds herself once again subject to Merlin’s […]
Alien in Disguise Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Returning home brings not safety and peace, but hints at conspiracy and another round of alien abduction for this final Forbidden Bonds series tale. Cara Bristol creates an entertaining balance between light and exciting in the tone of her sexy […]
Romancing the Feral Author: Gail Koger Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Fighting for her very life at the back end of the galaxy, a young half-alien psychic girl thief doesn’t know who to trust until a fierce Coletti Battle Commander shows her she can turn over a new leaf and work […]