Welcome to my new weekly feature that focuses on audiobooks. It’s time to… Audiobook review: The Grendel Affair Author: Lisa Shearin Narrator: Johanna Parker Audio Speed: 1x Series: SPI Files #1 Makenna Fraser is a newbie at SPI New York and the only seer in the U.S. Although she is human, she has the ability to see […]
Incarnate Author: Anton Strout Reviewer: Gikany & Una Rating: C What We’re Talking About: Incarnate is the third and final book in the Spellmasons Chronicles. We enjoyed this book more than the previous one, however, we still had a couple issues with the novel. Although the world held much promise and the mythology of the […]
Black Spring Author: Christina Henry Reviewer: Jen Twimom Rating: C+ What I’m Talking About: Warning: Black Spring is the final (for now, according to the author) book in the Black Wings series. I do take this fact into account when assigning my rating of the book. In addition, this review does contain spoilers from the […]
The Bloodbound Author: Erin Lindsey Reviewer: Gikany & Una Rating: A- What We’re Talking About: The Bloodbound is the first novel in the new Bloodbound series. Author Erin Lindsay, aka E.L. Tettensor the author of Darkwalker, is one we both enjoy, so when we saw that Tettensor was branching out into fantasy, we requested the […]
Havoc Author: Ann Aguirre Reviewer: Nima Rating: A What I’m Talking About: Havoc is the second installment of the Dred Chronicles. It continues to follow main characters Dresdemona “Dred” Devos a.k.a. Queen Dread and her bio-engineered champion Jael. I liked these two together in the first book, Perdition, and I like them together even more in […]
The Midnight Queen Author: Sylvia Izzo Hunter Reviewer: Una Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: The Midnight Queen is like a roller coaster ride, the first climb seems long, but then once the world is established and the characters are in place, the rest is gripping and wonderful. I think anyone who enjoys fantasy blended […]
Magic Breaks Author: Ilona Andrews Reviewer: Jen Twimom Rating: A What I’m Talking About: NOTE: After seriously struggling on how much to include in my review of this book, I have decided to include a separate section at the end of the review with anything that may be considered a spoiler. After recently completing my […]
White Heart of Justice Author: Jill Archer Reviewer: Gikany & Una Rating: A- What We’re Talking About: The Noon Onyx series just gets better and better. The third book in the series, White Heart of Justice, takes Noon on a journey with a new set of trials as we learn more about this fascinating world […]
Silver Mirrors Author: A.A. Aguirre Reviewer: Nima Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: Silver Mirrors is the second book in the Apparatus Infernum series by Ann Aquirre and her husband Andres, together known as A.A. Aquirre. It picks up where book one left off. I recommend reading this series in order. There is significant (steampunk) […]
Shadowbound Author: Dianne Sylvan Reviewer: Gikany and Una Rating: B+ What We’re Talking About: Shadowbound is the fifth book in The Shadow World series. We found this release to be primarily transitional with one heck of a shock near the end that still has us reeling. Gikany and Una will attempt to give our review […]
Dawn’s Early Light Author: Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris Reviewer: Jen Twimom Rating: B What I’m Talking About: The third full-length tale from the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences begins shortly after the conclusion of the second book, with Agents Wellington (Welly) Books and Eliza Braun en route to America. This is Books first official mission […]
Night Broken Author: Patricia Briggs Reviewer: Gikany and Una Rating: A- What We’re Talking About: Gikany and Una are huge Patricia Briggs fans and we absolutely adore the Mercy Thompson series. The latest release, Night Broken, was different from the previous offerings and yet just as wonderful! Although it is possible to read Night Broken […]
Today’s post comes from Lauren M. Roy, author of Night Owls. I discovered roleplaying games in college. My boyfriend’s group welcomed me in, let me borrow a pile of sourcebooks, and invited me to roll up a character. I fell immediately in love with it – you got to play in in fantasy worlds, exploring your […]
Night Owls Author: Lauren M. Roy Reviewer: Gikany and Una Rating: A- What We’re Talking About: Night Owls is the debut novel of Ms. Lauren M. Roy. Gikany and Una never know what to expect when we pick up a debut author. We were sublimely surprised by this first novel in the Night Owls series […]
Hellhound Author: Nancy Holzner Reviewer: Jen Twimom Rating: B+, 4 Stars What I’m Talking About: Ah… the long awaited follow up to Darklands has finally arrived. Hellhound opens a couple of weeks after the dramatic conclusion of Darklands, which brought us two major events. First – Vicky’s deceased father has returned from the dead, inhabiting […]