Audiobook review: Boyfriend Project by Alexis Hall I first read Boyfriend Material earlier in the year, amid widespread anger and only moderately successful lockdowns in all the fear and uncertainty of summer. With its irresistible mix of cynicism, humor, awkwardness, and romance, it was a delightfully welcome reprieve when it was most needed—a bright spot in […]
Smoke & Ashes Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A What I’m Talking About: Two years have gone by since the last time everything in Kate Kane’s life went to pieces, and things generally seem to be holding steady at the intersection of denial and persistent wallowing. Subsisting on an impressive intake of sex, booze, […]
Boyfriend Material Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A What I’m Talking About: Though I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced copy of this book for the purpose of review, I had so much faith that I’d like it that I preordered it for myself the instant I heard it was being published. And […]
Audiobook review: Fire & Water by Alexis Hall I just finished reading Fire & Water in February, so being able to hear it performed so soon was a lot of fun. In this third novel in the Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator series, Kate is back six months after the end of the previous story, still adapting […]
Audiobook review: Shadows & Dreams by Alexis Hall Shadows & Dreams, the second novel in the Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator series, begins with a new case and a glass of whiskey, as all good mysteries should. Picking up three months after the conclusion of its predecessor, Iron & Velvet, we find Kate in a serious relationship […]
Audiobook review: Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall I have to admit that I was as nervous as I was excited about listening to Iron & Velvet being read aloud by someone not in my own head for the first time. I’ve loved every Kate Kane story I’ve had the privilege of reading, and I’m very […]
Fire & Water Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: I adore the Kate Kane stories and was happy when I learned that the third in the series, Fire & Water, was in the works. I was fortunate enough to be able to reread the first two novels (Iron & Velvet […]
Shadows & Dreams Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A What I’m Talking About: “Here lies Kate Kane. She achieved something. Beloved daughter. Sorely missed.” After having so much fun with the re-release of Iron & Velvet, I was fairly confident I’d enjoy the second novel in the Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator just as well. […]
Iron & Velvet Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A What I’m Talking About: “Here lies Kate Kane. Killed in a foreplay accident. Beloved daughter. Sorely missed.” It’s been years since I first encountered Iron & Velvet, and on this new reading, it quickly became clear that no amount of fond remembrance or wistful intent […]
How To Belong With A Billionaire Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A What I’m Talking About: I believe starting this review of How to Belong with a Billionaire with a trigger warning needs to be done for two reasons: 1) there is an unsuccessful attempted rape towards the end of the narrative, and 2) […]
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Author: Alexis Hall Narrator: Nicholas Boulton Audio Speed: 1.0x Series: Standalone Source: Penguin Random House Audio The Affair of the Mysterious Letter is a unique and clever retelling of the Sherlock Holmes tales, set in an adventure-filled, wild fantasy world. The story is shared from the first person memoirs of Captain John Wyndham […]
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: “I am the sorceress Shaharazad Haas. Being uninvited is sort of my thing.” “That seems like it could get one into rather a lot of trouble.” “Getting into rather a lot of trouble is also my thing.” Alexis […]
How To Blow It With A Billionaire Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A What I’m Talking About: Opening with a prologue tinted with such sinister and brutal (and potentially prophetic) avarice that my nerves were on edge for the entirety of the narrative, How to Blow It with a Billionaire was as wonderful and […]
How To Bang A Billionaire Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A+ What I’m Talking About: Beginning with an enigmatic and somewhat dark farewell, How to Bang a Billionaire explores the inception of the “arrangementship” between Arden St. Ives, imminent graduate of Oxford University, and Caspian Hart, billionaire, immovable personality, and magnet to Arden’s desires. […]
Pansies Author: Alexis Hall Reviewer: B. Rating: A+ What I’m Talking About: As has been the case with every story I’ve read by Alexis Hall, I find myself unable to write this review without a great deal of regard and admiration for both story and author. Mr. Hall is as thorough in Pansies as ever, […]