Audiobook review: The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley Another whimsical and captivating entry in the Flavia de Luce series pits eleven-year-old amateur detective Flavia against a new puzzling murder and a long-ago death of a young boy that may have a bearing on the famous puppeteer’s demise. Flavia is not just precocious, […]
Audiobook review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley The eccentric de Luce household is disrupted from their regular pursuits by two arrivals- one bizarre and the other sinister. Murder is the result. The youngest member of the household, Flavia, turns from her favorite chemistry work to solve a crime that points […]
Audiobook review: Paranormal Payback Anthology Paranormal Payback is a solid urban fantasy anthology, featuring short to novella-length stories that focus on balancing scales with a revenge aspect and paranormal twist. On whole, the book is entertaining. Each story is a standalone, although some (several?) are related to existing (long-standing) series. I felt a little lost/confused […]
Audiobook review: A Ghastly Catastrophe by Deanna Raybourn It’s been about six months since the Stoker and Veronica’s last mystery involving A Grave Robbery, and Veronica is experiencing a little bit of ennui we and restlessness. That all changes when Inspector Mornaday seeks discrete help from the pair after the deaths of two well-connected young men […]
Audiobook review: Ember Eternal by Chloe Neill Ember Eternal kicks off a new fantasy series from Chloe Neill. The book sets up the parameters of the world and introduces several characters. The world is divided into three layers, with the most critical being Terra which is home of the living, and the Aetheric which is where […]
Audiobook review: The Marriage Method by Mimi Matthews Picking up a short time after the conclusion of the first book (Rules for Ruin), The Marriage Method follows London newspaper editor Miles Quincy as he doggedly tries to find out more about Miss Corvus’s charity school. This brings former student and current deputy headmistress Penelope (Nell) Trewlove […]
Audiobook review: Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz The newest resident of Dragon’s Rest has a big secret: Violet Thistlewaite was the Thornwitch, righthand of the recently killed evil sorcerer, Guy Shadowfade. Violet was given a second chance to be good, and she takes the challenge by opening a flower shop and […]
Audiobook review: Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop Fans of Bishop’s The Others series will sense a familiarity in Turns of Fate. While the story and world are different, the tale is one of “other” beings called Arcana. They are part of the uncanny (aka supernatural), and they do not care for silly humans who do […]
Audiobook review: Blind Date with a Werewolf Asil, the once-alpha, deadly wolf, lives a solitary life waiting for the day his viscous wolf breaks free and Bran will have to put him down. Despite keeping his distance from his pack mates, he’s made friends, and some of these friends have decided to set up Asil on […]
Audiobook review: The Game is Afoot by Elise Bryant Mavis Miller, single mom of almost eight-year-old Pearl, is unhappy with her job, stressed out by the MLM influencers, PTA, and soccer moms, and tired of trying to be a certain type of parent. When Pearl’s soccer coach dies on the field and Pearl’s dad is a […]
Audiobook review: Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood Problematic Summer Romance is a standalone story that follows characters introduced in Hazelwood’s Not in Love. Main characters Maya and Conor are the younger sister and best friend of Eli in that title. This book centers on the Italian destination wedding of Eli and Rue. We find […]
Audiobook review: Funny Story by Emily Henry June’s TBR optional theme: Road Trip Daphne thought her life was perfect until her fiancé dumped her for his platonic best friend the day after his bachelor party. Stuck in small town Northern Michigan, Daphne is living with Miles, her ex-finace’s new fiancée’s ex-boyfriend. Because Petra moved into […]
Audiobook review: Kills Well with Others by Deanne Raybourn Kills Well with Others is another excellent story and adventure for these four sexagenarian killers. Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie teach us that life doesn’t end after you reach a certain age, and with care and purpose, these years can be even better than those […]
Audiobook Review: Candle & Crow by Kevin Hearne Advertised as the end of the series with an HFN/HEA for all (including the original Iron Druid Chronicles), Candle & Crow delivers as promised. After recovering from a supernatural battle in Australia, Al is determined to find who cursed him so that he can remove the curses, retire, and […]
Audiobook review: A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas Charlotte Holmes, the brilliant investigative mind behind Sherlock Holmes, for the first time finds herself the suspect and focus of a police investigation. Ash’s brother, Lord Bancroft, escaped his prison and was murdered, with Bancroft himself pointing his finger at Charlotte from beyond the grave. Jumping around in […]