Audiobook review: Scourged by Kevin Hearne Having read this series previously, I knew this was coming. The difference this time: I’ve read subsequent novellas and the Ink & Sigil spinoff series, plus time has passed, and I’m not as shocked by the events of Scourged. I came at the story from a different place, and […]
Audiobook review: The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher The Olympian Affair is the second offering in Butcher’s fabulous Cinder Spires series and picks up two years after the conclusion of the battle between the Albions and Aurorans depicted in The Aeronaut’s Windlass. This series is complex and must be read in order, and with there […]
Audiobook review: A Curse of Krakens by Kevin Hearne A Curse of Krakens is the third and final book in the wonderful Seven Kennings fantasy series from one of my favorite authors, Kevin Hearne. The massive story is set in a world where certain members of the population are blessed with Kennings: the ability to […]
Audiobook review: When the Crow’s Away by Auralee Wallace When the Crow’s Away continues the story of witchy B&B owner Brynn. Having recently revived her ability to talk to ghosts, Brynn is anxious to help a recently departed connect with a love one. Meanwhile, Brynn’s aunts are busy playing matchmakers, worried Brynn is lonely after the death […]
Audiobook review: The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton The Secret Service of Tea and Treason is the third delightful tale in Ms. Holton’s Dangerous Damsels series. Ms. Holton rounds out her magically-filled historical England by introducing listeners to AUNT: the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret group of downstairs spies. They infiltrate […]
Audiobook review: A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas After the shocking conclusion to her previous adventure, Charlotte has been in hiding for months, recently reuniting with Lord Ingram (Ash). His brother, Lord Remington, needs Charlotte for a mission, and in exchange, he offers her protection against Moriarty. This eventually places Charlotte and Mrs. Watson in disguise […]
Audiobook review: A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn Picking up about six months after the conclusion of the previous adventure, Veronica is traveling through Italy with Tiberius, collecting butterflies. Stoker remains absent and unheard from after he left following their last adventure when he thought Veronica was married (she’s not and never was). After feeling […]
Audiobook review: Raven Unveiled by Grace Draven Gharek, assassin and enforcer for the recently deceased empress, is tracking his daughter’s former nurse, Siora, because she betrayed him. He’s made many enemies over the years as the empress’s “Cat’s Paw,” and he himself is hunted. Siora has lived much of her life as a beggar, alone in […]
Audiobook review: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanne Raybourn Billie, Natalie (Nat), Helen, and Mary Alice are assassins. Back in the late 1970s, each woman was recruited by the extra-governmental group known as the Museum to be part of their first all-female team. Nearly forty years later, they are ready to retire. Reuniting for the first […]
Audiobook review: Soul Taken Soul Taken opens shortly after both the last Mercy outing and Wild Sign (Alpha and Omega #6). There is a lot to unload, including the fact that the mysterious Sherwood has regained his memories and there is upheaval in the local vampire seethe. In addition, it appears that a possessed artifact […]
Audiobook review: In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace Brynn Warren and her aunts, Nora and Izzy, run the Ivywood Hollow Inn. They are witches who like to help the residents of their small town. But when local spinster Constance “Connie” Graves is found dead in their inn, suspicion and mistrust begin to fester, flames […]
Audiobook review: Heroic Hearts Anthology The Heroic Hearts anthology is a wonder mix of different urban fantasy stories and storytelling. I LOVE that each story is shared by a different narrator, especially for those set in series with established narrators. I enjoyed the mix of familiar and unknown. I love that the stories feature heroes/heroines […]
Audiobook review: Claws for Suspicion by Deborah Blake It’s been a few months since Kari bought the animal rescue shelter; most of the repairs are done and things are going smoothly. That is until Kari’s ex shows up telling her they are still married and he deserves half of her lottery winnings. But when Charlie dies […]
Audiobook review: Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood Jumping back and forth to a few different times in Hannah’s life, Below Zero shares how she is trapped in a frozen crevasse with little hope for rescue in present day, her first day and days leading up to present at NASA, and her time in grad school when […]
Audiobook review: The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton Charlotte would be a witch, if witches existed. She is the prophesied heir of Black Beryl and next in line to lead the League of Gentlewomen Witches. When the long-lost amulet of Black Beryl is discover, both the League and their arch-nemesis, The Wisteria Society (dreaded […]