The Séance Garden Author: Juliet Blackwell Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: When a skeptic professor of the occult loses a bet and finds herself on a cheesy ghost tour, of course, they find a body buried under a witch tree in the yard of a house with a dark history where […]
A Trade of Blood Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A- What I’m Talking About: When Romeo slays Juliet in a horrendous way, that is only the beginning and now Din and Ana must come and root out the evil that is stalking this farming community. Robert Jackson Bennett’s Shadow of the Leviathan […]
Audiobook review: Minder’s Rising by Carol Van Natta Returning to this exciting, colorful, and intriguing future world in the distant stars the author created was exciting and I was ready to press on for more. If you want it to make some sense scientifically while keeping the wonder of the inexplicable beside an action, suspense, […]
Cops in Space Author: Gail Koger Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B What I’m Talking About: Saving earth from a devouring alien horde wasn’t enough now she’s out to save the galaxy. Gail Koger’s entertaining, sassy, steamy sci-fi rom coms are like a hit of chocolate to a booklover’s imagination. Cops in Space is part of […]
Audiobook review: Overload Flux by Carol Van Natta After years of waiting for the latest installment in the series and not daring to get excited over each rumor that it was coming out, this is truly the year and my own copy will be arriving shortly. I wanted to revisit the series and re-familiarize myself with the […]
The Eye of the Storm Author: Belén Paccagnella Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: A What I’m Talking About: In the style of a classic gothic romantic suspense, a young woman arrives on a remote Welsh island where the grand Rosings estate dominates all and finds herself swept up into a dark, gripping tale in a place […]
Audiobook review: Mantles of Oak and Iron by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt After the events of The Orb and the Airship, the Igyeum and the Telmondir are on the brink of war, evil is rising, and the friends must all do their parts from those headed to military training, a mysterious mystic mentor, and to a dashing […]
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: After Glow by Jayne Castle Not long after the events of After Dark, After Glow returns to the story of para-archaeologist, Lydia Smith, and her mob boss boyfriend, Emmet London, negotiating a new relationship and working together when another body turns up. After Glow is the second of the Ghost Hunter series which […]
You Can Tell Me Author: Melinda Leigh Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: On the anniversary of her kidnapping, a woman awaits a True Crime podcaster friend who never shows at the scene. Melinda Leigh beings a new series with a bang-up start. You Can Tell Me is the first book in […]
Audiobook review: After Dark by Jayne Castle Indiana Jones meets futuristic sci-fi and paranormal romance! Things get interesting After Dark, the first of Jayne Castle’s Harmony series. After really enjoying other books and series by the author under her Jayne Ann Krentz name and her Amanda Quick name which she uses to distinguish her various […]
Grumpy Alien Boss Author: Cara Bristol Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B+ What I’m Talking About: An office romance, alien-style with the crackling of attraction, ahem, loathing. The boss and the temp are setting the office files on fire. Cara Bristol is one of my go-to authors ,and I barely read the blurbs at this point. […]
Audiobook review: The Orb and the Airship by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt Woken from centuries of sleeping existence, an old man sets out with his new companions, a military trainee and an airship pirate, on an adventure that will change the world. Jenelle Leanne Schmidt’s gaslamp fantasy series wasn’t even on my radar, but I am grateful […]
A Murder Most Camp Author: Name Reviewer: Sophia Rose Rating: B What I’m Talking About: A father’s ultimatum to his spoiled trust-fund-baby son leads to a cold case murder mystery, romance, and antics in the wilds of summer camp. Nicolas DiDomizio is not an unfamiliar name for me, and I’ve been meaning to try his […]