Published: September 26, 2017 Publisher: Crown Genre: Science Fiction Series: Stand alone Pages: 373 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Eli’s willing to admit it: he’s a little obsessed with the mysterious woman he met years ago. Okay, maybe a lot obsessed. But come on, how often do you meet someone who’s driving a hundred-year-old car,... Continue Reading →
Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco – Review
Published: September 19, 2017 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction Series: Stalking Jack the Ripper #2 Pages: 434 (Hardcover) My Rating: 2.5/5.0 Synopsis: In this New York Times bestselling sequel to Kerri Maniscalco's haunting #1 debut Stalking Jack the Ripper, bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the... Continue Reading →
Perfect Shadow by Brent Weeks – Review
Published: November 7, 2017 (Sp. Ed.) Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy Series: Night Angel #0.5 Pages: 144 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Discover the origins of Durzo Blint in this original novella set in the world of Brent Weeks' New... Continue Reading →
Deadhouse Landing by Ian C. Esslemont – Review
Published: November 14, 2017 Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Fantasy Series: Path to Ascendancy #2 Pages: 400 (Hardcover) My Rating: 5.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Return to the turbulent history of what would become the Malazan Empire… After the disappointments in Li Heng,... Continue Reading →
Jade City by Fonda Lee – Review
Published: November 7, 2017 Publisher: Orbit Books Genre: Fantasy Series: The Green Bone Saga #1 Pages: 512 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 Synopsis: FAMILY IS DUTY. MAGIC IS POWER. HONOR IS EVERYTHING. Magical jade—mined, traded, stolen, and killed for—is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. For centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family... Continue Reading →
Changeless by Gail Carriger – Audiobook Review
Published: March 23, 2011 Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC Genre: Fantasy Series: The Parasol Protectorate #2 Length: 10 hr 33 min My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Alexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of... Continue Reading →
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth – Review
Published: January 17, 2017 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Genre: Young Adult, SciFi Series: Carve the Mark #1 Pages: 468 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3.0/5.0 Synopsis: In a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift. Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power... Continue Reading →
The Imposters of Aventil by Marshall Ryan Maresca – Review
Published: October 3, 2017 Publisher: DAW Books Genre: Fantasy Series: Maradaine #3 Pages: 383 (Mass Market) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Summer and the Grand Tournament of High Colleges have come to the University of Maradaine. If the heat and... Continue Reading →
An Import of Intrigue by Marshall Ryan Maresca – Review
Published: November 1, 2016 Publisher: DAW Books Genre: Fantasy Series: The Maradaine Constabulary #2 Pages: 389 (Mass Market) My Rating: 4.0/5.0 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Mixing high fantasy and mystery, this is Marshall Ryan Maresca’s second novel in the Maradaine Constabulary series,... Continue Reading →
Review: With Blood Upon the Sand by Bradley P. Beaulieu
Published: February 7, 2017 Publisher: DAW Books Genre: Fantasy Series: The Song of the Shattered Sands #2 Pages: 592 (Hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5.0 Synopsis: Çeda, now a Blade Maiden in service to the kings of Sharakhai, trains as one of their elite warriors, gleaning secrets even as they send her on covert missions to... Continue Reading →
