I am often wary of posting cover art for romance novels (even mixed suspense/fantasy romance novels like this one) because of the god-awful covers, but I have to say: I like this one! The colors pop, and the topless man with the ripped muscles looks like he actually has something interesting on his mind besides […]
Category Archives: Fantasy
Book Review: Changes
I’m just going to cut to the chase here and confess my extreme disappointment in this book, and indeed, in the progression of this “trilogy.” If my review of Intrigues, I said: The story was slow, tedious, and it involved long descriptions of a made-up sporting event that reminded me of Quiddich (at least in […]
Book Review: Intrigues (Collegium #2)
Mags, from Foundation, is still trying to fit in as a Herald’s Trainee, but things go sound when he discovers his deceased parents are something worse than thieves — they’re foreigners! At least, the revelation becomes worse when paired with the murky and completely useless vision of foreseers involving the king, blood, and a foreigner. […]
Book Review: Foundation (Collegium Chronicles #1)
Mags, so named because he had the eye of a Magpie, was a slave in a gem mine until one of Valdemar’s magical companions chose him. After that, he entered a whole new world as a trainee, and despite all odds, attracted the notice of some powerful people who were eager to use his skills. […]
Book Review: Zombie Penpal
Back in second grade, you had a pen pal from New Orleans, but she disappeared when Hurricane Katrina hit, and you haven’t heard from her since. Now you’re in 7th grade, and there’s a new girl in school who some thing is a zombie, but who you think reminds you of your old pen pal. […]
Book Review: Aching for Always
What a fun story! The worst thing about it, IMHO, was the title. It just didn’t grab me. I haven’t read this author before, but put this on my to-read list based on the summary. Trouble was, every time I perused my to-read list, I couldn’t remember what this story was supposed to be about, […]
Book Review: The Perfect Mistress
Juliet’s great-grandmother considered herself the perfect mistress, and was so proud of her life that she wrote about it in detail and left the memoirs to å granddaughter who never received them. Juliet inherits them when her great-uncle dies, right around the time she finds herself in a serious money crunch. Her solution — sell […]
Book Review: Griffin’s Fire
I first met Griffin in Griffin Rising, the story of a young angel in training, fighting his way through very human issues and emotions. In that book, his character stole the show. I liked him a lot, and he continued to haunt me even after I stopped reading the book. Which was why I eagerly […]
Book Review: Dancing with Werewolves
Delilah Street is an orphan, supposedly named after the street on which she was abandoned. She lives in a world where magic is “out” and weather witches don’t just alter the weather — they report it. Delilah is a reporter at a station where “Dead Ted” — a vampire — anchors the news. Delilah’s life […]
Book Review: In Too Deep
This tenth volume in the Arcane Society series finally gets us up close and personal with Fallon Jones, head of the J&J investigative agency. Fallon is a chaos theory talent — he sees order in chaos, connections where none seem to exist, and some think that makes him a bit of a conspiracy nut. But […]