Guest review by Austin Morgan Steve Ulfelder’s Purgatory Chasm is a great way to start off a writing career. I get to read a lot of debut novels, frequently before they are published. I feel this gives me more experience in identifying some of the foibles new authors frequently work through in the first books. […]
Category Archives: Book Reviews
If I’m reading it, I’ll write about it here — scifi, fantasy, romance, mystery, non-fiction, or whatever my book club makes me read.
Book Review: Bitten
Easily the best werewolf story I’ve ever read…not that I’ve gone out of my way to read a ton of them, but still. I consistently say that good stories come down to characters, and I really sympathized with Elana. I almost said that I really liked her, but that’s not entirely true. She’s rough, hard, […]
Book Review: Nightspell
In a land where assassinations were commonplace, and rival political factions fought for power, came a simple, magical solution: Ghosts, bent on vengeance for the ones who murdered them. But what if those ghosts would rather live an eternal half-life? In Ghostland, there are almost as many dead as living, and out of respect for […]
Book Review and Giveaway: The Calling a DC Gary Goodhew Mystery
Guest review by Austin Morgan Since Karin Slaughter’s Fallen did not quench my need for a good mystery (see the review) I tried again, with far more success. DC Gary Goodhew is a traditional police procedural protagonist. He is thorough, dependable, quirky and very likeable. He also lives in Cambridge, England. If you were wondering […]
Book Review: Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera #1)
I should preface this review with two facts: First, I am not a huge epic fantasy fan. I’ve read some of it, and enjoyed some of it, but it is not my first choice as a sub-genre. Second: I love The Dresden Files, and in fact, the only reason I picked up this epic fantasy […]
Book Review and Giveaway: Fallen
Guest review by Austin Morgan I have been in the mood for a good mystery so I decided to sign up for Goodreads.com’s First Reads. This is a great service in which you can sign up to receive books either before or just after they are released. The first book I received was Karin Slaughter’s […]
Book Review: Maybe This Time
We’ve got a haunted house, traumatized children, a long-over marriage that maybe deserves a second chance, a TV reporter with too-perfect teeth and a sinister agenda, and most of all: We have Jennifer Crusie’s usual delightful style, making it all so much fun. I really enjoyed this book. The paranormal aspect integrated well into the […]
Giveaways and Guest Reviews
About a month ago, I put a copy of The Immortality Virus up on Goodreads for one of their giveaways, and I got a terrific response! In the wake of that, my husband, Austin, decided he wanted to try to win some books, so he spent an afternoon signing up for many of the contests […]
Book Review: Mistwood
The Shifter, a creature born of mists and magic, is sworn to protect the king and his family. She does this with great power, and without emotion, for she is not truly human. Or so the legends say. Isabel doesn’t remember being The Shifter, though. She doesn’t remember anything at all. When Prince Rokan takes […]
Book Review: Outlaw Hearts
What drives men into evil, and having done evil deeds, can he truly change? These questions were at the heart of this book, which I call a romance with some small reservation. It was romantic — but if you go into it expecting the simple, straightforward HEA structure, you’re in for a shock. This books […]