The nitty-gritty: Imaginative and character-driven, Lake Silence is a wonderful start to a new series. I know you’ll fall for these characters just as hard as I did! If you’re a fan of Charlaine Harris, then you are going to love Lake Silence. Harris’ Midnight, Texas series immediately came to mind as I was reading […]
The nitty-gritty: Full of stunning world-building and epic in scope, The Gutter Prayer is a debut you don’t want to miss. Goodreads tells me that it took me ten days to read The Gutter Prayer, and dammit I’m now two books behind with my reading challenge! I start my review with this fact not to […]
The nitty-gritty: A delightful blend of romance, edge-of-your-seat action, family secrets and plenty of high stakes danger, Polaris Rising is set to be one of my favorite series starters of 2019. Wow, I had so much fun reading this book! I don’t know what I was expecting, but Jessie Mihalik has written a thrilling and […]
The nitty-gritty: An outstanding tie-in to the beloved TV series, this book is shiny in every way possible. “I have a problem with authority,” Mal said, “not least when said authority is a big, fat, corrupt lawman with poor personal hygiene and a face that’d give a moose nightmares.” Bundy strode down the front steps […]
The nitty-gritty: Another weird and wonderful entry in one of my favorite series. I should have expected that Seanan McGuire would once again draw me into her strange little world, a world where children who are different find doorways to other, magical places, and have adventures, both thrilling and terrible. In the fourth book in […]
The nitty-gritty: M.R. Carey once again proves how consistent a writer he is with his latest, a suspenseful, mind-bending novel full of realistically nuanced characters. I’ve loved every M.R. Carey book I’ve read, and I’m happy to report that his latest is just as thrilling, strange and mind-bending as I’ve come to expect from him. […]
The nitty-gritty: A lovable heroine who can shoot like nobody’s business, a harsh, post-apocalyptic world, and plenty of action make this an excellent start to a new urban fantasy series. I’m so happy I decided to take a chance on Charlaine Harris’ latest. I read the second book in her Midnight, Texas series and although […]
The nitty-gritty: High stakes action, awesome world-building and a fast-paced plot set this alternate history SF tale apart from the pack. Well, that was fun! What a great change of pace from some of the other books I’ve been reading lately. Mecha Samurai Empire is the second book in Peter Tieryas’ United States of Japan […]
The nitty-gritty: Romantic and thrilling, Phoenix Unbound is a fantastic start to a new series. You know those times when you start reading a book and you’re immediately swept up in the writing, the story and the characters? Well, this was one of those times for me. After a couple of pages I knew I […]
The nitty-gritty: A short, sharp gut punch of a story that will keep you guessing and jumping at shadows. Read after dark at your own risk! This is the third book I’ve read by Kim Liggett, and I can honestly say she’s getting better with each book. And that’s not to say I didn’t enjoy […]