Dragon’s Grace by Sloane McClain
Reviewed: December 18th, 2020
Love Arthurian legend, but with a fantastical twist? Then you’ll love Dragon’s Grace.
Sons of Pendragon – Seven brothers with secrets, taken from their own time and raised in the present to continue their father’s work. All they require are the weapons their father gave them as children.
Keepers – Seven women with a secret mission. Each the eldest female in a line of women charged with guarding special weapons through the centuries until their owners appear. Read More…
A Sea of Pearls and Leaves by Rosalyn Briar
Reviewed November 28th 2020
Princess Ingrid of Norella Isle does not want to get married. Her priestess girlfriend, Lilura, devises a wicked plot to deter suitors with a nearly impossible marriage contract: should Ingrid die first, her husband must be buried at sea beside her. The plan backfires when all seven suitors agree, and the king announces a competition for Ingrid’s hand. Ingrid must keep her head above water as she deals with the suitors, a jealous girlfriend, and the news of two murdered priestesses. Read more…
Blood of an Exile- Brian Naslund
Reviewed: November 15th, 2020
Sentenced to die. Impossible to kill.
Bershad was supposed to die. When he was caught attempting to assassinate a fellow noble, he was given the harshest sentence: a command to slay dragons, so his death might serve the kingdom. Yet for some reason he never lost a fight and is now the most successful dragon-slayer in history. Read More...
The Schrodinger Girl – Laurel Brett
Reviewed October 29th 2020
Garrett Adams, an uptight behavioral psychology professor who refuses to embrace the 1960s, is in a slump. The dispirited rats in his latest experiment aren’t yielding results, and his beloved Yankees are losing. As he sits at a New York City bar watching the Yanks strike out, he knows he needs a change.
What happens next is not what he expected, nor can he explain it. But it does jolt him out of his stagnant life and with a little help from an unexpected meeting or two …or three…he begins to appreciate the sixties. Read more…
Untitled: Crimes Against the Crown by Wendy Bayne
Reviewed October 17th, 2020
Set in 1827 England, Untitled follows the exploits of young Lissa Hughes and Miles Johnson as they both discover truths about their pasts previously hidden. From their first meeting, they find themselves embroiled in striving to bring down a consortium of smugglers with the aid of family and friends that brings them all to the attention of Britain’s master of spies. Read More…
The Coven’s Son by Preston Allen
Reviewed October 5th, 2020
Just in time for Halloween, here is a review of a book all about witches and their coven. If you love witch’s brews and magical spells, then this is the book for you. The only difference here is that there is a firstborn son; the first in two hundred and fifty years, and this is important because only the first child born of a witch takes their magic from their mother when they are born, but usually they are girls. Read more…
The Curse Of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Reviewed September 23rd 2020
Helen’s Old Favourites review: The Curse of Chalion is one of my favourite go-to books and I have no doubt that it has influenced my own writing. I have read it many, many times, but I wanted to share a review in the hope that I can introduce new readers to this wonderful world of gods and demons. You may already know Bujold from her Vorkosigan saga books, but she also writes amazing fantasy novels. Read More…
Cole by Ruby Brooks
Reviewed: September 14th, 2020
“Do not underestimate the things I would do to keep her safe.”
Cole
How do you destroy the monster without becoming one? It’s something I ask myself a lot.
When my girlfriend goes missing without a trace, there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do to get her back. Even if it means becoming the thing I was most afraid of. Read More…
Spirit Legacy by E.E. Holmes
Reviewed September 6th, 2020
“The Gateway is open…”
These cryptic words wake college student Jess Ballard from a terrifying dream into an even more terrifying reality. Jess’ life has never been what anyone would call easy; doing damage control in the wake of your nomadic, alcoholic mother doesn’t exactly make for a storybook childhood.
But now her world has fallen apart just when it should be coming together: her mother gone—dead under mysterious circumstances; her life uprooted to stay with estranged relatives she’s never met, and there’s something odd about some of the people she’s been meeting at school: They’re dead. Read more…
Stray Witch by Eva Alton
Reviewed: August 5th, 2020
Clueless Witch Meets Quirky Vampire
Alba is about to lose everything during an awful divorce… until she meets The Vampires of Emberbury, who have a very interesting proposition for her. She will get to know Clarence, a vampire gentleman who thinks cloaks and top hats are still in fashion…
Stray Witch offers a different take on a world where vampires live alongside humans but they can only appear during the day in an alternative form. Read More…
Palimpsest by Craig Herdern
Reviewed August 1st 2020
The young Lucinda Soames-Parker, brought up in a dysfunctional family environment, discovers a terrible truth when she joins a drug trial.
Gaining access to the hidden multiverse highway, the domain of infinite doppelganger universes, endowing unlimited possibilities for all those that enter, Lu begins a journey where she meets some of the worst of humankind. Read More…
Fae Song by Deonne Williams
Reviewed July 24th 2020
Fae Song – Her music is magic, but power comes with a price. Can she defeat deadly monsters, inner demons, and a demi-goddess’s dark forces?
What a beautifully written book. From the very beginning Deonne introduces wonderful characters, who you invest in straight away and you get drawn into their world. Read More…
A Voice that Thunders by Cully Mack
Reviewed: July 13th, 2020
A Voice That Thunders is the first in an epic fantasy series set in the ancient past when monsters crept into our world, myth was born, and magic first breathed.
What a wonderful book and a great start to the series. Cully creates a magical world full of amazing characters and creatures, and as the story progressed, I found I couldn’t put the book down. I wanted to know what happened next. And I just love the cover! Read More…
Helen Garraway 