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Review: Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

Sep 21, 2021 | 4 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Wallace Price is dead. And frankly, he’s pretty pissed off about that. Worse yet, no one seems to care that he’s dead. Instead of a packed turnout for Wallace’s funeral, only a handful of...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Paranormal, Sue's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: afterlife, grief/loss, suicide, T.J. Klune, Tor Books

Review: Magic’s Pawn by Mercedes Lackey

Sep 16, 2021 | 21 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Fifteen-year-old Vanyel Askhekvron has spent all of his life trying to please his father, who sees nothing of himself in his son. Vanyel is slender and graceful, light-boned, and both too...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Fantasy
TAGGED: character death, coming of age, coming out, DAW, Last Herald-Mage series, Mercedes Lackey, Reading Challenge Month 2021, suicidal ideation, suicide, underage sex

Audiobook Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Sep 13, 2021 | 12 comments

Story Rating: 5 stars Audio Rating: 4.5 stars Narrators: Robin Miles, Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan Length: 12 hours, 10 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Evelyn Hugo is the most well-known movie star in the world. Rising...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, 5 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Historical, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: actor, Alma Cuervo, bisexual, domestic abuse, Julia Whelan, Lesbian/FF, Rabbit Reid, Reading Challenge Month 2021, Robin Miles, Simon & Schuster, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Review: Scales of Change by Debbie McQueen

Sep 8, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel This is the fourth and final book of an epic fantasy saga in the Dragon King series, and this review will likely have spoilers for previous stories. Prince Raiden of the Sixth Realm is a...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Fantasy, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: Debbie McQueen, dragon, Dragon King series, racism, royalty, self published, shifter, war

Review: Saint by Sierra Simone

Sep 7, 2021 | 2 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Aiden Bell never had plans to be a monk and he never planned to break Elijah Iverson’s heart, but that’s exactly where Aiden’s life is now. One night when Aiden was at his absolute lowest...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: best friend's brother, clergy, depression, lovers reunited, mental health, Priest series, self published, sexual assault, Sierra Simone, suicide ideation, taboo

Review: The Beauty Within by H.L. Day

Aug 26, 2021 | 3 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel In mid-sixteenth century France, François Damont and Estienne Badeux committed the unforgivable sin of falling in love. As farmers in a poorer part of France, they could explain away the time...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary, Fantasy
TAGGED: age gap, H.L. Day, magic, professor, self published, time travel

Review: Never Underestimate an Omega by Eden Winters

Aug 24, 2021 | 4 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Alpha Gray Collins left home at his father’s urging. His father loved him, but saw only death in his son’s future if he challenged the pack alpha. Gray didn’t want to leave, but he couldn’t...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: Eden Winters, Rock Ridge Books, shifter, slow burn, veteran

Review: Magician by K.L. Noone

Aug 19, 2021 | 2 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Bandits have descended upon the Middle Lands and they have with them some powerful weather magic. People and their livelihoods are being threatened while the vicious cold makes it near...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Fantasy
TAGGED: age gap, bisexual, JMS Books, K.L. Noone, magic, opposites attract, royalty, sorcerer