Futuristic/Science Fiction

Review: The Price of Surrender by C.J. Dragon

Jan 9, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 2.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Jon Thomsin was signed over to the Daranii as part of Earth’s surrender. The elf-like captors will torture Jon for three, long, excruciating days full of pain, pain, and nothing but pain. At...

FILED UNDER: 2.75 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Futuristic/Science Fiction
TAGGED: alien, C.J. Dragon, Daranii Justice series, enemies to lovers, self published, torture

Review: Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell

Jan 5, 2023 | 2 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Tennalhin Halkana has always pushed the boundaries, laying on his charm when needed, or just barreling through when that fails. He also has destructive tendencies that he turns mostly on...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: Everina Maxwell, military, opposites attract, psychic, Tor Books, Winter's Orbit series

Review: Kepler-186F by Rachel Ford

Dec 21, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Kepler-186f is a planet in what is considered the “habitable zone,” which means it’s possible that it contains liquid water and breathable air. It’s also humanity’s last hope...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Futuristic/Science Fiction
TAGGED: cannibalism, horror, military, NineStar Press, Rachel Ford, violence

Review: The Blacksmith’s Apprentice by Bey Deckard

Dec 20, 2022 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel After his wife died, Eyck has been living a solitary life as a blacksmith. He has plenty of work making swords for the war at the border, and although the work is physically demanding, it...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Alternate World, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, Bey Deckard, blacksmith, dubious consent, non human, rape, self published, slave, violence

Review: Vaironian Tides by Octavia Atlas

Dec 16, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: DNF Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Who’s winning and what does winning mean? Darion Navarr savors a challenge. As a Negotiator for the Vaironian Government, he matches wits against Tolrek Marou, the nation’s most notorious rebel....

FILED UNDER: DNF, Elizabeth's reviews, Futuristic/Science Fiction
TAGGED: Agitator’s Code series, Octavia Atlas, self published

Review: From the Noblest Motives by Angel Martinez

Dec 15, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Blaze and Damian find themselves still working together on their quest to find the last four missing variant children, but now the looming, silent elephant of their past entanglement sits like...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Menage/Polyamory
TAGGED: action, adventure, Angel Martinez, Mischief Corner Books, super powers, Variant Configurations series

Review: Breathe With Me by Lily X

Dec 13, 2022 | 1 comment

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novella Aster Weave is an antiques collector and seller, with an eye toward Old Earth relics for her discriminating buyers. She’s a lonely widowed woman, running the business her fathers bequeathed...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: BIPOC, Carina Adores, Carina Press, hurt/comfort, Lily X, New World series, time travel

Review: Woke Up Hungry by Becky Black

Dec 9, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It was supposed to be a simple, slightly longer than normal nap. Margot and her twin, like so many other colonists, would go to sleep on one planet and wake up on another. Instead, Margot’s...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Futuristic/Science Fiction
TAGGED: Becky Black, BIPOC, gore, JMS Books, teacher, violence