Book Reviews from A.J. Calvin
I do more than just write books – I also love to read! I’ve compiled a list of all of the books I have read and reviewed here. I mostly stick to Fantasy, Science-fiction, and Horror (but every once in a while, I’ll read something else.) Check out this list to see my book reviews and start your next book adventure.
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- Book Review: Sacaran Nights by Rachel Emma Shaw
- Book Review: The Silence that Remains by Meg Wingerter
- Book Review: Under Story by Chloe Benjamin
- Book Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- Book Review: Crimson in Quietus by Eugen Bacon
- Book Review: Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati
- Book Review: Dweller in Darkness by Sam Flynn
- Book Review: Spores by Michael McBride
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CONTEMPORARY FICTION BOOK REVIEWS
General Fiction
Fee Simple Conditional by H.C. Helfand – Review posted 14NOV2022
Paper Castles by B. Fox – Review posted 12AUG2022
Short Stories/Collections
Her Perfect Cup of Tea by Lavina Serrao – Review posted 26AUG2021
When We Come Back: More Stories by D.H. Schleicher – Review posted 13FEB2023
Women’s Fiction
The House with the Orange Gates by Kausar Zain – Review posted 29APR2021
Love, Loss, and Honor by Herbert Wiens – Review posted 28JAN2022
Waiting for Saturday by Catherine Morrison – Review posted 07APR2023
FANTASY BOOK REVIEWS
Adventure Fantasy
The Bartender Between Worlds by Herman Steuernagel – Review posted 22JUN2026
The Odyllic Stone by Alex Scheuermann – Review posted 04MAR2026
The Pawns of Havoc by Dave Lawson – Review posted 12MAY2026
Vengeance is our Legacy by M.C. Burnell – Review posted 08FEB2026
Cozy Fantasy
An Ambitious Woman and her Very Normal Pet by Lily Greene – Review posted 06OCT2025
The Bartender Between Worlds by Herman Steuernagel – Review posted 22JUN2026
The Cartographer from Greenwood by Lisa Maria Konig – Review posted 18NOV2024
Fallen by Kat Kinney – Review posted 06NOV2024
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh – Review posted 02NOV2024
Hopeless Necromantic by Shiloh Briar – Review posted 16NOV2024
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree – Review posted 08JUN2022
Light My Pyre by Kat Kinney – Review posted 04JUL2023
Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care & Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson – Review posted 27NOV2024
Mrs. Covington’s by K.R.R. Lockhaven – Review posted 19JAN2025
A Necromancer Called Gam-Gam by Adam Holcombe – Review posted 01FEB2024
The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. Maclean – Review posted 22DEC2025
A Recipe for Disaster by Chris Durston – Review posted 04OCT2023
A Rose Among Thorns by Ash Fitzsimmons – Review posted 06SEP2024
The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon’s Memoir by Laura Huie – Review posted 10DEC2025
Upscaled by Joseph John Lee – Review posted 11NOV2024
Dark Fantasy
Banished by Lou Yardley – Review posted 06FEB2023
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang – Review posted 16FEB2024
Coward by Ayrton Silva – Review posted 11JUL2023
Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff – Review posted 04JUN2024
Demonheart: Raging Elementals by J.J. Egosi – Review posted 29APR2021
Demonheart: Walkers from Another Dimension by J.J. Egosi – Review posted 27MAY2021
The Demons in the Deep by Rebecca F. Kenney – Review posted 06AUG2022
The Devil Walks in Blood by David Green – Review posted 04JAN2025
The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill – Review posted 27MAR2025
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang – Review posted 08FEB2024
Dweller in Darkness by Sam Flynn – Review posted 11JUL2026
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir – Review posted 20AUG2025
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff – Review posted 30MAY2024
An Inkling of Flame by Z.B. Steele – Review posted 26FEB2026
Keeper of Sorrows by Rachel Fikes – Review posted 07JAN2025
The Monsters We Feed by Thomas Howard Riley – Review posted 06JUL2026
The Mystery of the Pale King by Sam Flynn – Review posted 12JUL2024
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff – Review posted 20MAY2023
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang – Review posted 15MAR2023
Sacaran Nights by Rachel Emma Shaw – Review posted 19AUG2026
The Scroungers by Thomas J. Devens – Review posted 14JAN2025
ShadowBane by Cal Logan – Review posted 04JAN2026
The Source of Strife by Alex Arch – Review posted 09AUG2025
The Teeth in the Tide by Rebecca F. Kenney – Review posted 27FEB2022
The Whisper that Replaced God by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 22OCT2024
Your Blood and Bones by J. Patricia Anderson – Review posted 01OCT2024
Dystopian Fantasy
Callus & Crow by D.B. Rook – Review posted 16MAY2024
Death Show Colossus by Bill Adams – Review posted 19JUN2026
Echoes of Blood by Halo Scot – Review posted 27MAY2021
Edge of the Breach by Halo Scot – Review posted 29APR2021
Elegy of the Void by Halo Scot – Review posted 27MAY2021
Eye of the Brave by Halo Scot – Review posted 27MAY2021
Graphite and Turbulence by Jami Fairleigh – Review posted 22APR2022
Imago: A Dystopian Gothic by Matthew Zakharuk – Review posted 01DEC2023
Keeper of Sorrows by Rachel Fikes – Review posted 07JAN2025
Keepers & Destinies by Carl F. Brothers – Review posted 29APR2021
Legacy of Brick and Bone by Krystle Matar – Review posted 14MAR2024
Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar – Review posted 22JUL2022
Oil and Dust by Jami Fairleigh – Review posted 25NOV2021
The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills – Review posted 18DEC2024
Epic Fantasy
The 13th Zodiac by L. Krauch – Review posted 08AUG2022
Age of Arrogance by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 22AUG2024
Battle Mage by Peter A. Flannery – Review posted 03JUL2025
A Black Dragon on Red by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 20FEB2026
The Blood of Outcasts by D.A. Smith – Review posted 30JUN2022
Crown of Madness by Ryan G. Beaty – Review posted 22AUG2023
Dreamtaker by Azshure Raine – Review posted 10NOV2023
A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 27MAY2021
The Erkenblood by H. Ferry – Review posted 17SEP2024
The Game of War by Glen Dahlgren – Review posted 04JAN2023
Gifts of Fire and Ice by Darren Boeck – Review posted 02OCT2022
The God Spear by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 21MAY2024
The Godsblood Tragedy by Bill Adams – Review posted 01OCT2025
Heart of Fire by Raina Nightingale – Review posted 02NOV2023
The Hidden King by E.G. Radcliff – Review posted 12APR2022
The Hungry Fire by A.M. Obst – Review posted 21DEC2023
I Shall Return with Winter by C. F. Welburn – Review posted 29AUG2022
Immortal by Matthew J. Stenning – Review posted 25NOV2021
The Kheld King by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 31MAR2023
Lady Drakeslayer by Bill Adams – Review posted 22OCT2025
The Last Dai’akan by Jeremy D. Miller – Review posted 28JUL2025
The Last of the Atalanteans by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 13MAR2022
The Light of Kasaban by Thomas Howard Riley – Review posted 10SEP2025
A Lion’s Pride by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 01SEP2024
Lord and King by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 30AUG2023
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien De Castell – Review posted 01JAN2025
Malice by John Gwynne – Review posted 30JUN2024
A Necromancer Called Gam Gam by Adam Holcombe – Review posted 01FEB2024
No Heart for a Thief by James Lloyd Dulin – Review posted 12JUN2024
No Safe Haven by James Lloyd Dulin – Review posted 02SEP2025
Only a Grave Will Do by James Lloyd Dulin – Review posted 07SEP2025
A Pack of Wolves by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 01MAY2025
Path of the Warrior by Melissa Stone – Review posted 08AUG2023
Platinum Tinted Darkness by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 19APR2023
Protocol of Valor by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 30JUL2025
ReBirth by Azshure Raine – Review posted 06OCT2023
The Revenge of Thousands by Michael Roberti – Review posted 05APR2024
The Rill Lord by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 06MAY2026
Ruin by John Gwynne – Review posted 23JUL2024
Sea of Souls by N.C. Scrimgeour – Review posted 05AUG2023
The Second Stone by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 18JUN2023
Shattered Fate by Azshure Raine – Review posted 19MAR2024
The Shield Road by Dewi Hargreaves – Review posted 29APR2021
Sordaneon by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 15MAR2023
The Stones of Valtara by Christopher Clargo – Review posted 04NOV2022
The Story of Evil, Volume I: Heroes of the Siege by Tony Johnson – Review posted 18JAN2024
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang – Review posted 25APR2024
Tears of the Maelstrom by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 12JAN2024
Truth of Crowns by Carl D. Albert – Review posted 28DEC2023
Uprooted by Naomi Novik – Review posted 03AUG2023
Valour by John Gwynne – Review posted 10JUL2024
Violence & Vigilance by David T. List – Review posted 09JUN2025
The Walled City by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 25MAY2025
The Warriors of Bhrea: The Empire of Damnation by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 31AUG2024
The Warriors of Bhrea: The God of Forgotten Things by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 07APR2022
The Warriors of Bhrea: The Hidden Goddess by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 22OCT2022
The Warriors of Bhrea: The Lost King by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 24MAR2022
The Warriors of Bhrea: The Master of Night by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 28MAR2022
Wrath by John Gwynne – Review posted 30JUL2024
Fairy Tale Retellings
Bared Magic by Sara R. Cleveland – Review posted 05MAY2023
Little Beauty by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 19AUG2025
Mirrors & Ashes by Cat Bowser – Review posted 21MAY2022
The Stone Mermaid by Aisha Urooj – Review posted 29APR2021
Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm by Joel C. Flanagan-Grannemann – Review posted 02JUL2023
Wingfall by K. Dezendorf – Review posted 24SEP2022
Fantasy Heist
The Diamond Device by M.H. Thaung – Review posted 04DEC2025
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch – Review posted 31JUL2026
Shadows of Old Town by T. Olsen – Review posted 16APR2025
Fantasy Mysteries
Fallen by Kat Kinney – Review posted 06NOV2024
The Inquisitor by H.C. Harrington – Review posted 13AUG2022
Keeper of Sorrows by Rachel Fikes – Review posted 07JAN2025
Light My Pyre by Kat Kinney – Review posted 04JUL2023
The Monsters We Feed by Thomas Howard Riley – Review posted 06JUL2026
Fantasy Romance
Bared Magic by Sara R. Cleveland – Review posted 05MAY2023
A Breath of Sunlight by Sydney Winward – Review posted 03FEB2022
Courting Fate by A.R. Kaufer – Review posted 19NOV2023
Curse of the Huntsmen’s Jewel by Kirsten S. Blacketer – Review posted 29APR2022
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness – Review posted 30SEP2024
Fallen by Kat Kinney – Review posted 06NOV2024
Hopeless Necromantic by Shiloh Briar – Review posted 16NOV2024
Jack Frost by Rebecca F. Kenney – Review posted 16DEC2021
Light My Pyre by Kat Kinney – Review posted 04JUL2023
Magic in Autumn Springs by KB Davenport – Review posted 16FEB2024
The Petticoat Pirate by C.R. Pugh – Review posted 09AUG2024
Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 25JUN2026
Fantasy Satire / Comedy
Dragonfired by J. Zachary Pike – Review posted 09SEP2023
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien De Castell – Review posted 01JAN2025
Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike – Review posted 22AUG2022
Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike – Review posted 26AUG2022
Flintlock Fantasy
The Source of Strife by Alex Arch – Review posted 09AUG2025
Heroic Fantasy
Fallen Legacy by Wil Chan – Review posted 07JUN2024
Shadows Under the Shade by Wil Chan – Review posted 29JAN2024
Under an Azure Sky by Wil Chan – Review posted 19NOV2023
Historical Fantasy
Embers of Fate by Michele Quirke – Review posted 10JUL2022
The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke – Review posted 13JAN2022
A Heart Full of Malice by Tony Debajo – Review posted 26MAY2024
In the Shadow of Ruin by Tony Debajo – Review posted 03JAN2022
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab – Review posted 09MAR2025
Little Beauty by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 19AUG2025
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern – Review posted 11SEP2024
The Petticoat Pirate by C.R. Pugh – Review posted 09AUG2024
The Quiet Stillness of Empty Houses by L.V. Russell – Review posted 06OCT2024
Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 25JUN2026
Steampunk Cleopatra by Thaddeus Thomas – Review posted 23SEP2021
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden – Review posted 14OCT2024
Low Fantasy
The Diamond Device by M.H. Thaung – Review posted 04DEC2025
The King & Kishar by Timothy S. Currey – Review posted 18JUN2024
Magic of Lies by Joyce Gee – Review posted 29MAR2024
The Marked Princess by E.P. Stavs – Review posted 11FEB2022
The Not So Mundane Mysteries of Norman Melamourne by G.J. Terral – Review posted 23JAN2026
Obsidian: Awakening by Sienna Frost – Review posted 13AUG2023
Obsidian: Revelation by Sienna Frost – Review posted 24JUL2025
Of Shade and Shadow: The Exiled by Niamh and Rebecca Schimd – Review posted 05APR2023
The Pawns of Havoc by Dave Lawson – Review posted 12MAY2026
Unfortunate by Ayrton Silva – Review posted 19OCT2024
Upon the Darkest Mountain by Rachel L. Tilley – Review posted 21JUN2024
Upscaled by Joseph John Lee – Review posted 11NOV2024
Magical Academia
The Battlemage by Taran Matharu – Review posted 12DEC2024
The Inquisition by Taran Matharu – Review posted 06DEC2024
The Novice by Taran Matharu – Review posted 30NOV2024
Mythological Fantasy
Bound in Blood by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 02SEP2023
Circe by Madeline Miller – Review posted 10MAY2024
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati – Review posted 16JUL2026
Daedalus is Dead by Seamus Sullivan – Review posted 12SEP2025
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh – Review posted 02NOV2024
Little Beauty by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 19AUG2025
Silver & Salt by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 15AUG2023
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – Review posted 14AUG2024
The Wings of Ashteroth by Steve Hugh Westenra – Review posted 25MAR2026
Nautical Fantasy
Outer Universe by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 20JUN2025
Quarantine Thirteen by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 19NOV2023
River in the Galaxy by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 14JUN2025
Novellas
The Cartographer from Greenwood by Lisa Maria Konig – Review posted 18NOV2024
Coward by Ayrton Silva – Review posted 11JUL2023
Daedalus is Dead by Seamus Sullivan – Review posted 12SEP2025
Dweller in Darkness by Sam Flynn – Review posted 11JUL2026
Little Beauty by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 19AUG2025
An Inkling of Flame by Z.B. Steele – Review posted 26FEB2026
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert – Review posted 23DEC2024
A Necromancer Called Gam-Gam by Adam Holcombe – Review posted 01FEB2024
The Mystery of the Pale King by Sam Flynn – Review posted 12JUL2024
The Pawns of Havoc by Dave Lawson – Review posted 12MAY2026
Protocol of Valor by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 30JUL2025
Silence of the Song Trees by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 30JAN2024
Silver & Salt by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 15AUG2023
A Recipe for Disaster by Chris Durston – Review posted 04OCT2023
The Revenge of Thousands by Michael Roberti – Review posted 05APR2024
Unfortunate by Ayrton Silva – Review posted 19OCT2024
The Whisper that Replaced God by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 22OCT2024
Your Blood and Bones by J. Patricia Anderson – Review posted 01OCT2024
Portal Fantasy
The Bartender Between Worlds by Herman Steuernagel – Review posted 22JUN2026
Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy
Graphite and Turbulence by Jami Fairleigh – Review posted 22APR2022
Oil and Dust by Jami Fairleigh – Review posted 25NOV2021
The Pact by J.E. Hannaford – Review posted 21DEC2022
The Skin by J.E. Hannaford – Review posted 19JUN2022
Science Fantasy
Bloodlines by Peter Hartog – Review posted 25MAY2023
Crimson in Quietus by Eugen Bacon – Review posted 21JUL2026
Death Show Colossus by Bill Adams – Review posted 19JUN2026
The Diamond Device by M.H. Thaung – Review posted 04DEC2025
Echoes of Blood by Halo Scot – Review posted 27MAY2021
Edge of the Breach by Halo Scot – Review posted 29APR2021
Elegy of the Void by Halo Scot – Review posted 27MAY2021
Eye of the Brave by Halo Scot – Review posted 27MAY2021
The Fall Is All There Is by C.M. Caplan – Review posted 18OCT2023
Haven by Ceril N. Domace – Review posted 06APR2025
A Moment in Time by Martin Dukes – Review posted 04JUL2022
Our Ways Unmasked by C.B. Lansdell – Review posted 06JUN2026
Outer Universe by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 20JUN2025
Quarantine Thirteen by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 19NOV2023
River in the Galaxy by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 14JUN2025
Silence of the Song Trees by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 30JAN2024
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne – Review posted 29OCT2025
The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills – Review posted 18DEC2024
Speculative Fiction
Crimson in Quietus by Eugen Bacon – Review posted 21JUL2026
The Living Waters by Dani Finn – Review posted 17OCT2023
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern – Review posted 11SEP2024
The Not So Mundane Mysteries of Norman Melamourne by G.J. Terral – Review posted 23JAN2026
Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 25JUN2026
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern – Review posted 22FEB2023
Unfortunate by Ayrton Silva – Review posted 19OCT2024
Super Hero Fantasy
Black Market Heart by Darby Harn – Review posted 07JAN2024
The Darkest Memories by Alyse N. Steves – Review posted 17JUL2023
Ever the Hero by Darby Harn – Review posted 10FEB2025
Fear and Fury by Jamie Jackson – Review posted 29MAY2023
Into the Dark by Robert “the Hook” Hookey – Review posted 28OCT2021
The Judgment of Valene by Darby Harn – Review posted 18FEB2025
Nothing Ever Ends by Darby Harn – Review posted 01MAR2025
Urban Fantasy
Archaic Deception: The Guardian of Emblems by Joe Dayvie – Review posted 28FEB2022
The Awakening of Marcianna by Isabelle Markus – Review posted 10SEP2022
Autopsy of a Fairytale by Nicole Scarano – Review posted 07JUN2023
Black Market Heart by Darby Harn – Review posted 07JAN2024
Bloodlines by Peter Hartog – Review posted 25MAY2023
Crimson in Quietus by Eugen Bacon – Review posted 21JUL2026
Deadbeat Druid by David R. Slayton – Review posted 22FEB2024
The Devil Walks in Blood by David Green – Review posted 04JAN2025
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness – Review posted 30SEP2024
The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill – Review posted 27MAR2025
Enlightenment of the Rogue Emperor – Review posted 27JUL2023
Eve by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 02MAY2024
Fallen by Kat Kinney – Review posted 06NOV2024
Imago: A Dystopian Gothic by Matthew Zakharuk – Review posted 01DEC2023
Keepers & Destinies by Carl F. Brothers – Review posted 29APR2021
Kiss Me Deadly by Jessie Thomas – Review posted 19MAR2022
Light My Pyre by Kat Kinney – Review posted 04JUL2023
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert – Review posted 23DEC2024
Motherland by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 15APR2024
Pieces of Eight by Peter Hartog – Review posted 11APR2024
Powdered Oak and Seven Metals by Ryan Kurr – Review posted 20SEP2023
The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen – Review posted 11MAY2024
Redneck Revenant by David R. Slayton – Review posted 19NOV2025
Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton – Review posted 16NOV2025
A Rose Among Thorns by Ash Fitzsimmons – Review posted 06SEP2024
Sage, Smoke & Fire by Ryan Kurr – Review posted 24JUN2021
The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden – Review posted 19JAN2026
The Transcendence of Marcianna by Isabelle Markus – Review posted 02JUN2023
These Violent Nights by Rebecca Crunden – Review posted 21JAN2022
Trailer Park Trickster by David R. Slayton – Review posted 22FEB2024
White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton – Review posted 22FEB2024
Western-Inspired Fantasy
Callus & Crow by D.B. Rook – Review posted 16MAY2024
Wuxia-Inspsired Fantasy
Partial Function by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 12JUL2025
Young Adult (YA) Fantasy
The Battlemage by Taran Matharu – Review posted 12DEC2024
Crown of Madness by Ryan G. Beaty – Review posted 22AUG2023
Enlightenment of the Rogue Emperor – Review posted 27JUL2023
The Game of War by Glen Dahlgren – Review posted 04JAN2023
Gifts of Fire and Ice by Darren Boeck – Review posted 02OCT2022
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh – Review posted 02NOV2024
Heart of Fire by Raina Nightingale – Review posted 02NOV2023
The Inquisition by Taran Matharu – Review posted 06DEC2024
The Marked Princess by E.P. Stavs – Review posted 11FEB2022
Mirrors & Ashes by Cat Bowser – Review posted 21MAY2022
A Moment in Time by Martin Dukes – Review posted 04JUL2022
The Novice by Taran Matharu – Review posted 30NOV2024
Of Shade and Shadow: The Exiled by Niamh and Rebecca Schimd – Review posted 05APR2023
The Petticoat Pirate by C.R. Pugh – Review posted 09AUG2024
Silence of the Song Trees by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 30JAN2024
The Stone Mermaid by Aisha Urooj – Review posted 29APR2021
The Story of Evil, Volume I: Heroes of the Siege by Tony Johnson – Review posted 18JAN2024
Upon the Darkest Mountain by Rachel L. Tilley – Review posted 21JUN2024
Vengeance is our Legacy by M.C. Burnell – Review posted 08FEB2026
Wingfall by K. Dezendorf – Review posted 24SEP2022
HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK REVIEWS
The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas by Laini Giles – Review posted 29APR2021
Love, Loss, and Honor by Herbert Wiens – Review posted 28JAN2022
The Silence that Remains by Meg Wingerter – Review posted 12AUG2026
Stalin’s Door by John St. Clair – Review posted 30JUL2022
HORROR BOOK REVIEWS
Biological/Pandemic Horror
The Feeding by Anthony Ryan – Review posted 28JAN2026
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson – Review posted 17AUG2024
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Review posted 10OCT2024
Mycophoria by Tom G.H. Adams – Review posted 26AUG2021
Pretty/Ugly by Jennifer Anne Gordon – Review posted 06MAR2023
The Price of a Beating Heart by Deon Ashleigh – Review posted 23FEB2025
Sentient by Michael Nayak – Review posted 01FEB2026
Spores by Michael McBride – Review posted 08JUL2026
Symbiote by Michael Nayak – Review posted 30NOV2025
Historical Horror
From Daylight to Madness by Jennifer Anne Gordon – Review posted 02MAY2025
A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza – Review posted 22APR2023
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden – Review posted 14OCT2024
Paranormal/Supernatural Horror
Affinity’s Window by Douglas L. Wilson – Review posted 29APR2021
Banished by Lou Yardley – Review posted 06FEB2023
BestGhost by C.J. Daley – Review posted 02OCT2024
A Bleak Remedy by D.S. LaLonde – Review posted 25NOV2023
Cynosura 99 by Sam Weiss – Review posted 20JUN2023
Darke Blood by Lee Hall – Review posted 28OCT2021
The Divided by Suzanne Burrows – Review posted 28OCT2021
Dweller in Darkness by Sam Flynn – Review posted 11JUL2026
The Feeding by Anthony Ryan – Review posted 28JAN2026
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson – Review posted 17AUG2024
Imago: A Dystopian Gothic by Matthew Zakharuk – Review posted 01DEC2023
King’s Hill by Josh Hanson – Review posted 27OCT2024
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Review posted 10OCT2024
The Mystery of the Pale King by Sam Flynn – Review posted 12JUL2024
Open Evening by Lee Hall – Review posted 29APR2021
Owl Eyes Motel by Barbara Avon – Review posted 23SEP2021
Owl Eyes Motel: Lover’s Retreat by Barbara Avon – Review posted 02DEC2023
Speed Bump by Barbara Avon – Review posted 16DEC2021
Welcome to Cemetery by C.J. Daley – Review posted 31JAN2025
Psychological Horror
From Daylight to Madness by Jennifer Anne Gordon – Review posted 02MAY2025
Intercepts by T.J. Payne – Review posted 23SEP2021
Revived by Barbara Avon – Review posted 21JUN2022
Sacrilege by Barbara Avon – Review posted 28OCT2021
Strangers by Michaelbrent Collings – Review posted 29DEC2021
MYSTERY BOOK REVIEWS
Cozy Mysteries
Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt – Review posted 16JAN2023
Fallen by Kat Kinney – Review posted 06NOV2024
Light My Pyre by Kat Kinney – Review posted 04JUL2023
A Rose Among Thorns by Ash Fitzsimmons – Review posted 06SEP2024
Paranormal Mysteries
Grave Lies by A.N. Willis – Review posted 08NOV2022
NON-FICTION BOOK REVIEWS
History
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy – Review posted 11MAY2026
Humorous
Vacuuming in the Nude by Peggy Rowe – Review posted 23DEC2022
Memoirs
Coming About by Mario Del’Ollio – Review posted 24JUN2021
Science
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy – Review posted 11MAY2026
Self-Help (Related to Writing/Publishing)
Consistent Creative Content by Lee Hall – Review posted 29JUL2021
From Book to Best Seller by Penny Sansevieri – Review posted 25NOV2021
True Crime
The Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold – Review posted 29JUL2021
H. H. Holmes: The True Story of the White City Devil by Adam Selzer – Review posted 31JAN2023
Killer Triggers by Joe Kenda – Review posted 22MAY2022
Writing (or Related to it)
Useless Etymology by Jess Zafarris – Review posted 24FEB2026
Words from Hell by Jess Zafarris – Review posted 01APR2025
PARANORMAL FICTION BOOK REVIEWS
Extraterrestrials (non-science fiction)
A Snowstorm of Magic by Robert L. Arrington – Review posted 16DEC2021
Ghosts / The Afterlife
BestGhost by C.J. Daley – Review posted 02OCT2024
Between Worlds by Jacqueline E. Smith – Review posted 28OCT2021
Cemetery Tours by Jacqueline E. Smith – Review posted 29APR2021
The Devil Walks in Blood by David Green – Review posted 04JAN2025
Grave Lies by A.N. Willis – Review posted 08NOV2022
Haze by Rebecca Crunden – Review posted 05OCT2022
Postscript by Barbara Avon – Review posted 23APR2022
The Quiet Stillness of Empty Houses by L.V. Russell – Review posted 06OCT2024
The Soul Collector by Laura Daleo – Review posted 29APR2021
The Supernatural (Vampires, Witches, Werewolves, Etc.)
An Ambitious Woman and her Very Normal Pet by Lily Greene – Review posted 06OCT2025
Blood of the Wicked by L.B. Black – Review posted 18SEP2022
The Broken Oath by L.B. Black – Review posted 22SEP2022
Darkwitch by Kat Kinney – Review posted 05MAY2022
Deadbeat Druid by David R. Slayton – Review posted 22FEB2024
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness – Review posted 30SEP2024
Dyrwolf by Kat Kinney – Review posted 26AUG2021
Eve by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 02MAY2024
Fallen by Kat Kinney – Review posted 06NOV2024
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson – Review posted 17AUG2024
Magic in Autumn Springs by KB Davenport – Review posted 16FEB2024
Motherland by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 15APR2024
The Owl’s Crown by L.B. Black – Review posted 05SEP2022
The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen – Review posted 11MAY2024
Redneck Revenant by David R. Slayton – Review posted 19NOV2025
Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton – Review posted 16NOV2025
The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden – Review posted 19JAN2026
Trailer Park Trickster by David R. Slayton – Review posted 22FEB2024
White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton – Review posted 22FEB2024
ROMANCE BOOK REVIEWS
Fantasy Romance
Bared Magic by Sara R. Cleveland – Review posted 05MAY2023
A Breath of Sunlight by Sydney Winward – Review posted 03FEB2022
Courting Fate by A.R. Kaufer – Review posted 19NOV2023
Curse of the Huntsmen’s Jewel by Kirsten S. Blacketer – Review posted 29APR2022
Jack Frost by Rebecca F. Kenney – Review posted 16DEC2021
Magic in Autumn Springs by KB Davenport – Review posted 16FEB2024
LGBTQ+ Romance
Innocence & Carnality by J. Alan Veerkamp – Review posted 24JUN2021
The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. Maclean – Review posted 22DEC2025
The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen – Review posted 11MAY2024
Sky Full of Mysteries by Rick R. Reed – Review posted 24JUN2021
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne – Review posted 29OCT2025
Paranormal Romance
Blood of the Wicked by L.B. Black – Review posted 18SEP2022
The Broken Oath by L.B. Black – Review posted 22SEP2022
Fallen by Kat Kinney – Review posted 06NOV2024
Ladybirds by R. Raeta – Review posted 10FEB2023
The Owl’s Crown by L.B. Black – Review posted 05SEP2022
The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen – Review posted 11MAY2024
Romantic Comedy
Clueless in Croatia by Joy Skye – Review posted 29APR2021
dibs by Allison Martine – Review posted 10OCT2022
Time-Travel Romance
The Matchmaker’s Charm by Jodi Jensen – Review posted 06JUL2022
SCIENCE FICTION BOOK REVIEWS
Alternate History
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal – Review posted 25JUN2023
A Stitch Between Worlds by Frasier Armitage – Review posted 04OCT2024
Terra Obscura: A Knock in the Dark by Geoff and Michelle Genge – Review posted 19NOV2023
Cyberpunk
Animus Paradox by Adam Bassett – Review posted 12JAN2025
Digital Extremities by Adam Bassett – Review posted 02AUG2024
Falling Into Oblivion by Aaron M. Payne – Review posted 03SEP2024
Two Truths and a Lie by Cory O’Brien – Review posted 22JAN2025
Dystopian Science Fiction
Blind the Eyes by K.A. Wiggins – Review posted 15MAY2022
Clipped by K.Q. Watson – Review posted 07MAY2025
Dark Theory by Wick Welker – Review posted 10NOV2025
Far Removed by C.B. Lansdell – Review posted 11OCT2023
Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson – Review posted 05AUG2024
The Price of a Beating Heart by Deon Ashleigh – Review posted 23FEB2025
Rim City Blues by Elliott Scott – Review posted 26APR2023
Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei – Review posted 26AUG2025
A Stitch Between Worlds by Frasier Armitage – Review posted 04OCT2024
Unlucky Evens, Cursed Odds by Bill Adams – Review posted 02MAR2025
Far Future Science Fiction
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review posted 29APR2026
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review posted 19APR2026
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review posted 11MAR2026
Kenai by Dave Dobson – Review posted 21APR2025
The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen – Review posted 04APR2026
Solar Whisper by Cameron Cooper – Review posted 10APR2025
StarHawks: Aegis by Vennessa Robertson – Review posted 22MAY2026
StarHawks: Virgo by Vennessa Robertson – Review posted 14JUN2026
Grimdark Science Fiction
Derelict by Mark All – Review posted 09APR2023
The Mortality Experiment by Halo Scot – Review posted 02APR2023
Hard Science Fiction
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review posted 29APR2026
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review posted 19APR2026
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review posted 11MAR2026
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch – Review posted 14JUL2025
The Martian by Andy Weir – Review posted 01FEB2022
Metal by J.F. Lawrence – Review posted 27OCT2023
Of Mycelium and Men by William C. Tracy – Review posted 16OCT2022
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – Review posted 04DEC2022
Spores by Michael McBride – Review posted 08JUL2026
The Spores of Wrath by William C. Tracy – Review posted 14JUN2024
Time’s Ellipse by Frasier Armitage – Review posted 27MAY2024
To a Fungus Unknown by William C. Tracy – Review posted 15SEP2023
Upgrade by Blake Crouch – Review posted 01MAY2023
Light Science Fiction
The Arid Lands by Kate Kelly – Review posted 06DEC2023
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal – Review posted 25JUN2023
The Cords that Bind by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 22MAY2024
Echoes of Another Earth by J. Daniel Layfield – Review posted 28MAY2023
The Immeasurable Heaven by Caspar Geon – Review posted 08JUL2025
The Key to Reality by F. Ted Atchley, III – Review posted 12DEC2023
The Last Gifts of the Universe by Rory August – Review posted 20JAN2023
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin – Review posted 19AUG2023
Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson – Review posted 05AUG2024
Our Ways Unmasked by C.B. Lansdell – Review posted 06JUN2026
Silence of the Song Trees by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 30JAN2024
Solar Whisper by Cameron Cooper – Review posted 10APR2025
The Tidelings of Dras Sayve by C.B. Lansdell – Review posted 05MAY2024
Under Story by Chloe Benjamin – Review posted 08AUG2026
Military Science Fiction
Kenai by Dave Dobson – Review posted 21APR2025
Last Hope for Hire by Matthew Wilcox – Review posted 27MAY2021
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne – Review posted 29OCT2025
The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen – Review posted 04APR2026
StarHawks: Aegis by Vennessa Robertson – Review posted 22MAY2026
StarHawks: Virgo by Vennessa Robertson – Review posted 14JUN2026
The Wrecking Squad by Nick Snape – Review posted 22MAR2025
Near-future Science Fiction
Animus Paradox by Adam Bassett – Review posted 12JAN2025
Bloodlines by Peter Hartog – Review posted 25MAY2023
The Cracked Reflection by Terry Geo – Review posted 30DEC2021
Digital Extremities by Adam Bassett – Review posted 02AUG2024
Falling Into Oblivion by Aaron M. Payne – Review posted 03SEP2024
Pieces of Eight by Peter Hartog – Review posted 11APR2024
Refraction by Terry Geo – Review posted 24JUN2021
Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei – Review posted 26AUG2025
Sentient by Michael Nayak – Review posted 01FEB2026
Spores by Michael McBride – Review posted 08JUL2026
A Stitch Between Worlds by Frasier Armitage – Review posted 04OCT2024
Symbiote by Michael Nayak – Review posted 30NOV2025
Time’s Ellipse by Frasier Armitage – Review posted 27MAY2024
Under Story by Chloe Benjamin – Review posted 08AUG2026
Novellas
Animus Paradox by Adam Bassett – Review posted 12JAN2025
The Cords that Bind by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 22MAY2024
The Cracked Reflection by Terry Geo – Review posted 30DEC2021
The Heartbeat of a Million Dreams by Halo Scot – Review posted 08FEB2022
Silence of the Song Trees by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 30JAN2024
The Tidelings of Dras Sayve by C.B. Lansdell – Review posted 05MAY2024
Unlucky Evens, Cursed Odds by Bill Adams – Review posted 02MAR2025
Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
Aestus: The City by S.Z. Attwell – Review posted 27MAY2021
Aestus: The Colony by S.Z. Attwell – Review posted 29JUL2021
The Calling by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 26AUG2021
The Chasm by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 18AUG2022
Clipped by K.Q. Watson – Review posted 07MAY2025
The Cords that Bind by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 22MAY2024
Dark Theory by Wick Welker – Review posted 10NOV2025
The Drift by Casie Aufenthie – Review posted 04JUN2022
The Feeding by Anthony Ryan – Review posted 28JAN2026
Rule of Extinction by Geoff Jones – Review posted 04FEB2025
The Symbiosis by Casie Aufenthie – Review posted 27OCT2022
Unlucky Evens, Cursed Odds by Bill Adams – Review posted 02MAR2025
Space Opera Science Fiction
Blood Reunion by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 24NOV2022
Devil to Pay by R.M. Olson – Review posted 03JAN2024
Eyes of Empire by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 22SEP2024
Hammer and Crucible by Cameron Cooper – Review posted 03APR2024
The Heartbeat of a Million Dreams by Halo Scot – Review posted 08FEB2022
The Immeasurable Heaven by Caspar Geon – Review posted 08JUL2025
Prey of Angels by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 03FEB2026
Quarantine Thirteen by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 19NOV2023
Return of the Griffin by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 19NOV2022
Shadow of Hyperion by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 25SEP2023
Shield of the Mothership by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 05AUG2025
Solar Whisper by Cameron Cooper – Review posted 10APR2025
Stargun Messenger by Darby Harn – Review posted 18MAY2023
Suppression of Powers by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 10MAY2025
Thoughtless by Pat Luther – Review posted 26JUL2022
Umbra by Amber Toro – Review posted 15MAR2025
Wistful Ascending by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 26NOV2022
Time Travel
Kenai by Dave Dobson – Review posted 21APR2025
Under Story by Chloe Benjamin – Review posted 08AUG2026
Young Adult (YA) Science Fiction
The Calling by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 26AUG2021
The Chasm by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 18AUG2022
The Cords that Bind by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 22MAY2024
Silence of the Song Trees by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 30JAN2024
THRILLER BOOK REVIEWS
Action Thrillers
Ascension of the Phoenix by Jessica Piro – Review posted 01AUG2022
The Dragon of Russia by Jessica Piro – Review posted 10AUG2022
Dueling with Snakes by Jessica Piro – Review posted 03SEP2022
Salford World War by Mike Scantlebury – Review posted 27MAY2021
Crime Thrillers
Bits & Pieces by Dawn Hosmer – Review posted 07JAN2022
The Darkest Memories by Alyse N. Steves – Review posted 17JUL2023
Liars, Killers & Thieves by Richard T. Dick – Review posted 15DEC2023
Pieces & Parts by Dawn Hosmer – Review posted 23JAN2022
The Puzzle Maker by Ty Hutchinson – Review posted 17MAY2022
Sometimes People Die by Simon Stephenson – Review posted 21OCT2023
Welcome to Cemetery by C.J. Daley – Review posted 31JAN2025
Historical Thrillers
Then Came Darkness by D.H. Schleicher – Review posted 08DEC2022
Medical Thrillers
Sometimes People Die by Simon Stephenson – Review posted 21OCT2023
Psychological Thrillers
Split Therapy by E.P. Stavs – Review posted 27NOV2022
Reviews by Title
A – E
A
Aestus: The City by S.Z. Attwell – Review posted 27MAY2021
Aestus: The Colony by S.Z. Attwell – Review posted 29JUL2021
Affinity’s Window by Douglas L. Wilson – Review posted 29APR2021
Age of Arrogance by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 22AUG2024
An Ambitious Woman and her Very Normal Pet by Lily Greene – Review posted 06OCT2025
Animus Paradox by Adam Bassett – Review posted 12JAN2025
Archaic Deception: The Guardian of Emblems by Joe Dayvie – Review posted 28FEB2022
The Arid Lands by Kate Kelly – Review posted 06DEC2023
Ascension of the Phoenix by Jessica Piro – Review posted 01AUG2022
The Awakening of Marcianna by Isabelle Markus – Review posted 10SEP2022
Autopsy of a Fairytale by Nicole Scarano – Review posted 07JUN2023
B
Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt – Review posted 16JAN2023
Banished by Lou Yardley – Review posted 06FEB2023
Bared Magic by Sara R. Cleveland – Review posted 05MAY2023
The Bartender Between Worlds by Herman Steuernagel – Review posted 22JUN2026
Battle Mage by Peter A. Flannery – Review posted 03JUL2025
The Battlemage by Taran Matharu – Review posted 12DEC2024
BestGhost by C.J. Daley – Review posted 02OCT2024
Between Worlds by Jacqueline E. Smith – Review posted 28OCT2021
Bits & Pieces by Dawn Hosmer – Review posted 07JAN2022
A Black Dragon on Red by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 20FEB2026
Black Market Heart by Darby Harn – Review posted 07JAN2024
A Bleak Remedy by D.S. LaLonde – Review posted 25NOV2023
Blind the Eyes by K.A. Wiggins – Review posted 15MAY2022
The Blood of Outcasts by D.A. Smith – Review posted 30JUN2022
Blood of the Wicked by L.B. Black – Review posted 18SEP2022
Blood Reunion by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 24NOV2022
Bloodlines by Peter Hartog – Review posted 25MAY2023
A Breath of Sunlight by Sydney Winward – Review posted 03FEB2022
The Broken Oath by L.B. Black – Review posted 22SEP2022
Bound in Blood by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 02SEP2023
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang – Review posted 16FEB2024
C
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal – Review posted 25JUN2023
The Calling by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 26AUG2021
Callus & Crow by D.B. Rook – Review posted 16MAY2024
The Cartographer from Greenwood by Lisa Maria Konig – Review posted 18NOV2024
Cemetery Tours by Jacqueline E. Smith – Review posted 29APR2021
The Chasm by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 18AUG2022
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review posted 29APR2026
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review posted 19APR2026
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky – Review posted 11MAR2026
Circe by Madeline Miller – Review posted 10MAY2024
Clipped by K.Q. Watson – Review posted 07MAY2025
Clueless in Croatia by Joy Skye – Review posted 29APR2021
Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati – Review posted 16JUL2026
Coming About by Mario Del’Ollio – Review posted 24JUN2021
Consistent Creative Content by Lee Hall – Review posted 29JUL2021
The Cords that Bind by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 22MAY2024
Courting Fate by A.R. Kaufer – Review posted 19NOV2023
Coward by Ayrton Silva – Review posted 11JUL2023
The Cracked Reflection by Terry Geo – Review posted 30DEC2021
Crimson in Quietus by Eugen Bacon – Review posted 21JUL2026
Crown of Madness by Ryan G. Beaty – Review posted 22AUG2023
Curse of the Huntsmen’s Jewel by Kirsten S. Blacketer – Review posted 29APR2022
Cynosura 99 by Sam Weiss – Review posted 20JUN2023
D
Daedalus is Dead by Seamus Sullivan – Review posted 12SEP2025
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch – Review posted 14JUL2025
Dark Theory by Wick Welker – Review posted 10NOV2025
Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff – Review posted 04JUN2024
Darke Blood by Lee Hall – Review posted 28OCT2021
The Darkest Memories by Alyse N. Steves – Review posted 17JUL2023
Darkwitch by Kat Kinney – Review posted 05MAY2022
Deadbeat Druid by David R. Slayton – Review posted 22FEB2024
Death Show Colossus by Bill Adams – Review posted 19JUN2026
Demonheart: Raging Elementals by J.J. Egosi – Review posted 29APR2021
Demonheart: Walkers from Another Dimension by J.J. Egosi – Review posted 27MAY2021
The Demons in the Deep by Rebecca F. Kenney – Review posted 06AUG2022
Derelict by Mark All – Review posted 09APR2023
Devil to Pay by R.M. Olson – Review posted 03JAN2024
The Devil Walks in Blood by David Green – Review posted 04JAN2025
The Diamond Device by M.H. Thaung – Review posted 04DEC2025
dibs by Allison Martine – Review posted 10OCT2022
Digital Extremities by Adam Bassett – Review posted 02AUG2024
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness – Review posted 30SEP2024
The Dissonance by Shaun Hamill – Review posted 27MAR2025
The Divided by Suzanne Burrows – Review posted 28OCT2021
The Dragon of Russia by Jessica Piro – Review posted 10AUG2022
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang – Review posted 08FEB2024
Dragonfired by J. Zachary Pike – Review posted 09SEP2023
Dreamtaker by Azshure Raine – Review posted 10NOV2023
The Drift by Casie Aufenthie – Review posted 04JUN2022
A Drowned Kingdom by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 27MAY2021
Dueling with Snakes by Jessica Piro – Review posted 03SEP2022
Dweller in Darkness by Sam Flynn – Review posted 11JUL2026
Dyrwolf by Kat Kinney – Review posted 26AUG2021
E
Echoes of Another Earth by J. Daniel Layfield – Review posted 28MAY2023
Echoes of Blood by Halo Scot – Review posted 27MAY2021
Edge of the Breach by Halo Scot – Review posted 29APR2021
Elegy of the Void by Halo Scot – Review posted 27MAY2021
Embers of Fate by Michele Quirke – Review posted 10JUL2022
Enlightenment of the Rogue Emperor – Review posted 27JUL2023
The Erkenblood by H. Ferry – Review posted 17SEP2024
Eve by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 02MAY2024
Ever the Hero by Darby Harn – Review posted 10FEB2025
Eye of the Brave by Halo Scot – Review posted 27MAY2021
Eyes of Empire by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 22SEP2024
F – J
F
The Fall Is All There Is by C.M. Caplan – Review posted 18OCT2023
Fallen by Kat Kinney – Review posted 06NOV2024
Fallen Legacy by Wil Chan – Review posted 07JUN2024
Falling Into Oblivion by Aaron M. Payne – Review posted 03SEP2024
Far Removed by C.B. Lansdell – Review posted 11OCT2023
Fear and Fury by Jamie Jackson – Review posted 29MAY2023
Fee Simple Conditional by H.C. Helfand – Review posted 14NOV2022
The Feeding by Anthony Ryan – Review posted 28JAN2026
The Fires of Treason by Michele Quirke – Review posted 13JAN2022
The Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold – Review posted 29JUL2021
The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas by Laini Giles – Review posted 29APR2021
From Book to Best Seller by Penny Sansevieri – Review posted 25NOV2021
From Daylight to Madness by Jennifer Anne Gordon – Review posted 02MAY2025
G
The Game of War by Glen Dahlgren – Review posted 04JAN2023
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir – Review posted 20AUG2025
Gifts of Fire and Ice by Darren Boeck – Review posted 02OCT2022
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh – Review posted 02NOV2024
The God Spear by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 21MAY2024
The Godsblood Tragedy by Bill Adams – Review posted 01OCT2025
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff – Review posted 30MAY2024
Graphite and Turbulence by Jami Fairleigh – Review posted 22APR2022
Grave Lies by A.N. Willis – Review posted 08NOV2022
H
H. H. Holmes: The True Story of the White City Devil by Adam Selzer – Review posted 31JAN2023
Hammer and Crucible by Cameron Cooper – Review posted 03APR2024
Haze by Rebecca Crunden – Review posted 05OCT2022
A Heart Full of Malice by Tony Debajo – Review posted 26MAY2024
Heart of Fire by Raina Nightingale – Review posted 02NOV2023
The Heartbeat of a Million Dreams by Halo Scot – Review posted 08FEB2022
Her Perfect Cup of Tea by Lavina Serrao – Review posted 26AUG2021
The Hidden King by E.G. Radcliff – Review posted 12APR2022
Hopeless Necromantic by Shiloh Briar – Review posted 16NOV2024
The House with the Orange Gates by Kausar Zain – Review posted 29APR2021
The Hungry Fire by A.M. Obst – Review posted 21DEC2023
I
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson – Review posted 17AUG2024
I Shall Return with Winter by C. F. Welburn – Review posted 29AUG2022
Imago: A Dystopian Gothic by Matthew Zakharuk – Review posted 01DEC2023
Immortal by Matthew J. Stenning – Review posted 25NOV2021
In the Shadow of Ruin by Tony Debajo – Review posted 03JAN2022
An Inkling of Flame by Z.B. Steele – Review posted 26FEB2026
Innocence & Carnality by J. Alan Veerkamp – Review posted 24JUN2021
The Inquisition by Taran Matharu – Review posted 06DEC2024
The Inquisitor by H.C. Harrington – Review posted 13AUG2022
Intercepts by T.J. Payne – Review posted 23SEP2021
Into the Dark by Robert “the Hook” Hookey – Review posted 28OCT2021
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab – Review posted 09MAR2025
J
Jack Frost by Rebecca F. Kenney – Review posted 16DEC2021
The Judgment of Valene by Darby Harn – Review posted 18FEB2025
K – O
K
Keeper of Sorrows by Rachel Fikes – Review posted 07JAN2025
Keepers & Destinies by Carl F. Brothers – Review posted 29APR2021
Kenai by Dave Dobson – Review posted 21APR2025
The Key to Reality by F. Ted Atchley, III – Review posted 12DEC2023
The Kheld King by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 31MAR2023
Killer Triggers by Joe Kenda – Review posted 22MAY2022
The King & Kishar by Timothy S. Currey – Review posted 18JUN2024
King’s Hill by Josh Hanson – Review posted 27OCT2024
Kiss Me Deadly by Jessie Thomas – Review posted 19MAR2022
L
Lady Drakeslayer by Bill Adams – Review posted 22OCT2025
Ladybirds by R. Raeta – Review posted 10FEB2023
The Last Dai’akan by Jeremy D. Miller – Review posted 28JUL2025
The Last Gifts of the Universe by Rory August – Review posted 20JAN2023
Last Hope for Hire by Matthew Wilcox – Review posted 27MAY2021
The Last of the Atalanteans by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 13MAR2022
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin – Review posted 19AUG2023
Legacy of Brick and Bone by Krystle Matar – Review posted 14MAR2024
Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar – Review posted 22JUL2022
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree – Review posted 08JUN2022
Liars, Killers & Thieves by Richard T. Dick – Review posted 15DEC2023
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch – Review posted 31JUL2026
Light My Pyre by Kat Kinney – Review posted 04JUL2023
The Light of Kasaban by Thomas Howard Riley – Review posted 10SEP2025
A Lion’s Pride by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 01SEP2024
Little Beauty by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 19AUG2025
The Living Waters by Danni Finn – Review posted 17OCT2023
Lord and King by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 30AUG2023
Love, Loss, and Honor by Herbert Wiens – Review posted 28JAN2022
M
Magic in Autumn Springs by KB Davenport – Review posted 16FEB2024
Magic of Lies by Joyce Gee – Review posted 29MAR2024
The Malevolent Seven by Sebastien De Castell – Review posted 01JAN2025
Malice by John Gwynne – Review posted 30JUN2024
The Marked Princess by E.P. Stavs – Review posted 11FEB2022
The Martian by Andy Weir – Review posted 01FEB2022
The Matchmaker’s Charm by Jodi Jensen – Review posted 06JUL2022
Metal by J.F. Lawrence – Review posted 27OCT2023
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Review posted 10OCT2024
Mirrors & Ashes by Cat Bowser – Review posted 21MAY2022
Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care & Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson – Review posted 27NOV2024
A Moment in Time by Martin Dukes – Review posted 04JUL2022
The Monsters We Feed by Thomas Howard Riley – Review posted 06JUL2026
The Mortality Experiment by Halo Scot – Review posted 02APR2023
Motherland by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 15APR2024
Mrs. Covington’s by K.R.R. Lockhaven – Review posted 19JAN2025
Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. Gibson – Review posted 05AUG2024
Mycophoria by Tom G.H. Adams – Review posted 26AUG2021
The Mystery of the Pale King by Sam Flynn – Review posted 12JUL2024
N
A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert – Review posted 23DEC2024
A Necromancer Called Gam-Gam by Adam Holcombe – Review posted 01FEB2024
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff – Review posted 20MAY2023
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern – Review posted 11SEP2024
No Heart for a Thief by James Lloyd Dulin – Review posted 12JUN2024
No Safe Haven by James Lloyd Dulin – Review posted 02SEP2025
The Not So Mundane Mysteries of Norman Melamourne by G.J. Terral – Review posted 23JAN2026
Nothing Ever Ends by Darby Harn – Review posted 01MAR2025
The Novice by Taran Matharu – Review posted 30NOV2024
O
Obsidian: Awakening by Sienna Frost – Review posted 13AUG2023
Obsidian: Revelation by Sienna Frost – Review posted 24JUL2025
The Odyllic Stone by Alex Scheuermann – Review posted 04MAR2026
Of Mycelium and Men by William C. Tracy – Review posted 16OCT2022
Of Shade and Shadow: The Exiled by Niamh and Rebecca Schimd – Review posted 05APR2023
Oil and Dust by Jami Fairleigh – Review posted 25NOV2021
Only a Grave Will Do by James Lloyd Dulin – Review posted 07SEP2025
Open Evening by Lee Hall – Review posted 29APR2021
Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike – Review posted 22AUG2022
Our Ways Unmasked by C.B. Lansdell – Review posted 06JUN2026
Outer Universe by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 20JUN2025
Owl Eyes Motel by Barbara Avon – Review posted 23SEP2021
Owl Eyes Motel: Lover’s Retreat by Barbara Avon – Review posted 02DEC2023
The Owl’s Crown by L.B. Black – Review posted 05SEP2022
P – T
P
A Pack of Wolves by P.L. Stuart – Review posted 01MAY2025
The Pact by J.E. Hannaford – Review posted 21DEC2022
Paper Castles by B. Fox – Review posted 12AUG2022
Partial Function by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 12JUL2025
Path of the Warrior by Melissa Stone – Review posted 08AUG2023
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy – Review posted 11MAY2026
The Pawns of Havoc by Dave Lawson – Review posted 12MAY2026
The Petticoat Pirate by C.R. Pugh – Review posted 09AUG2024
The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. Maclean – Review posted 22DEC2025
The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen – Review posted 04APR2026
Pieces & Parts by Dawn Hosmer – Review posted 23JAN2022
Pieces of Eight by Peter Hartog – Review posted 11APR2024
Platinum Tinted Darkness by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 19APR2023
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang – Review posted 15MAR2023
Postscript by Barbara Avon – Review posted 23APR2022
Powdered Oak and Seven Metals by Ryan Kurr – Review posted 20SEP2023
Pretty/Ugly by Jennifer Anne Gordon – Review posted 06MAR2023
Prey of Angels by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 03FEB2026
The Price of a Beating Heart by Deon Ashleigh – Review posted 23FEB2025
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – Review posted 04DEC2022
Protocol of Valor by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 30JUL2025
The Puzzle Maker by Ty Hutchinson – Review posted 17MAY2022
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Quarantine Thirteen by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 19NOV2023
The Quiet Stillness of Empty Houses by L.V. Russell – Review posted 06OCT2024
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The Reanimator’s Heart by Kara Jorgensen – Review posted 11MAY2024
ReBirth by Azshure Raine – Review posted 06OCT2023
A Recipe for Disaster by Chris Durston – Review posted 04OCT2023
Redneck Revenant by David R. Slayton – Review posted 19NOV2025
Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 25JUN2026
Refraction by Terry Geo – Review posted 24JUN2021
Return of the Griffin by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 19NOV2022
The Revenge of Thousands by Michael Roberti – Review posted 05APR2024
Revived by Barbara Avon – Review posted 21JUN2022
The Rill Lord by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 06MAY2026
Rim City Blues by Elliott Scott – Review posted 26APR2023
River in the Galaxy by Natalie Kelda – Review posted 14JUN2025
Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton – Review posted 16NOV2025
A Rose Among Thorns by Ash Fitzsimmons – Review posted 06SEP2024
Ruin by John Gwynne – Review posted 23JUL2024
Rule of Extinction by Geoff Jones – Review posted 04FEB2025
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Sacaran Nights by Rachel Emma Shaw – Review posted 19AUG2026
Sacrilege by Barbara Avon – Review posted 28OCT2021
Sage, Smoke & Fire by Ryan Kurr – Review posted 24JUN2021
Salford World War by Mike Scantlebury – Review posted 27MAY2021
Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei – Review posted 26AUG2025
The Scroungers by Thomas J. Devens – Review posted 14JAN2025
Sea of Souls by N.C. Scrimgeour – Review posted 05AUG2023
The Second Stone by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 18JUN2023
Sentient by Michael Nayak – Review posted 01FEB2026
Shadow of Hyperion by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 25SEP2023
ShadowBane by Cal Logan – Review posted 04JAN2026
Shadows of Old Town by T. Olsen – Review posted 16APR2025
Shadows Under the Shade by Wil Chan – Review posted 29JAN2024
Shapers of Worlds, Volume V by Various Authors – Review posted 14MAY2025
Shattered Fate by Azshure Raine – Review posted 19MAR2024
Shield of the Mothership by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 05AUG2025
The Shield Road by Dewi Hargreaves – Review posted 29APR2021
Silence of the Song Trees by Branwen O’Shea – Review posted 30JAN2024
The Silence that Remains by Meg Wingerter – Review posted 12AUG2026
Silver & Salt by Mark Jonathan Runte – Review posted 15AUG2023
The Skin by J.E. Hannaford – Review posted 19JUN2022
Sky Full of Mysteries by Rick R. Reed – Review posted 24JUN2021
A Snowstorm of Magic by Robert L. Arrington – Review posted 16DEC2021
Solar Whisper by Cameron Cooper – Review posted 10APR2025
Sometimes People Die by Simon Stephenson – Review posted 21OCT2023
Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike – Review posted 26AUG2022
A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza – Review posted 22APR2023
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – Review posted 14AUG2024
Sordaneon by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 15MAR2023
The Soul Collector by Laura Daleo – Review posted 29APR2021
The Source of Strife by Alex Arch – Review posted 09AUG2025
Speed Bump by Barbara Avon – Review posted 16DEC2021
Split Therapy by E.P. Stavs – Review posted 27NOV2022
Spores by Michael McBride – Review posted 08JUL2026
The Spores of Wrath by William C. Tracy – Review posted 14JUN2024
Stalin’s Door by John St. Clair – Review posted 30JUL2022
Stargun Messenger by Darby Harn – Review posted 18MAY2023
StarHawks: Aegis by Vennessa Robertson – Review posted 22MAY2026
StarHawks: Virgo by Vennessa Robertson – Review posted 14JUN2026
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern – Review posted 22FEB2023
Steampunk Cleopatra by Thaddeus Thomas – Review posted 23SEP2021
A Stitch Between Worlds by Frasier Armitage – Review posted 04OCT2024
The Stone Mermaid by Aisha Urooj – Review posted 29APR2021
The Stones of Valtara by Christopher Clargo – Review posted 04NOV2022
The Story of Evil, Volume I: Heroes of the Siege by Tony Johnson – Review posted 18JAN2024
The Strange Grey Everything by Rebecca Crunden – Review posted 19JAN2026
Strangers by Michaelbrent Collings – Review posted 29DEC2021
The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon’s Memoir by Laura Huie – Review posted 10DEC2025
Suppression of Powers by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 10MAY2025
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang – Review posted 25APR2024
The Symbiosis by Casie Aufenthie – Review posted 27OCT2022
Symbiote by Michael Nayak – Review posted 30NOV2025
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Talia: Heir to the Fairy Realm by Joel C. Flanagan-Grannemann – Review posted 02JUL2023
Tears of the Maelstrom by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 12JAN2024
The Teeth in the Tide by Rebecca F. Kenney – Review posted 27FEB2022
Terra Obscura: A Knock in the Dark by Geoff and Michelle Genge – Review posted 19NOV2023
Then Came Darkness by D.H. Schleicher – Review posted 08DEC2022
These Violent Nights by Rebecca Crunden – Review posted 21JAN2022
The 13th Zodiac by L. Krauch – Review posted 08AUG2022
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne – Review posted 29OCT2025
Thoughtless by Pat Luther – Review posted 26JUL2022
The Tidelings of Dras Sayve by C.B. Lansdell – Review posted 05MAY2024
Time’s Ellipse by Frasier Armitage – Review posted 27MAY2024
To a Fungus Unknown by William C. Tracy – Review posted 15SEP2023
Trailer Park Trickster by David R. Slayton – Review posted 22FEB2024
The Transcendence of Marcianna by Isabelle Markus – Review posted 02JUN2023
Truth of Crowns by Carl D. Albert – Review posted 28DEC2023
Two Truths and a Lie by Cory O’Brien – Review posted 22JAN2025
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Umbra by Amber Toro – Review posted 15MAR2025
Under an Azure Sky by Wil Chan – Review posted 19NOV2023
Under Story by Chloe Benjamin – Review posted 08AUG2026
Unfortunate by Ayrton Silva – Review posted 19OCT2024
Unlucky Evens, Cursed Odds by Bill Adams – Review posted 02MAR2025
Upgrade by Blake Crouch – Review posted 01MAY2023
Upon the Darkest Mountain by Rachel L. Tilley – Review posted 21JUN2024
Uprooted by Naomi Novik – Review posted 03AUG2023
Upscaled by Joseph John Lee – Review posted 11NOV2024
Useless Etymology by Jess Zafarris – Review posted 24FEB2026
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Vacuuming in the Nude by Peggy Rowe – Review posted 23DEC2022
Valour by John Gwynne – Review posted 10JUL2024
Vengeance is our Legacy by M.C. Burnell – Review posted 08FEB2026
Violence & Vigilance by David T. List – Review posted 09JUN2025
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Waiting for Saturday by Catherine Morrison – Review posted 07APR2023
The Walled City by L.L. Stephens – Review posted 25MAY2025
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden – Review posted 14OCT2024
The Warriors of Bhrea: The Empire of Damnation by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 31AUG2024
The Warriors of Bhrea: The God of Forgotten Things by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 07APR2022
The Warriors of Bhrea: The Hidden Goddess by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 22OCT2022
The Warriors of Bhrea: The Lost King by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 24MAR2022
The Warriors of Bhrea: The Master of Night by T.M. Kohl – Review posted 28MAR2022
Welcome to Cemetery by C.J. Daley – Review posted 31JAN2025
When We Come Back: More Stories by D.H. Schleicher – Review posted 13FEB2023
The Whisper that Replaced God by Timothy Wolff – Review posted 22OCT2024
White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton – Review posted 22FEB2024
Wingfall by K. Dezendorf – Review posted 24SEP2022
The Wings of Ashteroth by Steve Hugh Westenra – Review posted 25MAR2026
The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills – Review posted 18DEC2024
Wistful Ascending by J.C.M. Berne – Review posted 26NOV2022
Words from Hell by Jess Zafarris – Review posted 01APR2025
Wrath by John Gwynne – Review posted 30JUL2024
The Wrecking Squad by Nick Snape – Review posted 22MAR2025
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Your Blood and Bones by J. Patricia Anderson – Review posted 01OCT2024
I try to review a variety of books, from Indie-authors to big-name publishers. While I tend to stick to mostly Fantasy, Science-fiction, and Horror, I will occasionally dip my toes into other genres. Most of the books I review are books I read for fun. Check back often as I try to add a new book review as soon as I finish a book.