Book Review: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin Genre(s): Science Fiction Book Synopsis: A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants’ gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so […]

Book Review: Silver & Salt by Mark Jonathan Runte Genre(s): Fantasy / Mythological Fantasy Book Synopsis: Aran has always had his secrets, things he didn’t feel like sharing until his younger brother finally got up the nerve to ask about the past he never mentioned. At least until mid a few days in mid September […]

Book Review: Obsidian: Awakening by Sienna Frost Genre(s): Epic Fantasy Book Synopsis: When Fate offers seven heroes a chance to bring peace to the peninsula, she finds out none of them are interested. Sold for the price of a pig, trained into the most expensive male escort in the peninsula, Hasheem, the Silver Sparrow of […]

Book Review: Path of the Warrior by Melissa Stone Genre(s): Epic Fantasy / Portal Fantasy Book Synopsis: Ashrinn Chimekin is a Fugitive Recovery Agent tasked with helping the crew of the Shrike in their pursuit of the rogue Cult of Atraxia. When something goes horribly wrong during an infiltration attempt on the cult’s compound, Ashrinn […]

Book Review: Sea of Souls by N.C. Scrimgeour Genre(s): Fantasy Book Synopsis: Dark be the water, and darker still the creatures that lurk within… Free-spirited Isla Blackwood has never accepted the shackles of her family’s nobility. Instead, she sails the open waters, searching for belonging on the waves. But when tragedy calls Isla home, she […]

Book Review: Uprooted by Naomi Novik Genre(s): Fantasy Book Synopsis: Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as […]

Book Review: Enlightenment of the Rogue Emperor by Jana Klánová Genre(s): Fantasy / YA Book Synopsis: Eugenie is a certified, double-vetted, regular, ordinary high-school girl living her best life someone more competent planned for her, in a perfectly normal world, where strange things don’t happen because that is simply impossible. Or so she thought. Right […]

Book Review: The Darkest Memories by Alyse N. Steves Genre(s): Superhero Fantasy / Thriller Book Synopsis: My name is Hadley Gordon. Parahuman mutations: telekinesis and telepathy. Employment: Agency for Parahuman Affairs. Age: twenty-six, not that I remember the first twenty-one. We’ll get back to that. I thought digging through criminals’ minds for a living was […]

Book Review: Coward by Ayrton Silva Genre(s): Fantasy / YA Book Synopsis: Lina is a serving girl at a tavern, who thinks she is doomed to an uneventful life, until a horrible beast attacks her hometown. Such attacks are commonplace; humanity has been cursed by the gods since time immemorial, and bloodthirsty beasts prey on […]

Book Review: Light My Pyre by Kat Kinney Genre(s): Urban Fantasy / Fantasy Mystery / Paranormal Book Synopsis: EVERWOOD FALLS… a small supernatural community tucked up in the Colorado Rockies where witches, werewolves and vampires can live without fear of discovery, and those with curses they can’t control are sent to keep the existence of […]