Book Review: Unfortunate by Ayrton Silva Genre(s): Fantasy / Speculative Fiction Book Synopsis: Wealth, power, and an easy life. Vaz had it all, but nothing could satisfy him. He always wanted more. When one of his plans makes his boss finally decide he is a threat, Vaz finds himself with only two options: to roll […]

Book Review: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden Genre(s): Historical Fantasy / Horror Book Synopsis: January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie’s death in […]

Book Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre(s): Gothic Horror / Historical Fantasy Book Synopsis: An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets… After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to […]

Book Review: The Quiet Stillness of Empty Houses by L.V. Russell Genre(s): Gothic Fantasy / Paranormal Fiction Book Synopsis: Theodora Corvus can hear the whispers of her crumbling family home. She can hear the whispers of Kingsward Manor, her place of employment. She sees the watchers by the lake, black-eyed and waiting. But Broken Oak […]

Book Review: A Stitch Between Worlds by Frasier Armitage Genre(s): Science Fiction / Short Story Collection Book Synopsis: “The differences between worlds — they’re like two tapestries, one made of silk and the other of wool. But this door is a needle that sends me between them, and I’m what stitches them together.” A future […]

Book Review: BestGhost by C.J. Daley Genre(s): Horror / Paranormal Book Synopsis: The world’s best ghost hunters, the town’s most haunted mansion, what could go wrong? A debut sample from the forthcoming Tales From Cemetery! The Old Mayor’s Mansion sits just a few miles outside the town of Cemetery. When best friends Sean and Devon want […]

Book Review: Your Blood and Bones by J. Patricia Anderson Genre(s): Fantasy / Dark Fantasy Book Synopsis: Kill the monsters when they’re found. No matter who they used to be. The girl with secret feathers in her skin and strange bones jutting out beneath her clothes is resigned to her fate. Her deformities mark her […]

Book Review: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Genre(s): Fantasy / Paranormal Fantasy / Romance Book Synopsis: In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which […]

Book Review: Eyes of Empire by J.C.M. Berne Genre(s): Science Fiction / Space Opera Book Synopsis: A baby dreadnought is terrorizing two star systems. A new wormhole has been opened, a new planetary system revealed, populated by a strange and impossible race. A mad god is on the loose. The il’Drach have destroyed an entire […]

Book Review: The Erkenblood by H. Ferry Genre(s): Fantasy / Epic Fantasy Book Synopsis: Born to destroy, raised to love, condemned to choose. For Panthea, every breath she draws in the Southern Kingdom is an act of repression. Her faith in her goddess keeps her from sin. Her guardian, Rassus, keeps her safe. And a […]