Book Review: No Safe Haven by James Lloyd Dulin Genre(s): Epic Fantasy Book Synopsis: Anger will not be quenched by blood alone. The Missing, a rebel army that is little more than a rumor, may be Kaylo’s only path to exact his vengeance against the empire that claimed his home and killed his family. If […]

Book Review: Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei Genre(s): Science Fiction / Dystopian Book Synopsis: In Earth’s not too distant future, seas consume coastal cities, highways disintegrate underwater, and mutant fish lurk in pirate-controlled depths. Skipper, a skilled sailor and the youngest of three sisters, earns money skimming and reselling plastic from the ocean to care for […]

Book Review: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Genre(s): Dark Fantasy Book Synopsis: The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off […]

Book Review: Little Beauty by Mark Jonathan Runte Genre(s): Historical Fantasy / Fairytale Retelling Book Synopsis: Cherbourg, Normandy – 1159 Shy Jehanne always lived at the mercy of her sisters’ spite and bitterness, preferring a life with the saints in her father’s library. Cherbourg was home and for her, it was the smaller pleasures of […]

Book Review: The Source of Strife by Alex Arch Genre(s): Fantasy / Flint-lock Fantasy Book Synopsis: Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Only stolen. Mages feed on catalysts like Dinnie to enhance their spells, and since she’s the most formidable weapon alive, they will stop at nothing to control her. Even her parents, leaders […]

Book Review: Shield of the Mothership by J.C.M. Berne Genre(s): Science Fiction / Space Opera Book Synopsis: Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is still your enemy. Rohan swore he’d never work for the il’Drach again, never again be called Lance Primary, never again kill or risk the lives of his friends on behalf of […]

Book Review: Protocol of Valor by Timothy Wolff Genre(s): Epic Fantasy / Novella Book Synopsis: Where reality fails, dreams are eternal. After saving the realm from the wrath of the gods, crystal sorceress Everleigh Bennet hopes to return home and relax with her family. Instead, she finds her lover, Felix, imprisoned by the God of […]

Book Review: The Last Dai’akan by Jeremy D. Miller Genre(s): Epic Fantasy Book Synopsis: An angry, blood-sucking god and a broke, desperate dungeon master. What could possibly go wrong? The mighty Aatma has fallen, and Empress Inalda has lost her main supplier and is forced to sponsor new dungeons to fuel her army’s expansion. Gabriel […]

Book Review: Obsidian: Revelation by Sienna Frost Genre(s): Fantasy Book Synopsis (from Obsidian: Awakening, book 1 in the series): Twenty years after the massacre of the Vilarhiti, the future of the peninsula falls into the hands of its seven victims of war: a slave male escort turned assassin, a vengeful warlord’s teenage daughter, her secretive […]

Book Review: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Genre(s): Science Fiction Book Synopsis: “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious.  Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man he’s never met smiles […]