The second Circuit Fae novel, Ouroboros, continues the tale of Rouen and Syl. In the aftermath of events from Moribund, the pair are left hunting down Agravaine’s caches of super Moribund, called Ouroboros. Moreso than the Moribund, Ouroboros are incredibly lethal and infectious. That’s not the pair’s only problem either. As the new school year […]
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Book Review: Balthazar’s Bane by Kat Ross
Balthazar’s Bane by Kat Ross is sixth in the delightfully dark Gaslamp Gothic series. This book, as the title suggests, focuses on Balthazar and his ward Lucas. When Balthazar kills a necromancer with a debt, and gets tangled up with said necromancer’s daughter, he ends up kidnapped by jinn and taken to a mythical city […]
Book Review: Feast of Phantoms by Kat Ross
Feast of Phantoms is the first book in Kat Ross’ newest series- Lingua Magika. Set in a ‘wild west’ time frame, Feast follows Deputy Cortez as she is drafted from her small town of Lucky Boy to assist Marshal Hardin with a dangerous captive. All she was supposed to do was help get the captive […]
Book Review: Dead Ringer by Kat Ross
What does Jewish lore have to do with the Germanic folk legend of doppelgangers? Find out in Dead Ringer, fifth in Kat Ross’ Gaslamp Gothic series. Dead Ringer rejoins Harrison Fearing Pell and Jonathan Weston of the American branch of the SPR. The pair are tasked with solving a case involving a ‘mud man’ attacking […]
Book Review: Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie
Taming Demons for Beginners is the first in an exciting new series by Annette Marie. Robin is stuck staying at her uncle’s house, waiting on him to relinquish her inheritance after her parents mysteriously perish. More than any monetary gain, Robin wants her mum’s prized grimoire, one always passed from mother to daughter. One, unbeknownst […]
Book Review: Just in Case: Twenty-one Bite-sized Stories by Laura McHale Holland
Holland’s Just in Case is a collection of flash fiction stories. For those who are unfamiliar with this writing style, flash fiction is snapshot writing. Most of the time, these stories are mere paragraphs long, often way shorter than major news stories, some shorter than minor news stories even! The stories in this collection run […]
Book Review: The Necromancer’s Bride by Kat Ross
The Necromancer’s Bride is fourth in Ross’ Gaslamp Gothic series. Anne Lawrence has gone in search of Gabriel D’Ange to set things right between them. With her, she brings the cross her brother Alec stole from Gabriel countless moons ago. Anne finds him in Bermuda, and just in time. Gabriel and the Order are about […]
Book Review: The Scarecrow & George C by Mia Kerick
Told in alternating parts by Donovan and George, The Scarecrow & George C by Mia Kerick looks at fear, abuse, and what it takes to learn to live again. Donovan sees himself as a Scarecrow. He goes out of his way to dress and act in an intimidating manner in order to protect himself. George […]
Inferno by Kat Ross
“In the fifth and last volume of the Fourth Talisman series, the worlds of the living and the dead collide in a final confrontation that will leave Nocturne and Solis forever changed…. Three talismans adrift. Two mad kings. One poisonous crown. As dark forces gather at the Rock of Ariamazes in Samarqand, Nazafareen discovers that […]
Ink by Jobie Baldwin
Ink Jobie Baldwin (Tribe, #1) Publication date: October 6th 2018 Genres: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult A powerful god, a magical tattoo and a rebellious teenager. What could possibly go wrong? Christian, an unruly English teenager, stumbles onto a mysterious tattoo parlor. Possessed by the Rune God, Hagalaz, he becomes immortal, gifted with magical powers which […]