Book Review: God’s Red Son by Louis Warren

*This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review   God’s Red Son is a piercing, poignant look at one of the more shameful events of our country’s infancy. Warren shines a light on the factors behind the infamous ‘Ghost Dance’ of the Sioux and other indigenous peoples of North America during the end of […]

Book Review: Destiny of the Queen by Jacqueline Patricks

*This book was reviewed via Lola’s Blog Tours   Destiny of the Queen, third in the Brajj series by Jacqueline Patricks, concludes the entrancing tale of Cass Baros, Jeamon, and Captain Lewis. Through time untold, and across distance unfathomable, Captain Lewis and Ta’mat have been thrown into the future of the multiverse by an unstable […]

Book Review: Dreams of the Queen by Jacqueline Patricks

*This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours   ***Warning- graphic depictions of rape   Patricks’ Dreams of the Queen is an out of this world adventure quite unlike any other. First of The Brajj Trilogy, it has a very Dr Whovian and Stargate-esque nature. Cassiopeia Baros is a physicist at MIT working on a […]

Weekly Recap: May 28th- June 3rd

This week was a slower week than last. Being sick’ll do that to ya. Still, several books read, reviewed and posted/scheduled, and a rarity for me- a book I just gave up on, and didn’t finish. *Dreams of the Queen by Jacqueline Patricks, 4 ? *Solomon Bull by Clayton Lindemuth, 4 ? *Black Bead by […]

Book Review: Coming Darkness by Susan-Alia Terry

  This book was reviewed for Port Jericho   *Warning/ Age Level Advisory: some scenes of graphic sexual nature   Terry’s Coming Darkness is a story of loss, and change, of beginnings and endings. In a very Supernatural-esque way, God is gone from Heaven, and without his ordering guidance, things are beginning to unravel. Angels […]

Book Review: Daughters of Carrawburgh by Nigel Plane

This book was reviewed for Troubadour Publishing Limited via Netgalley Daughters of Carrawburgh is a first-rate psychological thriller that you simply can’t put down! I lost myself in this book, and finished it in a single day, so engrossing was it. Sam Layton is a spiritualist. Not the cold reader, the charlatan psychic who is […]

Book Review: Zen for Druids by Joanna van der Hoeven

This book was reviewed via Netgalley Van der Hoeven’s Zen for Druids is her second book focuses on combining the nature spiritualism of Druidry with the teachings and tenets of Buddhism. She makes a note that the reader should have read the previous Zen Druidry before reading this one. I would disagree, and say that […]

Book Review: Symphony for the Devil by Marcus James

This book was reviewed for Manhattan Book Review   Explicit sexual situations   Storythreads spanning generations, and eras, come together in this neo-gothic work by Marcus James. Symphony for the Devil is a  novel of the mysterious, the supernatural, and the wondrous, both magickal and mundane. It is a tale of lasting legacy, and a […]

Book Reviews: Moana, adapted by Suzanne Francis

  This book was purchased for my niece.   This is the story of Moana, a young woman who braves the ocean beyond the reefs that surround her island home. The land is dying and the fish are gone. Legend says that if the Heart of Te Fiti is restored to its proper place, then […]

Guest Post: Major Influences on Writing Issaura’s Claws/ Katharine Wibell

  There are several significant influences on Issaura’s Claws and the Incarn Saga series. Animal behavior is definitely a forerunner and one that had a huge impact on many of my main characters. I chose to study animal psychology, aka animal behavior, in college in addition to pursuing a degree in art. Learning to understand […]

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