Another book I stumbled upon late last year is A Darker Shade of Magic by: V.E. Schwab. The cover looked interesting and the jacket offered an interesting look at three different Londons and magic. I thought, “what the heck,” and bought it. It starts in the first of the three Londons, Grey London, which is our…
Last year, I stumbled across Jordanna Max Brodsky’s first Olympus Bound Series book, The Immortals, which is a mystery that, you guessed it, involves some of the Greek gods. However, unlike the white robe and laurel-wearing gods of old, these are the gods in their more modern and diminished state. Well, some are more diminished…
I love the zombie genre. All of it. From Romero to Kirkman, it’s all great. So, I was very excited to receive the assignment to review an early draft of Zombified: Book 1: The Head Hunter by author Kindra Sowder with (“The Walking Dead” alumni) Santiago Cirilo. Before we dive in, let me start…
This is not a drill! It’s 2016 and there’s a new Harry Potter book! For those of you fellow Potter-ites waiting hopefully for the next installment in the Potterverse, wait and hope no longer. This book, based on a play, which was based on an original story by none other than J.K. Rowling, herself, is…
EPIC-award winner for Best Horror Novel John G. Hartness returns with the second installment in his Quincy Harker: Demon Hunter series of novellas, Straight to Hell. His protagonist, Quincy Harker, is the son of Mina Murray and Johnathan Harker of Dracula fame. Harker is a half-vampire wizard with a quick wit and a quicker…
Self-published author Chris Kennedy kicks off his “Theogony” trilogy with “Janissaries”, the story of how aliens who almost conquered Earth and eventually became the Titans of Greek myth return for a second attempt and are thwarted by another race of aliens who don’t believe in killing and therefore get humans to do it for them.…
Although many don’t often consider it, blending the vastly different worlds of novels and comic books is no easy task. Doing it well is indeed even more difficult. “3 Guns Grace” by Kansas-based author Joseph Bowers attempts to take on that very tall order. But how does it measure up? Read on to find out for yourself!
British-American author Michael Davies‘ first novel in his new “World of Pangea” trilogy: “Path of the Warrior” – out now via Inspire Fiction (ISBN# 1508638675)- blends elements of classic high fantasy with historical fiction in an exciting new presentation. But how does World of Pangea: Path of the Warrior actually stack up?? Read on to find out! (WARNING: MAY CONTAIN…
So, just to do something a little different here, let’s start this particular review with a question. What do you get when you take some “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and toss in a little of the early 90s “Beauty and the Beast” TV show? Why, “The Life and Death of Lily Drake”, of course! While…
You know, this may not have been the best book to read during a fit of insomnia. Yeah, that was me… awake at 4:00am reading about giant killer mutant bed bugs… in bed. Yup. Soooo not easy to fall back asleep after that! Allen Dusk‘s “Shady Palms” follows the sordid and (for lack of a…
