Review: The Last Sun – Fantasy Written to Perfection

Title: The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence 1) Author: K.D. Edwards Publisher: Pyr Release Date: June 12th, 2018 Genre(s): Urban Fantasy Page Count: 367 (paperback) Goodreads Rating: 10/10       I've been sitting on this review for over a month, all the while rewriting and tweaking and coming to the realization that a written …

May To-Read Pile & Mini Break (Health Update)

Boy, this week has not been a fun one. At all. To be vague, something has happened (or, rather, not happened), and while it very much could mean nothing, my brain has been working in overdrive to churn out the worst possible scenarios. And the looming possibility that I unwittingly did something terribly wrong has been …

Review: This I Know – Psychics and Queerbaiting in 70’s America

Title: This I Know Author: Eldonna Edwards Publisher: John Scognamiglio Book Release Date: April 24th, 2018 Genre(s): Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Coming-of-Age Page Count: 320 (hardback) Goodreads Rating: 3.0/10       This is the first score below 5.0 I've given on this blog, so I think a little preamble is in order to mark the …

Review: Fire Dance – Beautiful and Etched with Heartrending Loneliness

Title: Fire Dance Author: Ilana C. Myer Publisher: Tor Books Release Date: April 10th, 2018 Genre(s): Fantasy Page Count: 368 (hardback) Goodreads Rating: 9.5/10         That, he believed, was the essence of what it meant to be a poet. Not to work magic. Rather it was to see, and weave verse from, …

[Review] From Unseen Fire – When in Rome…Do as the Mages Do?

Title: From Unseen Fire (Aven Cycle 1) Author: Cass Morris Publisher: DAW Books Release Date: April 17th, 2018 Genre(s): Fantasy, Alt-History Page Count: 400 Goodreads Rating: 5.0/10       This book is a lesson in tempering expectations. One would think that, being a fan of the video game industry, it's one I've learned backwards …

[Review] Imposter Syndrome – A Brilliant Combination of Action, Complex Characters, and Heartfelt Examination of Mental Health

Title: Imposter Syndrome (The Arcadia Project 3) Author: Mishell Baker Publisher: Saga Press Release Date: March 13th, 2018 Genre(s): Urban Fantasy Page Count: 481 pages Goodreads Rating: 9.0/10 (Champions of the Genre)       So this review started out as a normal review and then it morphed into a weird self-reflection/series appreciation/review monstrosity. Because …