News & Review: The Hanged Man (Tarot Sequence 2) – I Got Blurbed On a Book Cover

So um. A thing happened several months ago. Well, okay, a bunch of things happened. And they're all interconnected and relevant to THE thing I want to talk about, so let's just go through them in chronological order. Imagine the countdown from Hamilton's "Ten Duel Commandments."   ☀️ Number one! ☀️ I got to read …

The Hanged Man (Tarot Sequence 2) Promotion Extravaganza

Happy Samhain, New Atlanteans!! The hotly anticipated sequel to K.D. Edwards' The Last Sun is arriving on December 17th, and KD, Sia, and I want to make the next two months a fun, exciting, and involved affair for everyone. We have some seriously cool events planned--for current fans of the series and readers who aren't …

Join The Hanged Man Street Team (#ScionsOfAtlantis) | A Tarot Sequence Promo Event

☀️ SIGN UP HERE ☀️   Welcome to New Atlantis. An island once known as Nantucket, now a happily stitched-up landscape of skyscrapers and historical buildings stolen borrowed from all over the globe. A place where modern capitalism walks hand-in-hand with old world sensibilities. It's also home to a kitchen sink of magical beings (if you …

Best Reads of 2018 (“Let’s Time Travel Back 6 Months, Shall We?” Edition) – Awards Feat. Art, Balloons, and Some Very Special Guests

[Note: This is a LONG intro, so feel free to scroll down to the actual list portion! But if you've snuck a peek and are wondering why there are photos of janky art underneath the gorgeous book covers, then read on] Yup, I see you squinting at the title! And I'm here to tell you …

Fantasy Books & Games for Mental Health Awareness Month (Why I Need More Mental Health Rep in Adult Fantasy)

  May is Wyrd & Wonder and mental health awareness month, so it only makes sense to celebrate the 31st by smooshing them together into one post. I meant to write this on Wednesday for Top 5 Wednesday, but I've been zonked out on allergy meds all week (one day the pharmaceuticals will develop a …

Monday Chatter: Urban Gods and the Hard (and Creepy) Life of an A.I.

Happy Monday, all! We're back to summer weather here, which has been great for hiking and kayaking but doesn't bode well for the actual summer months. And to the joy of all you tennis enthusiasts (*crickets chirping*), Roland Garros has started! Now, half the fun of watching grand slams is making fun of the outfits …

Review + Giveaway (INTL): Gather the Fortunes – The Most Neil Gaiman Thing I Read Since I Last Read Neil Gaiman

Title: Gather the Fortunes (A Crescent City Novel Book 2) Author: Bryan Camp Publisher: John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: May 21st, 2019 Genre(s): Urban Fantasy Subjects and Themes: Gods, Mythology Page Count: 384 (hardback) Rating: 8.0/10     Renaissance Raines has found her place among the psychopomps—the guides who lead the souls of …

Monday Chatter: Portal Fantasies and the Best Game of 2019 (So Far)

Happy Victoria Day to all you Canadian readers! I meant to go for a bike ride around the coastal beach trail in "celebration," but it's pouring rain so I'm writing this post instead.   Last Week - Books All the Worlds Between Us by Morgan Lee Miller: A YA F/F contemporary featuring a swimmer protagonist. …

Top 5 Wednedsay – BFFs in Fantasy (plus musings about intimacy, societal expectations, and friendships in western vs eastern media)

The prompt for this week is actually BFFs in SFF, but since this is Wyrd and Wonder month, I figured I'd just stick to fantasy. Also, a special shout-out to Locke Lamora and Jean Tannen who totally would have made the list, but things were turning into a bit of a sausage fest so I …

Review: The Mortal Sleep – Stripped Me Open and Healed Me Anew (Why I’m BEGGING You to Read this Series)

Title: The Mortal Sleep (Hollow Folk 4) Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Independent Release Date: April 5th, 2019 Genre(s): Paranormal, Mystery, Romance Subjects and Themes: Mental Health, Abuse, LGBTQIAP+ Page Count: 491 Rating: ∞/10 Brief overview of Books 1-3: A gay psychic teenager named Vie Elliot moves into a small rural town in Wyoming and gets …