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Book Spotlight + Guest Post: The Felix Chronicles: Freshmen by R.T. Lowe
Apologies for the radio silence, awesome followers. Sometimes life just gets so crazy that blogging has to take a back seat. We always come back though! It’s an obsession. I’m happy to pop back in with a new book for you to put on your reading list. Please give a warm welcome to Randall T. Lowe and his dark urban fantasy, The Felix Chronicles: Freshmen. Reeling from a terrible accident that claimed the lives of his parents, Felix arrives at Portland College hoping only to survive the experience. In time, however, his reality star roommate shows him there is more…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Gifted (The Hayven Series) by J.A. George
Happy Friday, my favorite bookish people! Yes, you’ve made it through the week. The weekend awaits and, if you’re like me, you’re probably planning on spending it doing some reading. So, let me take a moment to put a new book on your radar! Amazon | Goodreads ***** Today, the spotlight is on J.A. George and her novel, Gifted from The Hayven Series. If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you probably know that I’m a sucker for Fantasy. Better still, a book that has a gifted, or extra special, main character always catches my eye!…
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Cover Love: Blood in the Water by Tash McAdam
Happy Saturday ladies and gents! I’m a big fan of Glass House Press, and all the things they do. Their authors are amazing, and so I always rush to give them any promotional space they ask for. Plus, I can’t deny I’m a sucker for a good cover. Are you ready for some cover love? ================================================================== Glass House Press is proud – and slightly giddy – to announce Tash McAdam’s latest YA Fantasy novella, BLOOD IN THE WATER – the first in the Warp Weavers series! BLOOD IN THE WATER is Glass House’s first book by a queer author, and…
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Guest Post + Giveaway: Scar of the Downers by Scott Keen
Hello bookish people! I have quite the book to share with you today, written by an author who already has my attention with the guest post that’s he’s saved for today. Are you a Fantasy reader? Do you love sweeping stories with vivid characters? I do believe you’ll be just as excited about Scar of the Downers as I am. Goodreads | B&N | Amazon Branded on the slaves in the Northern Reaches beyond Ungstah, the scar marks each one as a Downer. It is who they are. There is no escaping this world. Still, strange things are stirring. Two foreigners…
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Book Review: Cold Burn of Magic (Black Blade #1) by Jennifer Estep
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Cold Burn of Magic * Series: Black Blade #1 Author: Jennifer Estep Publisher: Kensington Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: April 28, 2015 Source: The Fantastic Flying Book Club ———————————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with strong female characters and tons of magic. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes There Be Monsters Here. . . It’s not as great as you’d think, living in a tourist town that’s known as “the most magical place in America.” Same boring high school, just twice…
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Book Review: Tainted Energy by Lynn Vroman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Tainted Energy Author: Lynn Vroman Publisher: Untold Press Pages: Kindle; 304 Release Date: November 4, 2014 Source: Author ——————————————————————– Content Screening: Domestic Violence, Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy strong characters, beautiful world building and fantasy. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes For seventeen-year-old Lena, living in the trailer park with the rest of town’s throwaways isn’t exactly paradise. Dealing with a drunken father who can’t keep his fists to himself doesn’t help matters either. The only good thing in her life, other than track, is the mysterious man who visits her dreams, promising to find her. When a chair burns…
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Author Interview + Giveaway: IMPOSSIBLE by C.A. Gray
Welcome to another lovely Friday morning, my bookish friends! I’m pleased to share an interview with author C.A. Gray today. An author who writes the genre of books I absolutely adore: YA Fantasy. There’s something about being swept up in a new world that never gets old! That’s why I couldn’t wait to add C.A. Gray’s Piercing The Veil Series to my reading list. It’s a great time to start too! Book three, Impossible, releases on October 15th. Clicking on the photos below will take you to their matching Goodreads pages! For more links, check the bottom of this post.…
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Book Review: Unwept (The Nightbirds #1) by Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Unwept *Series: The Nightbirds #1 Authors: Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman Publisher: Tor Books Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: July 1, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books set in alternate worlds and are okay with open endings. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Gamin, Maine, is a remote seaside town where everyone seems to know Ellis Harkington better than she knows herself—but she doesn’t remember any of them. Unknown events have robbed Ellis of her memory.…
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Book Review: Rose and the Lost Princess
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Rose and the Lost Princess *Series: Rose #2 Author: Holly Webb Publisher: Sourcebooks Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: April 1, 2014 Source: Publisher ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love witty young heroines and stories filled with plenty of magic! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Now an apprentice magician, Rose is asked to help find a very special missing person Turning the worn pages of her spell book, Rose can’t believe how much her life has changed. Once a poor…
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Book Review: The Eyes of the Dragon
Media Type: Audio Book Title: The Eyes of the Dragon Author: Stephen King Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Format: MP3 Download Duration: 10 hours and 18 minutes Source: Library Download ———————————————– Genre: Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: All readers who love sweeping Fantasy with amazing characters written in! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Once upon a time – there was terror and dragons and princes… evil wizards and dark dungeons… and an enchanted castle and a terrible secret. With this enthralling masterpiece of magical evil and daring adventure, Stephen King…