Book Review: Mary Quirk and the Secret of Umbrum Hall by Anna St. Vincent

Summary: Mary is a fire elemental, capable of creating flames from the very air around her. But to keep her place in the magic school of Umbrum Hall, she'll need more than that skill to impress the professors. After all, anyone with a match can start a blaze. Her first year, she worked hard and … Continue reading Book Review: Mary Quirk and the Secret of Umbrum Hall by Anna St. Vincent

Book Review: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk

Summary: Beatrice Clayborn is a sorceress who practices magic in secret, terrified of the day she will be locked into a marital collar that will cut off her powers to protect her unborn children. She dreams of becoming a full-fledged Magus and pursuing magic as her calling as men do, but her family has staked … Continue reading Book Review: The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk

Book Review: Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop

Summary: The Others freed the cassandra sangue to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before; both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes. In desperate need of answers, … Continue reading Book Review: Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop

Book Review: Lord of Stariel by A.J. Lancaster

Summary: Everyone knows who the magical estate will choose for its next ruler. Or do they? Will it be the lord’s eldest son, who he despised? His favourite nephew, with the strongest magical land-sense? His scandalous daughter, who ran away from home years ago to study illusion? Hetta knows it won’t be her, and she’s … Continue reading Book Review: Lord of Stariel by A.J. Lancaster

Book Review: The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

Summary: Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be … Continue reading Book Review: The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

Book Review: The Queen’s Road by R.S. Belcher

Summary: Ramon “Ray” Cosa’s life is not what he expected it to be. Living in a small Texas town ravaged by Hurricane Harvey, Ray has suffered many losses in his young life, and he has little hope left that anything will ever change or get better. That is, until the vintage Ford Galaxie and its … Continue reading Book Review: The Queen’s Road by R.S. Belcher

Book Review: Amber & Dusk by Lyra Selene

Summary: Sylvie has always known she deserves more. Out in the permanent twilight of the Dusklands, her guardians called her power to create illusions a curse. But Sylvie knows it gives her a place in Coeur d'Or, the palais of the Amber Empress and her highborn legacies. So Sylvie sets off toward the Amber City, … Continue reading Book Review: Amber & Dusk by Lyra Selene

Book Review: Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop

Summary: After winning the trust of the terra indigene residing in the Lakeside Courtyard, Meg Corbyn has had trouble figuring out what it means to live among them. As a human, Meg should be barely tolerated prey, but her abilities as a cassandra sangue make her something more. The appearance of two addictive drugs has … Continue reading Book Review: Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop

Book Review: Valor’s Choice by Tanya Huff #20BooksofSummer

Summary: In the distant future, humans and several other races have been granted membership in the Confederation - at a price. They must act as soldier/protectors of the far more civilized races who have long since turned away from war... — Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr was a battle-hardened professional. So when she and those in … Continue reading Book Review: Valor’s Choice by Tanya Huff #20BooksofSummer

Book Review: Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim

Summary: Maia Tamarin’s journey to sew the dresses of the sun, the moon and the stars has taken a grievous toll. She returns to a kingdom on the brink of war. The boy she loves is gone, and she is forced to don the dress of the sun and assume the place of the emperor’s … Continue reading Book Review: Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim