Alexandria Van Kirk has always been a slave to her romantic nature. When a night of liquid courage lands her in bed with one of her best friends, Alex is confronted by a host of feelings that terrify her. Feelings about her friend and, unexpectedly, a barista from her favorite café. It’s a tug of... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
Title: Persephone Station Author: Stina Leicht Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press Publication Date: Jan. 5 2021 Genres: Science Fiction Shelves: Female-authored, Female-fronted If you can get stick with it through the first third of the book - it's a bit of a slog that manages to both info dump on characters and yet hold back on world-building - Persephone Station is... Continue Reading →
I Can’t Wait for… The Queen’s Weapons by Anne Bishop
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about and have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released, but not necessarily. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was originally hosted at Breaking the Spine. My pick for this... Continue Reading →
I Can’t Wait for… The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie Liu
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about and have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released, but not necessarily. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was originally hosted at Breaking the Spine. My pick for this... Continue Reading →
I Can’t Wait for… Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about and have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released, but not necessarily. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was originally hosted at Breaking the Spine. My pick for this... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Ascendancy of Warriors by J.L. Nicely
Title: The Ascendancy of Warriors Author: J.L. Nicely Publisher: Braintree Press Publication Date: October 7, 2020 Genres: Epic Fantasy Shelves: Female-fronted, female-authored Earlier this year I had the great privilege of meeting J.L. Nicely, who was kind enough to provide me with copies of the first 2 books in her Womara Series. They were, quite simply, everything I wanted them to... Continue Reading →
Excerpt & Giveaway: Daughter of the Moon by Effie Calvin
Four months ago, Netheia Isinthi failed to take her father’s throne from her older sister. After refusing to publicly support the new empress, she is banished to Ieflaria’s capital city, Birsgen, where she anticipates a long and uneventful exile. Klavida of Nalova is a student at the university established by Princess Esofi for the study... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Awakening by Nora Roberts
Title: The Awakening Author: Nora Roberts Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: Nov. 24 2020 Genres: Epic Fantasy Shelves: Female-author, female-fronted Despite having read her Cousins O'Dwyer trilogy and a handful of Eve Dallas novels over the years, it was Chronicles of The One that put Nora Roberts back on my radar, leading me to The Awakening and my first... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Prince(ss) by Sara Gravatt-Wimsatt
Title: Prince(ss): A fair(l)y (odd) tale Author: Sara Gravatt-Wimsatt Publisher: Sara Gravatt-Wimsatt Publication Date: July 30, 2020 Genres: Epic Fantasy Shelves: Female-fronted, female-authored, transgender Prince(ss): A fair(l)y (odd) tale is a book that came my way a couple of months ago, introduced to me by Sara Gravatt-Wimsatt, a queer nonbinary femme author, as a high fantasy novel with female leads and... Continue Reading →
I Can’t Wait for… The Scorpion’s Tail by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about and have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released, but not necessarily. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was originally hosted at Breaking the Spine. My pick for this... Continue Reading →