Archive for 'Speculative-Fiction'



REVIEW: Hidden by Eve Kenin

Dear Ms. Kenin:

book review I was anxious to read Hidden, the second in your new futuristic romance series. While not as revelatory to me as Driven, Hidden still has all the elements that attracted me to your work in the first place.

In Driven we saw the downfall of the ruler of North, leaving behind a fragmented land with no law but that of might. Gavin Ward is one of those who has might through the power of his ability to produce a popular drug. Hidden tells the story of Tatiana, or TTN081. She is the sister of Wizard, hero of Driven. In this post apocolyptic world set in the frozen Northern Waste, Tatiana is on a mission. She seeks to hunt down and terminate the scientist, Gavin Ward, who tortured her for years and she searches for her brother and sister, also lab experiments.

Tatiana has six senses. She can read people. Whether this was organic or an unexpected by product of years of being an experimental test subject, it is unknown. But while she can feel the emotions of people, she herself has little practice …

REVIEW: Wired by Liz Maverick

Dear Ms. Maverick:

Wired (Shomi)I was excited about reading this book as it was the first in Dorchester’s new speculative romance line, Shomi. The promise was that Shomi books would feature cutting edge speculative fiction within the romance construct and Wired delivered on that promise.

L. Roxanne Zaborovsky is on a mission to go to the 7-11 when her world is disrupted by two men: one from her past and one from her future. Mason Merrick and Leonardo Kaysar. both want something from Roxanne. She’s not sure what it is and she’s not sure who to trust. Mason has a wild story to tell her that involves time travel, computer code, and alternate realities, urging her to believe in him. Leonardo shows her that Mason will do or say anything to get Roxanne to do as Mason says. In the end, Roxanne must believe in herself, which has always been the problem.

Roxanne is forced to relive small segments of her life and each time, something different happens. Sometimes she’ll wake up and find something completely new, from her wardrobe to her living companion. And …