B- Reviews / Book ReviewsChronicles of Rhyacia / duology / Elder Races / novella / PNR / SFF1 Comments
Dear Thea Harrison, The Unseen, released last year, was originally planned to be the first of 4 linked (serialised?) novellas, a spin-off of the Elder Races series, set in the fictional Other Land of Rhyacia. As it happened, due to events since then, The Chronicles of Rhyacia was reimagined as ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsBlackmail / Contemporary / domestic violence / police / policeman / security / West Virginia7 Comments
Ramsey Masters is the Ridge Outlet Theft Prevention Specialist, that is, she spends her days stopping shoplifters. While catching someone stuffing a PS4 controller into their pants or a ham into their handbag is more amusing than it is dangerous, the type of work isn’t what drew Ramsey to the ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewscats / Dark / Friends / macabre / middle grade / mystery / POC / The Zombert ChroniclesNo Comments
A second meaty serving of the ZomBert Chronicles offers a suspenseful treat for animal lovers and fans of spooky mysteries. ZomBert is back in book two of a wry new mystery series by award-winning creators Kara LaReau and Ryan Andrews. A stray cat who escaped the YummCo Laboratories on the ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsfemale friendship / Paranormal / women12 Comments
Every woman goes through changes in their forties. Just not… these changes. Robin Brannon was a normal wife, mom, and antique shop owner until a brush with death turned her day-to-day life upside down. Now she and her two best friends are seeing things that belong in a fantasy novel. ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / Alberta / Canada / Canadian Historical Brides series / Canadian history / Ghost / Historical / orphan heroine / working classNo Comments
In the Dirty Thirties jobs were hard to come by. Having lost her father and her home in southern Alberta, Tilly McCormack is thrilled when her application for a position as a chambermaid at the prestigious Banff Springs Hotel, one of Canada’s great railway hotels, is accepted. Tilly loves her ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsfamily relationships / Historical fiction / Historical-China / Jewish characters / Kaifeng Chronicles / Ming dynasty / novella / POC / scholarNo Comments
Li Bing travels from Hangzhou to Beijing along the Grand Canal, planning to stop at Kaifeng along the way. Meanwhile, developments in his new wife’s family take some interesting twists. Unforeseen circumstances have a way of derailing even the best plans. Dear Mr. Campbell, Book three in the Kaifeng Chronicles ... more >