B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAnthology / cats / non-fiction / short stories4 Comments
There’s no feeling quite like that of getting a second chance and a fresh start. When we adopt a homeless cat–or that cat decides to adopt us–we’re not just giving one of earth’s most beautiful and inscrutable creatures a chance at a good life, we’re giving ourselves the gift of ... more >
A Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews / Recommended ReadsAnthology / grief / novella / teachers3 Comments
CW: Grief, substance abuse, cancer Dear Olivia Dade, Sweetest in the Gale is an anthology featuring three novellas set in your Marysburg series set in and around Marysburg High School in Virginia (although, in the case of the last novella, the link to the high school is somewhat tenuous). Two ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAnthology / Australia / British Navy / doctor hero / England / Historical / holiday novella / mathematics / Regency / Royal-Navy / War / Military / Widowed Heroine3 Comments
Even the squared away, efficient Royal Navy must surrender to the joys and misadventures of a Regency Christmas. Four stories shine a light on Christmas during the Napoleonic Wars on land and sea – In Boxing the Compass, a homesick frigate captain shepherding a convict convoy to Australia wants nothing ... more >
Book Reviews / DNF ReviewsAnthology / decopunk / dieselpunk / fairy tale / Fantasy / folk tale / golden age / WWI / WWII6 Comments
Dear Contributors, I was intrigued by the premise of this anthology – fairy and folk tale re-imaginings in a dieselpunk or decopunk setting and decided to pick up the ebook for review knowing little more than that. As the blurb tells readers: “Dieselpunk and decopunk are alternative history re-imaginings of ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviews / DNF ReviewsAnthology / Fantasy / m/m romance7 Comments
Temptation lurks around every corner in worlds sometimes dark, sometimes lurid. Giving in is both dangerous and satisfying, though never in the ways one expects. While these enticements offer a vast range of benefits and boons, the cost is a soul and the devil expects his due. Sometimes suave and ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAnthology / Asia / diversity / family relationships / Fantasy / multicultural / Paranormal / POC / POC author / Sci-fi / space travel / Speculative-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Where the Stars Rise – Anthology
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Take a journey through Asia and beyond with twenty-three original thought-provoking and moving stories about identities, belonging, and choices—stories about where we come from and where we are going—each wrestling between ghostly pasts and uncertain future. LONG DESCRIPTION: ALL EMOTIONS ARE UNIVERSAL. WE LIVE, WE DREAM, WE STRIVE, ... more >
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