November 16, 2017

REVIEW: The Sea King by CL Wilson

KaetrinA- Reviews / Recommended ReadsFantasy Romance / Magic / matriarchy8 Comments

Trigger warning: Sexual violence Dear CL Wilson, I listened to the first book in your Weathermages of Mystral series (The Winter King) and have been waiting with bated breath for this book ever since. When I opened it on my reader and saw the page count was 500 I was ... more >

April 17, 2017

REVIEW: Wardance by Elizabeth Vaughan

KaetrinBook Reviews / C ReviewsFantasy / Fantasy Romance / Magic4 Comments

Dear Elizabeth Vaughan, I was so excited to see Wardance was coming out, I begged Jane to get me a review copy. I loved the Warprize series and it’s been a long time between drinks – I read the previous books all at once in 2011. Ultimately, that was my ... more >

February 3, 2017

REVIEW: One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles #3) by Ilona Andrews

SiriusB+ Reviews / Recommended Readsauction/adventure / Fantasy Romance16 Comments

Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about. Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impressive bounty on her head, the Lord ... more >

August 17, 2016

REVIEW: A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet

KaetrinB ReviewsFantasy / Fantasy Romance / greek mythology / Magic / part of a series / warlord5 Comments

Dear Amanda Bouchet, I’d heard good things about this, your debut book. Having seen it was the first in a series, I tweeted you and you kindly responded to let me know that while there are no cliffhangers, the romantic and fantasy story arcs are incomplete in A Promise of ... more >

KaetrinC ReviewsAustralia / Fantasy Romance / geek / Norse mythology / queer12 Comments

Working in low-level IT support for a company that’s the toast of the tech world, Sigmund Sussman finds himself content, if not particularly inspired. As compensation for telling people to restart their computer a few times a day, Sigmund earns enough disposable income to gorge on comics and has plenty ... more >

October 13, 2014

REVIEW: The Fire Seer by Amy Raby

JanineB- Reviews / C+ ReviewsFantasy Romance / magical powers / mystery/suspense2 Comments

Dear Ms. Raby, I admit, the beautiful cover was one of the things that attracted me to your new, self-published fantasy-romance-mystery, The Fire Seer. The book is the first in a new series of novels featuring the same two sleuths, Taya and Mandir, whose relationship very gradually shifts from a ... more >