The world of dreams fascinates me and, when written well, can provide endless fodder for fantasy and paranormal romance. For this reason, the premise of Dreams’ Dark Kiss intrigued me, but aside from good ideas and some unintentional hilarity, this novella delivered disappointingly little. Though overall the novella didn’t work for me, the author starts…
Five years ago, if someone had told me that I’d become a passionate fan of a fantasy romance series featuring flying cats and evil, soul-stealing mages, I’d have scoffed. Then I read C.L. Wilson’s debut novel Lord of the Fading Lands and I was hooked. If you’re used to reading more realistic fare, you’ll have…
Zoe Ardelay was raised by her father, a former advisor to Welce’s King Vernon. She remembers little of her family’s life at the court in Chialto, and she is unsure as to why or how her father fell from favor. Raised in relative isolation, she knows little of the politics of her homeland’s capitol or…
Recently, whenever I run out of books to read, I reach for Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn. This is the third book in the Twelve Houses series and while I liked the others, this book is almost a perfect book for me. The setting is the country of Gillengaria ruled by King Baryn. Gillengaria…
When I really love a funny book, I make lots of out loud exclamations. Statements like “Oh my God! I can’t believe she did that!,” “Noooooo!,” and “Yikes!,” all of which are followed by maniacal laughter. Let’s just say this was a very loud book for me. Bride-to-be Nic is a caregiver, the kind of…
Truth be told, I mostly got my copy of Songs of Love and Death because it features a story by Linnea Sinclair, an auto-buy author for me. There are stories by a lot of other authors in it that I admire or have heard good things about, so that was an added inducement. All in…
Like most guys, Jack hoped to kiss a hot European chick while on a tour of the continent. He just hadn’t planned on her being 300 years old. Jack hadn’t been surprised by how “completely lame” his bus tour of Europe was. If his parents planned it, it was bound to not be fun. So…
When the cover for this novel was mentioned on the Potpourri board I was thrilled. I had this book in my TBR and had not yet been motivated to move it up the stack. Hearing others talk about it, even if it was just cover design, gave me the impetuous to pull it out and…
When I was a young girl I read every fairy tale I could get my hands on. The Brothers Grimm. Disney. From Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to Rapunzel , I devoured them all. Country of origin did not matter – just that the tale be of prince and princesses, clever pig boys, sheep…
My sister rereads Lord of the Rings once a year. This perfect classic of fantasy literature set a standard few books can meet. I am glad that Maria V. Snyders books of the kingdoms Ixia and Sitia carry an echo of that world, where mages and wizards are part of the everyday landscape, magic is…
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