I love that this book began as a quick little something to put on the blog and morphed into a fully publishable book. Ada’s an assessor who goes into alien portals to see what’s available for mining before they’re closed. She’s doing it because she’s a single mom who needs dental insurance, and her first […]

This book brings the conflict between the Humans First and Last movement and the Others to a head. And it’s not pretty. The Elders of the Others have finally taken notice, and having the Elemental forces of the earth decide they’ve seen enough is very bad. I really love these books more than I feel

Penric and Desdemona are called to a small town where a demon has been possessed by two hedge sorceresses in a row – a rare occurrence, since these kind of wild pairings can often go wrong. And this one has gone wrong. The demon doesn’t know how to vent its chaos, and has caused the

Fern, who we first met in Bookshops & Bonedust, has uprooted her life to open a new bookshop next to the Legends and Lattes coffee shop run by her friend Viv. She’s long been unhappy at home, and thought for sure this would solve those feelings. But it doesn’t. While fortifying herself with some liquid

This is a lovely little fairy tale. Celia’s father helped their country win the war against the neighboring Summerlings (they’re Fae), and gained great power doing so. Celia is the youngest, and the only girl. And when her beloved oldest brother renounces their father’s name, she curses him, not realizing that she has inherited the

This is a charming little book. Imelda’s one of the twelve dancing princesses, and falls in love with Ambrose at her sister’s wedding. Unfortunately, she falls sick at their wedding, and a fairy godmother offers Ambrose the chance to save her, but they’ll have to lose their love for each other. So we end up

Halla is a respectable widow who’s just inherited a fortune, and has been locked in her bedroom by the rest of her family by marriage, who want her to marry her husband’s cousin to keep the money in the family. That’s when she discovers that the dingy sword that’s been hanging there for as long

This book continues the story of the younger generation of the family in the center of this series. One thing I’ve always appreciated about this author is her willingness to go dark – she absolutely doesn’t shy away from themes that other authors wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole. But man, this book was

This is an interesting alternate take on the Persian empire, bringing in Alexander the Great of Macedon. Nazafareen’s sister was taken by a druj (demon), and she joins the Water Dogs to try to avenge her death. The Water Dogs bind to daevas, who they are told are also druj, but there’s clearly more going