Deep within the abandoned darkness of London sits the hub of a clandestine community – the ‘Office’. For decades, secluded in an underground base of secret history, unworldly knowledge and incogitable crises: “We’re out of chocolate digestives!” When two bickering colleagues make a disturbing discovery, their find triggers further adversity. A city-wide upset, a localised …
REVIEW by Trish: Assassins Of Riaz by Michael Drakich – Includes an Excerpt!
In Riaz, the profession of assassin is an honored one. Hired throughout the other eight realms, their use of powerful magic to complete assignments makes them a valuable commodity. When a regional trade negotiation is scheduled in their capital city of Lymos, the demand for the skills of the assassins is sure to change the …
REVIEW by Trish: Wayfarer Aegis by Eileen Troemel
Before the Pritchard and Decker, Adara had a contract on an explorer class ship. The ship was supposed to be her home, the crew her family. With a rigid by the books captain, Adara found herself written up, reprimanded and in danger of losing her contract. Still she forms bonds with people on the crew. …
REVIEW by Trish: Pirate’s Passion by Lisa Kessler – Includes an Excerpt!
Samuel Keegan used to man the wheel of the Sea Dog over 200 years ago, but these days he’s the front man of a southern rock band. Rum and women are plentiful, but his world is changing rapidly now that his crew is back together searching for the Holy Grail to break their curse. But …
REVIEW by Trish: Of Neptune (The Syrena Legacy #3) by Anna Banks (@ByAnnaBanks)
Emma, who is half human and half Syrena, and her Syrena love Galen, need time together. Alone. Away from the kingdoms of Poseidon and Triton. Emma’s grandfather, the Poseidon king, suggests the two visit a small town called Neptune. Neptune is home to both Syrena and Half Breeds alike. But Emma and Galen didn’t sign …
REVIEW by Trish: Of Triton (The Syrena Legacy #2) by Anna Banks (@ByAnnaBanks)
Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess, and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she’s a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena realm. Syrena law states all Half-Breeds should be put to death. As if that’s not bad enough, her mother’s reappearance …
REVIEW by Trish: Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy #1) by Anna Banks (@ByAnnaBanks)
Galen, a Syrena prince, searches land for a girl he’s heard can communicate with fish. It’s while Emma is on vacation at the beach that she meets Galen. Although their connection is immediate and powerful, Galen’s not fully convinced that Emma’s the one he’s been looking for. That is, until a deadly encounter with a …
REVIEW by Trish: Jinx by Meg Cabot (@MegCabot)
It’s not easy being Jinx. Jean Honeychurch hates her boring name (not Jean Marie, or Jeanette, just . . . Jean). What’s worse? Her all-too-appropriate nickname, Jinx. Misfortune seems to follow her everywhere she goes—even to New York City, where Jinx has moved to get away from the huge mess she caused in her small …
REVIEW by Trish: Betrayal by Tim Tigner (@TimTig)
IT STARTED AS AN EXPERIMENT. It ended with an invention. He never intended to use it. But then they betrayed him. Presumed dead after a staged terrorist attack, FBI Agent Odysseus Carr is running for his life with the doctor who rescued him. Meanwhile, the same power players who sent Odi to his death are …
REVIEW by Trish: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
William Goldman’s modern fantasy classic is a simple, exceptional story about quests—for riches, revenge, power, and, of course, true love—that’s thrilling and timeless. Anyone who lived through the 1980s may find it impossible—inconceivable, even—to equate The Princess Bride with anything other than the sweet, celluloid romance of Westley and Buttercup, but the film is only a fraction …
REVIEW by Trish: Mercenary Magic (Dragon Born Serafina #1) by Ella Summers (@EllaAuthor)
Long ago, the Dragon Born were hailed as the most powerful mages in the world. Today, they are condemned as abominations and have been hunted to near extinction. Sera Dering has spent her entire life hiding her forbidden magic from the supernatural council who would kill her for the crime of being born. After years …
REVIEW by Trish: Hale and Gemini (The Alder Tales #3) by R.S. McCoy (@RsMccoy1)
*A Paranormal Romance retelling of Hansel and Gretel.* The third son of the Bear Clan, Hale thought he had his life figured out. He had a stunning bride, his iron faith in the Mother, and has spent the last five years training to be the future clan leader. But when his life comes crashing down around …
REVIEW by Trish: Fat Jimmy and the Blind Ballerina by Eddie Owens
This is the story of one young man’s desire for comedy fame: a tale of ambition and humiliation on the way to the top. Fat Jimmy is a cynical, young comedian and writer, who desperately wants to make it to the big time. He wants it all and he wants it now. Fat Jimmy loves …
REVIEW by Trish: The Reminisce by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)
Curtis Aisling has literally dodged a bullet. At least he thinks he has. But he wonders whether that bullet still has it out for him when he leaves his ex-fiancé and Los Angeles behind for Coronado, New Mexico to borrow some much-needed money from his sister. The small dilapidated desert town of Coronado has exactly …
REVIEW by Trish: When You're Ready (Ready #1) by J.L. Berg (@authorjlberg)
She wasn’t ready. She’d never be ready, …to say goodbye. Clare Murray knew that all too well. Still holding the last letter her husband wrote her before he died, those words, written in his quirky, messy handwriting, “When You’re Ready,” still bring her to her knees. And that was so long ago… Now, when fate brings …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Trish: Tides of Winter (The Felix Chronicles #3) by R.T. Lowe
Felix stood at her graveside, eyes burning with sorrow, voice trembling in the winter cold. “This isn’t a kids’ story. The bad guys aren’t evil for the sake of being evil. The good guys fight for a way of life that benefits the privileged at the expense of everyone else—hell, they tried to kill me. …
REVIEW by Trish: The Phase Transition (Rise of the Grey Order #1) by Ryan Okerlund
For millennia humanity has fought against the notion of magic. Superstition and irrational fear have slowly been replaced with reason and logic. Our species entered the twenty-first century with only the slightest trappings of our former, peasant selves. This was our downfall. For science and magic are merely transitory fluctuations our planet has experienced a …
REVIEW by Trish: Misery, Rancor, and Angst: or, the Three Graces by Kirsten B. Feldman
“They both looked over at the clock and then back down at their books. Two hours until it was time.” This dark contemporary fairy tale follows the three Katsaros sisters in their quest to take back their lives from the darkness that has enveloped them. Using their talents for research, speed, and vision, Lala, Vero, …
REVIEW by Trish: Right Under Your Nose by Holly Tierney-Bedord (@HollyTierney)
Ariadne Daniels seems to have it all: A successful career as a pastry chef, a Victorian home in a trendy neighborhood, and her dedicated boyfriend Scott who she’s been with for years. Her life is great until the day she stops by Scott’s apartment to surprise him and finds out that he’s not so dedicated …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Raene and the Three Bears (The Alder Tales #2) by R.S. McCoy (@RsMccoy1)
*A Paranormal Romance reimagining of Goldilocks and the Three Bears* A golden-haired beauty with a tiger totem, Raene Randal is powerless to stop the dissolution of her life. Her uncle and best friend, Kaide, is sending her away for good. While Raene knows his actions are fueled by the sudden and unexplained loss of his …
REVIEW by Trish: North by Amanda Linehan (@amandalinehan)
A little luck. A little skill. A big gamble. Jayne is on the run. With a bag full of stolen money, a new friend she met while stealing his car, and an old adversary out to get her, Jayne heads north looking for a better life. Along the way she encounters adventure, danger, freedom and …
REVIEW by Trish: The Glitch (The Glitch #1) by Ramona Finn
On the brink of extinction, being human means more than just surviving. In Lib’s world, it’s dangerous to deviate from the norm. In fact, for someone who doesn’t live up to the Artificial Intelligence’s standards, it’s practically a death sentence. Lib learns this the hard way when she wakes up in a barren wasteland, with …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Consumed (Changing Krysset #2) by Kate Carley (@
Thirty-seven minutes after midnight. Like clockwork, an exquisite stranger sashays into his bar, orders up a shot of Jack Daniel’s, and stirs up his curiosity— not to mention his libido. Awaiting the arrival of this mysterious woman, night after night, has Ethan Bearbower growling in frustration. Or maybe it’s her hasty retreat after slamming the …
REVIEW by Trish: Challenged (Changing Krysset #1) by Kate Carley (@KateCarleyBooks)
One devastating lie set the course for Sophie Lancaster’s life. Can one earth-shattering phone call change it? Jackson Cooper certainly hopes it won’t—at least not permanently. For the past twenty-one years, Sophie has avoided coming home and now has the nerve to show her face, purely for the reading of her grandfather’s will—that thought alone …
REVIEW by Trish: Schism (Sparks Saga #3) by R.S. McCoy (@RsMccoy1)
“Keeping them alive was harder than I ever thought possible.” The devoted lover and proud father Lark is on the verge of losing it all. His abilities are slowly fading without reason and his enemies are looming ever closer. He has mere days to prepare for war and earn the allegiance of the Nakben tribes, …
REVIEW by Trish: The Killing Jar (The Extraction Files #1) by R.S. McCoy (@RSMcCoy1)
Earth is dying, circling the drain on life support. The future of the human race depends on space exploration, but they’re running out of time. Parasitic insects are systematically killing the best scientific minds but no one knows why. Mable Wilkinson is the last hope to figure it out, she just doesn’t know it yet. …
REVIEW by Trish: The City of Heavenly Fire (Mortal Instruments #6) by Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare)
Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series—now with a gorgeous new cover, a map, a new foreword, and exclusive bonus content! City of Heavenly Fire is a Shadowhunters novel. Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and …
REVIEW by Trish: Stained Glass Shards by Rosemary Rey (@rosereywriter)
Elyce Fielding has cut ties with her college friend turned lover, Griffin Belanger. After three months without communication, Griffin is back in Boston for the premiere of his latest film. Elyce shuts herself in her studio apartment, preventing any sightings of the famous man she is deeply in love with. Following an unsatisfactory meal without …
REVIEW by Trish: Five Days in January (The Felix Chronicles #2) by R.T. Lowe (@TheRTLowe)
Felix and Allison return from winter break with hopes of settling into the comfortable rhythms of college life only to find Portland College hasn’t escaped the wave of senseless violence sweeping across the land, from the malls of Minnesota to a small town in northern Maine. Amidst the chaos, a political movement rises, fueled by …
REVIEW by Trish: The Ugly Princess: The Legend of the Winnowwood by Henderson Smith (@hendersonwrites)
What would you give up to be beautiful? I don’t mean attractive, or pretty or any other term you could conjure up to describe that thing most women seek to be or most men seek to be with. I mean staggeringly beautiful, men falling at your feet with hopeless adoration as they gaze upon you …
REVIEW by Trish: City of Fallen Angels (Mortal Instruments #4) by Cassandra Clare (@cassieclare)
Trust is dangerous, and to love is to destroy. Plunge into the fourth installment in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly). The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a …
REVIEW by Trish: Myth-Told Tales (Myth Adventures #13) by Robert Aspirin and Jodie Lynn Nye (@JodyLynnNye)
There are no tales like… Myth-Told Tales It’s a nightmare when master magician Skeeve and Aahz the Pervect fall into Dreamland… Massha gets married with something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blew…up. Bunny turns to Skeeve for help when an inter-dimensional beauty contest turns ugly. Reality shows were never quite like this. Eligible …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Saven: Disclosure (Saven #2) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
THE TRUTH CAN’T HIDE FOREVER To protect Logan, I have no choice but to deceive him. But I’m not the only one hiding the truth. Will our love survive all the secrets and lies? Enemy alien ships crowd the skies over Earth while the world waits with bated breath. The Saven have been exposed, and …
REVIEW by Trish: Cargo (The Reservation Trilogy #1) by Jen Castleberry
The earth has been reduced to a singular continent, governed by extra-terrestrials, collapsed by nuclear weapons residue and wracked with radiation sickness. Only one viable territory remains, and access there is restricted by a mysterious selection process. Everyone hopes to be chosen for transport. Everyone but Cass. Seventeen year old Cassidy Hartinger has spent the …
REVIEW by Trish: The Haunting Lessons (Ghosts & Demons #1) by Robert Chazz Chute and Holly Pop (@expartepress)
After a tragic event, young Tamara Smythe’s life gets turned upside down as she discovers she has powers she never suspected. Ghosts and monsters of all sorts appear and Tam soon finds she is not alone in the fight against evil forces invading our dimension. This witty and dark urban fantasy is a fast-paced coming-of-age …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Trish: Off To See The Wizard by Clay Johnson
At the end of most heroic quests, after a plucky band of heroes has averted the apocalypse, all is well, and everyone lives happily ever after… (until the next book in the series.) Now, for the first time, readers get an in depth look into what really happens after the quest. This is the collected …
REVIEW by Trish: Demon Princess (Demon Kingdom Fairy Tales #1) by Kassandra Lynn
With her father gone and her brother missing, Demon Princess Adriana has to assume the throne, temporarily becoming the Demon King. The procession is underway, and the princess is nervous yet determined … until the unthinkable happens and she is summoned! Somehow, Aldric, a mage-in-training has summoned the princess into the human kingdom. Now trapped, …
REVIEW by Trish: Shadows of Self (Mistborn #5) by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson)
The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of Mistborn with his first novel in the series since The Alloy of Law. With The Alloy of Law, Brandon Sanderson surprised readers with a New York Times bestselling spinoff of his Mistborn books, set after the action of the trilogy, in a period …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Trish: The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn #6) by Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson)
The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of Mistborn with the follow-up to Shadows of Self. With The Alloy of Law and Shadows of Self, Brandon Sanderson surprised readers with a New York Times bestselling spinoff of his Mistborn books, set after the action of the trilogy, in a period corresponding …
REVIEW by Trish: I Am by Michael Drakich
Genius, wealthy and life regenerated, Adam Spenceworth is living the dream aboard his custom spaceship run by Mum, his first designed AI, protected by Gort, his first robot, and occupied by Eve, his sexbot. With each regeneration he returns to start over as a twenty-five year old man ready to enjoy the pleasures of his …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Symbiosis by Guy Portman (@GuyPortman)
Identical twins Talulah and Taliah have never been apart. Viewed as curiosities by children and adults alike, they coexist in an insular world with their own secret language. But being identical doesn’t necessarily mean being equal… Soon a series of momentous events will send Talulah and Taliah spiralling out of control, setting them on a …
REVIEW by Trish: Time Goes Round (Lizard Queen #7) by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)
Amy Darlidale has returned to her world to pull herself together. Her recent experiences have taken a significant toll and gradually, as she rebuilds relationships and reconnects with her past, she regains her strength. In doing so she discovers a few clues in her own world that she hopes will help her to fulfill the …
REVIEW by Trish: Leather And Lace (Inferno Glory MC #1) by J.A. Fredericks (@Fredericksbooks)
*This is a serial and intended for readers over 18. The installments are not novel length.* The day Harley Sonnick is released from a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn’t willingly commit, she returns to the only family she has left—the Inferno Glory MC. But the club’s president isn’t ready to forgive …
REVIEW by Trish: A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time #14) by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (BrandSanderson)
Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty languages. When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Saven: Deception (Saven #1) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
I’ve fallen hard for an alien, but he’s harboring secrets. Massive secrets that threaten the very essence of humanity. How can I give him my heart when his race plan on taking my future? Sadie Owens has been slowly dying inside. Bit by bit, piece by piece, day by day. Trapped in a life she …
REVIEW by Trish: Matthew and the Derelict by Joseph J. Wood (@_josephjwood)
A vindictive nihilist and his sycophantic sidekick delight in petty urban terrorism and indulgent hedonism. But when the course of events spiral out of control, the sidekick is suddenly left with more responsibility than he could have ever imagined – knowledge of how the world will end. Now a leader with his own sycophantic followers, …
REVIEW by Trish: Thief’s Magic (Millennium’s Rule #1) by Trudi Canavan (@TrudiCanavan)
THIS IS A CORRECT REVIEW!!! We apologize for the glitch, but the review which was posted at 9am this morning was actually for a different book. Unfortunately, this mistake was not caught until now. Please take a moment to read Trish’s thoughts on Thief’s Magic and disregard the review from this morning. Our greatest apologies …
REVIEW by Trish: Stillwell: A Haunting on Long Island by Michael Phillip Cash (@michaelpcash)
Paul Russo’s wife just died. While trying to get his family’s life back in order, Paul is being tormented by a demon who is holding his wife’s spirit hostage on the other side. His fate is intertwined with an old haunted mansion on the north shore of Long Island called Stillwell Manor. Paul must find …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Nirvana (Nirvana #1) by J.R. Stewart
When the real world is emptied of all that you love, how can you keep yourself from dependence on the virtual? Animal activist and punk rock star Larissa Kenders lives in a dystopian world where the real and the virtual intermingle. After the disappearance of her soulmate, Andrew, Kenders finds solace by escaping to Nirvana, …
REVIEW by Trish: The Felix Chronicles: Freshmen by R.T. Lowe (@TheRTLowe)
Reeling from a terrible accident that claimed the lives of his parents, Felix arrives at Portland College hoping only to survive the experience. In time, however, his reality star roommate shows him there is more to higher education than just classes, shared bathrooms and bad dorm food, and Felix gradually dares to believe he can …
REVIEW by Trish: Pokergeist by Michael Phillip Cash (@michaelpcash)
Sometimes life, as well as death, is about second chances. Luckless Telly Martin doesn’t have a clue. An awful gambler trying to scrape by as a professional poker player, he becomes the protégé of world famous poker champion Clutch Henderson. The only catch…Clutch is a ghost. Telly and Clutch must navigate the seedy gambling underbelly …
REVIEW by Trish: Strife of The Mighty: Book One of The Chronicles of Vrandalin (The Lael Chronicles #1) by Julius Bailey (@kingdomwanderer)
A HUSBAND. A LIQUOR LOVER. A STRANGER. THE DIREST ADVENTURE OF THEIR CENTURY. For over fifteen hundred years the kingdom of Vrandalin has withstood the might of the one enemy they had need to fear. Now a new threat arises. In the southeastern part of the land, a grim-looking newcomer arrives in the village of …
REVIEW by Trish: The Outlaw: Origins (The Outlaw #1) by Alan Janney (@AlanJanney)
A masked vigilante stalks the streets of downtown Los Angeles, disrupting crime and rescuing movie starlets. After being spotted on security cameras and thrust into the national spotlight, he is pursued by both the media and powerful new enemies. Little does the world know the Outlaw is just High School junior Chase Jackson wearing a …
REVIEW by Trish: Eric Elmoor and the Chalice of Cameron (Eric Elmoor #2) by Thomas A. Meyers (@tommythescribe)
Nearly a year has passed since the Battle of Fairwood, but the images of that day have been haunting Eric’s dreams ever since. Ben arrives back in Gondlair to warn Eric of their enemy’s resolve and to offer him a chance to resume his training. Wishing for some sort of normality, Eric turns down the …
REVIEW by Trish: Furious Angels (Lizard Queen #6) by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)
Forced to rely on her own instincts, along with the limited knowledge she’s gained of this world in the quest to fulfill the Promise of a New Morphósis, Amy Darlidale must find a way to acquire the remaining three Extiguos to piece together the prophesy and reunite her team of protectors. But despite feeling constrained …
REVIEW by Trish: A Wedge Between (Lizard Queen #5) by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)
As word makes its way across the nations that the prophesied Lacáruna has arrived, the forces against Amy Darlidale press on from unseen corners. Now the reach of danger seems to have penetrated the realm of her own mind. Although jolted by the sacrifices her protectors have had to make, Amy forges ahead as new …
REVIEW by Trish: Seventh Son (Alvin Maker #1) by Orson Scott Card (@orsonscottcard)
American Library Association “Best Books for Young Adults”… From the author of Ender’s Game, an unforgettable story about young Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with the power. He must learn to use his …
REVIEW by Trish: Brew (Salem’s Revenge #1) by David Estes (@davidestesbooks)
Salem’s Revenge strikes without warning or mercy, ravaging the powerless human race under the forces of united gangs of witches, wizards, and warlocks. During the slaughter, Rhett Carter’s foster parents and sister are killed, and his best friend and girlfriend are abducted by a gang of witches calling themselves the Necromancers, who deal in the …
REVIEW by Trish: Spirits (Sparks Saga #2) by R.S. McCoy (@RsMccoy1)
“Loving her was easier when I thought we were going to die.” With a new home on an island that prizes human sacrifice, Lark finds that reading minds is not enough. As he battles the tragedies that haunt him, his queen insists on the continuation of the violent practice, and he is powerless against her …
REVIEW by Trish: Sparks (Sparks Saga #1) by R.S. McCoy (@RsMccoy1)
“Everyone in the world has a Spark, a light inside that guides them, keeps them alive.” Starting school is supposed to be a fun and exciting time for any new student. But for Lark, a skilled archer and fledgling mind-reader, it’s a creative form of torture. Locked in rooms and hallways with both friends and …
REVIEW by Trish: The Forgotten Ones (Danaan Trilogy #1) by Laura Howard (LauraHoward78)
Allison O’Malley’s plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she’s been in love with for as long as she can remember. What is definitely not part …
REVIEW by Trish: Plausible Deniability (Chronicles of the Harekaiian Episode 4) by Shanna Lauffey (@ShannaLauffey)
Kallie wants to return to Los Angeles. She and Marcus come out of their quiet and peaceful existence in a small Northern California town nearly a year after the last encounter with their pursuers, but who is the mysterious young person who appears in their remote sanctuary and disrupts the illusion of safety under which …
REVIEW by Trish: Call of the Herald (The Dawning of Power Trilgogy #1) by Brian Rathbone (@brianrathbone)
Echoes of the ancients’ power are distant memories, tattered and faded by the passage of eons, but that is about to change. A new dawn has arrived. Latent abilities, harbored in mankind’s deepest fibers, wait to be unleashed. Ancient evils awaken, and old fears ignite the fires of war. When a Catrin Volker, a teenage …
REVIEW by Trish: The Ceres Plague (The Perry Helion Thrillers #3) by Tim Queeney (@timqueeney)
Perry Helion, an agent for the Defense Advanced Research and Projects Agency, joins a friend on a salvage expedition in the Bering Sea. The salvage firm, however, inexplicably kills a Russian official before trying to make Perry the next victim. After an escape that nearly drowns him, Perry discovers the salvage company is only one …
REVIEW by Trish: Interview With A Vampire (Vampire Chronicles #1) by Anne Rice (@AnneRiceAuthor)
Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force—a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write. …
NEW RELEASE REVIEW by Trish: House of the Last Man on Earth by Robert B. Marcus Jr, Ryan B. Marcus
Richard Johnson, a college student, just spent his last dime on food, lost his wealthy girlfriend, and had his bike stolen. To add to his misery, he returns to his apartment where he runs into his strange neighbor. Convinced this bizarre man is more than he seems, Richard and his land lady’s bull dog, Khan, …
REVIEW by Trish: Pretty Dancer by Cora Graham (@grahamcora1)
Meet Lilly – talented dancer, quick mouthed, take no shit tough girl who’s also good at hiding the fact that she’s scared. She doesn’t believe in true love or happily ever afters. Unless you count the unbreakable love she has for her over protective, bullheaded twin brother, who also happens to be her knight in …
REVIEW by Trish: You Are A Dream (Lizard Queen #4) by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)
Word has spread across all the nations that the prophesied Lacáruna has arrived to initiate the next expansion of this world. Although Amy Darlidale has passed tests of wits and endurance far beyond what she imagined possible, she struggles for insight into the role she is presumably intended to play in the fate of this …
REVIEW by Trish: A Spectacular Lie (Lizard Queen #3) by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)
When she was found barely coherent and staggering over sand dunes, word spread fast that the prophecy had finally come to pass and Lacáruna had been delivered to initiate the next expansion of this world. The trouble is Lacáruna has been removed from the world she’s intended to expand. Amy Darlidale must return to her …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Light of a Thousand Stars (True Calling #2.5) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
Ariana Skyee has been the center of Zane Anders’ world for years. They got together as a couple ten months ago, so Zane finally has the girl of his dreams. Life should be peachy. But it isn’t. Haunted by a shared secret that threatens to destroy their relationship and claim their sanity, Zane is on …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Beyond Reach (True Calling #2) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
Back on Earth, Ariana is caught in a dangerous crossfire between clandestine rebel organization Clementia and the power-hungry government. Refusing to divulge the location of the secret information entrusted to her by her late father, she desperately tries to bargain for her Mom, Lily, and Cal’s rescue. She’s fighting a losing battle, and the clock …
REVIEW by Trish: Imager’s Challenge (Imager Portfolio #2) L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Imager’s Challenge takes up immediately after the conclusion of Imager. Still recovering from injuries received in foiling the plots of the Ferran envoy, Rhenn is preparing to take up his new duties as imager liaison to the Civic Patrol of L’Excelsis. No sooner has he assumed his new position than he discovers two things. First, …
REVIEW by Trish: Lovestruck (True Calling #1.5) by Siobhan Davis (@siobhandavis)
Everything changed the moment he found her… Cal Remus is in love. But the object of his affection barely acknowledges his existence. Worse: She acts like he’s the dirt sticking to the bottom of her shoe. Weaker men might give up. But not Cal. Hell no, he loves a good challenge and Ariana Skyee has …
REVIEW by Trish: Trail of the Raven, Haiti (Trail of the Raven #1) by Chip Davis
Jack’s life consisted of new schools, in new towns, with the same old problems. The pattern continued until he saw Ana deep in the woods. Through Ana, Jack developed a keen interest in learning who he was and where he came from, his ancestors. “The best way to learn about your ancestors is to put …
REVIEW by Trish: In Your Sights (Sydney Triptych #1) by Elizabeth Krall
Caroline Bready is being watched. Someone has posted a photograph of her on a mysterious website. Still struggling to rebuild her life after the unsolved death of her husband, Caroline tells herself that the photo is unimportant. She drifts into an affair with a colleague; the relationship begins casually, but quickly becomes intense and disturbing. …
REVIEW by Trish: Codex Born (Magic Ex Libris #2) by Jim C. Hines (@jimchines)
Five hundred years ago, Johannes Gutenberg discovered the art of libriomancy, allowing him to reach into books to create things from their pages. Gutenberg’s power brought him many enemies, and some of those enemies have waited centuries for revenge. Revenge which begins with the brutal slaughter of a wendigo in the northern Michigan town of …
REVIEW by Trish: Imager (Imager Portfolio #1) by L. E. Modesitt Jr. (@TorBooks)
Imager is the beginning of a whole new fantasy in a whole new magical world from the bestselling creator of Recluce. Although Rhennthyl is the son of a leading wool merchant in L’Excelsis, the capital of Solidar, the most powerful nation on Terahnar, he has spent years becoming a journeyman artist and is skilled and …
REVIEW by Trish: From The Ashes (Lizard Queen #2) by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)
When she was found barely coherent and staggering over sand dunes, word spread fast that the prophecy had finally come to pass and Lacáruna had been delivered to initiate the next expansion of this world. The trouble is no one seems to understand how. Neither does Lacáruna: Amy Darlidale, though a CEO back in her …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis (@cometparty)
Maren Yearly is a young woman who wants the same things we all do. She wants to be someone people admire and respect. She wants to be loved. But her secret, shameful needs have forced her into exile. She hates herself for the bad thing she does, for what it’s done to her family and …
REVIEW by Trish: This Shrinking World (Lizard Queen #1) by H.L. Cherryholmes (@HLCherryholmes)
300 years ago, in a nameless world, a prophecy passed unfulfilled. A secret society that formed to prevent its occurrence believed it was their doing, while the secret society created to ensure that the prophecy came to pass wasn’t certain it had been stopped at all. Eventually, along with the mythology of time prior to …
RELEASE DAY REVIEW by Trish: Of Shadow and Stone by Michelle Muto (@MichelleMuto)
Gargoyles were created centuries ago to protect mankind, but something went horribly wrong. Now only the sentinel—a mortal chosen to control the stone beasts—stands between them and their human prey. When the latest sentinel is killed, Kate Mercer is destined to take his place. But Kate has enough going on in her life—like a skyrocketing …
REVIEW by Trish: Libriomancer (Magic Ex Libris #1) by Jim C. Hines (@jimchines)
Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach into books and draw forth objects. When Isaac is attacked by vampires that leaked from the pages of books into our world, he barely manages to escape. To …
REVIEW by Trish: Continuum (Chronicles of the Harekaiian #3) by Shana Lauffey (@ShannaLauffey)
Marcus, the half-breed Time Shifter, accomplished a time shift under crisis and discovered that the skills of his birthright were possible, yet the ability to shift at will was still elusive to him. Akalya, the Harekai Time Shifter whom he had been sent to capture, escaped into exile with him and there, in a small …
REVIEW by Trish: Touch by Natalia Jaster
The myth of Eros isn’t the truth. Her story is the truth . . . Love is an immortal bad girl. With a strike of her arrow and a smirk on her face, she pins human hearts together against their will. It’s for their own good, of course—silly, clueless creatures that they are. But Love …
REVIEW by Trish: Singe (Hailey Holloway #2) by K.C. Stewart
Hailey has been taken. She was alive and had a dragon boyfriend with a shiny new body. Life was fantastic. Or it was until she was drugged and pulled right off the street. Hailey finds herself no match for the supernatural world. Will Dak come after her or did their latest battle of arrogance verses …
REVIEW by Trish: Spark (Hailey Holloway #1) by K.C. Stewart
Copywriter by day, nerd by night, Hailey Holloway is living the post college dream. Her life may not be flashy and exciting but it’s enough for her. After a late night at work, Hailey stumbles upon two dragons brawling in the middle of Philadelphia. In an act of kindness and lapse of sanity, she comforts …
REVIEW by Trish: You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
Being undead sucks. Literally. Just ask C. Thomas Flood. Waking up after a fantastic night unlike anything he’s ever experienced, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jody, is a vampire. And surprise! Now he’s one, too. For some couples, the whole biting-and-blood thing would have been a deal breaker. But Tommy and Jody are in love, …
REVIEW by Trish: Everywhere the Road Ends (The Traveler of Ord #2) by Scott McCloskey
Bullied at prep-school and unappreciated at home, all young Theodore Ellsworth wanted was to be like the heroes in his favorite fantasy tales. Whisked away to the Gossamer City and chosen to embark on a quest to save a kingdom, he thought he’d have his chance. He was wrong. Left for dead in a place …
REVIEW by Trish: The Jericho River by David Tollen
Young Jason Gallo stumbles into another world, shaped by myth and history. There, he sails the Jericho River on a dangerous quest to rescue his father. He battles minotaurs and pirates, flees barbarians, stumbles into mummies’ tombs, and outwits fairies, philosophers, and scientists. But this is more than a fantasy story. The river flows like …
REVIEW by Trish: The Protector and the Peacemaker (The Slayer and the Sphinx #3) by Adam Bolander (@adambolander1)
Every War Must End. Porter, Sarah, and their friends are running out of time. Arch-Mythic Rayalga plans to lead his army against humanity and lay claim to the earth, and the Slayers are marching to meet them. Porter and Sarah must hurry if they want to end the war without needless bloodshed… but how? The …
REVIEW by Trish: Legacy by Ellery A. Kane (@ElleryKane)
How do you want to feel today? In 2041, the choice is yours. San Francisco is deserted, the Bay Bridge bombed, and the BART subway trains grounded. The Guardians, members of an elite and mysterious government-appointed military police force, are maintaining order at all costs–thanks to emotion-altering drugs like Emovere that suppress fear and anxiety. …
REVIEW by Trish: The Convict and the Captive (The Slayer and the Sphinx #2) by Adam Bolander (@adambolander1)
The Adventure Continues! After their close call at the Historian’s Tower, Porter, Sarah, and Tick continue on their journey to Jellaska Kob Lertan. But danger and treachery run rampant in the Dwarf City as an old enemy returns to take his revenge on Porter. Now Sarah is expected to testify against him in a court …
REVIEW by Trish: The Slayer and the Sphinx (The Slayer and the Sphinx #1) by Adam Bolander (@adambolander1)
Porter Collins is a Slayer with no mercy. Sarah Heisen is a sphinx with no freedom. Brought together in a life altering accident, they find themselves hopelessly lost in the wilderness. Once mortal enemies, they must now rely on each other if they wish to survive. Going against everything they’ve ever known, they travel together, …