Tag: adult
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Review: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Rebecca Roanhorse begins a new epic fantasy series with Black Sun. The series is inspired in part by the mythology, lore, and legends of the pre-Columbian Americas. Riddled with prophecy, betrayal, magic, and politics, Black Sun…
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Review: Ink by Jonathan Maberry
**I was provided with an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Jonathan Maberry’s newest work, Ink, is a supernatural horror story that surrounds something strange happening in Pine Deep, PA. Pine Deep has always been a strange town with weird things happening. But now, people in the…
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Review: Kink: Stories by RO Kwon et al
*I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars RO Kwon and Garth Greenwell compile a series of short literary fiction stories from various authors to convey the spectrum of kink, love, and desire. As always, with anthologies, certain stories resonate more than others for each…
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Review: The Ghost Variations by Kevin Brockmeier
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Kevin Brockmeier brings a plethora of ghost stories in the anthology The Ghost Variations. Brockmeier further divides the anthology into similar themes, which made for a pleasant reading experience. My issues with this book are very similar…
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Review: Casting Shadows by LR Braden
**I was provided an electronic ARC via the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Alex and crew return in the latest installment in the Magicsmith series by LR Braden. This is the fourth book in the series, which makes it increasingly difficult to discuss without spoilers. All of the the things…
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Review: Night Call by Brenden Carlson
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Brenden Carlson’s Night Call is the start of a series following Elias Roche, former cop now Mafia enforcer. Set in an alternate history 1930s New York where robotics are commonplace assets, Elias is saddled with an Automatic…
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Review: The Revolutionary and the Rogue by Blake Ferre
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 2.5 Blake Ferre’s The Revolutionary and the Rogue brings readers to the French Revolution where the Committee hunts down those accused of treason against the new Republic. English aristocrat, Perrin de Vesey, shouldn’t be drawn to Committee…
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Review: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Alexis Hall’s newest release, Boyfriend Material, is a m/m contemporary romance with tons of humor and a fake dating trope tying it all together. Luc O’Donnell is the son of two rock stars, which makes him a frequent…
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Review: Where the Veil is Thin by Alana Joli Abbott
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Where the Veil is Thin is a collection of short stories from various authors, all surrounding the fae folk. Each story has a somewhat different take on fae lore or explores a different aspect of fae lore.…
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Review: American Midnight Tales of the Dark by Laird Hunt
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Laird Hunt’s American Midnight Tales of the Dark is a selection of short stories from a variety of authors in horror literature. I was happy to have the opportunity to read the selection as some I was…
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