Tag: adult
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Review: The Midspring Rebellion by Doreen Heron
2 stars ** I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** The Midspring Rebellion by Doreen Heron follows the King of the Fairies, Oberon, as he seeks a vacation in the human world after his wife, Titania, leaves him. There he meets Nick Chandler who is…
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Review: Master of Restless Shadows by Ginn Hale
** I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 stars Ginn Hale’s newest fantasy continues to explore the universe she has previously established in other works. In this book, we follow a wide variety of characters, but most notably Narsi and Atreau. Narsi is a…
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Review: The Deaths and Afterlife of Aleister Crowley by Ian Thornton
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.** DNF @ 25% I don’t know what I expected of this book, but this distinctly was not it. I was drawn in by the cover and the synopsis and was expecting historical fantasy. Instead, what I received was…
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Review: A Drop of Magic by LR Braden
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.** LR Braden’s debut novel, A Drop of Magic, is part murder mystery, part preternatural fantasy, and one solid good time. The reader follows the perspective of metalsmith Alex Blackwood as she learns about…
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Review: Cursed by Thomas Wheeler
** I was provided an electronic ARC of this book by publisher, Simon & Schuster, through NetGalley in return for an honest review.** Actual rating: 2.5 stars The team of Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler create a story in “Cursed” where Arthurian legend is retold with sixteen-year-old Nimue in possession of the Sword of Power.…
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Review: Critique of Criminal Reason by Michael Gregorio
4 stars Critique of Criminal Reason is certainly what it promised to be- a historical fiction detective novel. Michael Gregorio cleverly utilized a historical background of Napoleonic era Prussia combined with the inspiration of the philosophies of Immanuel Kant to form the backbone of the story. Add in one young investigative magistrate in Hanno Stiffeniis…
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Review: Irenicon by Aidan Harte
4 stars Ohhh this book. First, let me say that I absolutely enjoyed reading Irenicon. After saying that, let me begin to unpack this whole situation. This book was slow to get through for me, but that is because the entire first section of the book is absolutely and beautifully filled with world-building. Harte has…
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Review: Master’s Boys 1-7 by Patricia Logan
3 stars Patricia Logan has an apparent respect for the BDSM community that comes across in her explanations and general presentation of the lifestyle in her Master’s Boys series. This, in itself, is something that I truly appreciate, even if I do not necessarily agree with all aspects of the portrayal in her series. Sometimes…
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