Title: The Bone Witch Author: Rin Chupeco Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pub. Date: 7 March 2017 Genre: Fantasy, Magic, Necromancy, YA This book is really two story-lines converging. In one, young Tea is learning to control her new magic without letting the darkness in. In the other, the Bard is recounting his meeting with…
Category: Fantasy
Can’t Forget
Title: Can’t Forget Author: Colleen S. Myers Publisher: Champagne Books Pub Date: 6 Jun 2016 Series: Solum #2 Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Teen/YA This is book 2, and though reading book #1 is a good idea, this book can be read as a standalone. I have included the blurb for book 1 ‘Must…
A Time of Torment
Title: A Time of Torment Author: John Connolly Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books Pub. Date: 2 August, 2016 Series: Charlie Parker #14 Genre: Fantasy, Detective, Suspense Thriller Detective Charlie Parker is back to continue the hunt for supernatural bad guys. This time the hard-boiled agent has to overcome the forces of the Dead King to…
Wolves
Title: Wolves Author: D. J. Molles Publisher: Blackstone Pub. Date: (projected) 30 Aug. 2016 Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Recommended With nothing left to lose, Huxley, a man driven by grief to become a force of destruction, moves across the land toward a singular vengeful goal. He seeks his daughter, and the death of man…
The City of Mirrors
Title: The City of Mirrors Author: Justin Cronin Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 24 May, 2016 Series: Book #3 The Passage Trilogy First off, anyone thinking of tackling this series should be fair-warned and fore-armed—it is loooonnnnnggg. Many think of it as ‘literary’ in the sense that it meanders and internalizes and thinks a…
Eirelan
Title: Eirelan Author: Liam O’Shiel Series: Book 1, Saga of the Latter-Day Celts Publishing platform: CreateSpace Publication Date: November 11, 2011 Genre: Speculative Fiction, Alt-Future, Semi-Medieval Low-Tech Science Fiction, Recommended, Future Historical Fiction First off, I interrupted my reading of this book with several family emergencies, and I always itched to get…
Dreamers
Title: Dreamers Author: Donna Glee Williams Publisher: Edge-Lite Publication Date: February 1, 2016 Dew is a prisoner to her only purpose in the hot, dusty town –dreaming the future for all who live there from the isolated chamber at the center of her cool garden. Things are as they have always been, each day’s…
The Accidental Highwayman
Title: The Accidental Highwayman Author: Ben Tripp Narrator: Steve West Publisher: Macmillan Audio, 2014 Genre: Fantasy The full title of this book includes ‘Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, A Mysterious Princess, and some Magical Persons Besides,’ which gives away the epic fantasy style of this great-hearted adventure. Kit, a young man…