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January 10, 2023
Poetry Review: A Graceless & Flourishing Heart (2023)
A Graceless & Flourishing Heart by Lauren Eve
I’ve been looking forward to reading Lauren Eve’s work for a while now and I was so flattered when she asked me to read an ARC of her collection! Oh my gosh, it’s so pretty. Not just the gorgeous poems, but it’s aesthetically pleasing, too. And the photography complements the poetry in a really lovely way. A E S T H E T I C S, yanno? *chef’s kiss*
It’s so hard to pick a favourite poem in here because so many of them stood out to me and I wo...
January 7, 2023
New short story!
Annnnd without further ado, here is my very short, angsty & quite dark but ultimately happy & fluffy sapphic story. (It’s like *really* short. Like 16 pages short.) I wrote this on a total whim & just fell in love with these characters. I hope you like them, too.
January 1, 2023
Poetry Review: Love Lost and Found (2022)
Love Lost And Found by E.M. McConnell
Love does not need to be
Performed on a stage
For hungry watchers
With gleaming eyes
And emptied hearts
This is my introduction to E.M. McConnell’s poetry and it definitely won’t be my last! These poems are well crafted, moving and thoughtful, focusing largely on deep, personal moments and struggles.
And that is what hurts me
That you sharpen the moments
And point them straight at me
This collection, though filled with individual poems, forms a sto...
December 31, 2022
Poetry Review: while the rest of the world dances (2022)
while the rest of the world dances by Bryony Rosehurst
two ghosts dance
through concrete
cemetery gates
on a cold October night
I’ve been waiting for Bryony Rosehurst’s poetry collection from the moment she first announced it on Twitter and I’m so glad to finally dive in! This is an incredibly poignant, emotional, touching, relatable collection of poems and prose that focuses on life, love, mental health and personal struggles, and much, much more.
So many of the poems herein really st...
December 28, 2022
Book Review: Sordaneon (2021)
GENERAL SPOILER WARNING
Nights in Sordan were never dark.
Ooooooh. This book. Epic fantasy and grimdark fans definitely need to check this one out! It’s dark and brutal and epic and intense and shocking and just WOW. Stephens doesn’t hold back at all and by the end of the book I was trying to get to the end as fast as possible to find out what happens to Dorilian, Lev, Marc and the rest. I WAS STRESS. Except Daimonaeris, truly one of the worst.
“How sad...
December 18, 2022
Book Review: Werewolves Don’t Celebrate Hanukkah (2022)
Werewolves Don’t Celebrate Hanukkah by Michelle Franklin
Werewolves prefer their doughnuts jam-filled, because they cannot have chocolate. Some believe that werewolves can eat chocolate in their human forms, but many are afraid to test this, so no one has tried.
OH. MY. GOSH.
Hanukkah is the international day of sock-exchange. Socks make popular gifts because everyone needs them, except werewolves, who slice through the toe bits with their claws. Werewolves love Hanukkah, but not en...
November 25, 2022
Book Review: Passenger (2016)
Passenger (Passenger, #1) by Alexandra Bracken
GENERAL SPOILER WARNING
Softly, Nicholas asked, “Do you really believe I’d take my leave of you without so much as a good-bye? If nothing else, I gave you my word that I would take you away from here if you were in danger.”
“Promise?” Etta whispered.
“Always.”
I really appreciate this book. Is that a weird compliment? Well, I do. I appreciate it. I love time travel stories and I love romances and I love books with historical settings that...
November 22, 2022
LAST DAY OF THE FREE PROMO
If you haven’t yet had a chance to grab your free books, today is the last day of the sale!! Link here.
November 21, 2022
Some Book Stats
The results of the free promo on my books has been wonderful! A Promise of Return is currently in the #1 position in LGBTQ+ Science Fiction on the Zon, and at #5 in Gay Fiction, along with A Time of Prophecy at #6.
A History of Madness, A Promise of Return, A Dance of Lies and A Touch of Death are in the top 10 of Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction!
A Dance of Lies is also currently at #7 in Science Fiction Adventure!
A Game of Wings and Marks is #110 in Paranormal & Urban ...
