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July 18, 2022
Book Review: Disenchanted by Brianna Sugalski
Title: Disenchanted
Author: Brianna Sugalski
Publisher: Parliament House
Page Count: 458
Spice*: ️️
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Princess Lilac has a dark gift: the ability to speak the Darkling tongue, the language of shifters and fae. Because of it, her parents have kept her secluded from the world, hidden away in the castle, while the kingdom’s people protest Lilac’s upcoming coronation believing her to be a curse upon the kingdom.
Five days before Lilac is set to take the throne, she receives a letter fro...
July 12, 2022
10 Questions with Matthew Poehler

Matthew lives in the beautiful country of New Zealand in the best of provinces, Taranaki. He is happily married for coming up on three decades and his two children are grown and gone now, successful in their own right.
Matthew is a person that goes through life with a Plan A, Plan B, and a Plan C at all times. It has saved him from any number of disasters! Amongst his careers he has been an American Paratrooper, an IT Technician, a Business owner (three times), a New Zealand trained Primary Sch...
July 11, 2022
Book Review: A Dead End Job by Justin Alcala
Title: A Dead End Job
Author: Justin Alcala
Publisher: Parliament House
Page Count: 294
Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Fantasy
Rep: Wheelchair user
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ (4.5/5)
Spice: none

What do you get when you mix Dresden Files with Sandman Slim and throw in a dash of Pratchett? A Dead End Job by Justin Alcala. This book is laden with pop/geek culture references and one liners—and I had a blast with it. Premise: Death needs a vacation, but his job isn’t one you can put aside for a week or two, so h...
July 9, 2022
Book Review: The Life Giver by Jase Puddicombe
Title: The Life Giver
Author: Jase Puddicombe
Genre: YA fantasy
Page count: 388
Rep: Disability, ace/aro
Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

The Life Giver by Jase Puddicombe is a YA fantasy with a compelling mystery and a good dousing of dystopia. Think City of Ember meets The Giver. For some reason it also gave me Laputa vibes. Maybe it was the crumbling, abandoned city in the world above that did it. This book sits at the younger end of YA and more advanced MG readers are likely to enjoy this one too.
Our p...
July 2, 2022
Book Review: Bluebells by Leanbh Pearson
Title: Bluebells
Author: Leanbh Pearson
Publisher: Black Hair Press
Page Count: 157
Rep: LGBTQ+, M/M
Spice/steam*: ️️️️
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
***Spoiler note***: Because there is not 'hide spoiler' function on this blog, I've made spoiler text the same(ish) colour as the background. If you want to read the spoilers, simply highlight the section to read the text.

Bluebells by Leanbh Pearson is a compelling mix of paranormal romance meets dystopian alternate history. Set in Australia during WWI, it is a ...
June 21, 2022
10 Questions with E.M. Wright

E.M. Wright is an author and editor from Portland, Oregon. She spends her time daydreaming, listening to music, and playing with her two cats. She loves long walks in the rain and books of all kinds, surrounding herself with them as often as she can. Sedition is her first book, with its sequel Seraphim due May 9, 2023.
1. Tell us a bit about yourself! Where do you call home and what do you write?I'm E.M. Wright, AKA Em, an author from Portland, Oregon. I write young adult fiction, mostly fantas...
A From The Waste Land anthology is on the way!

I'm super excited to share that I have a story in an upcoming anthology of speculation fiction stories inspired by TS Eliot's The Waste Land.
Published 100 years ago in October 1922, The Waste Land has become a masterpiece of modernism; it's a poem that reaches back into legend and forward into dystopia. Now, 100 years later, 19 authors have come together to write stories inspired from lines in Eliot's poem to mark the centenary of The Waste Land's publication. And if that's not enough to wh...
June 13, 2022
10 Questions with Chantal Gadoury


Amazon Best Selling Author, Chantal Gadoury, is a 2011 graduate from Susquehanna University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing. Since graduation, she has published The Songs in Our Hearts with 48Fourteen Publishing, and Allerleirauh with Parliament House Press, with future titles to follow. Chantal first started writing stories at the age of seven and continues with that love of writing today.
Writing novels for Chantal has become a life-long dream come true! When she’s not writing, s...
May 17, 2022
10 Questions with Vicki-Ann Bush


Originally from New York, Vicki-Ann currently resides in Nevada. Writing Young Adult paranormal, she finds inspiration from events that have been in her life for as long as she can remember. Inheriting the sensitivity to the supernatural from her family, they continue to be an endless source of vision.
1. Tell us a bit about yourself! Where do you call home and what do you write?Hmmm, that’s a little tough for me. I reside in Nevada, but I’m originally from New York, and I think in my heart NY w...
May 6, 2022
10 Questions with Kelsey Kicklighter


Kelsey Kicklighter lives in a small southern town with the love of her life, their abnormally cute kid, two cats, and one three-legged dog. She writes stories for everyone who still believes in 398.2.
Her debut novel, Of Beast & Burden , is out May 10th, 2022.
1. Tell us a bit about yourself! Where do you call home and what do you write?I’m a Media Specialist in Georgia and mom to a Pandemic baby. He has absolutely no fear and therefore I survive on caffeine and anxiety. I write Young Adult Fant...