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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...

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Published on July 18, 2022 12:41

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...

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Published on July 12, 2022 11:39

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...

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Published on July 11, 2022 11:21

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

Cover of The Life Giver by Jase Puddicombe

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.

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Published on July 09, 2022 00:41

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 ...

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Published on July 02, 2022 13:53

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...

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Published on June 21, 2022 12:21

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...

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Published on June 21, 2022 01:14

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...

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Published on June 13, 2022 11:45

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...

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Published on May 17, 2022 13:25

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...

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Published on May 06, 2022 12:55