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Review: A Knight of the Word

A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is the second book in Terry Brooks' Word and Void urban fantasy series. These books most definitely need to be read in order to make sense. (I actually picked this one up first and read the first couple chapters before realizing it was the second book, and I was completely lost until I backtracked and read the first one.)

Once again, Brooks' world building is phenomenal. The tatterdemalion creature he creates, as well as the forest creatures he introduced in the first book are unique and believable. He also does a wonderful job with the demon in this story, although I didn't find it nearly as compelling as the demon in book 1.

The two main characters from the first book, John Ross and Nest Freemark, return as POV characters in book two. They are joined by several other familiar faces and a good many new ones. Nest Freemark is a strong, independent young woman who, while often conflicted, always does what she believes is right. I really like Nest and I feel like she was the true protagonist of this book.

John Ross is a Knight of the Word, though the premise of this book is that he no longer sees himself as such. He basically goes through the entire novel with his head in the sand, willfully delusional to his own reality. Now, I've met plenty of real life people like this, so it is believable, but the thing is, I don't like people like that and I generally avoid them when I can. As such, I didn't particularly connect with Ross. He's inept and steeped in self pity, more a plot device that an actual character in this book. Part of that may have been due to the demon's influence, but whatever the reason, I didn't find him compelling and had trouble rooting for him.

The plot was centered around John Ross running away from his responsibilities as a Knight and, as stated above, sticking his head in the sand. Therefore, while the individual scenes were fun, I didn't find myself caring too much about the outcome. I enjoyed Nest's chapters. I liked the way she kept the story moving forward by actually doing things, even when her choices were bad. She made a much better Knight than Ross.

All in all, I wasn't riveted but did enjoy the book, and I will be continuing with book 3.

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Welcome to the book tour for Far, Far, Away, a new SciFi ...

Welcome to the book tour for Far, Far, Away, a new SciFi and Fantasy 7 story anthology.

About Far, Far Away:

In a land far, far away… In a distant galaxy… Once upon a time…

These are all ways to begin fantastical tales of love and adventure. Gateways into the realms of imagination. In this anthology, we bring together authors from all over this world to transport you into the worlds they’ve created.

Travel through space and experience infinity three hours at a time. Explore dangerous caverns for the source of a deadly disturbance. Get stranded on a mysterious island from which no one returns, then learn to survive on a distant planet while you hope for rescue. 

In this far-reaching, magical collection love allows you to see in colour, time is vast but fragile, and changing minds and hearts in Ancient Rome is only one stop on an epic journey across time, space, and reality. 

Stories Included in the Anthology:

“Piece of Mind” by L.R. Braden
“Songs and Superstitions” by Shana Scott
“Black Spire Isles” by Barend Nieuwstraten III
“Field Notes from the Unknown Planet” by Brittni Brinn
“The Colour of Roses” by Kelly D. Holmes
“The Prime Crusade” by Buddy Young “Fatestorm” by Justine Alley Dowsett and Murandy Damodred
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Songs and Superstitions by Shana Scott
Krem dropped the mangled gun onto his bunk. Torqu-style weapons were difficult to come by, as were the weapons of all insectoid species outside their territories. The rifle was the latest casualty to Commodore McFlufferton’s teething.

Krem hated Commodore McFlufferton. The semi-sentient raok had been an annoyance when Krem could snap it in one claw and return it to Max, his human crewmate, whenever it tried to chew his leg. Krem never understood how humans saw these monsters as “adorable”. Nearly a year old by the Torqu calendar, the full-grown vermin’s furry red head reached waist-high when sitting back on its haunches, and it measured as one of the tallest creatures on the ship when standing on the backmost two of its six plate-sized paws. How such a huge species could travel without making a sound baffled him. Maybe all that fur insulated it. Add in the two rows of steel-sharp teeth in its massive maw, and Commodore McFlufferton was capable of ripping an individual of any species apart with unnerving ease—or, as in this case, tearing Krem’s favorite rifle in two.

Krem grabbed the plasma shotgun—one of the few remaining survivors—and headed for the cargo bay to meet Del and Max. Maybe he could get replacement weapons after the mission, though he doubted any Torqu would sell to him. This might have once been his colony, but he hadn’t left in the appropriate way, and Torqu didn’t forgive easily.

“Ready to see home again?” Max called in greeting as they met in the scarlet halls that led to the exterior cargo bay. Commodore McFlufferton padded its six pillar-like legs serenely at Max’s side, matching her pace precisely. While loose on the ship, the creature managed to sneak its substantial body unnoticed to torment Krem, yet when they left the ship it waited on Max’s every command. Krem knew the vermin did so simply to prove that it targeted him on purpose.

“The colony isn’t my home anymore,” he said. “Each Torqu has a duty to the colony they must perform. A small percentage of Torqu don’t agree with their placement in the colony. I’ve heard in a few colonies it’s acceptable to request reassignment, but my colony doesn’t function that way. You either fulfill your role or you leave. I left. Now, I’m an outsider, like you.”

Max allowed sufficient time to pass in silence, and he was grateful. Krem and Max didn’t always understand one another, being from vastly different species, but she comprehended his need to have things in their place, drilled into him from a lifetime as Torqu. That he’d chosen to leave the colony didn’t mean his culture left him, and Krem sensed her respect for the difficulty of that decision.

Then, because she was Max, a wry grin played on her lips as she cocked a single brow his direction. “What was your job in the colony?”

Normally he’d have answered her honestly, as Torqu standards demanded and in order to avoid any misunderstandings deception caused between species, but he’d lived with this crew for nearly four years, and they’d rubbed off on him. In a serious tone and with no obvious malice, Krem replied, “Killing raok in the tunnels. I was very good at it.”

Commodore McFlufferton growled, while Max laughed and hugged the beast around the neck. She, it seemed, had caught the joke. ***
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The Magic of Speculative Fiction

Fear drives people to do stupid things. I’d love to say we as a species have learned from our bloody history, but every time I glance at a news article I find strife—discrimination, political division, school shootings, social discontent—and I just want to scream, “Haven’t we gotten past this yet? Why can’t we all just get along?” But of course, screaming at my monitor doesn’t accomplish anything. Not only that, but talking about issues like religion, politics, sexual preference, or race is liable to alienate half my audience before I even get to the heart of the matter. So I created a world that was a mirror of our own but different enough that I could explore social issues and express my opinions without people immediately throwing up their comfort-bubble walls. That’s the magic of speculative fiction. In my books, I made the primary divisive factor about species. Namely, humans vs. fae. Within these two major groups are smaller factions that bicker and scheme just like the people of Earth. A fae could belong to any one of the magical courts that train in particular skills, and could live in any of dozens of inter-connected realms, each ruled over by a different fae lord. A person who was born human might discover they have the rare practitioner gene that allows them to do magic, or might be turned into a werewolf or a vampire. Each group has history with the others, and that history colors their interactions. Humans see werewolves as monsters. Werewolves see fae as evil. Fae see vampires as abominations. Vampires see humans as food. It’s these biased preconceptions that bring the Magicsmith world to the brink of tearing itself apart as every faction vies for power. To steer the world away from war, a balance must be found. But how can these groups ever interact as equals? Enter my main character, Alex Blackwood. On the surface, Alex is about as average as a person can get. She’s a middle-class, moderately educated, fairly independent, white woman. The only ways in which she stands out at the beginning of the series are that she’s single and she has a predominantly masculine career—she’s a metalsmith. However, dig a little deeper and we find out she’s anything but average. Part fae, part sorcerer, but raised to believe she was entirely human, the Magicsmith series follows Alex as she grows through each revelation and struggles to understand what all these new labels mean. For me, Alex embodies the idea of a global community, in which every aspect of her complex lineage plays a role and makes her a stronger person overall. Alex also acts as the focal point for bringing individuals from different groups together, causing them to interact and grow to understand one another. Without meaning to, Alex creates what she calls “a fundamental change on an individual level” among her friends and supporters. A feat she then tries to duplicate on a larger scale. Throughout the book, Alex attempts to bring people together by sharing her vision for the future, but she meets resistance from every quarter as people set in their ways refuse to bend—because, let’s face it, changing minds and hearts is hard. The big idea of this book is that all people are integral to the balance of our world, our society, and our species. The things that make us different are the things that make us strong. Like Alex, I hope to see a day when we can all just get along. This post was originally published as a Big Idea feature on John Scalzi's Whatever blog.

Review: A Shiver of Shadows

A Shiver of Shadows by Hunter J. Skye
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars

A carnival of addictive attraction and dark debauchery set in a uniquely magical world. For fans of graphic paranormal romance. This book is the second in Hunter J. Skye's Hell Gate series, and I would definitely recommend reading the books in order. The first book is A Glimmer of Ghosts, and you can read my review about it HERE.

I love the world Ms. Skye has created. The various entities in it are unique, engaging, enticing, and made me want to know more about them. I especially loved the creepy cursed dudes in the thieve's market and the doomsayers. There were also some truly horrific nuns, but I can't say more without spoilers. ;) Sky also introduced some very interesting modes of transportation in her world that were both creative and original. All-in-all, the world of the Hell Gate series is easy to fall into and enjoyable to spend time in.

Skye's use of descriptive phrases and metaphors is wonderful. However, despite her lovely writing style, I had trouble getting through the first part of the story due to a problem with the pacing. A bunch of stuff happens to Melisande, but she doesn't really *do* anything at the beginning of the book. She mostly just attends parties and plays dress-up with her over-sexed kidnappers. The reason for this became clear later in the story, but I did find myself losing interest during those early chapters. The second half of the story, however, was much better and able to hold my interest as a reader.

This book has two narrators, both with strong and separate voices, although they do not share equal page space. The first, and primary, character is Mel (the protagonist from book 1: A Glimmer of Ghosts). Mel has a unique medical condition that allows her to interact with the spiritual plane when she is in the stage of consciousness between wake and sleep. This allows her to perceive ghosts, but comes with some debilitating side effects, like losing muscle control when she's scared.

Mel shares this story's narration with the character of William Grayford. Grayford's chapters are much shorter, and in fact there is a large chunk of the book where he doesn't show up at all, but his chapters carried the first part of the book while Mel succumbed to the doldrums of dress-up and parties that made her sections in the first part of the book drag.

There were a few scenes in the book that I felt could have been handled slightly better, or moved to a more appropriate place to help with the overall flow, but I enjoyed the sentence-level writing and the story as a whole.

I received a free copy of Shiver of Shadows in exchange for an honest review.

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Blog Tour: Of Mettle & Magic

Today kicks of the online book tour for Of Mettle & Magic, which released last week on May 14th.

The tour is once again being hosted by Silver Dagger Book Tours, so be sure to stop by their site for the original launch post, including an excerpt and a chance to win a $20 Amazon giftcard. Here's a list of all the participating blogs and when they will be posting their spotlights: May 21
kickoff at Silver Dagger Book Tours
Angel's Guilty Pleasures - GUEST POST


May 23
The Book Junkie Reads . . .


May 24
Literary Gold
Westveil Publishing


May 25
Sadie's Spotlight
Word Processor, Romance, Cats, Kids and Creed


May 26
#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog
Books all things paranormal and romance


May 27
SSLY
Character Madness and Musings


May 28
Books a Plenty Book Reviews
Liliyana Shadowlyn


May 31
Writing Dreams
Inside the Insanity – GUEST POST


Jun 1
A Pinch of Bookdust
The Bookshelf Fairy


Jun 2
Girl with Pen
Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read


Jun 3
Tina Donahue - Heat with Heart
The Faerie Review


Jun 4
4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼
Sapphyria's Book Reviews


Jun 5
❧Defining Ways❧


Jun 6
Sharon Buchbinder Blog Spot
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Jun 7
Sylv.net
Twisted Book Ramblings


Jun 8
The Sexy Nerd 'Revue'
Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin'


Jun 9
Jazzy Book Reviews - GUEST POST
Book Corner News and Reviews


Jun 10
Bedazzled By Books
Musings From An Addicted Reader


Jun 11
Insane Books
Teatime and Books


Jun 14
Book Lovers 4Ever
eBook Addicts


Jun 15
Anna del C. Dye official page
The Book Dragon


Jun 16
Midnight Book Reader
Scrupulous Dreams


Jun 17
Book Butterfly in Dreamland - REVIEW
A Wonderful World of Words - GUEST POST


Jun 18
Craving Lovely Books
Cover Love Book Blog


Jun 21
Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author
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Completing an Arc in Life and Literature

Eight years ago, when I first got the idea that I might be able to write a book and sat down with my pencil and notebook to consider what kind of story I'd like to tell, I came up with The Magicsmith. It wasn't called that at first, and a lot of tweaks have been made over the years as Alex's story developed into the books that were eventually published, but the basic concept I came up with that day in my living room is still intact. The story I told myself that first day was too much for one book. It was even too much for a trilogy. The day I decided to start writing my book, I decided to write five. That was the minimum number of volumes I decided I needed to tell the story of how Alex grew to know herself and find her place in the world. The reason I'm writing this post today is because book five in The Magicsmith series came out last weekend. The first Magicsmith book, originally called Crossroads and eventually published as A Drop of Magic, took three months to write. It then took five years of revising, editing, rewriting, and querying before an agent agreed to represent it. During that time, I joined a writer’s group (Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers), studied the craft and techniques of writing, attended lectures and workshops, and generally tried to figure out how to be a better writer. It took a full year after gaining agent representation for my book to find a home with Bell Bridge, but when I got the contract I was thrilled to see they wanted not just the completed book, but the promise of two more. I remember thinking, If I do well enough with these, maybe they’ll agree to publish the last two. And of course, on the flip side, If they decide they don’t want more from me, I might never get to finish Alex’s story. But, I had my arc outlined. I knew which characters I was going to introduce in which books. I knew which antagonists would carry over and when Alex would make the all-important discoveries that would carry her forward into the next book and the next. I had hints and clues littered throughout the early books that 90% of people would probably forget by the time the finale came around, but I was okay with that because I knew they were there. So I wrote my story the way I’d envisioned it with the hope and assumption that someday I would get to tell it all. What really floored me, and still makes my head spin when I think about it, is how readers responded to my stories. They wanted more. My first books did well enough to earn a second contract. I was going to be able to publish Alex’s whole story! But that wasn’t all. The publisher wanted me to extend the series! This was amazing news, but it was also terrifying. I had (and still have) plenty of other story ideas outside of The Magicsmith series, but I’d designed Alex’s story to be a five-book arc. I sat down with my pencil and my notebook again (while I write on a laptop, I prefer to brainstorm in a more tactile form), and I considered what would happen to Alex once my original arc came to fruition. The story I was telling up to that point was how Alex learned the truth about and came to terms with herself. It was about family, friends, secrets, and growth. But people don’t die just because they reach a moment of self-realization (unless it’s a really sad story). They struggle with the new reality they’ve created for themselves every day, finding new hurdles to overcome. At the end of the fifth Magicsmith book, Alex has grown into a different person compared to who she was at the beginning of book one, and she has a new role in the world. Closing her original arc doesn’t bring her to the end, it sets her at the beginning of a brand new adventure. When I started this journey with Alex, I was just a nobody typing on a computer, telling a story with no idea if anyone would ever read it. As Alex found herself and became the hero of her story, I became the hero of mine. My revelations might not have been as flashy or dramatic as hers, but my transformation was no less true. I’m an author. I set out to write five books, and I did, but this isn’t the end. Alex isn’t the only one with more story to tell, and I’m excited to send more of my creations out into the world for years to come. You can find all of Alex's adventures in the MAGICSMITH SERIES tab on my website. [image error]

Review: Running with the Demon

Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Despite growing up with Terry Brooks' Shannara books, I'd never read his Word and Void series, so I've decided to rectify that. :)
Running with the Demon is an urban fantasy in that it takes place in the contemporary world with the addition of magic. In this case, magic that most people are unaware of. However, you can definitely tell that Brooks is an epic fantasy writer at heart.

In the world that Brooks created, the battle between good and evil take the form of servants of the Word (good) and the Void (evil). On the side of good is John Ross, a knight of the word who dreams every night of the future he is trying to prevent. He uses information his future self learns to affect what is happening in the present in an effort to change the future. Fighting for evil is an insidious demon who walks unseen among men and whispers into their hearts and minds, feeding the negative emotions he finds there until they snap and commit unspeakable acts. Caught in the middle between these two forces is fourteen year old Nest Freemark, who wields a dangerous magic that could be claimed by either side.

I really liked the characters in this story, though I feel like John Ross was a little pathetic as a knight. He spent a good deal of the book depressed at how little he could do, but then kept saying he'd done all he could. I disagree. Maybe he was just tired of failing, or succeeding and having it turn out to be pointless. I imagine walking through the terrifying future of your failure each night would get a little discouraging. Still, I feel like there was a lot more he *could* have done that might have eased the burden on some of the other characters. I was also a little annoyed at him at the end, having kept his secrets through so much, that he decided to unburden himself when those secrets no longer served much purpose.

Similarly, I enjoyed the character of Nest's grandmother, who raised and protected her but also made Nest's life more difficult and mysterious than it needed to be. Her grandma could have made Nest's path much simpler by sharing any or all of the history she chose instead to keep to herself, leaving Nest to flounder and discover the truth by herself. A lot of this book was about keeping secrets, and while I get that those secrets allowed the author to draw out the suspense, I did find myself losing patience with the characters' tightlippedness several times.

I especially loved the way Brooks portrayed his demon. Patient, methodical, tireless. He was everything a demon should be. Not all violence and rage, but the insidious voice in a person's head that brings out the worst in them until they destroy themselves.

Brooks' story telling is wonderfully engrossing, pulling readers fully into his world. As I mentioned in my intro, the fact that he is an epic fantasy writer definitely comes through in his style. The most obvious example would be his languid descriptions and recaps that come at the beginning of each chapter. While the writing was smooth and pleasant, it sometimes felt a little formulaic in execution. I could mark the first page and a half of each chapter as omniscient exposition to set the scene and mood, recounting any relevant information that may have taken place off-page and often involving some sort of flashback. The characters also spent a good deal of time in quiet contemplation, which is something most modern UF writers tend to steer clear of in favor of a faster pace.

All in all, I enjoyed the story and I'm ready to jump right in to the second book in the series: Knight of the Word.

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I've taken the plunge into video!
I must say, there's quite the learing curve. Between recording, editing, captioning, and posting videos, I feel like I've taken on (yet another) full-time job. But, difficulties aside, I've succeeded in creating some content. :)
Currently, I've posted five "author reading" videos where I read passages from my books, two book trailers (for A Drop of Magic and Of Mettle & Magic), and one unboxing video where I get my hands on my author-copy books for the first time. Along with continuing to post this type of content, I'd like to work up to making short clips with writing advice and anecdotes about my publishing journey.

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Author Spotlight: Corinne O'Flynn

Today I want to introduce you to author Corinne O'Flynn, who is celebrating the release of her newest book: Undead Men Tell No Tales, the first installment in an exciting seafaring urban fantasy adventure with romance, magic, betrayal, intrigue, and lots of mystery!
Corinne is a USA Today bestselling author of fantasy and mystery books. She's the author of The Expatriates fantasy-adventure series, Witches of Tower Hill paranormal suspense series featuring the award-winning Ghosts of Witches Past, the Aumahnee Prophecy urban fantasy series, which she co-writes with Lisa Manifold, and the Half Moon Girls murder-mystery series. She is also a publisher with Wicked Ink Books, whose titles include the award-winning TICK TOCK: Seven Tales of Time and their latest release, OFF BEAT: Nine Spins on Song. Even the craftiest pirate can’t outrun the curse of the sea witch.

Known on the high seas as the Fog Queen, Morianna Swift never imagined her life as a pirate. But after her brother’s death, she has no choice; she’ll be damned if she’ll stand by and watch as the family fortune is taken by the murderous thieves at the East India Company. While fleeing her previous life as a high-born lady, Morianna is cursed with a powerful hex that imprisons her forever upon the waves.

Unable to master the magic to free herself, Morianna seeks the one being powerful enough to remedy her curse. Everyone knows that a deal with the sea witch seals your fate as sure as succumbing to the siren’s song, but Morianna rolls the bones anyway and puts her fate in the hands of the sorceress. Locked in an unbreakable promise that threatens not only her soul, but the souls of those she loves, Morianna refuses to accept that there’s no way out.

All of this while the East India Company continues their quest to dominate the ports, the city, and the sea—at all costs. Caught in the current of two opposing forces, Morianna finds herself in the middle of a maelstrom that threatens to destroy everything she's fought so hard to protect.

She's never relied on fair winds or following seas; the Fog Queen makes her own luck. Pick it up launch week at the discount price of $ .99! Buy on Amazon Excerpt from Undead Men Tell No Tales:I should have killed him.

Standing at the stern of the dinghy, my head swam with dizziness and dread. As the beach came into view, every part of me wanted to dive off the back of the skiff and disappear into the sea. I could swim back to the ship, right? Nobody would miss me; my business could wait.

A bead of sweat trickled over my temple as I stared at the backs of my crew. The oarsmen brought us to shore. Sitting shoulder to shoulder with the other non-rowing passengers, Mr. Fusack’s body tensed under my gaze as if he could tell I was watching him and could read my thoughts.

If I’d learned anything from my father, it was to heed my first instinct. That tiny spark of inclination came from deep wisdom, which we should learn to trust. My father always advised taking a good think when the circumstances merited, and constraints allowed—he saw no reason to rush when you had the luxury of sitting with your thoughts.

“Think on it if you can. Change your mind if you like,” he’d say in his soft-spoken manner that always made everyone around him quiet down so they wouldn’t miss a word. “But never forget, your initial reaction arrived in your belly for a very, very good reason.”

In this case, my first instinct was to draw my cutlass across the sleeping neck of my soon-to-be ex-pilot, Mr. Barnaby Fusack, without so much as a second glance. Insubordination among sailors could be deadly, and when those sailors were engaged in piracy on the high seas against the force called East India… well, insubordination was like a festering boil and had to be cut out at the source.

I’d watched Mr. Fusack sleeping in his hammock. He swayed gently as we sailed, his foul breath dank as his oily beard, and his thick fingers folded together across his belly like the corpse I wished I had made him. The man had been one of the most trusted crew of my brother’s, and my father’s before him—God rest their souls—but it seems family ties only counted for so much where he was concerned.

Mr. Fusack was a quick thinker, an excellent navigator, and a gifted storyteller. He’d spin tales of adventures on the high seas that kept the crew rapt, hanging on every word. He was also a disrespectful louse who refused to heed any order from me until it was repeated by Mr. Albie, my First Mate. I had allowed Mr. Fusack to remain on my ship despite his refusals to hear me out of some imagined loyalty to my father and brother, I suppose.

But my leniency almost cost us everything.

Other Titles by Corinne O'Flynn: About Corinne Corinne is a native New Yorker living in Colorado who wouldn’t trade life in the Rockies for anything. She is a self-proclaimed scone aficionado, a professional napper, and she has an entire section of her kitchen devoted to tea. She serves on the board of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers as the Chair of the Colorado Gold annual conference. When not writing, she can be found hanging with her husband and their four kids, playing board games, knitting, reading, or binge watching some fabulous shows (while sipping tea).