Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris Genre: Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance Age category: Adult Release Date: May 1st, 2001 Review I fear I may have come to this book expecting too much of it. I have not read any of Charlaine Harris’s work before, despite her name taking up a sizable section of the urban fantasy … Continue reading
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Creating True Dead: an Interview with Faith Hunter
Editor’s note: It’s time for another combo review and interview, this time with one of my favorite authors, Faith Hunter. (We have featured a fictional interview with one of her characters before, but this time we get to hear from the author herself about her newest book.) —- Faith Hunter is the New York Times … Continue reading
Creating Broken Wing: an Interview with Kathleen Mare’e
Kathleen Mare’e grew up in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, where family holidays by the beach and tormenting her two younger brothers, was how she spent her early years. But at the young age of 11, when she submitted a short story to a talented writing competition through the NSW schools program, not only did … Continue reading
Creating Write Christmas: an interview with Thommy Hutson
Thommy Hutson is a bestselling, award-winning author, screenwriter, producer, and director. A graduate of UCLA, he began his career co-writing the story for the Warner Bros. animated hit SCOOBY-DOO IN WHERE’S MY MUMMY? He followed that with co-writing the concept and additional material for CHILL OUT, SCOOBY-DOO! As an author, Thommy crafted a limited-edition coffee … Continue reading
Creating Fugue & Fable: an Interview with Darin Kennedy
Darin Kennedy is the author of over twenty books, including one of my favorite recent reads, The Mussorgsky Riddle. The novel is the first of his Fugue & Fable trilogy. I confess, most of the fiction I’ve been consuming lately has been either in the form of an audiobook or helpfully read to me by … Continue reading
Review of The Little Dog Laughed by Jackie Sonnenberg
The Little Dog Laughed by Jackie Sonnenberg Genre: Horror Age category: New Adult (Listed in both adult and YA categories) Release Date: February 26, 2020 Review The Little Dog Laughed by Jackie Sonnenberg was one of those books where I understood what it was trying to do, but it couldn’t quite pull off the execution … Continue reading
Creating Grave Humor: an interview with R.J. Blain
R.J. Blain is the author of the series Magic Romantic Comedies (With a Body Count). She suffers from a Moleskine journal obsession, a pen fixation, and a terrible tendency to pun without warning. In her spare time, she daydreams about being a spy. Her contingency plan involves tying her best of enemies to spinning wheels … Continue reading
Retro Review: The Clan Corporate by Charles Stross
The Clan Corporate by Charles Stross Genre: Modern/Portal Fantasy Age category: Adult Release Date: May 16th 2006 Editor’s Note: Due to a pretty drastic change in my schedule (most notably, taking on the role of homeschool teacher), I will not be able to post a review in early April as I usually do, but I … Continue reading
Review: The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu Genre: Speculative Fiction/Short Fiction Age category: Adult Release Date: February 25th, 2020 Review Happy 2020! We’re starting the new year with our first (but definitely not last) review of a short story collection. Although I’m quite familiar with Ken Liu’s name, this book was my first … Continue reading
Retro Review: Skinwalker by Faith Hunter
Last month, we featured a review and character interview from Faith Hunter’s newest book Shattered Bonds. It seemed to me if I was going to post a review for the most recent book in a series that I really ought to review the first one as well. This is another novel that just recently had … Continue reading
Review: Gorgon’s Price by Claire Davon
Gorgon’s Price Redemption of the Gorgons Book 1 by Claire Davon Genre: Paranormal Romance Print Length: 209 pages Publication Date: December 3, 2019 Euryale will never forget the day the gods turned her into a monster. After millennia, her heart beats faster at the idea of regaining her normal form. For the feel of skin … Continue reading
Shattered Bonds by Faith Hunter: Interview & Review
Editor’s note: As noted on our Facebook page, we are now doing reviews alongside each author (or, in this case, character) interview. Hopefully this puts the interview in more context and will let you the readers find something new to love. This review will contain minor spoilers from Dark Queen, the twelfth book of Faith … Continue reading