C.N. Rivera
The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov – review
From Amazon.com: One of Isaac Asimov’s SF masterpieces, this stand-alone novel is a monument of the flowering of SF in the 20th century. It is widely regarded as Asimov’s single best SF novel and one every SF fan should read. Andrew Harlan is an Eternal, a member of the elite of the future. One of [...]
City of Ghosts by Stacia Kane – review
From the author’s site: IT’S A THIN LINE BETWEEN ALIVE AND UNDEAD. Chess Putnam has a lot on her plate. Mangled human corpses have started to show up on the streets of Downside, and Chess’s bosses at the Church of Real Truth have ordered her to team up with the ultra-powerful Black Squad agency to [...]
Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane – review
From the author’s site: ENEMIES DON’T NEED TO BE ALIVE TO BE DEADLY. For Chess Putnam, finding herself near-fatally poisoned by a con psychic and then stopping a murderous ghost is just another day on the job. As an agent of the Church of Real Truth, Chess must expose those looking to profit from the [...]
Original Sin by Allison Brennan – review
From the back cover: Haunted by chilling memories of demonic possession and murder, Moira O’Donnell has spent seven years hunting down her mother, Fiona, whose command of black magic has granted her unprecedented control of the underworld. Now Moira’s global search has led her to a small California town that’s about to become hell on [...]
Procession of the Dead by Darren Shan – review
Paranormal YA writer Darren Shan gives us his adult fiction debut with Procession of the Dead, the first book in his City trilogy. It is a truly curious book, and undoubtedly not for everyone. The very things that I enjoyed about it–the lack of concrete geographical location, the odd characters, and the varied pace of [...]
The Soul Mirror by Carol Berg – review
Have you ever read a book that had such an emotional impact that it left you somewhere between buoyant and bewildered by the end? Perhaps it came unexpectedly, or perhaps you knew it might happen because of your connection with the characters. Either way, come the last quarter of the book, you found yourself weeping [...]
State of Decay by James Knapp – review
From the back cover: They call them revivors–technologically reanimated corpses–and away from the public eye, they do humanity’s dirtiest work. In the near future, where a never-ending war drones on, they are the infantry. Back home, they sustain a black-market trade in labor and pleasure models. If Nico Wachalowski never sees another revivor, it will [...]
Indigo Springs by A.M. Dellamonica – review
By now, some of you may already know that Indigo Springs has won the Sunburst Award. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has already read the book. There is a lot of excellent work here in the building of the magic and in the writing itself. The novel begins by introducing the [...]
The Native Star by M.K. Hobson – review
Emily Edwards, the local witch in Lost Pine, has managed to get herself into some unexpected trouble. With a love charm gone wrong, rampaging zombies, and a magic-nullifying stone embedded in her palm, she finds herself with more problems than she knows how to handle. Add to that the need to travel cross-country with an [...]
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal – review
from the author’s website: Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a version of Regency England where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of quality. But despite the prevalence of magic in everyday life, other aspects of [...]
Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord – review
When I first began reading Redemption in Indigo, I had no idea what to expect. Thanks to the Internet, I had become acquainted with the author prior to hearing about her first novel’s upcoming release. I didn’t know what her book was going to be about, but I knew I wanted to read it, because, [...]
Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane – review
From the author’s site: The world is not the way it was. The dead have risen and constantly attack the living. The powerful Church of Real Truth, in charge since the government fell, has sworn to reimburse citizens being harassed by the deceased. Consequently, there are many false claims of hauntings from those hoping to [...]
