The first thing that really captured my interest with The Immortals was the depth of the research committed to get all the details right in reference to the Greek gods, their world and their cults. Clearly, Brodsky wanted a novel based on mythological fact rather than pure fiction. When I realized that Theo would be an academic and Selene would be a Greek goddess, I became concerned that the novel would become incredibly outlandish or unrealistic, but the narrative never veered from it's Greek mythos roots and the characters never broke away from their core ... Continue Reading...
Tour: His Country Bride
When Ellie discovers her fiance is fraternizing with his secretary at their wedding, she flees to the only other place she can call home: a farm that her departed aunt left her in a will. She promptly steals her ex-fiances' car and burns her wedding dress in a fit of drunken rage that inevitably leads to the local law enforcement getting involved. The moment Ellie meets Sheriff Lucas McCann she immediately feels an attraction that she doesn't want. After her horrible wedding all she wants is time alone, but when danger follows Ellie to the sleepy small town she now ... Continue Reading...
Review: The Great Hunt
So whats the easiest way to describe The Great Hunt? Kill the dragon, get the girl. The Great Hunt begins with a frightening beast terrorizing the kingdom of Lochlanach through death and mayhem. The king commissions a great hunt filled with the kingdom's best hunters to kill the best and end of beast's reign of terror. In exchange, a winner will marry his beautiful daughter and stand as next in line to the throne. Meanwhile, Princess Aerity struggles with the knowledge that instead of the marriage of love she has been expecting since she was a child, she must enter ... Continue Reading...
Review: Freenet
Simara has spent her entire life in space living with a sexually abusive stepfather. Before the death of her mother Simara only experienced her stepfather’s abuse from afar, but now without her mother she becomes the primary target of his wrath. One day the abuse becomes too much and the naive girl who has ever lived in space flees to the Dark Zone; a planet where no digital signal can penetrate to the planet’s surface. There she meets Zen and uncovers a plot against special children like her who have a special connection to the virtual world’s AI “Mother”. Zen, a ... Continue Reading...
Review: Beyond the Red
This book is simply amazing. Ignoring the obviously gorgeous cover, the lovely prose and fantastic world building, this novel will make the top of my 2016 favourite list because the story itself was quite simply awe inspiring. I'll definitely be buying this novel the next time I go to Chapters because not only will it look sexy on my shelves, but this author is worth supporting. We follow the alien queen Kora who struggles with her recent rise to power following the death of her royal parents. Her bloodthirsty brother also has an eye for the throne and begins to ... Continue Reading...
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