The Forteous meeting by Christopher Kastensmidt.

This is a novelette, set in Colonial Brazil. Aliette de Bodard recommended it on twitter earlier today. I downloaded it and read it on the commute into town, and I am glad I read it. It was a really good story, and I cannot wait to read other two stories that is available. ( Also: Pretty, please write more!)

A Bodkin for the Bride by Patrice Greenwood.

I love The Wisteria tearoom novels, but I was a bit disappointed in this one. It was good, but I wanted Tony to be the lead investigator, since a bit of the magic disappeared. Though I still want the next one.

Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole

So my twitter feed is 50 per cent SFF and 50 per cent romance. And at least 70% of the romance people have recommend this book, so I bought it when Carina Press had a sale recently despite the fact that dystopia isn’t my genre.  Everyone that recommended it was right. It was that good. 🙂

I also glommed the Welcome to Hell series by Eve Langlais.  Since I was in the mood for something lighthearted.

And read a Nalini Singh short story collection. Which reminds me, I need to re-read her Archangel series. Again.  ( If you want really good books, read Nalini Singh. Seriously.)

I am a part of the war room, founded by C.E Murphy 6 years ago.  We are awesome and mighty.   And as a coincidence several of us have books on sale right now.

Note: Links are to Amazon, since it is hot and I am lazy. Available at other stores, though!

Robin D Owens have no less than 5 Celta novels on sale for 3.99 each.  Heart Fortune, Heart Change, Heart Secret, Heart Search, Heart Journey. Normally you would pay 50 dollar for them so buy them!

The two first novels in Michelle Sagara’s Elantra chronicles are on sale too.

C.E Murphy’s Urban Shaman is just 1.99 right now, and the second book Thunderbird Falls are 3.99.  Great deal on two great books.

Laura Anne Gilman’s Staying Dead is 2.99 as is Hard Magic.

Chrysoula Tzavelas is running an 0.99 sale on Matchbox Girls. Y

All the books are awesome, I assure you, since I have read them multiple times. 🙂

And for one final piece of self promo: The Cauldron Bound is available at Amazon too, as is my short stories.

 

This is the books that are on my ” I have to have it now” list. Though I have already read Citadel of the sky, so I guess I am waiting for the sequel. *looks pointedly at Chrysoula*  Also, no covers, since I am tired and lazy.

Beyond Innocence (e-book):

This is the series I read when I crave something really steamy. There are lot of sex scenes, but the series are well written and the characters are interesting.  This time it is time for Jared and Lily! ( I highly recommend you read the series in order.)

Citadel of the sky (e-book):

You have to read this book. The magic is unusual, the character is refreshing. It takes a couple of chapters before it hooks you, but you will not regret reading it.

House of Shattered Wings( hardcover):

This is Aliette de Bodard’s september release and it is making me really excited. It sounds so good!

Shards of Hope (hardcover): 

It is Nalini Singh! Do I need to say more? It is out in June. Eee. Not long now.

Magic and Manners:

I have been waiting for this book ever since Catie began to serialise it on Patreon. I don’t do serials, not even when the author is CE Murphy. ( Though to be fair, I tried but I had credit card problems so I gave up.)

 

 

So Maria at Bear Mountain Books have been raving about Frank Tuttle for a long time. With that in mind, I bought All Paths of Shadow when it was free a couple of months ago, but I didn’t get around to read it until I bought my Kindle. I wanted to read books, and I wasn’t home some I downloaded some books from my account. All Paths of Shadow was one of them.

And I am glad I read it. It was a fastpaced steampunk romp with great worldbuilding.   From the conflicts between the various kingdoms to the magic, which was a  delightful blend of science and magic. I loved that the magic was so heavily influenced by science, it felt like a natural thing for steampunk.

Once I had finished reading, I promptly downloaded the sequel and read that.   I really appreciated how Mr Tuttle managed to build on the events in the first book yet create a book that works at as stand alone.

If you want to read a really good steampunk novel this christmas, I recommend that you read the books about Meralda, Mug and her friends.

Now I am off to buy Frank Tuttle’s backlist.

 

 

When Chrysoula idly said ” One for Catie, a One for.. who?” in the war room, I leaped on the chance to read an ARC. And I am glad I did.

This book mostly took place in the Senyaza version of Seattle, except not. It was fascinating to get to explore other aspects of the Senyaza universe, and to realise that not even Demons and Angels are perfect, that they can make mistake.

I really liked AT. She was scarred after having grown up in her Father’s less than tender care. It was touching to see how she wanted to have friends, yet she didn’t dare to. Yejan and Brynn both had secrets. Their secrets was gradually  revealed during the book. I loved how the secrets affected the book. . And then there was Amber… who was more than a bit creepy. I also liked how their relationships changed through book, and how they represented different aspects of the Senyaza universe.

Together with the help of Yejan’s friends Cat and Jen, this slightly motley crew searched for the Horn of the Wild Hunt.The plot was well crafted, and filled with unexpected twists that made sense when they happened. I kept reading, wanting to know what happened next, if they would find the Horn, if AT’s life would be better at the end,

When I reached the end, I was slightly disappointed. Not because of the book was bad, far from it,  , but because I wanted to read more about the adventures of AT, Yejan, Brynn, Amber, Cat and Jen. In fact, I’ll be extremely disappointed if this is the only book about them, because I loved the theme about wanting to be normal, and the lengths you go to fit in.

If you don’t buy this book, I will be very disappointed because you definitely should. In fact, you can go and support the kickstarter that launched yesterday!