The following review was originally posted to my author website on December 15th, 2023.

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Greetings, everyone. Thank you for joining me for a review of a Romance short story. In late June, indie author Mindy LeMieux posted a call for ARC readers for her new clean Romantasy novel, Madnes...

Hello, all. Welcome back to our exploration of MTG tie-in fiction, for the final book of the Masquerade Cycle. While the crew of the Weatherlight had their adventures on Mercadia, and while Crovax...

Hello, all. Welcome to the semi-official start of the review of Threshing Day, the anthology released by Rebecca Yarros to tide over audiences during the wait from Onyx Storm to Book 4 of The ...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on December 15th, 2023.

Hello, all. Welcome to the semi-official start of the review of Threshing Day, the anthology released by Rebecca Yarros to tide over audiences during the wait from Onyx Storm to Book 4 of The ...

Hello, all. Welcome to the conclusion of the Assassinorum: Kingmaker review series. This final part will focus exclusively on the analysis of characters and worldbuilding. If you’d like the overv...

The day after visiting Tesfaye’s shop, Yadleen rose before sunrise. Rajeev was, predictably, waiting behind the ossuary. She wordlessly beckoned to him and led the way to the townhouse while the city ...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on December 8th, 2023.

Hello, all. Welcome back to our exploration of MTG tie-in fiction and the adventures of the skyship Weatherlight … or, in this case, the adventures of those the Weatherlight left behind. Much li...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on December 8th, 2023.

The following review was originally posted to my author website on December 1st, 2023.

It was just after noon when the graverobber trespassed in Master Baig’s reception hall, bringing with him a sack of human bones. Red clay caked both him and the sack. A fetid reek preceded him, overw...

Hello, all. Welcome back to the review of Assassinorum: Kingmaker. This part will specifically be a dissection of the plot. If you are looking for the overview, please see Part 1 . The characte...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on December 1st, 2023.

Cremation was standard practice for every religion approved by the Inquisition. The red-clad mortuary chaplains only needed Gvish to specify the details. Corporal Saqqaf had requested no special accom...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on December 1st, 2023.

The blood of Private Awan and Corporal Saqqaf stained Bracha’s hands. Any squad could have been assigned to escort Bracha to Fort Jahangir. If not Gvish’s people, someone else’s would have died in th...

Hello, all. Welcome back to our exploration of MTG tie-in fiction and the adventures of the skyship Weatherlight . As mentioned at the end of the Rath and Storm anthology review, the next chronolog...

Hello, all. Welcome back to the review of The Eternal Ice, Book 2 of the Ice Age Cycle . Yesterday, we did the overview and discussed the characters. Today, we’ll go over the plot, worldbuilding...

Hello, all. Welcome to Dominaria’s Ice Age. It’s Silver Week, and seeing has how we’ll be reviewing Mercadian Masques this Wednesday, I thought we might as well make this holiday all about MTG by ...

Hello, all, welcome back to the grim darkness of the 41st … … sorry. 42nd Millennium. Yes, this latest entry in our exploration of the Warhammer 40K mythos comes from the time of the Indomitus Cr...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on November 24th, 2023.

The following review was originally posted to my author website on November 24th, 2023.

The blood of Private Awan and Corporal Saqqaf stained Bracha’s hands. Any squad could have been assigned to escort Bracha to Fort Jahangir. If not Gvish’s people, someone else’s would have died in th...

Hello, all. Welcome back to the review series for Clutch and Claw , the grand finale to Fire and Fang series. This week will serve as the final part of the analysis, digging into the plot of th...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on November 24th, 2023.

Hello, all. Welcome back to the conclusion of the review for The Burning Bridge , Book 2 of The Ranger’s Apprentice. We’re going to wrap things up by dissecting the plot contrivances of this bo...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on November 17th, 2023.

Daylight transformed Kabarāhira from a city of the dead into one of the living. Crowds flowed along cobbled streets between buildings of marble, alabaster, or various whitewashed materials. The poor ...

Hello, all. Welcome back to the review series for Clutch and Claw , the grand finale to Fire and Fang series. It’s time for us to talk about the foundation of any Romance story: the characters....

It was just after noon when the graverobber trespassed in Master Baig’s reception hall, bringing with him a sack of human bones. Red clay caked both him and the sack. A fetid reek preceded him, overw...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on November 17th, 2023.

Hello, all. Welcome for joining me for another jaunt into the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium. Those of you who read my review of Beyond the Crimson Mists that Nicholas Wolf had previously do...

Hello, all. Welcome back to the ongoing analysis of The Burning Bridge , Book 2 of The Ranger’s Apprentice. This part is going to focus on just the worldbuilding and characters. Please check o...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on November 10th, 2023.

Motorbikes were the second-worst thing about the Tamseszén Front. These awful machines – or, at the very least, the carmot engines that propelled them – were supposedly the next great innovation in a...

The following review was originally posted to my author website on November 10th, 2023.

Motorbikes were the second-worst thing about the Tamseszén Front. These awful machines – or, at the very least, the carmot engines that propelled them – were supposedly the next great innovation in a...