BY: Jonathan NevairGenre: Space Opera/Science Fiction WARNING: Their may be spoilers for the books. The Wintide Series is a beautiful space opera, with unforgettable characters and incredible world building. What includes it in my Pride Month books is it’s gender fluidity and LBGTQ+ characters. Built into the world that Mr. Nevair created was gender fluidity […]
By: Ryka AokiGenre: Science Fiction WARNING: There may be spoilers for the book Today’s spotlight book for Pride Month is The Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki. This book was on just about every list as must read science fiction for 2021. While at its core it is a science fiction novel, there is […]
WARNING: There may be spoilers for the series BY: E. G. RadcliffeGENRE: YA FantasyPUBLISHER: Mythic Prairie Books I started reading again in 2019. I read The Percy Jackson Series and the others that Rick Riordan wrote. I found a re-kindled love for reading, especially fantasy and science fiction. I never stopped. During the summer of […]
The Other Way by Derrick Smythe Series: Passage to Dawn (#2) Publication Date: November 8, 2021 Genre: Epic Fantasy Book Cover Art: Alexandre Rito (https://www.designbookcover.pt/en/about/) BOOK BLURB The award-winning series continues in Book 2, The Other Way! The Empire continues to lay waste to all who stand in their way… Kibure’s captors are willing to teach […]
Series: The Weirdwater Confluence (#1)Published: October 15, 2021 by Shadow Spark PublishingGenre: Sword-free Fantasy BOOK INFORMATION Book Cover Illustration: Karkki AKA KittensartbooksTwitter: https://twitter.com/kittensartsboo1Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kittensartbooks/ Book Cover Design: Jessica Moon of Shadow Spark PublishingTwitter: https://twitter.com/jhlmoon BOOK SUMMARY When two painted-faced nobles take a guided raft trip on a muddy river, they expect to rough it for […]
The beautiful cover of Trudie Skies new novel, The Thirteenth Hour, The Cruel Gods (#1) Series: The Cruel Gods (#1) Published: October 13, 2021 Genre: Gaslamp Fantasy BOOK INFORMATION Book Cover Illustration: James T. Egan of Bookfly Design (https://www.bookflydesign.com/) Map Design: Soraya Corcoran (https://sorayacorcoran.com/) Character Art: Seraphim (https://seraphimistic.carrd.co/) Order on Amazon BOOK SUMMARY Cruel gods rule the […]
“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.” Ursula K. LeGuin I have to admit that I did not know there was a Self-Published Author Appreciation Week. I […]
COVER REVEAL Series: Wind Tide (#2)Published: August 18, 2021Genre: Science Fiction, Space Opera, LGBTQ+ Cover art: Zishan Liu (https://www.artstation.com/makie)Cover design: Jessica Moon It was an honor to participate in the cover reveal to the sequel of Goodbye to the Sun, Jati’s Wager. I am really looking forward to reading this book. Goodbye to the Sun […]
COVER REVEALBy: E.G. RadcliffGenre: YA FantasyPublisher: Mythic Prairie Books Cover Art: Micaela Alcaino (https://www.micaelaalcaino.com/)Expected Publication: Summer 2021 This is the cover for the final installment of the The Coming of Aed Series, The Wild Court. I have read and reviewed this series. It is a beautiful YA series that I absolutely loved. Reading this series, […]
By: Christopher PaoliniGenre: Science FictionPublisher: TOR Books To be honest, I don’t remember the last time I read good science fiction and I love sci fi. I also never read the Inheritance Cycle, so I didn’t know what to expect from this book or Christopher Paolini’s writing. When I finished this book, I was not […]