A collection of short stories linked together by the overarching “Cousin Call” that haunts each of the storytellers. I really love this idea, but most of the stories just didn’t click for me. I’ll write a couple notes on each of the short stories below. I didn’t find any of the characters likeable or redeemable. Honestly, that is usually a deal breaker for me. World’s Greatest Chili – The Shadow Thief – Somehow I forgot going into this story that […]
Fair warning: This review may have some mild spoilers for book one so… read at your own risk. Or better yet, read book one and then come back. Valarie Valdez has given reader the tongue-in-cheek space opera series we didn’t know we needed and it is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Funny, thought-provoking, and all the geeky nods and references that I could hope for. Readers are treated to hints of favorites like Mass Effect, Firefly, Gundam, Pokemon, Cowboy […]
Today is my stop on the Duckett & Dyer: Dicks for Hire blog tour and I’m incredibly excited to share my review with you all! Thank you to |Storytellers on Tour| and G.M. Nair for the review copy. Do make sure to stop by my fellow hosts, |BooksnBites| and |Knapsack| for their blog tour posts. You also can visit the |tour schedule| to see all the amazing blogs participating in the tour. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway hosted by SoT at the end of […]
Adrienne’s Awakening is a fascinating exploration into metaphysical fiction filled to the brim with psychic abilities and a shadow organization with a hidden agenda. Schoeneman penned an intriguing mystery with beautifully detailed settings that complemented the slow world-building carefully revealed to readers as Adrienne discoveries buried truths. I struggled a bit with Adrienne from the start. The drama with her boyfriend Calvin felt completely out of place especially since it was never brought up once Adrienne’s abilities are revealed. She […]
The Nexus Mirror was a fascinating combination of dystopian, fantasy, and comic book goodness woven together into an intricate story with numerous side stories feeding into the story arc. Michael keeps a quick pace in this story almost immediately throwing readers into the chaos that ensues after Raiden stumbles into a hidden world, of sorts, and realizing that his dreams and comics are real. The author did an excellent job crafting the world, giving us the histories of each clans and their abilities. […]