It wasn’t long after I’d finished reading Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews that I decided I needed to read the next book in their Hidden Legacies series. White Hot (2017) is book two out of three, and I was looking forward to some more adventures with Nevada Baylor and Connor “Mad” Rogan. The Hidden Legacy Books take place in a world where magic is both common and important. Those who are the most powerful are called Primes, and their families rule the city and the social scene. Nevada […]
A novel of the Borderlands
I love those classic novels that stick with you for years, that may even change your perspective on life–especially if you read them when you’re younger. I saw that Finder (1994) by Emma Bull was recommended as unforgettable, and I thought it might just be one of those books. Finder is a novel of the Borderlands. Bull has set up her story where there is the world we know as well as an Elvish land full of magic and fairies. Inbetween these two places is the Borderland, a […]
Special ops and romance
I walked into the library one day to pick up a rare hardcover book when I spotted Fuel for Fire (2017) by Julie Ann Walker on the New Fiction shelf. I knew nothing of the book or author, but decided I would give it a try. It appears that I unknowingly picked up Book 10 of Walker’s Black Knights Inc. series. The Black Knights is something of a private, undercover operations force comprised of former special ops and other intelligence-type government agencies. I can only imagine that […]
It still has to make sense
The Love Interest (2017) by Cale Dietrich was on the same “summer reading that will keep you up” list where I found Do Not Become Alarmed. What drew me in was the promise of the same, old love triangle turned on its head. The blurb for this book states: “This sci-fi young adult novel is the answer to all of our cliché love triangle woes. Caden, the kindhearted boy-next-door, and Dylan, a brooding bad boy complete with dark poetry and a leather jacket, are in competition for the genius Juliet’s […]