I read Shades of Milk and Honey earlier this year for CBR and greatly enjoyed it. It was a terrific blend of Regency fun and original fantasy. The, I discovered that there was an entire series. It’s sort of like waking up one morning to discover an entire season of Arrested Development on Netflix, amirite? Of course, I went to the library to get the other three books (correction: my home library had books 3 and 4; I went to a neighboring library in the […]
A magical flare brings ancient gods to Atlanta
Thanks to the high praise from my book club, I decided to take on the next Kate Daniels book: Magic Burns. Instead of a tale of personal vengeance, we follow Kate as she works a missing person case for a young girl named Julie. The girl’s mom is a witch and has gone missing after a mysterious spell with her circle. The helpless and malnourished kid only help is her boyfriend, a young wannabe shaman kid from the street named Red. Red did a favor for Kate in the […]
Sci-Fi retelling of the Cinderella tale
This is a retelling of the Cinderella tale which takes place in a far future on Earth in a place called “New Beijing”. Cinder is a Cyborg; a brilliant mechanic who works in the marketplace as the (apparently) sole source of income for her stepmother and sisters. She was adopted into her family by the father, who had the misfortune (of course) to die immediately afterward of a very fatal plague. Of course the family falls upon hard times and of course the stepmother and at […]
Kate Daniels: Magical Mercenary with Vengeance on Her Mind
Magic Bites is the introductory book in the Kate Daniels series set in a not too distant future Atlanta. In this world, magic and technology can’t coexist at the same time. The world is hit with waves of magic going into overdrive where all tech stops working altogether. To survive, one must know when to use their car and when to hire that horse to get across town to that meeting. With magic in full swing for years, all sorts of creatures have come out of […]