I am a book blogger and the owner of Bookworm Blues - a popular speculative fiction book review website. I have been a compulsive reader all my life. Early on found my reading niche in the fantastic genre of Speculative Fiction. I blame my active imagination for the hobbies that threaten to consume my life. A freelance writer and photographer, world traveler and recent college graduate, I'm also a new mother, cancer fighter & survivor. In my ideal world, I'd do nothing but drink lots of tea and read from a never ending pile of speculative fiction books. Respected as a reviewer, I receive book ARCs from all of the major and most minor publishers in science fiction and fantasy. But given my love of stories, I've always wanted to be a part of the creative process, and editing is my first step in that direction.

A Slight Squeefest

Well, it’s happened. I’ve been blurbed in a book. I never, ever thought I’d be blurbed in a book. Ever. So of course when I found out (thanks to Aidan from A Dribble of Ink for pointing it out), I ran to the bookstore and bought a copy of the book to have because, really,…

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The Kingmakers – Clay and Susan Griffith

About the book A war to the death. Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth, the vampire lord of Scotland, serves the Equatorian cause, fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar. But the human armies are pinned down, battered…

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This Case is Gonna Kill Me – Phillipa Bornikova

About the book What happens when The Firm meets Anita Blake? You get the Halls of Power—our modern world, but twisted. Law, finance, the military, and politics are under the sway of long-lived vampires, werewolves, and the elven Alfar. Humans make the best of rule by “the Spooks,” and contend among themselves to affiliate with the powers-that-be,…

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Heir of Night – Helen Lowe

About the book If Night falls, all fall… In the far north of the world of Haarth lies the bitter mountain range known as the Wall of Night. Garrisoned by the Nine Houses of the Derai, the Wall is the final bastion between the peoples of Haarth and the Swarm of Dark – which the…

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I Am Not A Serial Killer – Dan Wells

About the book John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules…

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Energized – Edward M. Lerner

About the book No one expected the oil to last forever. How right they were…. A geopolitical miscalculation tainted the world’s major oil fields with radioactivity and plunged the Middle East into chaos. Any oil that remains usable is more prized than ever. No one can build solar farms, wind farms, and electric cars quickly…

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Author Interview – Nina D’Aleo

The other day, when I was finishing up The Last City, I realized that I was so enchanted by D’Aleo’s world I had to ask her a few questions about her book. Thankfully, she was more than willing to let me do so. About the author Nina D’Aleo wrote her first book at age seven…

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The Last City – Nina D’Aleo

About the book An intoxicating blend of noir crime, science fiction and fantasy THE LAST CITY is BLADE RUNNER meets PERDIDO STREET STATION. Scorpia – the last city of Aquais – where the Ar Antarians rule, the machine-breeds serve and in-between a multitude of races and species eke out an existence somewhere between the ever-blazing…

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Thieftaker – D.B. Jackson

About the book Boston, 1767: In D.B. Jackson’s Thieftaker, revolution is brewing as the British Crown imposes increasingly onerous taxes on the colonies, and intrigue swirls around firebrands like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. But for Ethan Kaille, a thieftaker who makes his living by conjuring spells that help him solve crimes, politics is for…

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Author Interview – Stina Leicht

Stina Leicht is an author I’ve wanted to interview since I read her first book, Of Blood and Honey. I really respect her quite a bit, and found myself afraid to approach her for an interview for a long time. Stina is a phenomenal author and a vibrant, thoughtful person all around. Due to how much I…

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