Infinity Bell – Devon Monk

About the Book Return to national bestselling author Devon Monk’s heartpounding House Immortal series, where eleven powerful Houses control the world and all its resources. But now, the treaty between them has been broken, and no one—not even the immortal galvanized—is safe…. Matilda Case isn’t normal. Normal people aren’t stitched together, inhumanly strong, and ageless,…

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Updates of a personal nature

Well, things have been happening… If you don’t care, feel free to overlook this post. First things first, we are having another baby girl. She’s due sometime around August 23. I will have a c-section, so it’ll be a week or so before that. She’s healthy and apparently comfortable in my uterus. Unlike my experience…

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A Darker Shade of Magic – V.E. Schwab

About the Book Kell is one of the last Travelers—rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit. Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London is ruled by whoever has…

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Murder of Crows – Anne Bishop

About the Book After winning the trust of the terra indigene residing in the Lakeside Courtyard, Meg Corbyn has had trouble figuring out what it means to live among them. As a human, Meg should be barely tolerated prey, but her abilities as a cassandra sangue make her something more. The appearance of two addictive drugs has…

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Alpha & Omega (Books 1-3) – Patricia Briggs

This is a review of the first three books in the Alpha & Omega series by Patricia Briggs. To read more about each book, click these links: Cry Wolf Hunting Ground Fair Game These books were sent by the publisher for my review. — Patricia Briggs is a very well known author. Her Mercy Thompson…

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LTUE: Disabilities in Genre Fiction Panel

LTUE, a local (but very cool) literary convention is starting on Thursday, February 12 in Orem, Utah. I am thrilled to not only go to it, but also to be on a panel there. It will be my first convention panel, and the topic is near and dear to my heart: Disabilities in Genre Fiction….

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We Are Not Good People – Jeff Somers

About the Book From the “exhilarating, powerful, and entertaining” (Guardian) storyteller of the Avery Cates series comes a gritty supernatural thriller featuring a pair of unlikely heroes caught up in the underground world of blood magic. The ethics in a world of blood are gray—and an underground strata of blood magicians has been engineering disasters…

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And the winners are…

Thanks so much for everyone who entered the Kushiel’s Dart giveaway. The three winners have been selected, and the publisher has been notified. They are…. 1. Shelly from Virginia 2. Mary from Arizona 3. Patti from Tennessee Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated!!

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Owl and the Japanese Circus – Kristi Charish

About the Book Fans of Kim Harrison, Jim Butcher, and Linda Hamilton will flock to the kick-ass world of Owl, a modern-day “Indiana Jane” who reluctantly navigates the hidden supernatural world. Ex-archaeology grad student turned international antiquities thief, Alix—better known now as Owl—has one rule. No supernatural jobs. Ever. Until she crosses paths with Mr….

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