Delightfully Entertaining The subtitle of “Mammoth Drop: Murder, Mammoths, and Mimosas” by R. J. Corgan foreshadows the fun in this zany story. The book is the third in the Kea Wight Mystery series. It stands on its own, so you don’t have to read the other books. A few of the characters have a previous […]
“Give Up the Ghost”: A Cozy Mystery with Ghosts a Plenty
Southern Ghost Hunter Series “Give Up the Ghost” is the eleventh book in Angie Fox’s The Southern Ghost Hunter Series. I haven’t read the entire series, but I’ve read a few of the books. One of the nice things about the series is that each book stands alone, and you can read them out of […]
“The Stardust Thief”: a Smuggler, a Prince, and a Magic Lamp
A Fantasy Adventure You Won’t Forget If you want to be swept up in an adventure inspired by “The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights,” then Chelsea Abdullah’s debut novel “The Stardust Thief” is the book for you. The Midnight Merchant, Loulie al-Nazari, and her jinn bodyguard are criminals who find and […]
“The City of Dusk”: Four Houses, Four Gods, and Four Heirs
A Race to Save Their World: From the description and the reviews, I expected to love “The City of Dusk” by Tara Sim. It’s a fantasy novel with a well developed magic system, an interesting world, and vivid descriptions and prose. That said, at the twenty-five percent mark, I seriously considered not finishing the book, […]
“An English Garden Murder”: Good Mystery & It’s Cozy
Delightful Cozy Mystery: “An English Garden Murder” is the first book in Katie Gayle’s “Julia Bird Mystery” series. If you like cozy mysteries, this one has lots of twists and turns and a town populated with colorful characters. Some cozy mysteries are easy to figure out. This one will keep you guessing as you put […]
“Ogres”: Fantasy? Science Fiction?
What Genre? Fantasy? Science fiction? The beginning of “Ogres” by Adrian Tchaikovsky seems like a fantasy settings. Ogres are the masters in this society, which at first seems feudal with humans as the underlings, servants, and slaves living in the country on farms or hiding in the woods. When the masters, an ogre and his […]