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Month: July 2022

  • Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

    Released November 2018 I was pretty sure this book was going to be “okay”. Maybe even “alright”. I was wrong. This book is hilarious, sweet, intelligent, and made me want to read everything T. Kingfisher has written. The story starts off with Halla being mistreated by her dead husband’s family, but then quickly veers away…

  • Foundations: Tower of Somnus Book 1 by Cale Plamann

    Released July 6th, 2022 Originally released on Royal Road, Foundations follows Kat Debs a young woman sick of being controlled by the corporation (a state-like entity that controls the lives of their “employees”) she was born into. Kat is a young woman who graduates high school and gets placed in her legit job as a…

  • Benjamin Kerei author of Oh, Great! I Was Reincarnated as a Farmer

    Check out my DCO review July 4th, 2022 I really wanted to talk to Benjamin because his second book is coming out on August 2nd. It was a blast talking to this guy! I can’t wait to read more in Unorthodox Farming. Where to buy: Audiobook Kindle Book 2 Audiobook These are Amazon Affiliate Links,…

  • Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik

    Released July 12th, 2022 Eclipse the Moon is the second book in Starlight’s Shadow trilogy. This one follows Kee, a young bubbly woman who lived through a galactic war and came out still able (if not determined) to see the good in people. Eclipse the Moon picks up right where the first one left off,…

  • Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

    Released September 2019 This book scratches all of my sci-fi itches. It has a cool spaceship (the La Sirena Negra) that the crew has made into a home; strange aliens; real-world (and sci-fi situational) problems that I, as a reader, can relate to; and an ancient alien civilization that no one knows anything about. There…