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  • Cait Jacobs

    author of The Princess Knight About The Princess Knight A princess desperate to win back the prince who broke her heart follows him to his kingdom’s prestigious military academy—and in doing so, falls in love, saves the realm, and continues to look fabulous, in this delightful debut fantasy. Domhnall and Clía are an ideal match—or…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

    Released February 1st, 2022 Dead Silence is a wonderful example of Sci-Fi Horror. The story starts off with Claire in the “Tower”, a place where undesirables and people who are unstable are sent after missions with Verux, a large corporation that reminds me of Wayland Yutani. Here Claire starts to tell investigators what happened to…

  • How I evaluate books

    Most of these categories are going to seem muddled. That is because they are. It is hard to separate characterization from world-building, just as it is hard to separate writing style from story. And the impact a work will have or even does have is sometimes very difficult to talk about, but I will endeavor…