Year published: 2018 Category: Epic fantasy Summary: The days of adventure are passed for Auric Manteo. Retired to the countryside and isolated with his scars and riches, he no longer delves into forbidden ruins seeking dark wisdom and treasure. But just as old nightmares begin plaguing his sleep, he receives an urgent summons back to… Continue reading

“There are worse ways to die than trying.” Year published: 2015 Category: YA dystopian/fantasy Summary: Wasp’s job is simple. Hunt ghosts. And every year she has to fight to remain Archivist. Desperate and alone, she strikes a bargain with the ghost of a supersoldier. She will go with him on his underworld hunt for the… Continue reading

“All that magic – that power to heal and change – might just be part of us?” Year published: 2016 Category: Historical fantasy, magical realism, romance Representation: m/m main romance, lesbian side character, trans man side character Summary: It’s 1946, and the dust of World War Two has just begun to settle. When famous archaeologist… Continue reading

You can’t blame yourself for not knowing what you were never allowed to know.” Year published: 2020 Category: Fantasy romance Summary: Stephen’s god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only for the chance to be useful before he dies. But all that changes when… Continue reading

“Carry on imperfectly, shining Ista.” Year published: 2005 Category: Fantasy Summary: In a land threatened by treacherous war and beset by demons, royal dowager Ista, released from the curse of madness and manipulated by an untrustworthy god, is plunged into a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm. My thoughts: It’s a… Continue reading

Year published: 2021 Category: Short story collection Representation: Lesbian characters Summary: What if a young girl had the power to stop her tyrannical father from battering her mother ever again? What if a student had a secret weapon to end sexual assault by her predatory professor permanently? What if a housewife had unusual means to… Continue reading

Year published: 2021 Category: Fantasy Summary: For ten years, I’ve lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas’s golden castle. But one night changed everything. Now I’m here, a prisoner of Fourth Kingdom’s army, and I’m not sure if I’m going to make it out of this in one piece. They’re marching to battle, and… Continue reading

Year published: 2020 Category: Fantasy Summary: Gold. Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold. Even me. King Midas rescued me. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. I’m called his precious. His favored. I’m… Continue reading

“Helping others is the only way we can prove we still matter.” Year published: 2008 Category: Gaslamp/steampunk/urban fantasy Summary: Mattie, an intelligent automaton skilled in the use of alchemy, finds herself caught in the middle of a conflict between gargoyles, the Mechanics, and the Alchemists. With the old order quickly giving way to the new, Mattie discovers powerful… Continue reading