Tag: indie read
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Review: Excelsior by George Sirois
3 stars. I liked it. I’ll throw 4 stars at Amazon because I hate their social engineering scheme that calls 3 of 5 a “low” rating, but this isn’t a 4-star book for me. It’s solidly middle-of-the-pack. Here’s the snapshot evaluation: good, sturdy workmanlike prose, tidy plot firmly grounded in action and visuals, tropes […]
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Review: Forging Day by Noelle Alladania Meade
3.5 stars. Rounding up as usual for the site named after a river in South America. Snapshot: I had pretty high hopes, and this tale still exceeded them. The plot moves smoothly and develops to a snappy action finale, the dialogue flowed naturally, characters were well-defined and interesting, and the world-building is presented through […]
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Review: Lady of the Veils by M. L. John
Lady of the Veils 3 stars (4 for Amazon) This is a good, solid entry into a crowded urban fantasy field. The shelves are packed with takes about integrating magic and supernatural races into the real world, and seen-it-before derivatives predominate. (Pretty elves. Inter-dimensional travel. Touched-by-magic. Special sauce. Again. Meh.) Nothing about Lady of the […]
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Guest post! Jophiel: Path of Angels
Give a warm welcome to Patricia Lynne, celebrating the release of the latest book in her Path of Angels series!Rest your eyes on the gorgeous cover for a moment (no, not literally, ewwww) Now, read the blurb and the other tantalizing, enticing and intriguing info you’ll want to know. Keep scrolling for the author bio […]
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Review: A Time to Build by Rick Rossing
2.5 stars (For an explanation of my curmudgeonly rating and reviewing quirks, please refer to my reviewing guide.) There are many things to love about this book. It has a great early Heinlein feel to it, and the positives are easy to list: a classic coming-of-age “lost prince” narrative hook a light touch with dialogue enjoyable […]