Category Archives: Small Press Book Reviews

Angel Keep (Where Angels Die, Book 1) Bondwine Books by Tom Simon  Angel Keep is the dynamite opening to a fast-paced, unforgettable fantasy serial. I had trouble slowing down my reading to review it because the story just kept sucking me … Continue reading →

The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin (Wisecraft Publishing) by Jagi Lamplighter  You know, a lot of books are touted as “the next Harry Potter,” but this one actually is, and it’s not derivative. Rachel Griffin is the youngest of her … Continue reading →

  The Faerie of Central Park (TNSTASFL Press) by Bruce Graw The Faerie of Central Park is a light urban fantasy, a gentle romance and a clash of assumptions. It opens with the one remaining genius loci of Central Park, … Continue reading →

Left-Hand Gods (Hadley Rille Books) by Jamie Lackey The story opens with Beth, using a drop of her blood to do magic in secret, calling on the Left-Hand Gods. She’s spent her whole life hiding from being executed because of magic … Continue reading →

Qualify (Norilana Books) by Vera Nazarian Dear GOD what a wonderful book. It’s a Young Adult story, but don’t let that stop you. And it’s first in a series so you can look forward to reading all of the books in the Atlantis … Continue reading →

Women in Practical Armor Edited by  Ed Greenwood and Gabrielle Harbowy (Evil Girlfriend Media) This is another kickstarter  project, and a worthy one. It starts out with “Attrition,”  by Judith Tarr. Not my favorite story in the volume but good … Continue reading →

Rites Of Passage: a DMA Casefile of Agent Karver and Detective Bianca Jones by Patrick Thomas and  John L. French This is a collaborative novel by the author of the DMA Casefiles (like the FBI, but it stands for the Department of … Continue reading →

Bad Bishop by Irene Soldatos (Hadley Rille Books) A secret history and epic tale of intrigue and aguls in Europe, this is set in the early 1100’s. I’m not a fan of any sort of vampire fiction or of period … Continue reading →

The Seer’s Choice by  J Kathleen Cheney The 1800s Portugal setting of Cheney’s novella “Of Ambergris, Blood and Brandy” in Abyss & Apex was expanded by J. Kathleen Cheney into three novels  set in that magical world: her Tales of … Continue reading →

Serpent of the Shangrove by  C.N. Lesley Have you read Darkspire Reaches, a book that so captivated me that I missed meals and was unaware the sun had gone down? Read that first, as Serpent of the Shangrove is not … Continue reading →