Category Archives: Small Press Book Reviews

Fanonymous by M. C. Joudrey Excellent, occasionally lyrical prose, but the narrator does something I found difficult to deal with: he sets up far too many questions in that 31-page opener without giving the reader any answers. It became irritating … Continue reading →

Mouse by Richard Ford Burley Mouse is a book that is never quite what it appears to be. The novel opens on a young autistic boy, the titular Mouse, attending middle school. I tend to read books without having examined … Continue reading →

In Dreaming Bound (Palace of Dreams Book 2) by J. Kathleen Cheney This is a sequel to Cheney’s Dreaming Death, reviewed here, and set in the same world as the series that contains Oathbreaker, Original, and Overseer (all also reviewed … Continue reading →

The Vessel of Ra (Klaereon Scroll, Book 1) by  Catherine Schaff-Stump The book, set in the 1800s, starts with a nice young man, Carlo, a hidden descendant of the Italian renaissance’s famed evil Borgia family, rescuing Lucy Klaereon who tries … Continue reading →

When I first opened up this ebook I didn’t realize that it was written in the same world as Cheney’s trilogy that started with Oathbreaker, a series that I loved. Once I realized that this was in the same world … Continue reading →

Edited by Stephanie Barr I’m not just an editor; I’m also an author who has an invisible disability, a dyslexia when typing that is so severe that the only way I could become a writer is if I had dictation … Continue reading →

Swords, Sorcery and Self-Rescuing Damsels Edited by Lee French and Sarah Craft (Clockwork Dragon) How could I resist looking at a volume with a title like this one? The collection stays pretty true to its theme, showing a range of … Continue reading →

The Sparrow in Hiding by J. Kathleen Cheney  This is a great little book. It says something about Cheney’s skill as a writer that I chose to something new of hers when I was very upset about something in real … Continue reading →

Southern Bound (Max Porter Mysteries 1) by Stuart Jaffe   You just know it’s going to be a paranormal mystery by the fedora-wearing gumshoe/detective with the glowing eyes on the cover. Max Porter and his wife Sandra have left a … Continue reading →

Divinity & the Python by Bonnie Randall   Understand, Tarot is not my thing; in fact, it’s against my religion. It’s therefore astounding that I simply could not put Divinity & the Python down. I will admit that the Tarot … Continue reading →