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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Max could practically hear Brand bark in his ear, “Now is when you keep your mouth shut and let the stupid bad guy explain every stupid element of their stupid life-plan-slash-life-story.”

The Eidolon: Magnus Academy #1 by K.D. Edwards

January 2, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“Anna counted five separate restaurants owned by this Howard Johnson. They looked very old – something from the years before she was born. Rune would probably know. He was always talking about the 1980s and 1990s as if they were the first decades of human existence.” ― K.D. Edwards, The Eidolon “He’s alive!” Quinn cried. “Right? Max right? Right?” Now he turned, desperate. “He’s alive and well and burning a path toward you,” Max whispered. He turned his gaze on Cornelius. Sometimes there were no […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: found family, K.D. Edwards, kidnapping, queer authors, Urban Fantasy

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: found family, K.D. Edwards, kidnapping, queer authors, Urban Fantasy ·
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This isn’t an eighties sitcom. I can’t casually accept an orphan into my house for comic relief.

The Sunken Mall by K.D. Edwards

Scenes from Quarantine by K.D. Edwards

Scenes from the Holidays by K.D. Edwards

The Great Atlantean Battle Royalchemy by K.D. Edwards

November 28, 2023 by carmelpie 2 Comments

These are a series of novellas meant to fill in gaps between the three books in the Tarot Sequence. I’m reviewing them because it gives me an excuse to share more epic quotes from my favorite new characters. The Sunken Mall I had started to pull on my magical sight when Ciaran spotted a convenience store pharmacy combo behind us called CVS. He pointed and said, “You will leave that store alone in particular. I called dibs. Anything with a -cet after it goes in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: brothers, coming home, cozy urban fantasy, found family, gay romance, ghosts, K.D. Edwards, non-binary character, old trauma, queer romance

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:69 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: brothers, coming home, cozy urban fantasy, found family, gay romance, ghosts, K.D. Edwards, non-binary character, old trauma, queer romance ·
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There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.

The Hourglass Throne: The Tarot Sequence Book Three by K.D. Edwards

November 7, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“Maybe it’s time we get candid,” I suggested. Lady Death sighed. “Rune, it’s not as if we have orientation materials. There’s not a training module titled Shit We Keep Secret. I finished this at 2am this morning and I’m deep in book hangover-mode. Every few years, a series comes along that completely captures my heart, and this is the one for 2023. I adore these books. I am enthralled. Spoilers for The Hanged Man (book 2) below:   After claiming the Sun throne, Rune is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: family secrets, found family, K.D. Edwards, queer love, queer romance

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:63 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: family secrets, found family, K.D. Edwards, queer love, queer romance ·
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I turned my worry into anger, and my anger into fuel.

The Hanged Man: The Tarot Sequence Book Two by K.D. Edwards

November 7, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Brand closed his eyes. He kept his thoughts to himself but, in his brain, I had no doubt he was filing the swear jar like it was a slot machine. ― K.D. Edwards, The Hourglass Throne This is the second book in The Tarot Sequence trilogy, and it picks up a couple of months after the end of the first book. There is a novella, “The Sunken Mall,” which takes place between books one and two. However, since I did not learn about it until […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: fantasy romance, found family, gay romance, K.D. Edwards, queer romance

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:62 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: fantasy romance, found family, gay romance, K.D. Edwards, queer romance ·
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You didn’t bring bullets to a magic fight. It bruised our sense of spectacle.

The Last Sun: The Tarot Sequence Book One by K.D. Edwards

October 31, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“Do we need to talk about last night?” he asked. “Absolutely. That’s how I always get ready for battle, talking about my feelings” ― K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun “Oh, I get it. You think this is one of them big, fancy rescues. Boy are you about to be embarrassed.” ― K.D. Edwards, The Last Sun “You saved me,” Matthias said to me from behind Brand. I couldn’t quite identify the expression that lit up his face, but it wasn’t nearly as comfortable as plain […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Atlantis, Classism, eating disorder, enslavement, gay romance, K.D. Edwards, mercenaries, Modern Fantasy, queer romance, Sexual Assault, Tarot

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:61 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Atlantis, Classism, eating disorder, enslavement, gay romance, K.D. Edwards, mercenaries, Modern Fantasy, queer romance, Sexual Assault, Tarot ·
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