Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Romance That Needs More Magic

The Sumage Solution by G. L. Carriger

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I am not sure how or why I ended up with The Sumage Solution; I do like Gail Carriger (or G.L. Carriger as she is here), but straight up romance is really really not my genre. The world of the story is probably my favorite part; it’s modern day San Francisco, but it’s mostly supernatural beings. Our main love connection is a mage and a werewolf, but some of the other couples involve werewolf-merman, a pair of kitsune, and a kelpie and her partner (species […]

A Bananapants Guide to Rescuing Cats

Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston

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I adored Shelly Laurenston’s Hot and Badgered when I read it last year. The second book, In a Badger Way was fine, but I found it more work and less charming. Badger to the Bone is a delightful return to bananapants. The Honey Badgers Chronicles would make an awesome tv series. It could go for years. The world is diverse with both a small town feel and an international scope. Max MacKilligan has had my heart since she pulled a rocket-propelled grenade launcher out of her trunk […]

She was all danger, all aerial murder waiting to happen

The Jaguar Knight by Ann Aguirre

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The Jaguar Knight is the final book in the Ars Numina series, which I see I’ve managed to read and reread, but not review. If you are interested, and why wouldn’t you be, you’re going to want to start with the first book, The Leopard King. This final book in the series completes the arc and provides the emotional payoff set up in the first book. Ars Numina is a series of interconnected stories which over 6 books tell the story of allied societies whose […]

A small town paranormal romance reminiscent of Northern Exposure

How to Date Your Dragon (Mystic Bayou #1) by Molly Harper

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Molly Harper’s paranormal romance series kicks off with How to Date Your Dragon. I previously read a novella from this universe for CBR11 called Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues. The world was hilarious and the story didn’t skimp on the heat. I meant to go back to the beginning last year, but the ‘Rona made me totally forget about it. Mystic Bayou, Louisiana is a small town where humans and magical beings coexist in this unique harmony. Jillian works for a secret organization that […]

Not exactly Little Red Riding Hood

Big Bad Wolf by Suleikha Snyder

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Disclaimer! I got an ARC from NetGalley. That has in no way influenced my review.   In a dystopian alternate reality, where the 2016 election led to the USA becoming a tightly regulated surveillance state, pretty much at the same time as the existence of a number of supernatural beings were revealed, several big cities, including New York, are now a Sanctuary City for supernaturals. Joe Peluso, an ex-soldier turned werewolf through military experimentation, is in prison for murdering six bear shifters with ties to […]

Mercenary librarians with hearts of gold

Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha

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When I read the premise for Kit Rocha’s Deal with the Devil, I immediately knew I would love it. Nina is an information broker with a mission–she and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to save the hopeless in a crumbling America. Knox is the bitter, battle-weary captain of the Silver Devils. His squad of supersoldiers went AWOL to avoid slaughtering innocents, and now he’s fighting to survive. They’re on a deadly collision course and the passion that flares between them only makes […]



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