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A collection that’s a little all over the place, but wholly enjoyable

Hex Life by Christopher Golden, Rachel Autumn Deering

May 22, 2022 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

I do not think I am the target reader for a short story. I value stories that have complete resolutions. I want characters that have had the chance to rise and fall, succeed and fail, and sometimes more than once. These things are not always the aim of a short story. I get that, and yet I keep going back to these collections. This is one of the first collections that I have read that are all written by different authors. Though each story centers […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: alma katsu, Amber Benson, Angela Slatter, Ania Ahlborn, chesya burke, Christopher Golden, Rachel Autumn Deering, helen marshall, hillary monahan, Jennifer McMahon, Kat Howard, Kelley Armstrong, kristin dearborn, madaug kenyon, Mary SanGiovanni, rachel autumn deering, Rachel Caine, Sarah Langan, sherrilyn kenyon, tananarive due, theodora goss

Mobius_Walker's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: alma katsu, Amber Benson, Angela Slatter, Ania Ahlborn, chesya burke, Christopher Golden, Rachel Autumn Deering, helen marshall, hillary monahan, Jennifer McMahon, Kat Howard, Kelley Armstrong, kristin dearborn, madaug kenyon, Mary SanGiovanni, rachel autumn deering, Rachel Caine, Sarah Langan, sherrilyn kenyon, tananarive due, theodora goss ·
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Naughty by Nature

April 13, 2015 by McM 4 Comments

Meh. I finished this book but will not be continuing with the series. I was pretty excited about a female protagonist, but my excitement was tempered pretty quickly. Tiny, bird-like, beautiful, damsel in distress needing protection from the big bad. I probably should have known better, but I am an optimist. Kiara Zamir is a famous dancer and the daughter of her planet’s president. She and her mother were kidnapped when Kiara was very young, tortured and made to witness the murder of her mother. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: born of night, romance, SciFi, sherrilyn kenyon, the league

McM's CBR7 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: born of night, romance, SciFi, sherrilyn kenyon, the league ·
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