Book Review: The Mimicking of Known Successes

Official Synopsis: The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle. On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colony’s…

Book Recommendations Based on Your Favorite Batman Kid: Duke Thomas (aka Signal)

The last thing in the world Thom Creed wants is to add to his father's pain, so he keeps secrets. Like that he has special powers. And that he's been asked to join the League - the very organization of superheroes that spurned his dad. But the most painful secret of all is one Thom…

Book Recommendations Based on Your Favorite Batman Kid: Barbara Gordon (aka Batgirl aka Oracle)

Fall in love, break the curse.Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, thought he could be saved easily if a girl fell for him. But that was before he turned into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. Before he destroyed his castle, his…

Book Recommendations Based On Your DnD Class: Druid

Col felt a stab of fear in his stomach. The Sirens were now close enough for him to see their crimson mouths open in a scream, pale faces blazing with white-hot anger, their bird claws tearing at the air. When eleven-year-old Connie is sent to live with her eccentric aunt by the sea, she’s not…

Book Recommendations Based On Your DnD Class: Ranger

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent…

Book Recommendations Based On Your DnD Class: Sorcerer

Five years ago, Corin Cadence’s brother entered the Serpent Spire — a colossal tower with ever-shifting rooms, traps, and monsters. Those who survive the spire’s trials return home with an attunement: a mark granting the bearer magical powers. According to legend, those few who reach the top of the tower will be granted a boon…

Book Recommendations Based On Your DnD Class: Warlock

Lovecraftian horror from award-winning Forgotten Realms(R)game designer Bruce R. Cordell.Raidon Kane travels to the subterranean fortress of the somnambulant aboleths, bent on killing the Eldest in its sleep. But he isn't the only one bound for the hidden city. A warlock, an arch fey, a pirate, and a high priestess of the Abolethic Sovereignty all…

Book Review: Memento Mori

Official Synopsis: A moving graphic memoir about life, art, and the search for happiness after surviving a cerebral hemorrhage at age thirty-eight.In Memento Mori, celebrated Finnish graphic novelist Tiitu Takalo chronicles her sudden, unexpected cerebral hemorrhage and the long road to recovery she had to travel.It is a dramatic story about a life turned upside down…

Book Review: Demon in the Wood

Goodreads Summary: Before he led Ravka’s Second Army, before he created the Fold, and long before he became the Darkling, he was just a lonely boy burdened by an extraordinary power. Eryk and his mother, Lena, have spent their lives on the run. But they will never find a safe haven. They are not only…

Reading Order: The Darkest Minds

The Darkest Minds Series in Order: The Darkest Minds  In Time (novella available in “Through the Dark“) Liam’s mini novella – available for free by subscribing to Alexandra Bracken’s newsletter. Never Fade  Liam’s Short Story – available in the paperback edition of The Darkest Minds. Vida’s Short Story – available in the paperback edition of Never Fade. Sparks Rise (novella available in “Through…