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4.0 / 5.0
A tense YA romantic thriller, LOVE AND OTHER CAGES by Emilia Ares delivers a suspenseful second installment with a butt-kicking heroine and her devoted, street-smart...
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3.0 / 5.0
THE SUN-GREETERS, Jen Ghastin’s tale of young adults struggling against apathy, conformity, and their own betrayals, is earnest and occasionally beautiful.
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4.4 / 5.0
C.E. Gideon's ROMULUS: CITY OF ANGELS is an ambitious urban fantasy debut that deftly blends romance, adventure, and Lovecraftian horror. Gideon's vivid prose and dark...
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3.0 / 5.0
Sam Holloway’s TO SEEK FOR ELDORADO effectively negotiates its tropes with some excellent turns of phrase, despite some grammatical fumbles and mishandling of key issues.
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4.4 / 5.0
CASTLE FORKS boasts a vividly imagined world and thrilling action. Readers will find much to enjoy in Chris Cochrane's magical realm hidden within the mundane.
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Rating:
4.7 / 5.0
A rich, intricate story of interplanetary politics, Stella Atrium's TRIBAL LOGIC is the fourth in a series and should be read that way. This is...
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4.6 / 5.0
MORI: The Lost Ones Volume 1 by Michael Seagard is a fast-paced, genre-bending comic novel that entertains while offering poignant insights into the vulnerabilities of...
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3.2 / 5.0
TO CATCH THE SETTING SUN navigates the underbelly of Oʻahu through the lens of Honolulu police detective Henry Benjamin, and author Richard I. Levine’s understanding...
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3.4 / 5.0
Phil J. Kriz's THE ROADIE CARTEL is a promising debut that blends music industry insider knowledge with the cutthroat world of cocaine trafficking. The novel’s...
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3.5 / 5.0
J.O. Quantaman's AFTERLIFE: Cool Assassins 3 is an ambitious book that sets out to do many things, and it does enough of those things well...
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2.5 / 5.0
Author Henry Silva's BADGES, BULLETS, AND BLOOD promises much but ultimately falters in its execution. The potential for a gripping action thriller is overshadowed by...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
The deceptively rough and rugged start of Chris Kassel's SONS AND FATHERS: SOUL AND SHADOW gives way to a deep, convoluted, and emotional journey, as...