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1/5
Really bad
Work on it.
2/5
Mediocre
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3/5
Good
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4/5
Very Good
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5/5
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5.0 / 5.0
Surprisingly personable as well as darkly humorous, THE MAVERICK by Jennifer Valenti is as riveting as it is entertaining as it follows the adventures of...
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5.0 / 5.0
In THE STORIES STARS TELL, C.L. Walters has crafted a world where the stars align into the perfect story—but only because she gives the reader...
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4.7 / 5.0
After a somewhat slow beginning, ACTS OF HOPE, Book Two of Martin Elsant’s Inquisition Trilogy, ramps up the tale of a group of idealistic and...
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3.0 / 5.0
Non-stop action, precisely choreographed fight scenes, and witty dialogue give M.A.N.’s pulse-pounding sci-fi thriller THE STING OF DEATH a comic-book appeal, even as setting and...
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4.3 / 5.0
Kaylin McFarren’s SOUL SEEKER is a clever, slow-building supernatural thriller that finds great strength in the way it infuses a fairly normal reality with ever-growing...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
A solid start to a brand new mystery series, THE COMFORT OF DISTANCE makes the most of its debut with a lively rural setting, great...
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5.0 / 5.0
THE CROCODILE MAKES NO SOUND by N.L. Holmes is a fascinating tale full of suspense and historical details, and readers with a penchant for ancient...
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2.0 / 5.0
The power of THE PSYCHIC MAIDEN lies in its subtext--the almost casual description of Nigeria’s legacy of corruption and superstition, a place where abhorrent practices...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Although they sometimes let their liberal and Western biases color their arguments, John Gonzalez and Young Lee present a thorough portrait of Korean society and...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
TRINE RISING is an intense and emotionally-engaging beginning to a promising new fantasy series, set in a well-crafted new world with believable and thoroughly human...
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October 12, 2020
LOKI OF MIDGARD: How to get lost and found in one week, a love story.
By Sare Liz AnuszkiewiczRating:
4.8 / 5.0
He's an ancient off-world god who used to look for love in all the wrong places, she's an Earthly college student more familiar with the...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
AWAKE is a thrilling speculative adventure, with an action-packed plot that never wavers, through an imaginative high-tech dream world where a man fights for control...