![Book Review: Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Space-Opera-by-Catherynne-M.-Valente-255x255.jpg)
🌟One of my faves!🌟
After an intergalactic war, the various sentient species in the galaxy decided to host a singing contest once every cycle in order to determine which species will be eliminated. When humans are forced to join, it's "electro-funk glamgrind" rockstar Decibel Jones who's chosen to perform and whisked away, along with bandmate Oort St. Ultraviolet, to meet aliens, avoid assassination attempts, and...
![Book Review: Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Boys-of-Alabama-by-Genevieve-Hudson-255x255.jpg)
Max, a gay, atheist, German 16-year-old with the ability to bring dead things back to life, has just moved with his parents to a small, religious town in Alabama. The townspeople and his new friends try to pull him into their religious beliefs, while the self-proclaimed town witch Max is smitten with tries to make him understand the darker side of...
![Book Review: The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-King-of-Infinite-Space-by-Lyndsay-Faye-255x255.jpg)
When Ben's father dies, he asks his best friend---even though they haven't talked in months---to come back to the States because he needs him. When they discover it might've been murder, they attempt to unravel the mystery, while also navigating Ben's internal struggles and the fact that Horatio is hopelessly in love. Meanwhile, Ben's ex starts unraveling her own mysteries with the help of three...
![Book Review: Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Summer-Sons-by-Lee-Mandelo-255x255.jpg)
Andrew and Eddie grew up together, but then Eddie left to start his graduate program early, and now he's dead and haunting Andrew. When Andrew arrives in Nashville, he realizes there was a lot Eddie didn't tell him and sets out to solve the mystery of his friend's death while navigating grief, sexuality, a dangerous ghost, and Eddie's mysterious new...
![Book Review: Firelands (The Savage Land Book 2) by Michael Jensen [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Firelands-The-Savage-Land-Book-2-by-Michael-Jensen-255x255.jpg)
It's 1799 and Cole is traveling through the Ohio Frontier when he's attacked by a strange creature, but he escapes and is rescued by Pakim, a Native American man he finds himself strangely attracted to, and helped by some men in the town he was headed to. The creature is still out there though, and as people start dying, Cole and his new friends find themselves in a fight for their...
![Short Story Review: Wolf Hall by Harper Fox [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Short-Story-Review-Wolf-Hall-by-Harper-Fox-255x255.jpg)
Blackmailed and attacked by his ex who wants his help robbing a store, David flees into the woods where he runs into a strange but beautiful and kind young man who takes him to his home. But the man thinks himself to be a werewolf, and David is intent on staying the night, whether to prove him wrong or to find out the...
![Book Review: Salt Magic, Skin Magic by Lee Welch [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Salt-Magic-Skin-Magic-by-Lee-Welch-255x255.jpg)
Thornby has been trapped on his father's estate for over a year with some sort of magic, so when magician John Blake shows up, Thornby reaches out to him for help. John is stumped by the strange magic but is determined to free Thornby, and things get even more complicated as the men start to fall for each...
Aurelia reveals that she's a witch in order to help her brothers flee after they're turned into vampires, but doing so sets off a chain of events that leaves her duty-bound to become immortal and help her mother protect the world from a demon who would wreak havoc. But she's not alone; her eternity will be spent with the oracle Hame... who doesn't love her back the way she wants him to. Then...
Thierry spends his days working in a filthy abattoir and dealing with an abusive father and an obsessive twin brother he can't escape from even in his own mind due to their empathic connection. The one good thing he has is his secret relationship with Etienne. But Olivier, wants Thierry all to himself, condemns them both to immortality as vampires when given the opportunity, and will continue to...
Life in the Realm has continued on as mostly normal for Vaun, even though he no longer lives in the drug-induced ignorance he once did. But now rebellion is brewing, and Vaun fears for the safety of the rebellion leader, his defiant sister, and all the subjects in the Realm. When the Queen makes a demand of him, he'll have to decide how much is worth sacrificing for the right...
