Eugene is a spoiled prince in a high fantasy kingdom, but one day he finds a flyer and decides to join an adventuring party. They reluctantly allow him to join because they're desperate, and frustration (for the characters) and hilarity (for the readers) ensues as they set off to investigate disappearances in a nearby...
I've got some more holiday book reviews! I know, I know, I've done a lot of Christmas posts this year, and I might still do one or two more quick reviews, but I'll be getting back to the usual stuff soon. Anyway, most of these are about Christmas, but one is more about general holidays with a bit of Hanukkah. Most are m/m. One is a collection of short stories. And yes, two have the words...
In Deadly Curiosities, Cassidy (a psychometric), Teag (a weaver), and Sorren (a vampire) work together to figure out why there is a sudden spike in hauntings and murders in Charleston. In Vendetta, Sorren's immortally long past catches up with him when an old enemy starts targeting those he loves and threatens the city with powerful magic and supernaturals. In Tangled Web, a powerful entity...
Ciri, an orphaned princess, is Geralt's destiny, but now that she's under his care, he has to figure out how to train her and protect her. Ciri will have to learn how to use a sword and magic, but all the while, an oncoming war is...
In Lint Boy, a little boy made of lint has a harrowing adventure to save his brother. In Starfighter Ch. 2, navigator Abel learns some questionable info about his partner, Cain, and Cain confronts fellow fighter Praxis for talking to Abel. In Starfighter Ch. 3, Cain and Abel get their new assignment on a new ship and grow closer while going on more missions and dealing with other navigators and...
In Vicious, two men decide to give themselves supernatural abilities, but it doesn’t quite turn out how they planned. In The Night Circus, two magicians are pitted against each other in a lifelong contest, using a magical traveling circus as their playing field. In Lost Boy, James tells the tale of how he started out in Neverland as a Lost Boy and eventually became Captain Hook. Enjoy (or maybe...
Fifteen-year-old Squib is running goods down the river when he witnesses Regence Hooke, a crooked cop who already has it out for him, murder someone and is rescued by a dragon named Vern. Vern was content to drink vodka and watch TV, but when his friend convinces him to let Squib live and give him a job, he develops a soft spot for the boy, and they just might have a lifelong friendship---if they...
Nell lives in a small post-apocalyptic city in a future where computers are banned and people are born with missing body parts, which her father, the brilliant Dr. Crane, replaces with biomechanic limbs. Nell needs to think of a contribution to society that will live up to her parents', and when she finds a mannequin hand, she has the perfect idea---artificial...
Larry has been picked on and excluded for being one of the only Jewish reindeer in the North Pole. But one year, when a mistake is made that could ruin the holiday for all the boys and girls across the world, Larry comes up with a plan that saves...
Long after an apocalyptic event, the last remaining humans on Earth are living in a domed society in Antarctica with the elves who stayed behind to help them. When best friends Felix and Ripley learn that Felix's wife is having twins but will have to have one removed because of the one child policy, they have to find a way out or a place to hide before that...