Reviews (Books) | Metaphors and Moonlight

Book Review: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune [Audiobook]

Victor is a human who's lived his whole life in a remote forest with three robots: an inventor who raised him, an anxious vacuum, and a threatening nurse bot. But when they find a broken android in the scrapyard one day who defies the purpose he was created for, it sets off a series of events, Victor's dad gets taken, and the others set out to rescue...

Book Review: Till Death by Kellan McDaniel

When Howard meets George, an older vampire stuck in a teen body grieving the partner he's losing, Howard's love of queer history, old movies, and grandpa clothes make them a perfect match. But George has lived a lifetime of discrimination, and Howard has already faced his fair share in 18 years, and they're willing to fight for their right to be...

Book Review: Bright Spring (Harmony of Seasons Book 1) by Emmaline Strange [Audiobook]

Alexios is a prince with an impending political marriage he doesn't want, especially when a strange, beautiful man saves him in the forest. Auro is a god of spring, he and his brothers cursed to only awaken during their assigned season. But as the two men grow closer, the more motivated they become to figure out how they can stay...

Book Review: Fire Spells Between Friends (Fae & Human Relations Book 2) by Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan [Audiobook]

As the sibling with the most magic in a well-known, wealthy fae family, Emrys is the most eligible bachelor in London, and his mother is determined to find him an appropriate match. But Emrys has secretly been seeing Torquil, half-fae gossip columnist, for years, and the closer Emrys gets to potential marriage, the more the two realize their feelings for each...

Book Review: Key Lime Sky by Al Hess [Audiobook]

Denver is an autistic, nonbinary pie blogger who doesn't fit in and feels like xe is hated by everyone in xyr small town. But when an alien invasion happens, xe teams up with a few people, including a cute bartender xe just met, to try and survive and maybe even stop the...

Book Review: Secondhand Skin (Soulbound Universe) by Hailey Turner [Audiobook]

With the rest of the pack busy, Wade is sent to Boston to deal with the situation when the pack there asks for help. The turf war he finds isn't that surprising, but the selkie clan leader he finds himself drawn to...

Book Review: Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews [Audiobook]

Andrew writes macabre stories, and Thomas, his best friend and the boy he loves, draws them. But this year at boarding school, everything starts going wrong when their monsters start becoming real and they have to spend every night in the forest trying to keep them at...

Book Review Update: The Usual Apocalypse by Christine Price

This is one of those weeks when I am just not feeling up to putting together a whole new post, and people probably aren't visiting blogs as much as usual this weekend, and I don't really have any books I feel like reviewing anyway (I don't review every book I read). Luckily, I reread this one recently, and although my feelings are mostly the same, I did bump my rating from 4.5 stars to 5 stars!...

Book Review: Reborn (The World of Reforged Book 2) by Seth Hadden [Audiobook]

Izra has been having visions of Oren for years, but Oren doesn't believe in visions or fate or Izra's gods. But when a dangerous political situation throws the two men together, all of Oren's beliefs will be...

Book Review: Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kolsch [Audiobook]

Nesbit's boyfriend, Bastion, has been murdered, and the coven they're both part of makes a pact to figure out who---or what---killed him. When suddenly no one in town remembers Bastion, the friends find themselves getting deeper into supernatural...