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Book Review: Tuning In by Richard Roberts [Audiobook]

Jon has always been an empath, but lately his powers have been growing, so he jumps at the chance to travel to Bhutan to help create a telepathy app, hoping he'll get the chance to talk to an old friend about his problem while he's there. Instead, Jon's abilities only grow more, and he starts having feelings for the scientist working with him as they create an app that was meant to be a scam but...

Book Review: On Wings of Bone and Glass (Blood Ladders Trilogy Book 3) by M.C.A. Hogarth [Audiobook]

Morgan and his friends have made it to the athenaeum at Vigil, but a letter from the elf sorcerer brings them news that they won't have as much time as they'd hoped to learn about and break the immortality curse on the elves. Morgan will have to make a choice to save either the elves or the humans because he may not be able to save...

Book Review: Steal the Night (Thieves Book 5) by Lexi Blake

With Marini growing more pushy and Daniel's life still in Marini's hands, Zoey and crew become desperate enough to turn to a demon for help finding the one person who can help Daniel. But when Marini gets his hands on not only the blood stone but also Zoey, everyone must make sacrifices and come together if they're going to win against Marini and the Vampire...

Book Review: Acid Jazz Singer (Hunger Hurts Book 1) by Nya Rawlyns [Audiobook]

Travis, a half-supernatural demon hunter, and RayLee, a vampire, are making a life for themselves in New Jersey under the protection of the local vampire. Travis promised his best friend he'd protect her from her maker, but when a demon and a vampire assassin show up, things get complicated, and that's not even including the changing feelings and relationship between Travis and...

Book Review: By Vow and Royal Bloodshed (Blood Ladders Trilogy Book 2) by M.C.A. Hogarth [Audiobook]

Having learned that he's an elven prince, Morgan's whole life has been changed. He goes back home, explains the situation to his friends, and they all head to the athenaeum at Vigil to open the sealed vault and find the answers they...

Book Review: Our Bloody Pearl (Treacherous Tides Book 1) by D. N. Bryn

Perle (a siren) is chained to a tub on Captain Kian's ship when another pirate captain, Dejean, attacks and, upon finding Perle, decides to help them. Perle hates humans and still wants to kill Kian, but as they grow closer to Dejean and his friends, they realize some humans might not be so bad after...

Graphic Novel Review: Schmuck the Buck by Exo Books [Repost]

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...

Book Review: Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire

Everyone knows Drosselmeier as the mysterious toymaker and godfather to the Stahlbaum children who gifts them with a Nutcracker one Christmas Eve. From his childhood as a foundling in a forest, to his confusing teen and young adult years with different families in Germany, to his old age making toys for Klara, this book tells the story of his...

Book Review: The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand [Audiobook]

One Christmas Eve, Holly was visited by three ghosts who urged her to change her ways, but she didn't listen. Five years later, she's spending her afterlife working for that very same company as the Ghost of Christmas Past and hating every minute of it, until she unexpectedly finds herself relating to their newest...

Book Review: Static by L.A. Witt [Audiobook]

Alex is a shifter, which means he can shift between male and female forms, but his straight boyfriend, Damon, doesn't know. This becomes a problem when Alex gets stuck in male form. As Alex tries to find a way to get his shifting back, the two will have to figure out how to navigate their...