Kyran, a mage, is far from home when a demon shows up and he rushes to fight it, with the help of Barrett, a hunter. Barrett takes Kyran in, and they start working together, but Kyran's unfortunate past is catching up with him, and the same demon who killed Barrett's former partner sets its sights on Kyran, and he's not sure which to fear...
![Book Review: Defy Me (Shatter Me Book 5) by Tahereh Mafi [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Defy-Me-Shatter-Me-Book-5-by-Tahereh-Mafi-255x255.jpg)
Juliette wakes in a familiar yet unfamiliar place with strange memories and comes to realize there's even more to her past, her present, and her powers than what she found out in the previous book. Meanwhile, her friends, no longer safe at the compound, have to figure out what to do next, but an unexpected visitor throws them for a...
![Book Review: The Dragon Squisher (Nigel Chronicles Book 1) by Scott McCormick [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Dragon-Squisher-Nigel-Chronicles-Book-1-by-Scott-McCormick-255x255.jpg)
Nigel, a trouble-making 14-year-old, gets sent off to military school, along with his kinda rival Lance, and ultimately sent on a quest to retrieve a magical relic. Along the way, they cement their friendship, befriend a supposed enemy gork, learn some hard realities about their side of the war, adopt a useless messenger bird, and try to save the...
I really meant to do some actual, thinky discussions this year, but I've been exhausted lately, and those kinds of discussions take a lot of energy. So you're getting more music match-ups! It's getting harder and harder to think of intros for these posts. How many times can I talk about how well books and songs go together?? I feel like I might've already reached that limit. So here, just have...
Sol is a trans vampire working as an archivist and living at his workplace to avoid the sun. When a donor shows up to drop off her dead wife's things, the two hit it off, and Sol's solitary, stagnant life starts...
Jaime has the ability to telepathically communicate with technology and is on the run from the government when he's taken in by a crew of smugglers and makes a deal with them. But he doesn't expect to fall for the recent crew addition and grumpy but sexy ex-military man,...
I know February isn’t quite over, but I didn’t feel like trying to figure out another post for today, so we’re doing this one early. And since the world is not doing great right now, and I’m not doing great right now, and a lot of people aren’t doing great right now, I’ve decided to...
Owen has an opening in his chest, and inside it lives a talking bird named Gail. When he's 14, he's forced on the run, leaving behind his sheltered life away from people to live with his uncle and cousin in another state. He starts high school, explores his queerness, falls in love, and tries to find his place in the...
Joe and his friend Jerry find a merman washed up on the beach, but he turns out to be very much alive and interested in Joe, though not so fond of Jerry, judging from the way he tries to kill him. After a seduction involving lots of frustration and dead sea creatures, Joe finds himself falling for the man, but their communication barrier and differing survival needs complicate...
![Book Review: The Alpha Experiment (Mismatched Mates Book 3) by Eliot Grayson [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Alpha-Experiment-Mismatched-Mates-Book-3-by-Eliot-Grayson-255x255.jpg)
Newt, a professor and scientist, gets threatened into furthering his research on stimulating latent shifter genes quickly and so enlists his best friend, an alpha shifter, to help---by having sex. But as experiments progress, he starts to realize he may actually be enjoying...
