![Book Review: The Promise of Lost Things by Helene Dunbar [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Promise-of-Lost-Things-by-Helene-Dunbar-255x255.jpg)
Russ has enough on his plate, being a high school student, a medium, and Youth Corps leader for the Guild that runs the town full of mediums he lives in---now he's also being haunted by his dead ex who wants him to take over the Guild and trying to stop a TV show from ruining his town. Asher is supposed to get close to Russ to help his parents get info for their show, but his feelings are real,...
![Book Review: A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-A-Taste-of-Gold-and-Iron-by-Alexandra-Rowland-255x255.jpg)
🌟One of my faves!🌟
When an incident sees Prince Kadou nearly exiled and costs his guard his job, he's assigned a new guard, Evemer, who thinks the prince flighty and careless but will protect him nevertheless. But as they investigate a counterfeit crime, face danger, and spend more time together, Evemer realizes how wrong he was, and the two start developing...
I’ve had a very hard time focusing on anything lately, so I haven’t done much. I think I’ve mostly watched YouTube. I did a little gaming though! I started a new Sims 3 game with sexy cowboys. It probably won’t hold my attention long, but I’m having fun with the horses and chicken coops and...
![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...
I love paranormal and urban fantasy! I could give tons of recommendations, depending on how loosely you define "urban fantasy." For this, I tried to stick to what most people probably think of---our world (though maybe with known existence of magic), modern times, not too slow or rural, at least some action/battles---though I did slip a few in that don't fit the criteria perfectly. I could give...
Laurence and Quentin are spending a few days in New York on their way home when Quentin gets taken to the Otherworld. While Quentin makes a deal with a god, Laurence enlists the help of some new friends (a necromancer and a child of Arawn) to help him get Quentin...
![Book Review: The ABCs of Spellcraft Collection Volume 3 (Books 8-11) by Jordan Castillo Price [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-ABCs-of-Spellcraft-Collection-Volume-3-Books-8-11-by-Jordan-Castillo-Price-255x255.jpg)
Dixon and Yuri have more shenanigans to pursue and spellcraft gone awry to fix---this time amidst lots of exciting changes for the Penn family, which is about to get bigger, and for the Pinyin Bay spellcraft community. Individual Descriptions: In Present Tense, Dixon and Yuri try to find gifts for each other on Christmas Eve. In Brownie Points, spellcraft in some brownies Yuri eats gives him a...
![Book Review: Lost and Bound (Mismatched Mates Book 4) by Eliot Grayson [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Lost-and-Bound-Mismatched-Mates-Book-4-by-Eliot-Grayson-255x255.jpg)
Jared, wolf shifter from the Armitage pack, was captured and has spent years being tortured and experimented on, until he's tossed into a cell with a bigger, scarier shifter---who has an appetite for blood that will eventually take over. Instead, they work together to escape, but now they're mated to each other, maybe even falling for each other, and aren't sure what to do...
In 2017, I wrote a blog post about disability representation and the "magical cure" trope in books, and I had planned to do another post with more complaints. But some of my opinions have changed, and as a disabled person myself, my feelings about this topic are complex and sometimes contradictory. And I wanted to talk about not just issues with disability rep, but also issues with...
![Book Review: A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles Book 1) by Foz Meadows [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-A-Strange-and-Stubborn-Endurance-The-Tithenai-Chronicles-Book-1-by-Foz-Meadows-255x255.jpg)
When Velasin is outed as gay, his political marriage is changed so that he will marry the woman's brother instead. But as soon as he arrives in Tithena, someone tries to kill him, and the threats don't stop there. As he comes to trust his new husband, they work together to figure out what's going...
