I was watching Lisa Frankenstein recently, and also thinking about how I needed to make some blog posts, and it reminded me that I've always meant to do a post like this. I was just waiting to have enough books I could personally recommend. Frankenstein is one of my favorite classics, less so for the writing itself (sorry, Mary, I find a lot of classics are just overly wordy), but because the...
Fae are wreaking havoc and Merlin is missing, so mage Morgan, knight Lancelot, and hunter Tristan head out to find him. But they don't really get along at first and have their own issues to deal with, in addition to a dangerous...
![Book Review: Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Teach-the-Torches-to-Burn-by-Caleb-Roehrig-255x255.jpg)
Romeo's family has expectations of him, including finding a wife, whether it's what he wants or not. When he runs into Valentine at a party, the two have an undeniable connection, but they have to hide their relationship, and rising tensions between families add more complications that might keep them...
Hayden and his father have been working on a formula to reverse death, but then Hayden finds his father murdered in his lab and the AI that records everything tampered with. The building goes into lockdown with the killer still inside, and Hayden, with the help of the AI, is determined to keep the formula out of their...
![Book Review: Never Never (Villains Book 9) by Serena Valentino [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Never-Never-Villains-Book-9-by-Serena-Valentino-255x255.jpg)
James went to Neverland as a kid but was brought back home, and ever since, all he's wanted is to go back. He joins Blackbeard's pirate crew, makes deals with magical beings, and sets out to make his wishes come...
James, once a dashing, feared pirate captain, is now an old man with an aging body and a well of grief. When something dark slips from Neverland into London looking for him, he ends up entangled with Wendy and Jane, drawn back to Neverland, hoping to finally fix his...
What if Romeo and Juliet did things a little differently and things didn't end up the way they did? With this book, you get to choose their actions for them and find out how things might've gone, with paths that vary from never meeting to becoming time traveling ghosts, and everything in...
![Book Review: Capt. Hook – The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J. V. Hart [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Capt.-Hook-The-Adventures-of-a-Notorious-Youth-by-J.-V.-Hart-255x255.jpg)
When James gets sent to Eton, he stands up to the bullies and quickly makes a name for himself, hated by some and admired by others. He befriends spiders to do his bidding, gets into a duel, falls for a young sultana, and eventually finds himself working on a ship with his best friend, hoping to one day find...
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...
![Book Review: The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-King-of-Infinite-Space-by-Lyndsay-Faye-255x255.jpg)
When Ben's father dies, he asks his best friend---even though they haven't talked in months---to come back to the States because he needs him. When they discover it might've been murder, they attempt to unravel the mystery, while also navigating Ben's internal struggles and the fact that Horatio is hopelessly in love. Meanwhile, Ben's ex starts unraveling her own mysteries with the help of three...
