Tag Archives: female lead
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Read January 2023 Recommended for fans of Pratchett, MMOG ★ ★ ★ 1/2 It all depends on your definition of ‘cosy,’ I suppose. I’ve been wrapping up George Saunders’ A Swim In a Pond In the Rain, in which … Continue reading
The Catch Me If You Can by Jessica Nabongo. But I’d rather not.
Read November 2022 Recommended for travel fans ★ ★ 1/2 Well, this is awkward. The trouble with analyzing the autobiographical is that one is also, to some extent, analyzing the person. And that just seems rude, right? Thinking of … Continue reading
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Read December 2022 Recommended for fans of light horror ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I am a horror pansy. Not my genre. But I am a sucker for chicks-in-space, and after I read more than a few reviews … Continue reading
Rules of Redemption by T.A. White
Read February 2022 Recommended for fans of Ilona Andrews ★ ★ 1/2 Short version: what seems like a space-faring buddy flick turns into a court-intrigue romance novel with a deathly Mary Sue. It feels a great deal like … Continue reading
Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik
Read December 2022 Recommended for fans of Ilona Andrews ★ ★ ★ ★ Fun and well-done example of the genre. There’s not a lot of substance to it, but honestly, it met the goal for sheer entertainment. What … Continue reading
Sea Storm by Andrew Mayne
Read November 2022 Recommended for police procedural fans ★ ★ ★ Not enough cowbell underwater. For every thriller/mystery series, there is a style and a place, and that’s part of the attraction. Conversations go like this with my … Continue reading
A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
Read August 2022 Recommended for fans of the Scholomance ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Fairy tales and I go way back. For a little perspective, you have to remember I’m the Disney Classic era, so I’m not talking movie fairy tales … Continue reading
Bayou Born by Hailey Edwards
Read October 2022 Recommended for fans of UF/PNR very slow burn ★ ★ 1/2 The urban fantasy market feels overcrowded, but Hailey Edwards is one of the few that has gets my attention, beginning with The Beginners Guide to … Continue reading
The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
Read September 2022 Recommended for fans of the Scholomance ★ ★ ★ ★ This isn’t your childhood Harry Potter. “I didn’t want to get up and go on in the world, agreeing that it was in any way acceptable for … Continue reading
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Read August 2022 Recommended for people in the 2000s unratable Back in the day–ie, as they were released–I read all of the Stephanie Plum books. No matter how ridiculous, I could say that they gave me at least one laugh-out-loud … Continue reading
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