News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Billie Nickerson hadn't been ready to die, but what parent is? This was different though, it hadn't been her time, she hadn't yet fulfilled the duty to her son and passed on all he would need to know, all that would make him the hero the future yearned for. A simple mistake ensured the karmic… Continue reading Book review: B. Roman’s Before the Boy (@BMoonSinger1)
In D.B. Sieders' Raising the Dead, Vivian had not asked for this life. She had not asked to be alive, yet trapped between the world of the living and dead. She came into this gift following an agreement, a debt she had taken on in the hope to spare someone she loved. Her powers were… Continue reading Book review: D. B. Sieders – Raising The Dead (@DBSieders)
In S F Benson's Cursed Hearts Kelsie wanted more in her life than what her species allowed. She had grown up surrounded by humans hearing tales of love, and she wanted it for her own. But succubi weren't allowed such emotions, and with her abilities being uncontrolled it seemed the was fated to become a… Continue reading Book review: S F Benson – Cursed Hearts (@BensonShantella)
In Alan W Thompson's Abomination Desolation, William had sacrificed almost everything to destroy Cenetics. Even his wife had looked upon him with disgust as she realised what he had done. He had been labelled a terrorist and placed in a facility where visitors were forbidden. A vision warned him of what is still to come,… Continue reading Book review: Alan W Thompson – Abomination Desolation (@CrtnAbomination)
In Ed Ryder's Jack Gilmour: Wish Lawyer Jack's future was determined by a rather unique case, forever changing his life, and that of his future clients. He knows more about demon contract law than any other, especially since most lawyers wouldn't take such a contract seriously. This time, however, he has bitten off more than… Continue reading Book review: Ed Ryder – Jack Gilmour: Wish Lawyer (@Ed_Ryder7)
In S. Lynn Helton's Power Awry Namid is busying herself helping to rebuild her former home, Rhadanthus, which was turned to all most ruin following the wake of her former adventure. With winter drawing in, time to create a safe shelter was running out, but little did she know the coming of Spring would bring more… Continue reading Book review: S. Lynn Helton – Power Awry
In Cheryl Rush Cowperthwait's, Ashera of Kingswood, the forest known as Kingswood had been cried by Ashera's own tears and those of her mother. She had protected it, guarded its inhabitants, and looked after the people. But all that changed when the king took a wife. An unnatural winter descended across the land bringing suffering… Continue reading Book review: Cheryl Rush Cowperthwait – Ashera of Kingswood (@CherylRushCowp1)
In Darren Boeck's Gifts of Fire and Ice, Serg had been ill as long as he could remember, fighting an ever-present enemy which forbid him a normal life. Orphaned at a young age, his sister, Val, cared for him, using her gifting skills to keep them fed and warm. It wasn't until the empire sought… Continue reading Book review: Darren Boeck – Gifts of Fire and Ice (@DarrenBoeck)
Reagan Somerset guarded a secret. It was the reason both the shifters and the humans wanted her, but she had kept the truth of her heritage a secret a long time, and she wasn't about to sacrifice that for the promise of a steady job. Of course, this left her only one option, to be… Continue reading Book review: K.F Breene – Born in Fire (@KFBreene)
Odd Voices is a collection of short stories like no other. For too long protagonists have been cut from the same cloth, but not here, gone are the cookie-cutter leads, replaced with beautifully diverse characters and they take you through their own tales, from poverty and love, to survival and magic. You will be whisked… Continue reading Book review: Odd Voices – @oddvoiceout
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