News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
In Nicholas Woode-Smith's Part-Time Monster Hunter, Kat Drummond was a novelty at first. She was young and her rates were the cheapest. They had to be, she needed to pay rent and eat, not to mention find the money to study. Life as a monster hunter, even a part-time one, was challenging. If not for… Continue reading Book review: Nicholas Woode-Smith – Part-Time Monster Hunter (@Zaggeta)
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)
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
In Amethyst Creek's, The Return of the Scoundrel, Libby would never have found out about the teaching post if not for her brother in Leadville. Eager to begin a new life and role, she moves to the expanding city, stopping by to thank her brother on the way through. But it seems her life is… Continue reading Book review: Amethyst Creek – The Return of the Scoundrel
In S. Lynn Helton's Duplicity of Power, Namid had spent a long time hiding who she was. She had left that life behind and embraced her place in the Shadowers. But when her path crossed with the son of a renowned lord her life would be forever altered. He had something unusual in his possession,… Continue reading Book Review: S. Lynn Helton – Duplicity of Power
In Ellen C. Maze's, The Judging, Mark was doing the work of God. Those who committed atrocities were brought to his attention and judged, and given a chance of redemption before he sent them to the afterlife. This was what he had told himself for centuries, he was not a vampire, despite some similarities to… Continue reading Book review: Ellen C. maze – The Judging (@authorellenmaze )
Spex were not just a trend, they were a way of life. The world was yours and with a thought, knowledge was at your fingertips. Thanks to Marco's app, never did you have to worry about forgetting a name again. Of course, there are some people who relish obscurity, who have found a hack not… Continue reading Book review: Ruth Mitchell – Deleted (@literallyruth)
In Shakeil Kanish and Larissa Mandeville's, The Sigil, we meet Lake, who idolised his brother, he was everything he aspired to be. Brilliant, clever, successful. So when tragedy strikes, Lake's world is torn apart in more ways than he can imagine. Through his grief he encounters a secret his brother had been harbouring, another world,… Continue reading Book review: Shakeil Kanish & Larissa Mandeville – The Sigil
In T.L Callahan's Rising Chaos, Lia Davis had known there would be things expected of her as Bennett's bond-mate, but when he whisked her away to his home she realised just how much was expected from her. Raised with no knowledge of their people, Lia finds herself under the merciless regime of Bennett's Arxhai, Selene,… Continue reading Book review: T.L. Callahan – Rising Chaos
In Alane Adams' The Eye of Zeus, Phoebe had been passed from pillar to post through the foster system, but no matter where she went, or how determined she was to have a fresh start trouble always found her. Strange things seemed to happen around her, fires, freak hail storms, it wasn't exactly conducive to… Continue reading Book review@ Alane Adams – The Eye of Zeus (@AlaneAdamsBooks)
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