Posts labeled Fantasy
Review - Cursed: Ride or Die by Eden Winters
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Slade prefers being on his own. When he feels the need for some companionship, he’ll pick up a guy at a bar for a one-night stand. It’s a perfectly good system as long as the other man understands the arrangement. When a young man from a previous night turns up at Slade’s garage wanting more, the biker has to set him straight, and he does it as brutally as possible.
Review - Redneck Revenant by David R. Slayton
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Adam is settling into his role as the Page of Swords. For now, it’s a quiet life, for a change. He’s still living in his brother Bobby’s basement. His boyfriend Vic stays the night sometimes, since he has moved back in with his mother while learning the chef trade. The two need to get their own place, but they don’t earn much, and Adam isn’t sure he’s ready for that.
Tags: Fantasy Paranormal
Review - Tarsus by J.C. Owens
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Bullied by his warlord father, Tarsus has never known kindness. Everyone looks down on him because of his white hide and silvery hair. When their renegade fortress is captured by the Queen’s army, Tarsus expects to die along with everyone else. Instead of killing him, the Queen’s daughter gives Tarsus to her brother Varan, who makes the young centaur his servant. Tarsus still expects to die eventually, when Varan tires of him.
Review - Forget Me Not by R. Cooper
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Police detective Ray wakes up in an alley feeling drained, which, for a werewolf, is very strange. His keen sense of smell senses magic, which explains how someone overpowered him. He’s just getting his bearings when some people appear at the mouth of the alley. One of them is human and also smells of magic, but the other is a fairy, or perhaps a half-fairy. He is very pretty, as fairies are, and claims to be Ray’s mate.
Review - The Envoy's Honor by Antonia Aquilante
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The day Corentin, his husband-to-be Bastien, and the royal family knew was coming has finally arrived. A delegation from Corentin’s homeland, Iviria, is at the palace doors. Their leader, Ederic, is insistent that Corentin needs to return with them to be punished. The group’s second most senior member, Kirill, doesn’t understand why Ederic is so insistent on Corentin’s return, or why he is so confrontational with the Tournai royals. The one bright spot is Griffen, Bastien’s brother.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen
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Oliver has a talent as a necromancer. He keeps it well hidden since it’s widely looked down upon. He trained as a doctor and now works as the pathologist for the Paranormal Society, a group that looks into crimes involving magic and paranormal beings. Felipe is one of the investigators. Oliver has had a crush on Felipe for a few years, but he’s too introverted to make his feelings known.
Review - Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton
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Isaac is a trained assassin, although he has yet to kill anyone. He’s on his first assignment for the Undertaker, the man who has trained Isaac and many others since he was a young boy. The mission seems to go sideways, and Isaac is taken by the Queen of Swords, Argent, to a strange school the other students have dubbed Rogue Community College. There, he will learn about the other races with a view to becoming a Guardian, but the others don’t know Isaac’s secrets.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - A Veil of Gods and Kings by Nicole Bailey
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It’s Apollo’s fate to become the sun god, but he keeps putting off ascending. He doesn’t want to become a god, like his father Zeus, who demands offerings of sacrifice and food from humans who are starving, then wipes out entire villages on a whim. Zeus is becoming increasingly impatient with his half-human son. He gives Apollo an ultimatum: either he ascends now, or spends a year with the human Prince Hyacinth learning how a “good” son behaves.
Review - Little God by R. Cooper
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Melis is the god of bees and honey, and desire. He’s among the youngest of the gods and a bit of an outcast. King Antero is one of the god’s most ardent followers. Antero is reputed to be very handsome, but has yet to find a suitable companion, someone who wants him for who he is rather than because he’s the king. He prays to Melis often for help in his quest.
Review - Out of the Blue by Lyra Evans
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Fae Detective Nico Spruce has been unsettled lately. A recent undercover operation gave him reason to question his self-image. Then, while recovering from a bullet wound that ended the undercover job, his boyfriend cheated on him. But there’s no time to think about that now. A dead body has been found on the beach. There’s no clue to the identity of the young man, nor can anyone explain exactly what caused the big hole in his chest.