Category Archives: fantasy

tasting ‘the bastard prince’ – day 1

The Bastard Prince by Megan Derr The Blurb: Reyes O’Bannon lives a fairly quiet life, despite his role as the King’s secretary. His days are filled with appointments, paperwork, and avoiding the romantic attentions of Kinnaird, the Duke of Keyes; … Continue reading

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tasting yaoi: black knight 1

In an attempt to alleviate my boredom Given that I seem to have a visual fixation I’ve decided to expand my ‘tasting’ series to include a new stream to highlight some of the yaoi I’ve been gobbling up like crazy … Continue reading

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thoughts on ‘hero’

Kris’ New Year’s Readolution 3! To try a different author and/or genre once a month.I know I said I’d make the challenge specific to my blog and not include the reviews I’ve done for Wave; however, technically this is not … Continue reading

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tasting my keepers: ‘the ballad of jimothy redwing’

The Ballad of Jimothy Redwing by Maia Strong The Blurb: New lover. New city. New dangers. Wand’ring Minstrel Jimothy Redwing is used to life on the road, living by the words and music that are his stock in trade. While … Continue reading

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tasing my keepers: the swithin chronicles

The Swithin Chronicles by Sharon Maria Bidwell The Blurb of the First Book, Uly’s Comet: Markis Shavar, the Swithin Prince, controls the power of the Comet. His power may be the only thing that can stop a war between two … Continue reading

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thoughts on ‘mélusine’

It’s that time of the month again. *snort* No, not that time. Instead it’s time for… Kris’ New Year’s Readolution 3! To try a different author and/or genre once a month.When you take into account the books I’ve reviewed for … Continue reading

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for lb ~ tasting my keepers: ‘good omens’

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett This is actually my poor, bashed up copy. Looks like it’s been re-read a couple of times, doesn’t it? LOL. The Blurb:According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch … Continue reading

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tasting authors: terry pratchett

I feel like I’ve been so focused on the m/m genre that I need to even the stakes a bit, hence this post about one of my favourite authors of all time, Terry Pratchett, who will go down in history … Continue reading

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tasting ‘the devil’s fire’

The Devil’s Fire by Sara Bell The Blurb:Forced into an arranged marriage after the death of his true love, Gareth has no intention of giving Alric of Kray the time of day. He’ll do what he has to, but he … Continue reading

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thoughts on ‘the steel remains’

The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan The Blurb (from Orion Books):Ringil, the hero of the bloody slaughter at Gallows Gap is a legend to all who don’t know him and a twisted degenerate to those that do. A veteran of … Continue reading

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