The quirkiness of this brief set of experiences displayed as memory “vignettes” had a straightforward delivery that made me smile even though my heart contracted with bittersweet emotion when I sensed what would inevitably happen between the two main characters. As the author’s character fell in love, I fell in love. As […]
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Review of “Sacrament of the Night” by Louise Cooper
Review: I liked the setting for “Sacrament of Night”: a door, a key, and an impossible romance between two beings from mirror worlds, one of light and one of darkness. That it was written by Louise Cooper was an additional plus because I’d read very fine fantasy from her before. I was not disappointed in […]
Review of “The Beast of Caledonia” by Kate Poole
Review: I found “Beast of Caledonia” to be well-written and paced with an overall balance a far notch above some other historical romance books I’ve read. Though I was concerned when I read in the introduction that research on ancient Rome had consisted of reading Colleen McCullough and watching HBO, descriptions and general information about […]
The STARDOC Novels by S. L. Viehl
S.L. Viehl renewed my love for solid sci-fi and fantasy novels when I’d nearly lost hope. After rereading old favourites while watching for the next installment by C.J. Cherryh or George R.R. Martin, I stumbled across this series in an used book shop, and since they had the original set, I bought them all. Although […]
Review: “Fever Dream” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Before I’d read any book by the Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child writing team, I’d seen the film “The Relic”. It was pretty good, if a bit fantastical for a prehistoric type creature to stampede a museum in that way. I didn’t think anything else about, nor did I buy the DVD or try to […]
