Fantasy

Days of Fantasy: J. M. Hackman

December 6, 2018 by Suzie Waltner 2 Comments

J.M. Hackman for
Days of Fantasy for Christmas

Spark
(The Firebrand Chronicles #1)
By J.M. Hackman
YA Fantasy
Paperback & ebook, 288 Pages
May 16th 2017 by Love2ReadLove2Write Publishing, LLC

Brenna James wants three things for her sixteenth birthday: to find her history notes before the test, to have her mother return from her business trip, and to stop creating fire with her bare hands.

Yeah, that’s so not happening. Unfortunately.

When Brenna learns her mother is missing in an alternate reality called Linneah, she travels through a portal to find her. But Brenna’s arrival in Linneah begins the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy, including a royal murder and the theft of Linneah’s most powerful relic: the Sacred Veil.

Unwilling yet left with no other choice, Brenna and her new friend Baldwin pursue the thief into the dangerous woods of Silvastamen and beyond. Exactly what Brenna wanted to do for her sixteenth birthday. When they spy an army marching toward Linneah, Brenna is horrified. Can she find the veil, save her mother, and warn Linneah in time?

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Mark of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse – Review

November 27, 2018 by Suzie Waltner Leave a Comment

I met Morgan L. Busse a couple years ago, and though her steampunk series has me intrigued, I just haven’t been able to fit them into my reading schedule. So, of course, when the opportunity to read the first book in her new series, The Ravenwood Saga, I agreed and I can’t wait to see where she takes this series next!

About the Book

Lady Selene is the heir to the Great House of Ravenwood and the secret family gift of dreamwalking. As a dreamwalker, she can enter a person’s dreams and manipulate their greatest fears or desires. For the last hundred years, the Ravenwood women have used their gift of dreaming for hire to gather information or to assassinate.

As she discovers her family’s dark secret, Selene is torn between upholding her family’s legacy–a legacy that supports her people–or seeking the true reason behind her family’s gift.

Her dilemma comes to a head when she is tasked with assassinating the one man who can bring peace to the nations, but who will also bring about the downfall of her own house.

One path holds glory and power, and will solidify her position as Lady of Ravenwood. The other path holds shame and execution. Which will she choose? And is she willing to pay the price for the path chosen?

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First Line Friday – Emerald Illusion

October 26, 2018 by Suzie Waltner 1 Comment

Happy Friday, everyone! Boy, was I ready for this one. There’s a shake up coming at the office next week (read: layoffs) and everyone is on edge. I would appreciate any prayers you could send my way.

This week’s first line is from a book that released yesterday (Oct 25) and is a timely reminder that this world, with all of its problems is temporary. I LOVED this story. You can read my full review here.

Emerald Illusion by J. Rodes – Review

October 25, 2018 by Suzie Waltner 5 Comments

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About the Book

Abrielle used to dream of a different life. Adventure. Romance. Hope.
Not of Kansas.

Now, after the loss of her mother and a move she didn’t want to make, she’s lost the will to dream anymore, let alone believe in her father’s Somedays.

But a swirling wind, a wall of leaves, and a blinding darkness literally transform her world.

She and both of her brothers, Brogan and Matteaus, are swept from Kansas to someplace beyond—to a desert in which everything is watery-brown, including the sky and the light of the weak sun. Abrielle finds herself in the middle of a realm everyone had heard of but no one believed existed. Except this version is rundown and broken, void of color and hope. Not much different from her view of life in Kansas.

When she gathers her bearings, she discovers her youngest brother is missing, lost in a land that is foreign and dying. Finding Matteaus becomes her sole focus, but when she and Brogan meet a boy named Levi, who only adds more mystery to this world that shouldn’t exist, she finds out this kingdom is much more perilous than the children’s book ever told.
Matteaus is in great danger.

There is nothing safe about Oz.

When Fire Rains Down by Cecelia Earl – Review

August 31, 2018 by Suzie Waltner 1 Comment

I love it when a series builds on itself well, and in the conclusion on the Kingdom Come trilogy, growth is made, secrets are revealed, and a satisfying conclusion is laid out for readers.

In My Opinion…

Julia White has acknowledged and accepted her place fighting beside heaven’s warrior angels. And while she’s learned some hard lessons, she still tends to play the lone ranger and face the fight on her own.

Lucifer isn’t the only one who wants something from the White family. And Julia isn’t sure who she can trust.