Spear of Destiny by J.F. Penn Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Historical / Supernatural ISBN: 9781915425522 Print Length: 216 pages Amazon Reviewed by Shelby Zwintscher An exhilarating international scavenger hunt for a powerful ancient relic The Arcane Religious Knowledge and Numinous Experience Institute, ARKANE, is an international organization dedicated to solving supernatural and religious […]
Literary Fiction Books That Are Punk AF by Nick Gardner Indie lit has always been counterculture. It would honestly be nuts for a small press to open their door to submissions without the desire to fight the status quo. The very idea of indie lit is anticapitalist (small presses probably won’t get you rich), anti-establishment […]
Sympathy for Wild Girls by Demree McGhee Genre: Short Story Collection ISBN: 9781558613386 Print Length: 212 pages Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Andrea Marks-Joseph Queer Black women float, grieve, steal, sweat, and fight back in this thrilling connection of stories that put us first. “Daisy’s mother tells her ways to […]
Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara on August 20, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, Fiction / Women Pages: 400 Format: Audiobook, Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads “You’re not afraid of being alone in the dark. You’re afraid you’re not alone.” Anya is enjoying a relaxing bath when she hears […]
Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Worth Fighting For, the fifth installment in Disney’s Meant to Be series, transforms the legendary tale of Mulan into a contemporary romance that seamlessly blends corporate intrigue with genuine emotional depth. Following her acclaimed works like Dial A for Aunties and Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, Sutanto proves once again that […]
In Kiss the Girl, Zoraida Córdova masterfully reimagines Disney’s The Little Mermaid for contemporary romance readers, delivering a story that sparkles with authenticity while navigating the treacherous waters of fame, family expectations, and first love. As the third installment in the Meant to Be series—following Julie Murphy’s If the Shoe Fits and Jasmine Guillory’s By […]
Synopsis: When they were boys, Ray Dawley, Eddie Sayers, and Matthew Kauffman were the best of friends. Then new kid Bobby “Bones” Bonetti fell through the ice at Blackamore Pond. The other boys saved Bobby from drowning, but something else came out of the water that day, something dangerous that would tear their friendship apart […]
VHS by Chris Campanioni Genre: Literary Fiction / Short Stories ISBN: 9781960988386 Print Length: 220 pages Publisher: CLASH Books Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Victoria Lilly A collage of dreamlike, visceral images—an experimental arthouse movie in shifting literary form VHS is an eclectic patchwork of forms, styles, and formats—an array of vignettes loosely tied to the […]
In an era where political memoirs often read like carefully orchestrated victory laps, Jacinda Ardern’s A Different Kind of Power emerges as something genuinely unexpected: a raw, introspective examination of what it means to lead with humanity intact. This isn’t the sanitized account of a former world leader protecting their legacy—it’s the honest confession of […]
How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin on April 29, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths Pages: 320 Buy on Amazon Goodreads Kristen Perrin delivers an even stronger mystery in How to […]