No full reviews, because I just haven’t had time. But here are a few quick plugs for neat books. The Devil You Know is the second book in Kit Rocha’s “Mercenary Librarians” series. It’s post-apocalyptic super-soldier librarians and their allies,…
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Posted in Reviews Tagged with: cosmic horror, horror, Kit Rocha, Luke Walker, post-apocalyptic, romance, Stephen Graham Jones, thriller
Review: “The End Has Come,” ed. John Joseph Adams, Hugh Howey
Rating: 5 out of 5 Book one in the triptych, The End Is Nigh, was a collection of pre-apocalyptic short stories. Book two, The End is Here, took place during the apocalyptic event(s). Now The End Has Come (The Apocalypse…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: apocalyptic, horror, Hugh Howey, John Joseph Adams, post-apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, SF, The Apocalypse Triptych
Review: “Deal With the Devil,” Kit Rocha
Rating: 5 out of 5 Anyone who’s read Kit Rocha’s “Beyond” books will recognize the delirious blend of danger, sci-fi super-soldiers, post-apocalyptic grunge, and erotic romance found in Deal with the Devil: A Mercenary Librarians Novel. Nina is an information…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: erotic romance, Kit Rocha, Mercenary Librarians, post-apocalyptic, romance, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, SF
Short Take: “Trying to Survive, Part 1,” C.J. Crowley
Pros: Standard post-apocalyptic survival story Cons: Nothing new; not very interesting Rating: 2.5 out of 5 C.J. Crowley’s novella Trying to Survive (Part 1) is another entry into the post-apocalyptic survival genre of stories. Brothers Walt and James are trapped…
Review: “Dead Astronauts,” Jeff VanderMeer
Pros: Incredibly hallucinatory and weirdly addictive Cons: Incredibly hallucinatory and confusing Rating: 4 out of 5 I’m not entirely sure how to talk about Jeff VanderMeer’s Dead Astronauts: A Novel I read his Southern Reach trilogy and LOVED it. This……
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: apocalyptic, Jeff Vandermeer, post-apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, SF
Review: “Beyond Surrender,” Kit Rocha
Pros: Such a sweet, hot romance Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Kit Rocha’s Beyond Surrender (Beyond, Book 9) concludes the war that has broken out in her post-apocalyptic erotic romance Beyond series. Nessa is every O’Kane’s younger sister–she…
Review: “Beyond Ecstasy,” Kit Rocha
Pros: Things reach the boiling point! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 In this volume of Kit Rocha’s post-apocalyptic erotic romance Beyond series, Beyond Ecstasy (Beyond, Book 8), Hawk and Jeni finally get together. He’s been obsessing over her,…
Review: “Beyond Ruin,” Kit Rocha
Pros: Wonderful depiction of group love; great plot progression Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 In the latest installment of Kit Rocha’s post-apocalyptic erotic romance series, Beyond Ruin (Beyond, 7), we concentrate on four characters. Jade was raised as…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: Beyond Series, erotic romance, erotica, Kit Rocha, LGBTQ, post-apocalyptic