You Don’t Choose Your Family

I have just spent two days in Mississippi with relative strangers. It was a little bit weird…and more than a little bit wonderful. The food—oh, my goodness, the food. Southern favourites served with instructions to wash up and stow our hats. The manners—every single person capable of speech respecting their elders, even in the midstContinue reading "You Don’t Choose Your Family"

Review: Contemporary Male/Male Romance Box Set

I don’t review a lot of romance on my blog, which is a shame as I do read a fair amount. Romance reading for me represents just as much escapism as the large chunks of science fiction and fantasy I digest regularly. I was inspired to review this box set for two reasons. One, I can’tContinue reading "Review: Contemporary Male/Male Romance Box Set"

Review: The Circuit: Executor Rising by Rhett C. Bruno

‘The Circuit: Executor Rising’ by Rhett C. Bruno is my kind of book. Earth is dead (yay, apocalypse!) and humanity has taken to the stars. We haven’t gotten far. Still within our Solar System, humanity inhabits a string of Solar-Ark transports that continually travel what is known as the Kepler Circuit. Resources are mined andContinue reading "Review: The Circuit: Executor Rising by Rhett C. Bruno"

Review: The Blasted Lands by James A. Moore

Second in the ‘Seven Forges’ series, The Blasted Lands by James A. Moore continues where Seven Forges left off. The emperor of Fellein is dead and armies are gathering on both sides. Put in charge of the military aspect of the twelve kingdoms, reluctant general, Merros Dulver, begins to learn the truth about his empire.Continue reading "Review: The Blasted Lands by James A. Moore"

Review: ORBS by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

After the solar storms of 2055, portions of our planet are desolate and irradiated. Six years later, Dr. Sophie Winston and her team are sequestered in an underground biome in preparation for a mission to save the world. Three days in, all their chickens are dead. A scan of surveillance footage suggests the birds wentContinue reading "Review: ORBS by Nicholas Sansbury Smith"