While I rarely write formal reviews, when I love a book, I become an evangelist of it and want everyone I know to read it.
What we love is highly subjective and I will never be insulted if you don't love what I love; however, these are the stories that have stayed with me long after I finished reading them. Perhaps they will speak to you, too.
Fantasy Science Fiction Other Fiction Short Fiction
CROOKS AND STRAIGHTS
WOLF LOGIC
by Masha DuToit
These books remind me of what you might get if you mixed the
coming of age essence of A WRINKLE IN TIME with the ethereal and
painful beauty of PAN'S LABYRINTH.
MALUS DOMESTICA
by S.A.
Hunt
If your taste runs more to urban fantasy/horror, this is your fix. A modern witch hunter who is a youtube sensation, returns to her home town to confront both her past and the witches who terrorize the town.
TILL HUMAN VOICES WAKE US
Victoria
Goddard
A Lyrical Fantasy, in the tradition of Patricia McKillip.
Goddard weaves the tale of Orpheus along with a hefty dose of
Shakespeare and dangerous magic into a story of contemporary
London. This is a dense book, written like the poetry its title is
from.
THE MINUS FACTION (A serial novel)
by Rick Wayne
I adore these books and I'm not someone who tends to read serial fiction. I'm too impatient and want the whole story. But, I'm willing to nibble at the crumbs, here, because they are so very tasty! Part superhero story, part thriller, part adventure, one hundred percent addictive. (Actually, read anything Rick writes. He is that good.)
TAKE BACK TOMORROW
by Richard
Levesque
A fun take on time travel with a 1940s noir twist, I thoroughly enjoyed. Just a lovely romp through what I loved about golden age SF from my childhood.
IN ASHES BORN
by Nathan
Lowell
If you enjoy a good space opera, you can't go wrong with a tale by Nathan Lowell! is the start of a new series in the universe of his Golden Age of the Solar Clipper series. And it's a great entry into his worlds, even if you haven't read the prior series.
WITHOUT BLOODSHED
Matthew
Graybosch
Science Fantasy with a helping of heavy metal music and original
world building. It's the kind of complex genre-busting novel that
is rarely published in today's world of tightly defined markets,
and that's a shame. Morgan Stormrider is The Phoenix Society's
most successful enforcer. But he is also not quite human, and the
parallel stories that twist through this novel showcase a writer
with a strong grasp on building myth and driving a high-octane
plot.
THE MOON SISTERS
Therese
Walsh
Jazz and Olivia Moon, each mourning their mother's recent death
in very different ways, are searching, not for answers, but for
resolution. For Olivia, the younger sister, cursed/blessed with
synesthesia, that means traveling to the setting of her mother's
unfinished novel. For Jazz, it means trying to force Olivia home
so they can move on with their lives. As their journey unfolds and
intersects with other travelers holding their own hurts and
secrets, they may both discover what they didn't know they needed.