MaryAnn’s Reviews – Page 12

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Review: Little Rock – Alex Beltran

March 22, 2023March 20, 2023 by scott

Genre: Fantasy, YA LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book England, fall 1993. Sent against his will, Owen Appletoff arrives at Little Rock boarding school from his hometown of San Diego. Within its high walls awaits Taylor, his handsome golden-haired roommate, with whom a strong friendship quickly blossoms. Meanwhile Daniel, the sexy school bully, lends a watchful eye to the school’s newest arrival. As the days go by, any harmony Owen sought is torn apart by the strange visions haunting his dreams. The kelpie, a spirit of ancient Celtic legend, has marked him out … Read more

Double Review: The Dragon Eater – J. Scott Coatsworth

March 18, 2023 by scott

Genre: Sci-Fantasy, YA Crossover LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewers: Ulysses, Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Raven’s a thief who just swallowed a dragon. A small one, sure, but now his arms are growing scales, the local wildlife is acting up, and his snarky AI familiar is no help whatsoever. Raven’s best friend Aik is a guardsman carrying a torch for the thief. A pickpocket and a guard? Never going to happen. And Aik’s ex-fiancé Silya, an initiate priestess in the midst of a magical crisis, hates Raven with the heat of a thousand … Read more

Review: Thorns of Chaos – Jeremiah Cain

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 by scott

Genre: Grimdark Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Queer Grimdark: Finn is no hero, chosen born, or noble. Despite escalating tensions from the Dayigan soldier’s occupation of Feah lands, the happy-go-lucky twenty-five-year-old is content to spend his days fishing and flirting with the other men in his Celtic-like village. But everything changes at their midyear’s eve festival when an angry Dayigan commander catches Finn in the arms of another man. Suddenly framed for murder, he must flee his village or face death. However, Finn isn’t the Dayigans’ only target. They believe all Feahs … Read more

Review: Postscript – Anne Barwell

February 17, 2023 by scott

Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A magical bookshop holds the keys.When Mason Chynoweth inherits an old house in small-town New Zealand, he hopes to discover what happened to his great-great uncle Lewis after he returned from the war in 1945. Mason’s first encounter with the property is thankfully reassuring—his sensitive psychic powers aren’t triggered and he has a calm sense of coming home. Elijah Whitaker arrives in Kedgetown for an extended visit with his aunts. He’s quickly drawn to Mason and offers to help him try to find some answers in … Read more

Review: Primavera – Hayden Thorne

February 13, 2023 by scott

Genre: Gothic, Paranormal, Dark Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Coming out to his parents may have burdened him with unfortunate difficulties, but nineteen-year-old Adam Sheridan didn’t expect a sudden flood of nightmares and fragmented dreams to ruin his nights and threaten his mental health. But there’s a reason for these dreams, these baffling images of people and moments from a time and place that have never once crossed Adam’s mind. As these grow more and more insistent, triggered by harmless little things in his day-to-day movements such as a co-worker’s whistling, … Read more

Review: The Full Moon Chronicles: 1847 – K.D. Murphy

February 4, 2023 by scott

Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Erotic LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Smashwords About The Book Laurent Boudreaux, London’s Darling and most eligible bachelor in Town, should be down in the ballroom entertaining all the guests that have come to Greyside Manor to gain his favor and, perhaps, his affection. Instead, he’s hidden himself in the library to sulk the night away. Very impetuous behavior for a proper gentleman. Even worse for a vampire charged with the simple task of attracting dinner for his coven. Due to his immense fortune, obvious good looks, and charming personality, Laurent’s gained … Read more

Review: Vampire’s Grimoire – Roan Rosser

February 2, 2023 by scott

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Trans FTM Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Apple About The Book Xander is many things, but he isn’t a vampire… yet.For now, being a vampire’s daytime assistant has its perks. Hanging out with vampires is just one of them. The downsides? Well, for one, Xander and his friends getting kidnapped by a group of armed mages. They want a book they think Xander’s boss has in his possession, and refusing them means torture followed by a slow death. Being a normal human among supernaturals, at the mercy of those stronger, has never frustrated … Read more

Review: Land of the Dead – Steven Hopstaken & Melissa Prusi

January 30, 2023 by scott

Genre: Historical, Paranormal (Vampires & Werewolves) LGBTQ+ Category: Gay (Oscar Wilde) Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde unite once more to battle spirits and demons invading our world. Third book in the series. Grimdark Magazine called the first book an “addictive, clever and extremely fun horror adventure.” Book 3 in the Stoker’s Wilde series! Science and the supernatural collide in this terrifying tale of witches, reanimated corpses and spirits invading our world from beyond the grave. Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde have returned to their lives in London after their adventures in … Read more

Review: Stoker’s Wild West – Steven Hopstaken & Melissa Prusi

January 26, 2023 by scott

Genre: Historical, Western, Paranormal, Weird West LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Thinking they have put their monster-hunting days behind them, Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker return to their normal lives. But when their old ally Robert Roosevelt and his nephew Teddy find a new nest of vampires, they are once again pulled into the world of the supernatural, this time in the American West. A train robbery by a band of vampire gunslingers sets off a series of events that puts Bram on the run, Oscar leading a rescue party and our heroes … Read more

Review: The Southern Magicks – Ashton K. Rose

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 by scott

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Trans Man, Bisexual, Achillean Bisexual, Pansexual, Non-Binary, Lesbian, Homoromantic Asexual, Poly, Gay, Aromantic Asexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A month ago, a demon tore the thin veneer of a normal life I’d crafted apart when it almost killed me. Revealing my husband, Eli, as the prodigal son of a powerful magic family. When I grew up, I walked away from magic. Left my remote hometown and pretended the ghosts Gran taught me to see weren’t there while I went to university to become a librarian. Our one secret tightly … Read more