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Review: “Angel Undone” by Leta Blake

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Angel Undone

Title: Angel Undone Author: Leta Blake Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Amazon Pages/Word Count: 90 pages Blurb The Archangel Michael is tired. He fought wars and shoved his brother Lucifer out of heaven all before the Dark Ages rolled around. His role as protector of Israel now encompasses all of humanity, and while he performs his job perfectly, there’s little personal joy in it. Until one night in a bar when he meets Asher. Michael isn’t sure what it is about the vulnerable, self-deprecating Asher that calls to him, but something about his restrained depths, gentle smiles, and encyclopedic knowledge of … Read more

Review: Castor by Shaun Young

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Title: Castor. Author: Shaun Young. Genre: Science Fiction, young adult. Publisher: Harmony Ink Press. Pages/Word Count: 234 pages   Blurb: Sixteen-year-old James Fisher lives on the distant planet of Castor where he toils for the ruling classes as an indentured servant. He’s a “Half-Adapt”–one of thousands like him who were shipped to Castor from Earth and biologically altered so they could breathe the planet’s atmosphere unaided. As Earth fades in his memory, James resigns himself to life under Castor’s strict social hierarchy. But then he meets his master’s nephew, Vidal Centa, and their strong attraction for each other begins to … Read more

Review: “The Seventh Pleiade” by Andrew J. Peters

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Title: The Seventh Pleiade Series: Atlantis #1 Author: Andrew J. Peters Genre: Gay YA Historical Fantasy Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 264 pages Blurb Atlantis is besieged by violent storms, tremors, and a barbarian army. For sixteen-year-old Aerander, it’s a calamitous backdrop to his Panegyris, where boys are feted for their passage to manhood. Amid a secret web of romances among the celebrants, Aerander’s cousin Dam goes missing with two boys. With the kingdom in crisis, no one suspects the High Priest Zazamoukh, though Aerander uncovers a conspiracy to barter boys for dark spiritual power. Aerander’s proof— an underground … Read more

Review: “Gun to My Head” by Dira Lewis

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Title: Gun to My Head Author: Dira Lewis Genre: LGBTQ+ Paranormal Fiction Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 325 pages Blurb: Sin is a vampire at the end of his rope. Having escaped forcible conversion by a vampire cult, he temporarily kills himself and rises again only to immediately imprint on a human: eighteen-year-old Dominic. Thanks to the cult’s conditioning, Sin can’t bite Dominic, but because of the imprint he also can’t leave him alone. Protecting Dominic from a local vampire named Oriana puts Sin between a rock and a hard place. With nowhere else to turn he does … Read more

Review: Not Your Sidekick

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Review: Not Your Sidekick C.B. Lee Title:  Not Your Sidekick Author: C.B. Lee Genre:  LGBT Fiction, Superheroes, Love and Romance, F/F Publisher:  Duet Books, an imprint of Interlude Press Pages/Word Count: 294 pages Blurb:  Welcome to Andover… where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef-up her college applications when she stumbles upon the perfect (paid!) internship—only it turns out to be for the town’s most heinous supervillain. On the upside, she gets to work with … Read more

Review: “Electric Candle” by Elizabeth Noble

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Title: Electric Candle Series: The Sleepless City #2 Author(s): Elizabeth Noble Genre: Gay Paranormal Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 pages Blurb When a vampire finds his soul mate, the bond is forever. It’s love at first sight. Or is it? Flint, Ohio Homicide Detective Jonas Forge has been a vampire for nearly two hundred years. He’s fought wars, seen life go from the simple but hard colonial days to the modern high tech world. He’s evolved with the times, adapting with each new era, blending into each new life. The one constant is his best friend and lover, … Read more

Review: “Jack of Thorns” by Amelia Faulkner

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Title: Jack of Thorns Series: Inheritance #1 Author(s): Amelia Faulkner Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: LoveLight Press Pages/Word Count: 442 pages Blurb: Florist. Psychic. Addict. Laurence Riley coasts by on good looks and natural charm, but underneath lies a dark chasm that neither heroin nor lovers can fill. Sobriety is a pipe dream which his stalker ex-boyfriend is pushing him away from. Luckily, Laurence has powers most can only dream of. If only he could control them. Aristocrat. Psychic. Survivor. Quentin d’Arcy is the product of centuries of wealth, privilege, and breeding, and is on the run from all three. A … Read more

Review: “Kestrel’s Talon” by Bey Deckard

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Kestrel's Talon

Title: Kestrel’s Talon Series: The Stonewatchers #1 Author(s): Bey Deckard Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Self Published Pages/Word Count: 426 Pages Blurb: Following the Prentish/Nemarri war, Kes is rejected by his homeland under the guise of religious purity laws. Though he’s spared execution, the proud Nemarri’s fate is only marginally more merciful than death when he is sold into sexual slavery at a prosperous pleasure house. Despite his stoic endurance, Kes knows he’s reaching his breaking point, but there is nothing he can do—there is no path to freedom in the Holy Prentish Empire, only a lifetime of humiliating servitude. That is, … Read more

Review: “Myths Untold: Faery” by Witt, Li, Coatsworth, and Hegyes

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Title: Myths Untold: Faery Authors: August Li, Brandon Witt, Skye Hegyes, and Scott Coatsworth Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 247 pages   The Pwcca and the Persian Boy by August Li Despite beauty and luck, something about Glyn makes everyone uncomfortable. Homeless on the streets of Cardiff, he has nothing to keep him going but his friendship with Farrokh. Through stealing and fortune’s occasional favor, Glyn keeps them alive. But then homeless youths begin to disappear, and when Farrokh goes missing, Glyn begins to discover the reasons behind both his luck and the way people react to him. Determined … Read more

Review: X-Men: Apocalypse

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X-Men: Apocalypse

Bryan Singer directed the first two movies based on Marvel Comics’ mutant superhero team the X-Men. Brett Ratner directed the third film, The Last Stand, which is loathed by fans and critics alike. The franchise was then rebooted with Matthew Vaughn’s First Class, and Bryan Singer returned for the second film in this cycle, Days of Future Past, arguably the best of all of the X-Men movies. And now there’s X-Men: Apocalypse, which opens May 27. About a third of the way through Apocalypse, which takes place in 1983, Jean Gray (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and … Read more