*This post contains affiliate links Do you like kickass heroines, characters exploring their morals, and intriguing monsters? Then Run Red by Nova Blake will call to your monster-loving nature. Run Red is an action-packed monster romance. It covers themes of childhood trauma; trust and caution; the ecological impact of human settlements; and the lines a …
*This post contains an affiliate link Authors, are you looking for a group promo to join to promote your reader magnet? I have organised a group promo that will be running from 16 February to 15 March. This promo is for reader magnets, and the theme is anything that has gods and goddesses in it. …
*Post contains affiliate links Goodness me, how did we get to 2023? Now seems a good time to write an update post. We’re having a fairly good summer here, all things considered. The last few years, the weather here has been rather more changeable in early summer, presumably because of climate change. This year is …
Article contains affiliate links Do you like period dramas, ghost stories, and courtly romance? Then Raven of the Inner Palace by Kouko Shirakawa will bewitch you with tales of intrigue and spooky delight. If you watch anime, you may have already heard of Raven of the Inner Palace. Now, the English translation of the light novel is up …
Do you like spicy sci fi stories, forced proximity, and love interests who are respectful and caring? Then Arcadia Station by Mimi Hanyoo will be just what the doctor ordered. This book is a novella that mostly follows a developing relationship, and which lays the groundwork for what looks to be the beginning of a continuing …
Do you like cozy fantasy, murder mysteries, and wholesome witchiness? Then Murder for a Song by K M Jackways will bewitch you with its melody. This book is a genre mashup between cozy mystery and paranormal romance. The setting, the situation, and the murder are all very ‘Midsomer Murders’-like, but the thread of magic weaves strongly through …
Do you like animal sidekicks, cathartic magic, and scruffy sweethearts as love interests? Then the tarot cards indicate that Hexes & Vexes by Nova Blake will be your next magical read. Hexes & Vexes is a novella in the Witchy Fiction project, a shared project by a group of authors from Aotearoa New Zealand. The tagline for the …
Do you like sci fi swashbuckling, a relationship built on respect, and smoking hot space fugitives? Then Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik will get you all fired up. I went looking specifically for steamy space shenanigans with a female protagonist who stays capable and in control throughout, and Polaris Rising didn’t disappoint. Ada is a character who is capable …
Do you like enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, sexy winged people, and sexual tension like a raging conflagration? Then City of Souls by Mel Harding-Shaw will sweep you away. City of Souls is set in a future Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington, NZ). A cataclysmic merging of worlds happened some years in the past, and the damaged composite city is a dangerous place. …
If you like murder mysteries, period dramas, and vividly drawn magical protagonists, then The Fire in the Glass by Jacquelyn Benson will be a Sight for sore eyes. I picked this book up for free from a group promo, and was hooked from the very first chapter. The POV character, Lily, pops off the page …
Do you like plants, winged fae, and simmering sexual tension boiling over? Then A Rake of His Own by A J Lancaster will be your poison of choice. I was privileged enough to read an ARC of this book, which is currently up for preorder, with a release date of 28 October 2022. I’ve been dying to …
Authors, do you want a new tool in your toolset that will help you turn your readers into fans? Then you should pick up a copy of 7 Figure Fiction: How to Use Universal Fantasy to Sell Your Books to Anyone by T. Taylor. In this book, T. Taylor gives an in-depth rundown of a …
This book is a writer’s resource for anyone who wants their characters to suffer. In a good way. Let The Emotional Wound Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Psychological Trauma by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi teach you how to crack your characters like eggs so that you can put them back together in an emotionally …
Do you like sapphic fantasy romances, inter-dimensional weirdness, and women going their own way despite entrenched organisational stuffiness? Then How to Get a Girlfriend (When You’re a Terrifying Monster) by Marie Cardno will be your kind of trip. This book is set partially in Dunedin/Ōtepoti and partially in a dimension of eldritch abominations. It’s part …
