ReviewScifi
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra R. Clarke (book review),
Quite simply, ‘The Mad Scientist’s Daughter’ by Cassandra R. Clarke is a love story. There is a hitch, however. There is a boy…
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Kelly Jensen
Writer of love stories. Bibliophile. Gamer. Cat herder.
January 2014
ReviewFantasy
Tangled Hearts (Highland Hearts book 2) by Heather McCollum (book review).
I haven’t read Heather McCollum before, but the promise of an adventure involving the Tudors, pirates and magic made this one irresistible. Also,…
ReviewScifi
The Flight Of The Silvers by Daniel Price (book review).
Six ordinary people survive the end of the world. They are visited by three ethereal beings and given a silver bracelet. Moments before…
ReviewFantasy
The Reaver: The Sundering, Book IV by Richard Lee Byers (book review).
‘The Reaver’ by Richard Lee Byers is book four in the multi-author event, ‘The Sundering’. Set during the Era of Upheaval, each novel…
ReviewHorror
To Sail A Darkling Sea (Black Tide Rising book 2) by John Ringo (book review).
In ‘To Sail A Darkling Sea’, the sequel to ‘Under A Graveyard Sky’, the Smith family continues doing what they do best: killing…
ReviewComics
Pariah: Volume One by Aron Warner, Philip Gelatt (writers) and Brett Weldele (artist) (graphic novel review).
Vitros are children born of an experiment designed to cure rare and fatal diseases in-vitro. They’re essentially human, but highly intelligent. Like all…
ReviewScifi
Alt Hist # 5 edited by Mark Lord (magazine review).
Published twice a year, ‘Alt Hist’ magazine collects tales of alternate history, ranging from the supernatural to the military. Issue 5 includes five…
ReviewScifi
Army Of One: FREE Star Force Novella by B.V. Larson and narrator Mark Boyett (book review).
The ‘Star Force’ novels by B.V. Larson tell the story of augmented human soldiers in a war against powerful alien foes. I’ve seen…
ReviewScifi
A Darkling Sea by James Cambias (book review).
‘A Darkling Sea’ by James Cambias has one of the best opening lines I’ve ever seen: ‘By the end of his second…
ReviewComics
Mass Effect: Foundation #6 by Mac Walters (Writer) and Matthew Clark (Artist) (comicbook review).
‘Mass Effect: Foundation’ is a series of thirteen comics that explore the back stories of the companions encountered by Commander Shepard, the hero…
December 2013
ReviewScifi
How Dark The World Becomes by Frank Chadwick (book review).
Sasha is mid-level gangster involved in the usual smattering of criminal activities: drug dealing, protection and numbers. He seems like a nice guy,…
ReviewComics
Signal To Noise by Neil Gaiman (Writer) and Dave McKean (lllustrator) (graphic novel review).
Originally released in 1999, ‘Signal To Noise’ tells the story of a dying film-maker who is writing a script for a film he…