Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Author and release roundup!

Book release and upcoming roundup




These are sequels to books I've reviewed, or new series from authors I've read that are either out, or available for pre-order.

I have not read them, yet, but I want to make people aware of them.  There are some much anticipated books in this list, including the finale of Vixen War Bride.  





Rail-laid Plans (Luck's Voice 7)- Daniel Schinhofen

Undaunted (Eight book 3) - Saemer Rabadi

System Overclocked 2 - Randi Darren

MX Hub (Antecedents' Legacy Book 2) - Daniel Schinhofen

Super Sales on Super Heroes 6 - William Arand

Dead Storm Rising (The Line Book 2) - Shane Gries

Firebrand (Firetouched 2) - D.E. Olesen 

Spirit Hunter (Victor of Tucson 3) 0 Plum Parrot

Vault (Unbound 8) - Nicoli Gonnella

Beware of Chicken 3 - Casualfarmer November 21, 2023

The Dark Ones - Vixen War Bride 6  December 1, 2023

Mark of the Fool 6 - J.M. Clarke   January 10, 2024

Separation: Battle Mage Farmer 7  - Seth Ring January 23, 2024

World Seal (Guardian of Aster Fall 7) - David North March 16, 2024

Friday, November 3, 2023

Review: Fire and Song (Sequel to Iron Prince)

Title: Fire and Song (Warformed: Stormweaver Book 2)
https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Song-Warformed-Stormweaver-Book-ebook/dp/B0CBT183CY/

Author: Bryce O'Connor

Rating: 4.9/5

Comments:  Iron Prince is really a great book.  I won't say one of my all time favorites, but that's more a factor of 40+ years of reading than anything else.  I really think Iron Prince was one of the reasons CBR got started.

I mean I really like Iron Prince, it has one of my rare Hall of Fame tags. (Review: https://curmudgeon-book-reviews.blogspot.com/2020/11/review-iron-prince.html)

Because I liked it so much I downloaded Fire and Song with no small amount of anxiety.  After all it had been THREE years since I stayed up until 4:30 reading Iron Prince.

Bryce really knocked it out of the park with Fire and Song.  I won't say I don't have my quibbles with it, and wouldn't change a single word, but the story is strong, flows just as well as book one, and has it's moments of emotional impact.  His rabid fan base on Reddit apparently was able to push it all the way to #3 overall on the sales list for Amazon on release.  That's astounding.

Well done Bryce, please don't let us suffer for another 3 years.

Bedroom Activities: FTB

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FTB/Explicit/None – Fade to black bedroom activities vs “Onscreen” vs No activities

Review: Solar Clipper Marva Collins series

Title: SC Marva Collins


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6R78T4L
 

Author: Nathan Lowell

Rating: 3.5/5

Comments:  This series was very mixed bag.  I enjoyed most of it, but there were parts that were kind of boring.  The end was a good ending but I think it is telling that I wasn't sorry when it was over.  Fair winds and following seas Ishmael, enjoy your retirement.

Bedroom Activities: FTB

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FTB/Explicit/None – Fade to black bedroom activities vs “Onscreen” vs No activities

Review; Solar Clipper Seeker trilogy

Title: A Seeker's Tale From The Golden Age Of The Solar Clipper

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753GW2P1

Author: Nathan Lowell

Rating: 4/5

Comments:  The sequel to the Trader series this trilogy is good, but not as good as the first series.  I read it pretty fast, but there were a lot of  niggling little things that annoyed me.  I won't get into spoilers, so I won't be specific, but my willingness to suspend disbelief took some damage, but survived.

Bedroom Activities: None

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FTB/Explicit/None – Fade to black bedroom activities vs “Onscreen” vs No activities

Author Interview: Cebelius

Cebelius was interviewed by Tess Irondale, and I can't say I'm very familiar with Tess but she does a great job with the interview, ...