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Continue reading →: UnsettledLoss can be a funny thing. Small losses can feel like a huge inconvenience, large losses feel distant, and every type of loss in between feels like a paper cut where you might not notice it until it’s in the context of an outside pressure. We all lose something. Someone.…
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Continue reading →: Enemies to…Picking up pretty much where The Hurricane Wars left off, A Monsoon Rising finds Alaric and Talasyn still fighting their growing attraction to each other, still figuring out how to fight for what they believe in, and still keeping all sorts of secrets from each other as they promise to…
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Continue reading →: A Pleasure CruiseThis was so much more than “The Love Boat” in space (although that is a great catchy descriptor for the story). We find Sunny as a hospitality specialist on the Ignisar, sent off ship to a company “retreat.” Where she manages to find a Tinder-style one-night stand that is the…
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Continue reading →: Infinite and ChangingI have come to consider the fantasy worlds spun by Martha Wells as old friends. They feel both familiar – as if forgotten history, or plausible future – and otherworldly. The main characters feel like they have the weight of the world on their shoulders, and yet the carry on.…
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Continue reading →: Yet…The soul is tired. Stretched thin. Frayed at the edges and licking wisps around the body as it seeks to fill in the spaces and make itself whole again. But there is nothing left to fill in the gaps. The fight becomes a tedious task – stepping one foot in…
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Continue reading →: Tournament of HeartsWhat a joy to return to the Hartswood world, this time following the reckless Lily as she rushes off to save her friend from marriage. By entering a tournament to win her favor. Disguised. Pretending to be a man. As one does when they are in love and willing to…
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Continue reading →: Afraid to Fall – Amy’s ObservationsIt’s been a minute since I put up a chapter. Although, I am down to about 4 more finished chapters of this thing, and then I would need to start writing again. It has been a long break. I still want to get the story out, but life is definitely…
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Continue reading →: Morbidly YoursMortality, guilt, demisexuality, family, toxic people… this little book had it all. Cal and Lark, complete opposites, do manage to bring out the absolute best in each other, but it takes time, patience, and work. And they are so very much worth it. Callum (Cal) is the undertaker in Ireland,…
Hello,
I’m Jess
Scientist and educator by day. Bookworm and wannabe writer by night (and weekend). Forever a fan of fluffy blankets, mugs of coffee, candles, and living a cozy life.
