Lesa's Book Critiques
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Grave Beginnings by R.R. Virdi
Grave Beginnings is the first in R.R. Virdi's Grave Report urban fantasy series. And, that cover is just perfect for a protagonist who jumps from body to body as he needs to in the series, so he'll have a different face in each book. If it sounds odd, it's perfect for...
Sandie’s Corner – Long Lost by Linda Castillo
Between my review deadline and Sunday's Tony Awards, I haven't had time to finish another book. I did go back and pick up an older title from one of the authors in the anthology Heroic Hearts. So, I should have a review of an urban fantasy on Wednesday. In the...
Heroic Hearts edited by Jim Butcher & Kerrie L. Hughes
Every once in a while, I love to pick up an urban fantasy. Quite often, it's because Jim Butcher, the author of The Dresden Files, is connected to the book. In the case of Heroic Hearts, some of the biggest names in the urban fantasy world have stories in this...
The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
Harini Nagendra takes readers to Bangalore, India in 1921 in her debut mystery, The Bangalore Detectives Club. It's an excellent traditional mystery that introduces us to a country twenty-five years before its independence, a country where class structure is still...
Sound of Darkness by Heather Graham
We all know Heather Graham's Krewe of Hunters books are my book addiction. I read every new book as if I was scarfing down a box of chocolates. Sound of Darkness is no exception. It kicks off a new trilogy within the series, and that's one thing I enjoy about the...
Winner & A Travel Giveaway
Congratulations to the winner of Ellen Byron's Bayou Book Thief. Kay K. from Fort Collins, CO won the book, and she'll be receiving her copy through Ellen. It seems that so many of us are getting itchy feet after a two-year lockdown. So, this week, I'm giving away...
