(I read this book as part of the Reading Out of the Box Challenge. This book was in the It’s My Birthday! category, in which I read a book published the same year or month as my birthday.) Mort isn’t stupid, really, just a little…odd. So it’s not particularly surprising when he’s chosen as Death’s…
Tag: paranormal/supernatural
Review: Sunshine
Rae “Sunshine” Seddon is your average small-town citizen, working at her stepfather’s restaurant as head baker. Despite being descended from a powerful magical line, her first 20-some years of life have been pretty normal. Until now. The nearby lake has been mostly safe for years, even after the Wars between humans and the Others (vampires,…
Review: Geist
Between the living and the dead is the Order of the Deacons, protectors of the Empire, guardians against possession, sentinels enlisted to ward off the malevolent haunting of the geists… Among the most powerful of the Order is Sorcha, now thrust into partnership with the novice Deacon, Merrick Chambers. They have been dispatched to the…
Review: The Skin Map
Kit Livingstone left his flat expecting an uneventful Sunday shopping trip with his girlfriend Wilhelmina; what he got was a introduction to his surprisingly spry great-grandfather Cosimo and a sudden journey through time and across dimensions. The Livingstone men are gifted — perhaps cursed — with the ability to travel through the Omniverse, thousands of…
Review: Who Do, Voodoo?
Psychologist Liz Cooper isn’t a big believer in the unseen: ghosts, God, the occult. But when her friend Robin finds tarot cards tacked to her door — and is subsequently accused of murder — Liz must dive into the world of mysticism in order to clear her friend’s name. Along for the ride is old…