The 5th book in the series, Beneath the Burning Sea, featuring Bellanca and Carver hits shelves May 27, 2025. Review originally posted October 13, 2022 by Angela at Smexy. A Curse of Queens by Amanda BouchetThe Kingmaker Chronicles #4Fantasy RomanceOctober 4, 2022 by Sourcebooks Before I get into this review, you should know a few things. First, reading the previous books in this series is a must, don’t go into this fourth book in the series and then complain that you are Continue Reading
Retro Review: Heart on Fire by Amanda Bouchet
Originally posted on January 3, 2018, at Smexy by Sheena. Heart On Fire by Amanda BouchetThe Kingmaker Chronicals, #3Fantasy RomanceReleased: January 2, 2018 by Sourcebooks Heart On Fire is book three in the Kingmaker Chronicles trilogy and I’m already trying to figure out how just onnnnneeeee more novel can fit in, I mean, who likes trilogies anyway? A Tetralogy- now that’s the wave of the future. You hear that Bouchet? Tetralogy, is all I’m saying. Continue Reading
Retro Review: Breath of Fire by Amanda Bouchet
Review originally posted in January of 2017 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. Breath of Fire by Amanda BouchetThe Kingmaker Chronicles #2Fantasy RomanceJanuary 3, 2017 by Sourcebooks When I finally opened Breath of Fire (it’s been waiting for me on my Kindle for a couple of weeks) I did so with excitement and anticipation. I really loved the first book in the series, A Promise of Fire, and was pretty stoked that there was a new Romantic Fantasy series out in the world for me to enjoy. Continue Reading
Retro Review: A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet
Review originally posted in August of 2016 by Angela at Fiction Vixen. A Promise of Fire by Amanda BouchetThe Kingmaker Chronicles #1Fantasy RomanceAugust 2, 2016 by Sourcebooks For the last several months I’ve picked up every fantasy and science fiction book that looked even remotely interesting. Always searching for something to capture my attention and leave me edgy and excited for what was to come next. A Promise of Fire did just that. A mix of mythology and magic set in a Continue Reading
Retro Review: White Hot by Ilona Andrews
Review originally posted in May of 2017 at Fiction Vixen by Angela & Jen. White Hot by Ilona AndrewsHidden Legacy #2Fantasy RomanceOriginally published May 30, 2017 by Avon To say we were excited about this book is a bit of an understatement. We love us some Ilona Andrews. BURN FOR ME was one of our favorite books in 2014. Mad Rogan was quite the polarizing hero and Nevada is a great, steadfast heroine — a lot like Kate, if you think about Continue Reading
Review: Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley
Servant of Earth by Sarah HawleyThe Shards of Magic #1Fantasy RomanceNovember 12, 2024- Ace Review by Angela Kenna Heron is an ordinary woman, living on the fringes of her village, finding treasures in the bog, which she sells in order to put food on the table. When the time comes for sacrifices to be chosen to travel across the bog to the Fae, Kenna is distressed to find her best friend is picked. So, in desperation, she follows her and ends up in a cruel Fae kingdom where she is Continue Reading
Review: The Horde King of Shadow by Zoey Draven
The Horde King of Shadow by Zoey DravenHordes of the Elthika #1Science Fiction/Fantasy RomanceNovember 26, 2024- Self Published Review by Angela When Zoey Draven announced that her new series would take place in the same world as her Horde Kings of Dakkar series, yet set several centuries in the future, I wondered how it would all fit together with the original world-building. And the answer is, perfectly. This new series features a woman, Klara, who also happens to be a princess Continue Reading
Review: Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep
Only Cold Depths by Jennifer EstepGalactic Bonds #4Science Fiction/Fantasy RomanceOctober 29, 2024- Self-Published Review by Angela The fourth book in the Galactic Bonds series picks up shortly after the second and third books in the series. Vesper and Kyrion are on the run from pretty much everyone- the Imperium, the Techwave, a pair of bounty hunters, and Zane, Vesper's brother and now head of the Arrows. They plan on accepting an invitation to hide out on a non-Imperium planet, Continue Reading
Review: Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon
Bull Moon Rising by Ruby DixonRoyal Artifactual Guild #1Romantic FantasyOctober 15, 2024- BerkleyARC Review by Angela When Lady Aspeth Honori, the bookish daughter of a Holder, discovers her father has gambled away all of the family's artifacts she makes the decision to travel to Royal Artifactual Guild and enroll to become an artificer. The only problem is that the Guild doesn't accept women into the program without a chaperone and Aspeth only has her maid as company. Hawk, a Continue Reading
Retro Review: Radiance by Grace Draven
Review originally posted in January of 2015 on Fiction Vixen by Angela. Radiance by Grace DravenWraith Kings #1Fantasy RomancePublished January 11, 2015 Grace Draven is an author I found late in 2014. When several of her titles popped up on a list of “other books you might like” I was simply overcome at the beauty of her covers and after reading the blurbs took a chance and one-clicked on Master of Crows. I found myself enchanted by her voice, which led me to go back and buy Entreat Continue Reading