Keegan & Tristen Kozinski

Category: Adventuresome Reviews

This Charming Man book Review

If you liked the first book, which I did, you’ll like the sequel as the recipe is unchanged. Baincroft is a joy to read, and other other characters remain likable with their moments of comedy sprinkled throughout.There’s some more world building in this book, expanding our understanding of the setting, but its fairly superficial with […]

Reign and Ruin fantasy-romance book

Book cover for Reign and Ruin fantasy romance novel

Reign and ruin fantasy-romance book review     I thoroughly enjoyed the fantasy-romance book Reign and Ruin  (StroyGraph) from start to finish.   The pacing is excellent and while this fantasy book does lean more towards the political and character aspects (which I very much enjoyed) there are enough action scenes and scenes of immediate peril […]

The Accidental Alchemist Book Review

Actual rating 3.5Living gargoyles, vegan alchemists, smuggling rings, and hidden tunnels, oh my.The Accidental Alchemist is the second of my recent delve into cozy mysteries, and it does an effective job at feeding the readers hints as to the culprit of the the murder and at providing believable suspects other than the true murderer.The characters […]

The Lost Star episode one by Odette. C. Bell book review

Decent prose, characters, and pacing. I very much enjoyed the concept of the ship being a deathtrap and it was well utilized throughout the story. I also enjoyed Ava as a character, but some of her motivations lacked explanation; the core root of her character being someone who wants to avoid responsibility is effective and […]

The Mortal Blade book review

The Mortal Blade is one of those book that, while well written, didn’t impart a strong impression on me. The writing is solid, most of the main characters well constructed, and the pacing is quick but steady. Its setting is a more standard sword and sorcery fantasy, which I was ready for after a selection […]

SFPBO finalist Hall of Bones Review

HALL OF BONES BOOK REVIEW Hall of Bones is a solid, competently written viking fantasy book; there is no part of the book, from the prose to the characters to the pacing etc, that falls below good, but there also wasn’t really an element of the story that shone for me. The viking theme is […]

Noryslka Groans sci-fi/Fantasy Book

book cover norylska groans

norylska groans sci-fi/fantasy book review      From page one Norylska Groans expertly immerses the reader in its setting, from the brutal drudgery of working in that time period, to the cold, to the Russian theme of the book, and even the noir theme. The result is an immersive and somewhat depressing read.    The […]