Book Recommendations

Angel's Adjectives: slow and sentimental Steam and Sorcery is one of many romance novels written by Cindy Spencer Pape. Anyone who doesn’t like romance novels will not enjoy this book. I picked it up thinking it was steampunk, but it's actually romance with a dash of steampunk for flavor. Fortunately, I was a romance novel junkie when I was in…

Angel's Adjectives: mythical and meaty Moon Called opens the Mercy Thompson series of urban fantasy novels by Patricia Briggs. The story introduces Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson, a car mechanic who can change into a coyote at will. She's surrounded by paranormal characters who quickly drag her into their dramas. We meet numerous werewolves right from the start, a vampire, a witch,…

Angel's Adjectives: terrifying and twisty A Bram Stoker Award nominee, Greg Lamberson is making his mark as one of horror's new forces. This is his second novel and the first in the Jake Hellman series (of which the second book is also out). It introduces coke-snorting police detective Jake Helman, a man whose life goes from Not Too Bad at…

Angel's Adjectives: thought-provoking and memorable The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger's first novel, continued to occupy my mind long after I cried the last tear and laughed the last laugh for Henry and Clare. Many wonderful elements came together to create such an unforgettable story, but for me, it wasn't the believable and likable characters. It wasn't the personal tragedies…

This short short short story is super fast to read, so if you want a moment's delight in your life, go read it at the online magazine Reflection's Edge. Especially if you're a woman. Angel's adjectives: whimsical, realistic I've been a fan of Ripley Patton's ever since I met her, and though we are friends first, I admire her writing…

The full title is "Rolling Steel: A Pre-Apocalypic Love Story." You can listen to the audio on Clarkesworld Magazine. Read by Shaun Farrell and Mur Lafferty. Angel's Adjectives: sassy and salty I suspect that this short story isn't nearly as entertaining to read as it is to hear read to you. The sassy and salty personalities of the two main…