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Science, Sincerity, and the Super Humans Author: Blake Crouch Logan Ramsay’s mom was a brilliant scientist, but she caused worldwide starvation and the deaths of 10s of thousands. Logan remembers helping her with her research – the genetic modifications that should have created a planet of plenty, but instead went awry. He remembers helping to release the insects that caused it. And now, as an adult, he lives under this cloud. Logan has spent his entire life avoiding science, trying to make up for what his mother did. He isn’t the smart one anyway, the one with the genius intellect. And [...]

2023-01-23T18:36:29-07:00January 23rd, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Cruel Prince, The

The Way of Faerie Author: Holly Black Most fairy tales – most real, unvarnished fairy tales – begin with blood and violence. The Cruel Prince is no exception. Madoc, an angry fey seeking his runaway ex-wife and their half-fairy child (Vivi) shows up one day to turn a peaceful cottage scene into one of murder and mayhem. But Madoc has rules, ruthless as he is, and he takes not only his true child, but his ex-wife’s human children by another man, Jude and Taryn, under his wing. It is, after all, the brutal law of faerie. The girls, however, have [...]

2023-01-22T13:19:50-07:00January 22nd, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

Dead Wake

Secrets of the Past, Burdens of the Present Author: Dawn Lee Mckenna When the local florists tear down a wall, they discover a body that has been hidden, nearly mummified, for decades. Maggie is first on the scene, and it isn’t long before the desiccated John Doe is connected to Bennett Boudreaux, the local kingpin and Maggie’s controversial friend. With Wyatt and Maggie working the case side by side, tensions rise. Wyatt is determined to prove once and for all that Bennett is a bad apple; Maggie is determined to seek the truth, or so she says. When an old [...]

2023-01-16T17:48:43-07:00January 16th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |
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