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Ryan Southwick

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    Book Review: Sinera
    Ryan Southwick
    • Apr 25
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Sinera

    Sinera is one of my favorite characters from the Glass Bottles Series, so as you can imagine, I was thrilled when I discovered she had an...
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    Book Review: The Stargazer Gift Shop
    Ryan Southwick
    • Apr 22
    • 1 min

    Book Review: The Stargazer Gift Shop

    “Gentle” is the best way I can describe The Stargazer Gift Shop. The story is told from the perspective of Rhoda, a high-functioning,...
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    Book Review: Coke Machine
    Ryan Southwick
    • Apr 20
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Coke Machine

    Coke Machine is a delightful little adventure in the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy universe. Marichka is starship engineer...
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    Book Review: Caliban's War
    Ryan Southwick
    • Jan 13
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Caliban's War

    Leviathan Wakes is some of the best science fiction I’ve read in a long time. So, when I picked up Caliban’s War, I was prepared to be...
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    Book Review: Seeker by Morgan Chalut
    Ryan Southwick
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Seeker by Morgan Chalut

    Seeker has all my favorites aspects of epic fantasy: an engaging and varied cast of characters, a wonderfully developed world, and a...
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    Book Review: Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson #10)
    Ryan Southwick
    • May 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson #10)

    Silence Fallen is the first audiobook I’ve ever listened to with 2 different narrators voicing the characters and their respective...
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    Book Review: Magic Triumphs
    Ryan Southwick
    • Feb 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Magic Triumphs

    I’m glad I took my wife’s advice and read Iron and Magic before tackling Magic Triumphs. Without that little gem, there just wasn’t...
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    Book Review: Beguiling Voices by J Dark
    Ryan Southwick
    • Dec 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Beguiling Voices by J Dark

    Beguiling Voices, the third book of the Glass Bottles series, takes place soon after the conclusion of Broken Bridge. Fern Fatelli is,...
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    Book Review: Arthur Mace, Medieval Detective by James Husum
    Ryan Southwick
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Arthur Mace, Medieval Detective by James Husum

    Arthur Mace, Medieval Gumshoe is the first book in the Adventures of Arthur Mace series by James Husum. It’s the second mystery I’ve read...
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    Book Review: Due Date by Nancy Wood
    Ryan Southwick
    • Sep 25, 2020
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Due Date by Nancy Wood

    The first and perhaps only mystery I’ve read before Due Date is Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon—which, if you haven’t read it yet,...
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    Book Review: Broken Bridge by J Dark
    Ryan Southwick
    • Aug 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Broken Bridge by J Dark

    Like its predecessor, Broken Bridge follows Fern (probably my all-time favorite heroine name) through a magic-rich world ala Kate Daniels...
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    Book Review: Best Intentions by J Dark
    Ryan Southwick
    • Apr 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Best Intentions by J Dark

    Best Intentions had me from the very first word, and the punchy protagonist didn’t let me down from there. Fern is a freelancer for hire,...
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    Book Review: All That Was Asked by Vanessa MacLaren-Wray
    Ryan Southwick
    • Mar 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    Book Review: All That Was Asked by Vanessa MacLaren-Wray

    All That Was Asked is one of those books that, even after reading the description, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. “Twitchy little...
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    Book Review: Sweep with Me (Innkeeper Chronicles Book 5)
    Ryan Southwick
    • Mar 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Sweep with Me (Innkeeper Chronicles Book 5)

    It dawned on me recently that the Innkeeper Chronicles is a lot like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a series I didn’t think I’d like when I...
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    Book Review: Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles #4)
    Ryan Southwick
    • Mar 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles #4)

    Sweep of the Blade, book #4 of the Innkeeper Chronicles, takes a break from Dina’s quirky Gertrude Hunt and follows her sister, Maud,...
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    Book Review: Hot Drop
    Ryan Southwick
    • Mar 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Hot Drop

    Hot Drop is an adrenaline-spiked hallucinogen injected straight into your neck. From the first paragraph, it grabs you by the nose and...
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    Book Review: Iron and Magic
    Ryan Southwick
    • Feb 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Book Review: Iron and Magic

    Iron and Magic is one of those books I wouldn’t have even looked at if my wife hadn’t insisted it was a necessary read before the last...
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    Book Review: Leviathan Wakes
    Ryan Southwick
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Book Review: Leviathan Wakes

    It’s been a while since I’ve read a good space opera. Or maybe I never have, and Leviathan Wakes has simply opened my eyes to how...
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    Book Review: Fire Touched
    Ryan Southwick
    • Dec 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Fire Touched

    Fire Touched picks up shortly after Night Broken, and I’m pleased to say it didn’t disappoint. Mercy and the rest of her pack kick things...
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    Book Review: Night Broken
    Ryan Southwick
    • Nov 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Book Review: Night Broken

    Mercy is back and, I’m happy to say, in top form. Night Broken picks up the series from Frost Burned’s dip. Mercy faces her most daunting...
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