Ryan SouthwickNov 27, 20191 minBook Review: Night BrokenMercy 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...
Ryan SouthwickNov 17, 20192 minBook Review: Frost BurnedFrost Burned is the 7th installment in Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series. I’ve made it this far, which is a testament to Patricia’s...
Ryan SouthwickOct 18, 20191 minBook Review: Pleasure UnboundPleasure Unbound is one of those books I didn’t expect to like as much as I did. As the title and cover imply, there are plenty of steamy...
Ryan SouthwickOct 6, 20191 minBook Review: River MarkedRiver Marked is another great novel in the series. Briggs takes us along with Mercy and Adam on their honeymoon to a campsite far from...
Ryan SouthwickSep 26, 20191 minBook Review: Building Baby BrotherBuilding Baby Brother is what happens when 2001: A Space Odyssey meets a contemporary children’s bedtime story that’s really meant for...
Ryan SouthwickSep 21, 20191 minBook Review: Silver BorneContinuing the upward trend, Silver Borne surpasses Bone Crossed as my favorite Mercy book—and no, I’m not done with the series yet. =]...
Ryan SouthwickAug 26, 20191 minBook Review: An Unsettled GraveAn Unsettled Grave is the second book in the series. I didn’t read the first one, and, while at times I felt I was missing a key piece of...
Ryan SouthwickAug 11, 20192 minBook Review: The Hunt for Red OctoberThe Hunt for Red October is the first Tom Clancy book I’ve ever read—and probably my last. Don’t get me wrong: His ability to dive into...
Ryan SouthwickMay 23, 20192 minBook Review: Bone CrossedThis is my first read through the Mercy Thompson series, and Bone Crossed is my favorite so far. It’s the first one to me where Mercy...
Ryan SouthwickMay 11, 20192 minBook Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Blade Runner was one of the top formative science fiction movies of my teenage years, so when a publishing professional recently...
Ryan SouthwickApr 27, 20192 minBook Review: Sex on FireThe protagonist in my first published book, Angels in the Mist, suffers PTSD from sexual assault when she was a teenager, and while many...
Ryan SouthwickApr 21, 20192 minBook Review: DawnThis was one of those books I read more on a friend’s recommendation rather than any interest in the subject. And I’m glad I did. Dawn...
Ryan SouthwickApr 15, 20191 minBook Review: A Caress of TwilightA Caress of Twilight follows Merry Gentry and her gaggle of hunky man meat through another combination of twisted sidhe court politics...
Ryan SouthwickApr 7, 20193 minBook Review: A Kiss of ShadowsThis was, without a doubt, my first reverse harem read. Most female protagonists receive at least passing interest from other male...
Ryan SouthwickApr 2, 20191 minBook Review: Ancillary JusticeThere isn’t much I can say in this review that hasn’t been said a dozen times or more in others, so I’ll keep this one down to likes and...
Ryan SouthwickMar 23, 20192 minBook Review: Memory and MetaphorMemory and Metaphor is a wonderful debut novel by Andrea Monticue, with enough well-researched technical detail to immerse sci fi fans in...
Ryan SouthwickMar 15, 20192 minBook Review: OathbringerOathbringer is, in a word, epic. So much happens in this book, with so many plots interweaving, especially toward the end, that it’s like...
Ryan SouthwickFeb 25, 20192 minBook Review: Magic BindsMagic Binds expands on Kate's origins and once again tests the iron bonds of her and Curran's relationship. Their daughter, Julie, has a...
Ryan SouthwickJan 12, 20191 minBook Review: EdgedancerEdgedancer is a side novel (#2.5) that follows the Peter-Pan-like Lift and her Captain Hook nemesis, Darkness, through a new part of...