usk Upon Elysium
Ratings Guide:
1 star – Did not enjoy it
2 star – It was okay
3 star – I liked it
4 star – I really liked it
5 star – It was amazing
A .5 star rating (i.e. 3.5 stars) means that I was undecided between two ratings.
Reviews (in date order)
2023
Lost Frontier by Martine Carlsson (May 2023), 5 stars
My Heart’s Desire by Amy Tasukada (April 2023), 4 stars
Dusk Upon Elysium by Tamel Wino (April 2023), 5 stars
Serial Investigations 1-5 by Rhiannon D’Averc (March 2023), 5 stars
Shards of Hope (FISA Agents #1) by B.L. Jones (January 2023), 4 stars
2022
Deep Waters by Thom Collins (December 2022), 4 stars
Symphony of Fates (The Dragon Songs Saga #4) by J.C. Kang (November 2022), 5 stars
O Deadly Night by Various Authors (November 2022), 4 stars
M.M. Scrooge by Lee Colgin (November 2022), 3 stars
The Greensward (Pitch & Sickle #4) by Danielle K. Girl (October 2022), 5 stars
The Skriker (Pitch & Sickle #3) by Danielle K. Girl (October 2022), 5 stars
The Verderer (Pitch & Sickle #2) by Danielle K. Girl (September 2022), 5 stars
The Bandalore (Pitch & Sickle #1) by Danielle K. Girl (September 2022), 4 stars
Sarah by Teri Polen (September 2022), 5 stars
Captured (Cold Love 1) by Scarlet Blackwell (August 2022), 4 stars
Light Falls Away by Teegan Loy (June 2022), 5 stars
The Devil You Know by S.J. Coles (May 2022), 4 stars
The Insurgent (The Colony #2) by Teri Polen (May 2022), 5 stars
In The Trap by Jessica Cranberry (May 2022), 4 stars
Subject A36 (The Colony #1) by Teri Polen (May 2022), 5 stars
Ambiguous by Leslie McAdam (April 2022), 4 stars
Cursed by Jackie Keswick (April 2022), 5 stars
The Shivering Ground & Other Stories by Sara Barkat (March 2022), 5 stars
His Wild Flower by L. Grey S (January 2022), 3 stars
Ékleipsis: the Abyss by Tamel Wino (January 2022), 5 stars
Freezing Aversion by BL Maxwell (January 2022), 3 stars
All the Wrong Reasons by Sebastian Hansen (January 2022), 5 stars
2021
Blood Sacrifice (Serial Investigations #8) by Rhiannon D’Averc (December 2021), 5 stars
Blood Pressure (Serial Investigations #7) by Rhiannon D’Averc (December 2021), 5 stars
Aeterna by Kim Bannerman (December 2021), 5 stars
Mongrel by Lee Colgin (November 2021), 5 stars
Safe Harbour (Jagged Shores Book 2) by Thom Collins (November 2021), 4 stars
Never Fade Away by E.L. Esch (November 2021), 5 stars
Wrapped in Screams (The Yakuza Path #6) by Amy Tasukada (November 2021), 5 stars
Flowers of Flesh and Blood (The Yakuza Path #5) by Amy Tasukada (October 2021), 5 stars
The Tea House by Amanda Meuwissen (October 2021), 4 stars
The Deafening Silence (The Yakuza Path #4) by Amy Tasukada (October 2021), 5 stars
No Flag (After Everything #1) by Liz Borino (October 2021), 4 stars
Caught (A Balance of Magic #1) by Jackie Keswick (September 2021), 4 stars
Better Than Suicide (The Yakuza Path #2) by Amy Tasukada (September 2021), 5 stars
Order of the Void by Robert Vaughn (August 2021), 5 stars
The Yakuza Path: Blood Stained Tea by Amy Tasukada (August 2021), 4 stars
The Prince and the Ice King by Amanda Meuwissen (August 2021), 5 stars
Dark Summer by S.J. Coles (July 2021), 5 stars
The Dead Don’t Lie (Dead Generations #1) by Anne Russo (July 2021), 4 stars
Beyond the Ruby River (Immortal Jewels #3) by Lee Colgin (July 2021), 5 stars
Flowers Under My Pillow by Nell Iris (June 2021), 5 stars
Courting Nightfall by Amanda Meuwissen (June 2021), 5 stars
Karma’s Brutality (Scorned Gods #4) by Mychael Black (June 2021), 3 stars
Shackled (Scorned Gods #3) by Mychael Black (June 2021), 3 stars
Delirium (Scorned Gods #2) by Mychael Black (June 2021), 3 stars
Iconoclast (Scorned Gods #1) by Mychael Black (June 2021), 3 stars
Justified (Magnified #2) by Mell Eight (June 2021), 4 stars
Darkness Hides by J.C Gatlin (June 2021), 4 stars
Whispers for Terra by Nancy Houser-Bluhm (May 2021), 5 stars
Captivated by A.C.Thomas (May 2021), 5 stars
Bloodlaced (Youkai Bloodlines #1) by Courtney Maguire (May 2021), 5 stars
This is Not a Horror Movie by Sara Dobie Bauer (May 2021), 5 stars
Dances of Deception (The Dragon Songs Saga #3) by J.C. Kang (May 2021), 5 stars
Altered Tides (The Galactic Captains #5) by Harry F. Rey (April 2021), 4 stars
The Boss (Under Red Sky #1) by J Calamy (February 2021), 4 stars
Blood Diamond (Serial Investigations #6) by Rhiannon D’Averc (January 2021), 5 stars
2020
Blood Winter by S.J Coles (December 2020), 5 stars
Immortal Fears Anthology by Various Authors (December 2020), 4 stars
Blood on Poinsettia (Serial Investigations) by Rhiannon D’Averc (December 2020), 5 stars
When The Gods War (A Kingdom Divided #2) by S.C. Stokes (December 2020), 4 stars
In Strange Woods by Claire Cray (November 2020), 5 stars
Their Dark Reflections by Amanda Meuwissen (November 2020), 4 stars
The Vanishing by Arjay Lewis (October 2020), 5 stars
The Demons Beneath (D.I. Graves #1) by W.D. Jackson-Smart (October 2020), 4 stars
The Sorcerer’s Guardian (Chronicles of Tournai #4) by Antonia Aquilante (September 2020), 4 stars
Nightway Chant (Coulter & Woodard 3) by M.J. Calabrese (September 2020), 3.5 stars
Born to Liberty (Light from Aphelion #3) by Martine Carlsson (August 2020), 5 stars
The Gemini Connection by Teri Polen (August 2020), 5 stars
Mountainway Chant (Coulter and Woodard #2) by M.J. Calabrese (July 2020), 3 stars
After Vertigo by Amanda Meuwissen (July 2020), 5 stars
Warrior’s Way (Coulter and Woodard #1) by M.J. Calabrese (July 2020), 3.5 stars
Blood Sport (Serial Investigations #5) by Rhiannon D’Averc (July 2020), 5 stars
Blood Sucker (Serial Investigations #4) by Rhiannon D’Averc (June 2020), 5 stars
Blood Alcohol (Serial Investigations #3) by Rhiannon D’Averc (June 2020), 5 stars
The Muse: A Novel of Unrelenting Terror by Arjay Lewis (June 2020), 5 stars
Blood Evidence (Serial Investigations #2) by Rhiannon D’Averc (June 2020), 5 stars
Caligation by Brhi Stokes (June 2020), 4 stars
Bloodless (Serial Investigations #1) by Rhiannon D’Averc (June 2020), 5 stars
Only Love is Deathless by Sita Bethel (June 2020), 4 stars
Daddy Monster by Kevin Berg (June 2020), 2 stars
The Dreamer by Travis McBee (June 2020), 4 stars
Stalked by the Zozo Demon: Real Life Paranormal Experiment by Celina Summers (May 2020), 4 stars
Dark Designs by Stefanie Spangler (May 2020), 3 stars
You Only Get One Shot by Kevin J. Kennedy and J.C. Michael (May 2020), 4 stars
The Forgotten by M Stringfield (May 2020), 5 stars
The Loyal Whispers (The Life Siphon #3) by Kathryn Sommerlot (May 2020), 5 stars
Sorcery of the Blood by Alice G. Holmes (May 2020), 3 stars
Shinigami (Takamagahara Monogatari #2) by Xia Xia Lake (April 2020), 5 stars
Lament of the Fallen (Hero of Darkness #2) by Andy Peloquin (April 2020), 4 stars
Handsome Death by Sara Dobie Bauer (April 2020), 4 stars
Jeopardy in Tights by K. Childs (March 2020), 4 stars
The Mage Heir (The Life Siphon #2) by Kathryn Sommerlot (February 2020), 5 stars
A Summer of Smoke and Sin by T.J. Nichols (February 2020), 3 stars
The Life Siphon (The Life Siphon #1) by Kathryn Sommerlot (February 2020), 4 stars
Hathonatum by Taylin Clavelli (January 2020), 4 stars
2019
We Still Live by Sara Dobie Bauer (December 2019), 3 stars
Quantum Night by Robert J Swayer (December 2019), 3.5 stars
Kogitsune (Takamagahara Monogatari #1) by Xia Xia Lake (November 2019), 4 stars
Tears of Winter (Light from Aphelion #2) by Martine Carlsson (October 2019), 5 stars
Saints and Curses by Alexis Lantgen (October 2019), 5 stars
Rising from Dust (Light from Aphelion 1) by Martine Carlsson (August 2019), 5 stars
Ash and Steel (Soul Stones 0.3) by T.L. Branson (August 2019), 4 stars
The Everlast (Book #1 of The Everlast Series) by Jack Kavanagh (June 2019), 2.5 stars
Orchestra of Treacheries (The Dragon Songs Saga #2) by J.C. Kang (June 2019), 4 stars
August Prather is Not Dead Yet by Danielle Roux (June 2019), 4 stars
Sapience: A Collection of Science Fiction Short Stories by Alexis Lantgen (May 2019), 5 stars
Harkworth Hall by L.S. Johnson (April 2019), 5 stars
Blood Sealed: Nasu and Enrai by Jet Lupin (February 2019), 5 stars
Escaping Mortality by Sara Dobie Bauer (January 2019), 5 stars
At the Cemetery Gates: Year One by John Brhel and Joseph Sullivan (January 2019), 4 stars
A Mighty Rolling Thunder by Kerry Alan Denney (January 2019), 4 stars
2018
The Man Inside Me by Sean Kerr (December 2018), 5 stars
The Stars May Rise and Fall by Estella Mirai (December 2018), 5 stars
Painless by Marty Thornley (November 2018), 4 stars
Escaping Solitude (The Escape Trilogy #2) by Sara Dobie Bauer (October 2018), 5 stars
Faith (Graphene #2) by Archie Hellshire (October 2018), 3 stars
The Fi Experiment by Paul David Ali (October 2018), 5 stars
Listener’s Remains by L. Julia (October 2018), 5 stars
Trolled (Trolled Saga #1) by D.K Bussell (September 2018), 4 stars
It Takes Death to Reach a Star by Stu Jones & Gareth Worthington (September 2018), 5 stars
Nocturne (Fourth Talisman series #1) by Kat Ross (September 2018), 5 stars
For You I Fall (Angels and Misfits #1) by T.N Nova and Colette Davison (September 2018), 3.5 stars
The Loss (Zombie Ocean #4) by Michael John Grist (August 2018), 5 stars
Lovesick Titans (Lovesick Series #2) by Amanda Meuwissen (July 2018), 5 stars
Edo’s Awakening (Stories of The Conscious Dreamer Series #1) by Sharolyn G Brown (July 2018), 5 stars
Tempus Investigations A Fictional TV Show by Claus Holm (July 2018), 5 stars
Lovesick Gods (Lovesick Series #1) by Amanda Meuwissen (July 2018), 5 stars
Night Home by Rose Titus (June 2018), 3.5 stars
Shipped by Karrie Roman (June 2018), 3 stars
A Coronation of Kings (A Kingdom Divided #1) by S.C Stokes (June 2018), 5 stars
The Power of Love by Syndey Blackburn and Lina Langley (March 2018), 3.5 stars
Rune of the Apprentice by Jamison Stone (March 2018), 4 stars
2017
A Sickness in Time by M.F. Thomas, Nicholas Thurkettle (November 2017), 5 stars
The Jakkatu Vector (Jakkatu #1) by P.K Tyler (September 2017), 3.5 stars
Concurrence by Marc Rokoff (July 2017), 4 stars
Lost Hunters, Second Edition by Deanne Devine (June 2017), 2 stars
Marked by Stuart Park (May 2017), 2 stars
Soul Searcher: The Reckoning Part 1 by Stephen S Arend (April 2017), 2.5 stars
Blade of the Destroyer (The Last Bucelarii #1) by Andy Peloquin (March 2017), 4 stars
Marvelry’s Curiosity Shop by John Brhel and Joseph Sullivan (February 2017), 5 stars
Songs of Insurrection (Daughter of the Dragon Throne #1) by J.C Kang (February 2017), 4 stars
Divulgence (H Narratives #1) by S.J Romero (January 2017), 3.5 stars
2016
The Heaviness of Knowing (The Conscious Dreamer Series Book #1) by Sharolyn G Brown (December 2016), 5 stars
The Least (Zombie Ocean #3) by Michael John Grist (November 2016), 4 stars
Ocean Gods, Roman Blades by Andrew Knighton (October 2016), 4 stars
The Lost (Zombie Ocean #2) by Michael John Grist (October 2016), 5 stars
A Stalled Ox by Dean Moses (September 2016), 4 stars
The Last (Zombie Ocean #1) by Michael John Grist (September 2016), 4 stars
Furnace by Joseph Williams (August 2016), 4 stars
The Express by R.K Howard (July 2016), 5 stars
Vacui Magia: Stories by L.S.Johnson (July 2016), 5 stars
Leave It All (Saint Lakes #1) by April Kelley (July 2016), 2.5 stars
The Story of Lucius Cane: Book One by Vanya Ferreira (June 2016), 3 stars
Frost Burn by K.T Munson and Nichelle Rae (June 2016), 4 stars
You Have Been Murdered and Other Stories by Andrew Kozma (May 2016), 3 stars
Beyond the Storm by Adam Jones (May 2016), 3 stars
Wind Down by Mark Ewig (April 2016), 2 stars
Those Who Remain by Ian Blackport (April 2016), 4 stars
God of Ruin (Ruins Sonata #3) by Michael John Grist (March 2016), 5 stars
Operation Earth (Project Ark 2) by L.T.Gibbons (March 2016), 2.5 stars
Boy Versus Self by Harmon Cooper (February 2016), 5 stars
King Ruin (Ruins Sonata #2) by Michael John Grist (January 2016), 5 stars
2015
The Freezer (Genesis Endeavor Book 1) by David Kersen (December 2015), 5 stars
Suffer the Children by Dominic Selwood (September 2015), 5 stars
2513 by Miles Kohl (September 2015), 4 stars
The Cautionary Tale of Butch Black by J.B Maynard (August 2015), 4 stars
The Voivod: A Ghost Story by Dominic Selwood (August 2015), 4 stars
Mercy’s Prisoner (Life Prison Volume 1) by Dusk Peterson (August 2015), 3 stars
The Pushers (Afterlives #1) by Adam E.Morrison (August 2015), 2 stars
Five Suns of Treason (Five Suns Saga #1) by Jim Heskett (June 2015), 3 stars
Arkadium Rising (Brother’s Keeper #1) by Glen Krisch (June 2015), 4 stars
Project Ark by L.T Gibbons (May 2015), 3 stars
Mr Ruins by Michael John Grist (April 2015), 5 stars
Death Defiant by Paige Reiring (April 2015), 3 stars
Six Celestial Swords by T.A. Miles (February 2015), 5 stars
The Poppet and the Lune by Madeline Claire Franklin (January 2015), 5 stars
Nica of Los Angeles (Frames #1) by Sue Perry (January 2015), 5 stars
2014
Kronos Duet by A.H. Richards (December 2014), 5 stars
On the Border by Christina Roberts (November 2014), 4 stars
Dakiti by E.J. Fisch (October 2014), 5 stars
The Queen’s Curse by Natasja Hellenthal (October 2014), 5 stars