Reviews

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