"The inky blue of the forest path called to her, and she let her feet take her into her favorite part of the woods for a moment of solitude, and respite from her own mind. The last of the night’s drizzle trickled through the canopy and dripped down the back of her neck. She shivered... Continue Reading →
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic by J. Penner
"There seems to be a story that you keep telling yourself, and I understand… it has served you for some time. It was real. It kept you safe. But you’ve outgrown that tale, and now it’s holding you back from becoming who you are really meant to be."A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic If you... Continue Reading →
The Awakening by Nora Roberts
“You have to look to find. You have to ask to have the answers. You have to awaken to become.”-The Awakening by Nora Roberts Nora Roberts is an author I have probably been reading or listening to since I was fourteen or fifteen years old and first discovered romance novels. My sisters and I would... Continue Reading →
Thief of Night by Holly Black
"The Hall women were born to hard breaks and bad decisions. They fell in love with the wrong people so consistently it was as though an ancestral curse doomed them to heartbreak, from a grandmother married to a guy so terrible she killed him, to Charlie’s last boyfriend , who shot her. Posey said that... Continue Reading →
Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
"When I first started playing MMORPGs, I used to use a headset. I don't anymore. You know why? Because when boys hear a girl's voice, they either come for you unnecessarily, thinking you'll be easy prey, or they think everything you say is flirting. Being nice to a geek whole being visibly female is the... Continue Reading →
A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall
"Moments after we docked onto the Structure - just as I was considering whether I could risk glancing fondly at her again - we were suddenly plunged into absolute darkness. Though the interior lights in the depth-craft activated quickly, all I could see outside was impenetrable murk. No luminous fish, no shadowy deep-sea whales, not... Continue Reading →