The Qwillery

Dave Bara (2015)

Impulse
The Lightship Chronicles 1
DAW, December 1, 2015
Mass Market Paperback,
Hardcover and eBook, February 3, 2015

Lieutenant Peter Cochrane of the Quantar Royal Navy believes he has his future clearly mapped out. It begins with his new assignment as an officer on Her Majesty’s Spaceship Starbound, a Lightship bound for deep space voyages of exploration.

But everything changes when Peter is summoned to the office of his father, Grand Admiral Nathan Cochrane, and given devastating news: the death of a loved one. In a distant solar system, a mysterious and unprovoked attack upon Lightship Impulse resulted in the deaths of Peter’s former girlfriend and many of her shipmates.

Now Peter's plans are torn asunder as he is transferred to a Unified Space Navy ship under foreign command, en route to an unexpected destination, and surrounded almost entirely by strangers. To top it off, his superiors have given him secret orders that might force him to become a mutineer.

The crisis at hand becomes a gateway to something much more when the ship’s Historian leads Peter and his shipmates into a galaxy of the unknown -- of ancient technologies, age-old rivalries, new cultures, and unexpected romance. It’s an overwhelming responsibility for Peter, and one false step could plunge humanity into an apocalyptic interstellar war….

W. C. Bauers (2015)

Indomitable
Chronicles of Promise Paen 2
Tor Books, July 26, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, 368 pages

Promise Paen, commander of Victor Company's mechanized armored infantry, is back for another adventure protecting the Republic of Aligned Worlds.

Lieutenant Paen barely survived her last encounter with the Lusitanian Empire. She's returned home to heal. But the nightmares won't stop. And she's got a newly reconstituted unit of green marines to whip into shape before they deploy. If the enemies of the RAW don't kill them first, she just might do the job herself.

Light-years away, on the edge of the Verge, a massive vein of rare ore is discovered on the mining planet of Sheol, which ignites an arms race and a proxy war between the Republic and the Lusitanians. Paen and Victor Company are ordered to Sheol, to help hold the planet at all costs.

On the eve of their deployment, a friendly fire incident occurs, putting Paen's career in jeopardy and stripping her of her command. When the Lusitanians send mercenaries to raid Sheol and destabilize its mining operations, matters reach crisis levels. Disgraced and angry, Promise is offered one shot to get back into her mechsuit. But she'll have to jump across the galaxy and possibly storm the gates of hell itself.

[description from author's website]

Ishbelle Bee (2015)

The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl
From the Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq., Volume 2
Angry Robot Books, August 4, 2015 (North America Print and eBook)
        August 6, 2015 (UK Print)
Trade Paperback and eBook, 336 pages

A dark and twisted Victorian melodrama, like Alice in Wonderland goes to Hell, from the author of The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath.
 
Two orphans, Pedrock and Boo Boo, are sent to live in the sinister village of Darkwound. There they meet and befriend the magical and dangerous Mr Loveheart and his neighbour, Professor Hummingbird, a recluse who collects rare butterflies. Little do they know that Professor Hummingbird has attracted the wrath of a demon named Mr Angelcakes.

One night, Mr Angelcakes visits Boo Boo and carves a butterfly onto her back. Boo Boo starts to metamorphose into a butterfly/human hybrid, and is kidnapped by Professor Hummingbird. When Mr Loveheart attempts to rescue her with the aid of Detective White and Constable Walnut, they too are turned into butterflies.

Caught between Professor Hummingbird and the demon Angelcakes, Loveheart finds himself entangled in a web much wider and darker than he could have imagined, and a plot that leads him right to the Prime Minister and even Queen Victoria herself …

File Under: Fantasy [ Closing the Net / Heads in the Trees / The Angel-Eater / Prime Minister’s Questions ]

Rob Boffard (2015)

Tracer
Outer Earth 1
Redhook, June 28, 2016
Mass Market Paperback, 448 pages
eBook, July 16, 2015

"FAST, EXHILARATING, AND UNFORGETTABLE." - Sarah Lotz, author of The Three

A huge space station orbits the Earth, holding the last of humanity. It's broken, rusted, falling apart. We've wrecked our planet, and now we have to live with the consequences: a new home that's dirty, overcrowded and inescapable.

What's more, there's a madman hiding on the station. He's about to unleash chaos. And when he does, there'll be nowhere left to run.

Tracer is perfect for fans of Hugh Howey, Preston & Child, James Rollins, Matthew Riley, and Andy Weir.

Impact
Outer Earth 3
Redhook, July 26, 2016
eBook, 368 pages
Redhook, August 30, 2016
Mass Market Paperback, 448 pages

Following Tracer and Zero-G comes Impact, the explosive conclusion to the Outer Earth trilogy - a heart-pounding thriller set in space where the hero moves like lightning and the consequences for failure are deadly.

A signal has been picked up from Earth.

The planet was supposed to be uninhabitable. But it seems there are survivors down there - with supplies, shelter and running water. Perhaps there could be a future for humanity on Earth after all.

Riley Hale will find out soon enough. She's stuck on a spaceship with the group of terrorists that is planning to brave the planet's atmosphere and crash-land on the surface.

But when the re-entry goes wrong, Riley ends up hundreds of miles from her companions Prakesh and Carver, alone in a barren wilderness. She'll have to use everything she knows to survive.

And all of them are about to find out that nothing on Earth is what it seems . .

Viola Carr (2015)

The Devious Dr. Jekyll
Electric Empire 2
Harper Voyager, October 27, 2015
Trade Paperback and eBook, 464 pages

Dr. Eliza Jekyll, heroine of the electrifying The Diabolical Miss Hyde—an edgy steampunk retelling of the classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—investigates a bizarre murder case in an alternate Victorian London while battling her treacherous secret half: Lizzie Hyde.

Solving the infamous Chopper case has helped crime scene physician Dr. Eliza Jekyll establish her fledgling career in the chauvinistic world of Victorian law enforcement. But the scrutiny that comes with her newfound fame is unwelcome for a woman with a diabolical secret. And there is the mercurial Royal Society agent and wolf man Remy Lafayette. Does he want to marry her, eat her, or burn her at the stake? Though Eliza is uncertain about Remy, her dark and jealous shadow self, Lizzie, wants to steal the magnetic and persistent agent, and usurp Eliza’s life.

It’s impossible to push Remy away when he tempts her with the one thing she can’t resist: a bizarre crime. The search for a bloodthirsty ritual torturer dubbed the Pentacle Killer draws them into a terrifying world of spies, art thieves, and evil alchemy, where the price of immortality is madness—or damnation—and only Lizzie’s dark ingenuity can help Eliza survive.

As Eliza and Remy race to thwart a foul conspiracy involving the sorcerous French, they must also overcome a sinister enemy who is all too close: the vengeful Lizzie, determined to dispose of Eliza for good.

Happy first Monday in August. It's a very full release week with 4 debuts:

The Daughters by Adrienne Celt;

The Norma Gene by M.E. Roufa;

The Casualties by Nick Holdstock;

and

The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster by Scott Wilbanks.

You can read more about these debuts here: 2015 Debut Author Challenge Update - August 2015 Debuts.


From formerly featured Debut Author Challenge Authors:

The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl (The Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq. 2) by Ishbelle Bee;

Dark Ascension (Generation V #4) by M.L. Brennan;

Devil's Pocket (Phoenix Island 2) by John Dixon;

Supervillains Anonymous (Superheroes Anonymous 2) by Lexie Dunne;

Veiled (Alex Verus 6) by Benedict Jacka;

Waterborne Exile (Waterborne Blade 2) by Susan Murray;

and

Dawnbreaker (Legends of the Duskwalker 3) by Jay Posey.

August 3, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Daughters (D)	Adrienne Celt	LF
A Better Way to Die: The Collected Short Stories (Ke)	Paul Cornell	SF - Collection
The Returned, Part II (e)	Peter David	SF - Star Trek: New Frontier
The Law of Chaos: The Multiverse of Michael Moorcock	Jeff Gardiner	SF/H&C
The Norma Gene (D)	M.E. Roufa	SF/AH/Hu
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany	Nisi Shawl (ed) Bill Campbell (ed)	SF - Anthology
Legends 2: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell (Ke)	Ian Whates (ed)	F/DF - Anthology

August 4, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Necropolis	Dan Abnett	SF - Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt's Ghosts 3
Murder in the Paperback Parlor	Ellery Adams	PM - A Book Retreat Mystery 2
The Barter (h2tp)	Siobhan Adcock	Psy/Th
Finches of Mars	Brian W. Aldiss	SF
Frozen in Amber	Phyllis Ames	UF/PNR
Magic Shifts	Ilona Andrews	UF - Kate Daniels 8
Primal Heat: A Paranormal Shapeshifter Werejaguar Romance	A. C. Arthur	PNR - The Shadow Shifters 6
Primal Heat Part 4: A Paranormal Shapeshifter Werejaguar Romance (e)	A. C. Arthur	PNR - The SHadow Shifters
Angel of Doom	James Axler	SF - Outlanders 74
Dark Screams: Volume Four (e)	Brian James Freeman (ed) Richard Chizmar (ed)	H
Ultima	Stephen Baxter	SF - Proxima 2
Proxima (h2mm)	Stephen Baxter	SF - Proxima 1
Crossways	Jacey Bedford	SF/SO - Psi-Tech 2
The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl	Ishbelle Bee	HistF - The Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq. 2
Energized	Mary Behre	PRS - Tidewater 3
Lamp Black, Wolf Grey	Paula Brackston	HistF
Dark Ascension	M.L. Brennan	UF - Generation V #4
Skin of the Wolf	Sam Cabot	AA -A Novel of Secrets 2
Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday	Italo Calvino (ed)	F - Anthology
Sweetness #9 (h2tp)	Stephan Eirik Clark	Dys
His Father's Eyes	David B. Coe	CF - Case Files of Justis Fearsson 2
Love, Lattes and Danger (e)	Sarah Cox	UF - Mutants 2
Devil's Pocket	John Dixon	AA/Th/SF - Phoenix Island 2
The Song of Synth	Seb Doubinsky	Dys
Supervillains Anonymous	Lexie Dunne	CF - Superheroes Anonymous 2
Fire in the Blood (h2mm)	Erin M. Evans	F - Forgotten Realms: Neverwinter: Brimstone Angels 3
The Eternal World	Christopher Farnsworth	Th/P
Edge of Darkness	Christine Feehan Maggie Shayne Lori Herter	PNR - Anthology
The Mountain	David L. Golemon	AA - Event Group Thrillers 10
Exo (h2mm)	Steven Gould	SF - Jumper 4
Smoke on the Water	Lori Handeland	FR - Sisters of the Craft 3
Alice	Christina Henry	DF
Fable: Blood of Heroes	Jim C. Hines	F - Fable Tie-In
The Casualties (D)	Nick Holdstock	LF/PA
Sing the Four Quarters (e) (ri)	Tanya Huff	F - Quarters 1
The Storm Lord (e)	M. K. Hume	F - Twilight of the Celts 2
Veiled	Benedict Jacka	UF - Alex Verus 6
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings	Shirley Jackson Laurence Hyman (ed) Sarah Hyman DeWitt (ed)	Collection
Enchantress of Paris: A Novel of the Sun King’s Court	Marci Jefferson	HistF
The Fifth Season	N. K. Jemisin	F - The Broken Earth 1
Dragonbane	Sherrilyn Kenyon	CF - Dark-Hunter Novels 19
The Complete Arrows Trilogy	Mercedes Lackey	F - The Arrows Trilogy
After the Saucers Landed	Douglas Lain	SF - Short Stories
Liaden Universe Constellation	Sharon Lee Steve Miller	SF - Liaden Universe Constellation 3
The Dragon Factory (ri)	Jonathan Maberry	Th/H - Joe Ledger 2
Starry Knight	Nina Mason	PNR - Knights of Avalon 1
The Twice and Future Caesar	R. M. Meluch	SF - Tour of the Merrimack 6
Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories	China Miéville	LF/F/CF - Collection
The Aftermath	Michela Montgomery	SF/AP/PA - Wind Cave 2
The Bull and the Spear	Michael Moorcock	F - Corum / The Eternal Champion 4
Creatures of the Storm (e)	Brad Munson	PA/SF - Rain Triptych 1
Wind/Pinball: Two novels	Haruki Murakami	MR
Waterborne Exile	Susan Murray	F - Waterborne Blade 2
The Veil	Chloe Neill	UF - Devil's Isle 2
A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd (ri)	Patrick Ness	F/FairyT/FolkT/L&M
Dawnbreaker	Jay Posey	SF/AP/PA - Legends of the Duskwalker 3
Revenant (h2mm)	Kat Richardson	UF - Greywalker 9
Your Face in Mine (h2tp)	Jess Row	LF/Dys
Blood Call	Lilith Saintcrow	Th/Sup
Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf (h2mm)	R. A. Salvatore	F - Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms: Companions Codex III
The Madagaskar Plan	Guy Saville	Th/AH
Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future (h2mm)	John Scalzi	SF
Twilight Vendetta (e)(ri)	Maggie Shayne	PNR - Wings in the Night: Reborn 2
If Onions Could Spring Leeks	Paige Shelton	PM - Country Cooking School Mystery 5
Rage	Ken Shufeldt	Th
Mother of Demons	Maynard Sims	H - Department 18 #5
The Raven's Child	Thomas E. Sniegoski	GN/SF
The Edge of Dawn	Melinda Snodgrass	CF - Edge 3
The Doorway	Alan Spencer	H
The Way of Sorrows	Jon Steele	Sus/ Oc/Sup/Th - The Angelus Trilogy 3
The Moreau Quartet: Volume One	S. Andrew Swann	SF/CyP/R - The Moreau Quartet 1
Robin Hood - Mark of the Black Arrow	Debbie Viguie James R. Tuck	HistF/DF - Robin Hood: Demon Bane 1
Chase the Darkness	J.D. Tyler	PNR - Alpha Pack 7
Wolf Trouble	Paige Tyler	PRS - SWAT 2
Kitty Saves the World	Carrie Vaughn	CF - Kitty Norville 14
The Sword of the South	David Weber	F - Sword of the South 1
Undying Hope	Emma Weylin	PNR - Undying Chronicles 1
Soldiers Out of Time	Steve White	SF/TT - Temporal Regulatory Authority 5
The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster (D)	Scott Wilbanks	HistF

August 5, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Night of the Salamander: A Tor.com Original (e)	Michael Swanwick	F

August 6, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2015	Paula Guran (ed)	SF/F - Anthology
A City Called Smoke	Justin Woolley	Dys - The Territory 2

D - Debut
e - eBook
ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint


AA - Action Adventure
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CyP - Cyber Punk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT -Fairy Tale
FolkT - Folk Tale
FR - Fantasy Romance
GN - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
H&C - History and Criticism
HistF - Historical Fantasy
Hu - Humor
L&M - Legends and Myth
LF - Literary Fiction
MR - Magical Realism
Oc - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PRS - Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Psy - Psychological
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
Sup - Supernatural
Sus - Suspense
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

Apologies for not posting last week but I have been enjoying the summer a bit too much and not working on my TBR. It has been a super duper hot summer so far which is unusual for the UK. So hot in fact that I could barely stand to turn on my laptop or concentrate on reading. I am back in the reading saddle so what did I read?


Last week I read the Watchmaker of Filigree Street which is Natasha Pulley's debut novel. As this is a debut I have written a full review which will be posted soon so keep your eye out for what I thought of it. What I can say is how much I like the cover. I think it has an Art Deco feel about it although the story isn't set in that period.


I was having a quick look at my Amazon recommendations and came across a new book by Kelley Armstrong - City of the Lost. Armstrong is releasing this story in small chunks and I read the first and second parts. Each instalment is less than 50 pages long but it really felt like they were much longer. City of the Lost is about a young woman  - Casey Duncan - who is trying to protect her best friend by moving to a secret town full of people trying to hide. Normally, I don't like short stories or novellas but I have gotten used to serials after reading the Inn Keeper serial by Ilona Andrews and Radiance by Grace Draven. Armstrong develops her main character very quickly and even with so few pages you really understand her motivations and how she ended up in her current situation. She is determined, loyal and very interesting. I have already ordered instalment 3. (Note that City of the Lost is not yet available in the US. Look for it in 2016.)


My final book of the week was The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl by Ishbelle Bee. This is only Bee's second novel. I reviewed her debut  - The Singular and Extraordinary of Mirror and Goliath back in June and was quite surprised to find a second book available on NetGalley. I almost can't adequately describe this book or in fact describe it at all. Book 2 focuses on John Loveheart as he skips through the country beheading anyone who looks at him the wrong way and searches for the perfect cake. There are a lot of characters in this story with a few returning from book 1. There almost has to be a lot of characters with the number of murders that take place. Apart from Loveheart the story focuses on a young orphan girl called Boo Boo who has a butterfly tattooed on her back. Boo Boo has also come to the attention of a famous butterfly collector who wants her to join his collection and isn't going to take no for an answer.

The things I liked about book 1 - the quirky characters, the story, the POVs were not really there in book 2. I found the story much more violent and in some parts much more silly. Bee continues to have a very creative and active imagination but this instalment is a the other side of macabre for me with no hero to cheer on.

That is all for me for this week. I hope you have had a good wee and much more productive than I have been. Fingers crossed for next week and until then Happy Reading.

The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl
From the Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq., Volume2
Angry Robot Books, August 4, 2015 (North America Print and eBook)
        August 6, 2015 (UK Print)
Trade Paperback and eBook, 336 pages

A dark and twisted Victorian melodrama, like Alice in Wonderland goes to Hell, from the author of The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath.
 
Two orphans, Pedrock and Boo Boo, are sent to live in the sinister village of Darkwound. There they meet and befriend the magical and dangerous Mr Loveheart and his neighbour, Professor Hummingbird, a recluse who collects rare butterflies. Little do they know that Professor Hummingbird has attracted the wrath of a demon named Mr Angelcakes.

One night, Mr Angelcakes visits Boo Boo and carves a butterfly onto her back. Boo Boo starts to metamorphose into a butterfly/human hybrid, and is kidnapped by Professor Hummingbird. When Mr Loveheart attempts to rescue her with the aid of Detective White and Constable Walnut, they too are turned into butterflies.

Caught between Professor Hummingbird and the demon Angelcakes, Loveheart finds himself entangled in a web much wider and darker than he could have imagined, and a plot that leads him right to the Prime Minister and even Queen Victoria herself …

File Under: Fantasy [ Closing the Net / Heads in the Trees / The Angel-Eater / Prime Minister’s Questions ]

The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath
Author:  Ishbelle Bee
Series:  From the Peculiar Adventures of John Lovehart, Esq., Volume 1
Publisher:  Angry Robot Books, June 30, 2015 (North America Print)
       June 2, 2015 (eBook)
       June 4, 2015 (UK Print)
Format:  Trade Paperback and eBook, 336 pages
List Price:  $9.99 (print)
ISBN:  9780857664426 (print)
Review Copy:  Provided by the Publisher

1888. A little girl called Mirror and her extraordinary shape-shifting guardian Goliath Honeyflower are washed up on the shores of Victorian England. Something has been wrong with Mirror since the day her grandfather locked her inside a mysterious clock that was painted all over with ladybirds. Mirror does not know what she is, but she knows she is no longer human.

John Loveheart, meanwhile, was not born wicked. But after the sinister death of his parents, he was taken by Mr Fingers, the demon lord of the underworld. Some say he is mad. John would be inclined to agree.

Now Mr Fingers is determined to find the little girl called Mirror, whose flesh he intends to eat, and whose soul is the key to his eternal reign. And John Loveheart has been called by his otherworldly father to help him track Mirror down…

An extraordinary dark fairytale for adults, for fans of Catherine Valente and Neil Gaiman.

File Under: Fantasy [ Shapes Shifting / Inside the Clock / A Tasty Little Girl / 12 Dancing Princesses ]

Melanie's Review

This book is very difficult to explain but a must read for anyone who likes the unusual. In true gothic/horror style Bee tells the story of Mirror who as a young girl was almost murdered by her grandfather when he leaves her to die in a grandfather clock. She is rescued by the policeman Goliath Honeyflower who becomes her protector, guardian and companion. Mirror is no longer just a normal young girl and Goliath searches for answers as to what she has become. We also learn of the life of young John Loveheart whose family are cruelly murdered and he is taken by the demon Mr. Fingers to live in the underworld along with 13 other young boys. Mr. Fingers wants to eat Mirror and sends John Loveheart to find her. I could tell you more but that would spoil the story.

Bee has written one of the creepiest books I have ever read. Well done! She has also managed to create some fantastically evil characters that were quite frankly a delight to read about. The story is told from a number of different POVs including those of Mirror and John Loveheart which gives us a different perspective of the overall story. Bee also has a fantastic imagination especially when it comes to naming her characters. At the start it seemed like it was going to be a very quick read but due to the plot, the colourful characters and the different environment in which the story is staged I found I had to give myself some more time to read it. I didn't want to miss any of Bee's crazy and compelling story. This is an excellent debut and I look forward to reading more from this author. If you are a fan of the strange and unusual you won't want to miss out.

TQ:  When and why did you start writing?

Ishbelle:  I have been writing stories, poetry and film scripts since I was a little girl. I found the ‘real’ world boring and I was disappointed there were no magicians flying about.



TQ:  Are you a plotter of a pantser?

Ishbelle:  Pantser. My prep work is a few pages of scribbles and then I start writing.



TQ:  What is the most challenging thing for you about writing?

Ishbelle:  I get bored very easily



TQ:  Who are some of your literary influences? Favourite authors?

Ishbelle:  Angela Carter, Philip K Dick, Terry Pratchett, Margaret Atwood and Lovecraft



TQ:  Describe The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath in 140 characters or less?

Ishbelle:  (A very strange Victorian fairy tale) - A little girl is locked inside a grandfather clock. She is rescued by a policeman who becomes her supernatural guardian. The Lord of the Underworld orders his assassin/ son Mr Loveheart to hunt her down because he wants to eat her.



TQ:  What inspired you to write The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath? What appealed to you about writing a dark fairytale? Do you have any favorite fairytales?

Ishbelle:  I am fascinated by fairy tales, as I am a huge fan of symbolism and fairy tales are stuffed full of them. My favourite fairy tale is BLUEBEARD. Nearly all fairy tales were originally very dark and have been sadly sanitized over the years.



TQ:  Tell us something about The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath that is not found in the book description.

Ishbelle:  It explores a little of the mythology of the kidnaping of Persephone and her descent into the Underworld.



TQ:  What inspired you to write The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath?

Ishbelle:  I wanted, initially to write a book about exorcisms and the idea of having a demon inside a child. The character of Goliath was going to be priest.



TQ:  What sort of research did you do for The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath?

Ishbelle:  I read a lot of books on mythology and fairy tales, and also looked into Victorian Spiritualism.



TQ:  Who was the easiest character to write and why? The hardest and why?

Ishbelle:  The easiest was Mr Loveheart, whose madness is a joy to write. The hardest was perhaps Detective White, who, because he is neither quirky or deranged, actually makes it trickier for me. (I prefer narrative voices which are unbalanced)



TQ:  Which question about The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath do you wish someone would ask you? Ask it and answer it!

Ishbelle:  The book seems to be obsessed with food and eating. WHY?

I am fascinated with cannibalism in fairy tales and mythology and this reoccurring theme appears in all my books



TQ:  Give us two of your favorite non-spoilery lines from The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath.

Ishbelle:





TQ:  What’s next?

Ishbelle:   Book 2 : The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl is being published in August and features an insane collector of butterflies.



TQ:  Thank you for joining us at The Qwillery!

The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath
From the Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq., Volume 1
Angry Robot Books, June 30, 2015 (North America Print)
     June 2, 2015 (eBook)
     June 4, 2015 (UK Print)
Trade Paperback and eBook, 336 pages

1888. A little girl called Mirror and her extraordinary shape-shifting guardian Goliath Honeyflower are washed up on the shores of Victorian England. Something has been wrong with Mirror since the day her grandfather locked her inside a mysterious clock that was painted all over with ladybirds. Mirror does not know what she is, but she knows she is no longer human.

John Loveheart, meanwhile, was not born wicked. But after the sinister death of his parents, he was taken by Mr Fingers, the demon lord of the underworld. Some say he is mad. John would be inclined to agree.

Now Mr Fingers is determined to find the little girl called Mirror, whose flesh he intends to eat, and whose soul is the key to his eternal reign. And John Loveheart has been called by his otherworldly father to help him track Mirror down…

An extraordinary dark fairytale for adults, for fans of Catherine Valente and Neil Gaiman.

File Under: Fantasy [ Shapes Shifting / Inside the Clock / A Tasty Little Girl / 12 Dancing Princesses ]

The Contrary Tale of the Butterfly Girl
From the Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq., Volume2
Angry Robot Books, August 4, 2015 (North America Print and eBook)
        August 6, 2015 (UK Print)
Trade Paperback and eBook

A dark and twisted Victorian melodrama, like Alice in Wonderland goes to Hell, from the author of The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath.
 
Two orphans, Pedrock and Boo Boo, are sent to live in the sinister village of Darkwound. There they meet and befriend the magical and dangerous Mr Loveheart and his neighbour, Professor Hummingbird, a recluse who collects rare butterflies. Little do they know that Professor Hummingbird has attracted the wrath of a demon named Mr Angelcakes.

One night, Mr Angelcakes visits Boo Boo and carves a butterfly onto her back. Boo Boo starts to metamorphose into a butterfly/human hybrid, and is kidnapped by Professor Hummingbird. When Mr Loveheart attempts to rescue her with the aid of Detective White and Constable Walnut, they too are turned into butterflies.

Caught between Professor Hummingbird and the demon Angelcakes, Loveheart finds himself entangled in a web much wider and darker than he could have imagined, and a plot that leads him right to the Prime Minister and even Queen Victoria herself …

File Under: Fantasy [ Closing the Net / Heads in the Trees / The Angel-Eater / Prime Minister’s Questions ]

About Ishbelle

Ishbelle Bee writes horror and loves fairy-tales, the Victorian period (especially top hats!) and cake tents at village fêtes (she believes serial killers usually opt for the Victoria Sponge).
She currently lives in Edinburgh. She doesn’t own a rescue cat, but if she did his name would be Mr Pickles.










Twitter @ishbellebee

Happy last Monday in June. Sadly I've not been doing much reading lately. I've been spending most of my time dealing with a house issue that requires things being ripped out and insurance. The extent of damage keeps getting worse and worse as they remove more floor and walls. Hopefully things will calm down soon and I can refocus on reading and writing and not be so incredibly behind. Apologies to all!


There are 3 debuts this week:

The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath (Notebooks of John Loveheart, Esq 1) by Ishbelle Bee;

The Linesman (Linesman 1) by S.K. Dunstall;

and

The Dragons of Heaven (Dragons of Heaven 1) by Alyc Helms.



And from formerly featured Debut Author Challenge Authors:

American Craftsmen (American Craftsmen 1) by Tom Doyle is out in Mass Market Paperback;

Supervillains Anonymous (Superheroes Anonymous 2) by Lexie Dunne;

Luck of the Irish (Leprechaun's Gold 1) by Sara Humphreys;

and

Provoked (Dark Protectors 5) by Rebecca Zanetti.

June 29, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
Indelible Ink (e)	Matt Betts	SP/H/Th
The Adventures of Cassius Flynn and Molly McGuire (e)	Eleri Stone	Dys/PNR - Reapers Novella

June 30, 2015

TITLE	AUTHOR	SERIES
The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath (D)	Ishbelle Bee	HistF - Notebooks of John Loveheart, Esq 1
Ascendance: Dave vs. the Monsters	John Birmingham	UF - David Hooper Trilogy 3
Tomorrow War	J. L. Bourne	TechTh - The Chronicles of Max (Redacted)
New Frontiers: A Collection of Tales About the Past, the Present, and the Future (h2mm)	Ben Bova	SF - Short Stories
Working for Bigfoot	Jim Butcher	UF - Dresden Files Novellas
Terminator Genisys: Resetting the Future	David S Cohen	SF - Media Tie-In
Virtues of War	Bennett R. Coles	SF - Virtues of War 1
Prize of Night	Bailey Cunningham	CF - Parallel Parks 3
Undead and Unwary (h2mm)	MaryJanice Davidson	PNR - Undead/Queen Betsy 13
American Craftsmen (h2mm)	Tom Doyle	CF - American Craftsmen 1
Supervillains Anonymous (e)	Lexie Dunne	UF/SH - Superheroes Anonymous 2
Linesman (D)	S. K. Dunstall	SF - Linesman 1
Follow You Home	Mark Edwards	Th/H
Of Bone and Thunder (h2mm)	Chris Evans	F
The Sea of Trolls (ri)	Nancy Farmer	F - The Sea of Trolls Trilogy 1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Sacraments of Fire	David R. George III	SF - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Severed Souls (h2mm)	Terry Goodkind	F - Richard and Kahlan 14
The Silenced	Heather Graham	Sus/P - Krewe of Hunters 15
Soul Scorched	Donna Grant	PNR - Dark Kings 6
Soul Scorched: Part 4 (e)	Donna Grant	PNR - Dark Kings
The Undying Legion	Clay and Susan Griffith	HistF - Crown & Key 2
The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who	Simon Guerrier Dr. Marek Kukula	SF - Doctor Who
Heat of the Moment	Lori Handeland	FR - Sisters of the Craft 2
The Hollow Queen	Elizabeth Haydon	F - The Symphony of Ages 8
The Dragons of Heaven (D)	Alyc Helms	UF - Dragons of Heaven 1
Brothers in Valor	H. Paul Honsinger	SF - Man of War 3
Luck of the Irish (e)	Sara Humphreys	PNR  - Leprechaun's Gold 1
The Rods & The Axe (h2mm)	Tom Kratman	SF - Carerra 6
The House of the Four Winds (h2mm)	Mercedes Lackey	F - One Dozen Daughters 1
Wolf with Benefits	Shelly Laurenston	PNR - Pride 8
Artemis Invaded	Jane Lindskold	SF - Artemis Awakening 2
Little Girls	Ronald Malfi	H
The Baba Yaga	Eric Brown Una McCormack	SF - Weird Space
The Red: First Light	Linda Nagata	Th/SF - Red Trilogy 1
The Map of Chaos	Félix J. Palma	SF - Map of Time 3
Zoo: The Graphic Novel	James Patterson Michael Ledwidge	SF
All Dressed Up and No Place to Haunt	Rose Pressey	PM - A Haunted Vintage Mystery 2
Islands of Rage and Hope (h2mm)	John Ringo	SF - Black Tide Rising 3
The Ripple Effect	J.A. Saare	UF - Rhiannon's Law 3
The End of All Things #4: To Stand or Fall: The End of All Things	John Scalzi	SF - Old Man's War
Alien Hunter: Underworld (h2mm)	Whitley Strieber	Th/SF - Alien Hunter 2
The Rhesus Chart (h2mm)	Charles Stross	SF - Laundry Files 5
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club (h2tp)	Genevieve Valentine	LF/FairyT
The Philosopher Kings	Jo Walton	F - Thessaly 2
The Isle of Blood (ri)	Rick Yancey	H/Go - The Monstrumologist 3
Provoked (ri)	Rebecca Zanetti	PNR - Dark Protectors 5

D - Debut
e - eBook
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint


CF - Contemporary Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT -Fairy Tale
FR - Fantasy Romance
Go - Gothic
H - Horror
HistF - Historical Fantasy
LF - Literary Fiction
P - Paranormal
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superhero
SP - Steampunk
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
UF - Urban Fantasy

Cover by John Coulthart

Cover by Amazing15

John Ayliff

Belt Three
Harper Voyager (UK), June 18, 2015
eBook, 400 pages
Trade Paperback, December 2, 2015

Worldbreakers do not think, do not feel and cannot be stopped.

Captain Gabriel Reinhardt’s latest mining mission has been brought to a halt by the arrival of a Worldbreaker, one of the vast alien machines that destroyed Earth and its solar system long ago. As he and his crew flee they are kidnapped by a pirate to be mind-wiped and sold into slavery, a fate worse than death in this shattered universe.

But Captain Reinhardt is hiding a secret. The real Gabriel Reinhardt died six years ago, and in his place is Jonas, one of the millions of clones produced for menial labour by the last descendants of Earth.

Forced to aid the pirate Keldra’s obsessive campaign against the Worldbreakers in exchange for his life, Jonas discovers that humanity’s last hope might just be found in the very machines that have destroyed it.

Ishbelle Bee

The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath
From the Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq., Volume 1
Angry Robot Books, June 30, 2015 (North America and eBook)
     June 4, 2015 (UK Print)
Trade Paperback and eBook

1888. A little girl called Mirror and her extraordinary shape-shifting guardian Goliath Honeyflower are washed up on the shores of Victorian England. Something has been wrong with Mirror since the day her grandfather locked her inside a mysterious clock that was painted all over with ladybirds. Mirror does not know what she is, but she knows she is no longer human.

John Loveheart, meanwhile, was not born wicked. But after the sinister death of his parents, he was taken by Mr Fingers, the demon lord of the underworld. Some say he is mad. John would be inclined to agree.

Now Mr Fingers is determined to find the little girl called Mirror, whose flesh he intends to eat, and whose soul is the key to his eternal reign. And John Loveheart has been called by his otherworldly father to help him track Mirror down…

An extraordinary dark fairytale for adults, for fans of Catherine Valente and Neil Gaiman.

File Under: Fantasy

Tamara Dietrich

The Hummingbird's Cage
NAL, June 2, 2015
Trade Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

A dazzling debut novel about taking chances, finding hope, and learning to stand up for your dreams…

Everyone in Wheeler, New Mexico, thinks Joanna leads the perfect life: the quiet, contented housewife of a dashing deputy sheriff, raising a beautiful young daughter, Laurel. But Joanna’s reality is nothing like her facade. Behind closed doors, she lives in constant fear of her husband. She’s been trapped for so long, escape seems impossible—until a stranger offers her the help she needs to flee….

On the run, Joanna and Laurel stumble upon the small town of Morro, a charming and magical village that seems to exist out of time and place. There a farmer and his wife offer her sanctuary, and soon, between the comfort of her new home and blossoming friendships, Joanna’s soul begins to heal, easing the wounds of a decade of abuse.

But her past—and her husband—aren’t so easy to escape. Unwilling to live in fear any longer, Joanna must summon a strength she never knew she had to fight back and forge a new life for her daughter and herself….

S. K. Dunstall

Linesman
Linesman 1
Ace, June 30, 2015
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 384 pages

First in a brand new thought-provoking science fiction series.

The lines. No ship can traverse the void without them. Only linesmen can work with them. But only Ean Lambert hears their song. And everyone thinks he’s crazy…

Most slum kids never go far, certainly not becoming a level-ten linesman like Ean. Even if he’s part of a small, and unethical, cartel, and the other linesmen disdain his self-taught methods, he’s certified and working.

Then a mysterious alien ship is discovered at the edges of the galaxy. Each of the major galactic powers is desperate to be the first to uncover the ship’s secrets, but all they’ve learned is that it has the familiar lines of energy—and a defense system that, once triggered, annihilates everything in a 200 kilometer radius.

The vessel threatens any linesman who dares to approach it, except Ean. His unique talents may be the key to understanding this alarming new force—and reconfiguring the relationship between humans and the ships that serve them, forever.

Judith Fertig

The Cake Therapist
Berkley, June 2, 2015
Trade Paperback and eBook, 304 pages
(Fiction Debut)

A fiction debut that will leave you wanting seconds, from an award-winning cookbook author.

Claire “Neely” O’Neil is a pastry chef of extraordinary talent. Every great chef can taste shimmering, elusive flavors that most of us miss, but Neely can “taste” feelings—cinnamon makes you remember; plum is pleased with itself; orange is a wake-up call. When flavor and feeling give Neely a glimpse of someone’s inner self, she can customize her creations to help that person celebrate love, overcome fear, even mourn a devastating loss.

Maybe that’s why she feels the need to go home to Millcreek Valley at a time when her life seems about to fall apart. The bakery she opens in her hometown is perfect, intimate, just what she’s always dreamed of—and yet, as she meets her new customers, Neely has a sense of secrets, some dark, some perhaps with tempting possibilities. A recurring flavor of alarming intensity signals to her perfect palate a long-ago story that must be told.

Neely has always been able to help everyone else. Getting to the end of this story may be just what she needs to help herself.

Margaret Fortune

Nova
DAW, June 2, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 320 Pages

*36:00:00*

The clock activates so suddenly in my mind, my head involuntarily jerks a bit to the side. The fog vanishes, dissipated in an instant as though it never was. Memories come slotting into place, their edges sharp enough to leave furrows, and suddenly I know. I know exactly who I am.

My name is Lia Johansen, and I was named for a prisoner of war. She lived in the Tiersten Internment Colony for two years, and when they negotiated the return of the prisoners, I was given her memories and sent back in her place.

And I am a genetically engineered human bomb.

Lia Johansen was created for only one purpose: to slip onto the strategically placed New Sol Space Station and explode. But her mission goes to hell when her clock malfunctions, freezing her countdown with just two minutes to go. With no Plan B, no memories of her past, and no identity besides a name stolen from a dead POW, Lia has no idea what to do next. Her life gets even more complicated when she meets Michael Sorenson, the real Lia’s childhood best friend.

Drawn to Michael and his family against her better judgment, Lia starts learning what it means to live and love, and to be human. It is only when her countdown clock begins sporadically losing time that she realizes even duds can still blow up. If she wants any chance at a future, she must find a way to unlock the secrets of her past and stop her clock. But as Lia digs into her origins, she begins to suspect there’s far more to her mission and to this war, than meets the eye. With the fate of not just a space station but an entire empire hanging in the balance, Lia races to find the truth before her time—literally—runs out.

Scott Hawkins

The Library at Mount Char
Crown, June 16, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 400 pages

A missing God.
A library with the secrets to the universe.
A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away.

Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts.

After all, she was a normal American herself once.

That was a long time ago, of course. Before her parents died. Before she and the others were taken in by the man they called Father.

In the years since then, Carolyn hasn't had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father's ancient customs. They've studied the books in his Library and learned some of the secrets of his power. And sometimes, they've wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God.

Now, Father is missing—perhaps even dead—and the Library that holds his secrets stands unguarded. And with it, control over all of creation.

As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her, all of them with powers that far exceed her own.

But Carolyn has accounted for this.

And Carolyn has a plan.

The only trouble is that in the war to make a new God, she's forgotten to protect the things that make her human.

Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters and propelled by a plot that will shock you again and again, The Library at Mount Char is at once horrifying and hilarious, mind-blowingly alien and heartbreakingly human, sweepingly visionary and nail-bitingly thrilling—and signals the arrival of a major new voice in fantasy.

Alyc Helms

The Dragons of Heaven
Dragons of Heaven 1
Angry Robot Books, June 30, 2015
     (North America Print and eBook)
   June 4, 2015 (UK Print)
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 512 pages
Cover by Amazing15

Would you deal with the devil to save the world?

Street magician Missy Masters inherited more than the usual genetic cocktail from her estranged grandfather – she also got his preternatural control of shadow and his legacy as the vigilante hero, Mr Mystic. Problem is, being a pulp hero takes more than a good fedora and a knack for witty banter, and Missy lacks the one thing Mr. Mystic had: experience. Determined to live up to her birthright, Missy journeys to China to seek the aid of Lung Huang, the ancient master who once guided her grandfather.

Lung Huang isn’t quite as ancient as Missy expected, and she finds herself embroiled in the politics of Lung Huang and his siblings, the nine dragon-guardians of creation. When Lung Di, Lung Huang’s brother and mortal enemy, raises a magical barrier that cuts off China from the rest of the world, it falls to the new Mr Mystic to prove herself by taking down the barrier. But is it too great a task for a lone adventure hero?

File Under: Fantasy [ Sins of the Grandfather / Missy and Master / Geek Fu / Little Trouble in Big China ]

P J Manney

(R)EVOLUTION
Phoenix Horizon 1
47North, June 1, 2015
Trade Paperback and Kindle eBook, 544 pages

Scientist Peter Bernhardt has dedicated his life to nanotechnology, the science of manipulating matter on the atomic scale. As the founder of Biogineers, he is on the cusp of revolutionizing brain therapies with microscopic nanorobots that will make certain degenerative diseases become a thing of the past. But after his research is stolen by an unknown enemy, seventy thousand people die in Las Vegas in one abominable moment. No one is more horrified than Peter, as this catastrophe sets in motion events that will forever change not only his life but also the course of human evolution.

Peter’s company is torn from his grasp as the public clamors for his blood. Desperate, he turns to an old friend, who introduces him to the Phoenix Club, a cabal of the most powerful people in the world. To make himself more valuable to his new colleagues, Peter infuses his brain with experimental technology, exponentially upgrading his mental prowess and transforming him irrevocably.

As he’s exposed to unimaginable wealth and influence, Peter’s sense of reality begins to unravel. Do the club members want to help him, or do they just want to claim his technology? What will they do to him once they have their prize? And while he’s already evolved beyond mere humanity, is he advanced enough to take on such formidable enemies and win?

Sam Munson

The War Against the Assholes
Saga Press, June 16, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 352 pages
(Debut Fantasy)

Contemporary fantasy meets true crime when schools of ancient sorcery go up against the art of the long con in this stunningly entertaining debut fantasy novel.

Mike Wood is satisfied just being a guy with broad shoulders at a decidedly unprestigious Catholic school in Manhattan. But on the dirty streets of New York City he’s an everyman with a moral code who is unafraid of violence. And when Mike is unwittingly recruited into a secret cell of magicians by a fellow student, Mike’s role as a steadfast soldier begins. These magicians don’t use ritualized rote to work their magic, they use willpower in their clandestine war with the establishment: The Assholes.

Erika Swyler

The Book of Speculation
St. Martin's Press, June 23, 2015
Hardcover and eBook, 352 pages
(Includes 13 illustrations throughout)

"Dazzling...[a] quirky, raucous, and bewitching family saga." --Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

Simon Watson, a young librarian, lives alone in a house that is slowly crumbling toward the Long Island Sound. His parents are long dead. His mother, a circus mermaid who made her living by holding her breath, drowned in the very water his house overlooks. His younger sister, Enola, ran off six years ago and now reads tarot cards for a traveling carnival.

One June day, an old book arrives on Simon's doorstep, sent by an antiquarian bookseller who purchased it on speculation. Fragile and water damaged, the book is a log from the owner of a traveling carnival in the 1700s, who reports strange and magical things, including the drowning death of a circus mermaid. Since then, generations of "mermaids" in Simon's family have drowned--always on July 24, which is only weeks away.

As his friend Alice looks on with alarm, Simon becomes increasingly worried about his sister. Could there be a curse on Simon's family? What does it have to do with the book, and can he get to the heart of the mystery in time to save Enola?

In the tradition of Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants, Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, and Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian, The Book of Speculation--with two-color illustrations by the author--is Erika Swyler's moving debut novel about the power of books, family, and magic.

Ishbelle Bee

The Singular & Extraordinary Tale of Mirror & Goliath
From the Peculiar Adventures of John Loveheart, Esq., Volume 1
Angry Robot Books, June 2, 2015 (North America and eBook)
     June 4, 2015 (UK Print)
Trade Paperback and eBook

1888. A little girl called Mirror and her extraordinary shape-shifting guardian Goliath Honeyflower are washed up on the shores of Victorian England. Something has been wrong with Mirror since the day her grandfather locked her inside a mysterious clock that was painted all over with ladybirds. Mirror does not know what she is, but she knows she is no longer human.

John Loveheart, meanwhile, was not born wicked. But after the sinister death of his parents, he was taken by Mr Fingers, the demon lord of the underworld. Some say he is mad. John would be inclined to agree.

Now Mr Fingers is determined to find the little girl called Mirror, whose flesh he intends to eat, and whose soul is the key to his eternal reign. And John Loveheart has been called by his otherworldly father to help him track Mirror down…

An extraordinary dark fairytale for adults, for fans of Catherine Valente and Neil Gaiman.

File Under: Fantasy

Welcome to spring. It is finally feeling and looking like spring is here in the UK. The slightest hint of sun has nearly every Londoner in their shorts and sandals. I have yet to succumb as I keep thinking its still April and no one wants to see my pasty white legs. The lovely weather hasn't brought with it my reading mojo. I don't know where it has gone but it has been really hard for me to make much progress clearing my TBR. I am not helping myself out either by continuing to order books. So what have I been up to?

My week of reading started when Heartache by Annie Bellet popped onto my Kindle. This is the fifth in The Twenty-Sided Sorceress series which finds the heroine Jade up against her murderer ex-boyfriend Samir when he comes to Wylde to take everything he can from her including her heart. So far in the series Jade has managed to solve a number of murder mysteries and thwart Samir's attempts to capture her (and eat her heart). Life seems to calming down and returning to normal when a number of unrelated events find Jade on her own and ripe for Samir to catch her unawares. This kicks off a series of extremely violent events that leave Jade accused of the murder of her friend, the reason why two other friends are killed and almost the loss of her very own life. It all seems like Samir is undefeatable despite Jade's new powers and close friends.

I am a bit conflicted about Heartache. I appreciate the fact that Bellet doesn't mess around and drag out the plot but this book seemed really short. I think I could have easily have read this book in just over an hour as it only took me 1 day of commutes to get from cover to cover. A lot happens and Samir manages to completely devastate Jade's life but it all seemed incomplete and lacking any real depth. Bellet is super mean and leaves us with a big fat cliffhanger so I guess I need to pre-order the 6th book in advance of its release in June. This series is particularly good if you like gaming, comics and smart alec heroines. Not quite as many gamer related/Star Wars or Star Trek related comebacks in this book but I think they would have seemed even more out of place given what was happening to Jade and her friends.


The second book that I managed to finish was The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of Mirror and Goliath by Ishbelle Bee (Angry Robot, June 2, 2015).  Since this is a debut look for my full review closer to the publication date.

That is it for me this week. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I able to get through a few more books next week.  Only two and one was a short story!!!!  I hope you have had a better result than I. Will do better but until next week Happy Reading.