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Every Heart a Doorway
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire is $2.99! I started this series this year and have read the first two books. The writing is so beautiful and I would happily send 300+ pages in the world McGuire has created. However, I will warn that these books have a haunting sadness to them and as romance readers, the HEAs we love aren’t the HEAs the characters want. (If that makes any sense without spoiling.)
Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
No Solicitations
No Visitors
No QuestsChildren have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere… else.
But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.
Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced… they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.
But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.
No matter the cost.
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Once Upon a Wallflower
Once Upon a Wallflower by Wendy Lyn Watson is 99c! This a Gothic-esque historical romance. I say that because I’m not sure if it’s a full-blown Gothic romance or more like Gothic-lite. Readers loved the chemistry between the main characters, but wished the suspense element was more suspenseful.
A Perennial Wallflower…
When Mira Fitzhenry’s guardian arranges her engagement to one of the most scandalous lords to ever grace the peerage, all of society is abuzz. After all, the man has left a trio of dead young women in his wake, including his first fiancée. But Mira doesn’t see a killer in Nicholas’s moonlight eyes, and she resolves to find the real murderer before the wedding.
A Gothic Villain…
Expecting to scare the chit away within five minutes of meeting him, scarred and brooding Nicholas, the Viscount Ashfield, is intrigued by Mira’s tenacious resolve to prove his innocence. She’s not put off by his imposing appearance, but his family’s dark secrets mean he cannot let her get close.
As the wedding approaches, Nicholas and Mira grow ever closer, yet so does the danger. Will the truth bring Nicholas and Mira together or tear their love apart?
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Kill the Farm Boy
Kill the Farm Boy by Kevin Hearne and Delilah S. Dawson is $2.99! I’m super curious about this one because it has some Princess Bride inspiration to it. Readers say that this is a light-hearted, slightly goofy book a la Terry Pratchett, but some found it too silly for their taste. Have you read this one?
In an irreverent new series in the tradition of Terry Pratchett novels and The Princess Bride, the New York Times bestselling authors of the Iron Druid Chronicles and Star Wars: Phasmareinvent fantasy, fairy tales, and floridly written feast scenes.
Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, a hero, the Chosen One, was born . . . and so begins every fairy tale ever told.
This is not that fairy tale.
There is a Chosen One, but he is unlike any One who has ever been Chosened.
And there is a faraway kingdom, but you have never been to a magical world quite like the land of Pell.
There, a plucky farm boy will find more than he’s bargained for on his quest to awaken the sleeping princess in her cursed tower. First there’s the Dark Lord who wishes for the boy’s untimely death . . . and also very fine cheese. Then there’s a bard without a song in her heart but with a very adorable and fuzzy tail, an assassin who fears not the night but is terrified of chickens, and a mighty fighter more frightened of her sword than of her chain-mail bikini. This journey will lead to sinister umlauts, a trash-talking goat, the Dread Necromancer Steve, and a strange and wondrous journey to the most peculiar “happily ever after” that ever once-upon-a-timed.
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Starstruck
RECOMMENDED: Starstruck by L.A. Witt is 99c at Amazon! Carrie loved this one and gave it an A-:
Starstruck is a geek-friendly contemporary m/m with characters who feel absolutely authentic. I adored it. It’s sweet, it’s sexy, and it feels very realistic with the exception that both protagonists have way more time on their hands than they would in real life.
Hollywood is full of dirty secrets, but Carter refuses to be Levi’s.
Retired action star Levi Pritchard has made a quiet life for himself in the sleepy logging town of Bluewater Bay, Washington. But then Hollywood comes to film the wildly popular television series Wolf’s Landing, and Bluewater Bay isn’t so sleepy anymore. His retirement doesn’t stick, either, because he’s offered a part on the show—exactly the kind of complex role he’d always wanted, one that would prove him more than a glorified stuntman. The only catch? He has to stay in the closet—no matter how attractive he finds his co-star.
Carter Samuels is the critically-acclaimed male lead on Wolf’s Landing. And now, the man who inspired him to take up acting—and made him realize he’s gay—is joining the cast, and sparks fly between them instantly. But Carter is out and proud and determined to stay true to himself.
Remaining just friends is the only thing to do, as both the studio and Levi’s disapproving, dysfunctional family keep reminding them. Except their friendship deepens by the day, tempting them with what they can’t have but both desperately need.
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The ending of Every Heart A Doorway made me hug the book (which is all I’ll say, in order to not spoil it.)
I’ve read Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles and … he can be quite funny, I enjoyed the lore he created, but sometimes the silly ran away from him. That’s why I’ve hesitated with this new book. Still torn.
i tried “every heart a doorway” and, as you say, the writing is spell-binding, but the book was much darker than i was anticipating and it ended up being a DNF for me.
Every Heart a Doorway is a strange mix of sweet and creepy. It really is beautiful, unique and unforgettable.
I’m sharing this everywhere. For cat and Star Trek fans, this is a must buy and it’s on sale: STAR TREK CATS by artist Jenny Parks is on sale for $1.99 at Amazon today. I have many of her refrigerator magnets of cats as Star Trek characters and they are fabulous and funny and everything you could ask for. The 64-page book is new to me, but appears to be a story or possibly even an illustrated episode. Brilliant no matter how you slice it.
I read Kill the Farm Boy (got it from the library) and it took me two tries to get through it. I appreciated how silly and ridiculous it was at first, but it was kind of the same thing over and over again and I stopped caring about the characters. Also, there are a LOT of characters and a LOT going on the whole time. Definitely library first, in my opinion. I wouldn’t buy it.
I really liked the idea behind Every Heart a Doorway, but I found the execution very lacking.
Kill the Farm Boy really sounds like it’s trying too hard. The thing about Pratchett was that he knew when to stop, you know?
I DNFed “Kill the Farm Boy” really quickly. Silliness I can handle, but there was just so much body humor. So much. It was gross.
I wish Kill the Farm Boy wasn’t the better part of fifteen quid. I’d love to rip into it for a Rant, because the description shows every sign of pastiching better writers (trying to nick stuff from Princess Bride is cheeky) and simply Not Being Terribly Good. I’d be amazed if it had anything near the sheer quality of Pratchett.
So if I got to review it I’d either discover my New Genre Best Friend if I was wrong in the above paragraph, or I could have fun ripping the stuffing out of one of those writers at the level of Craig Shaw Gardner or Piers Anthony’s Xanth or Robert Asprin who are just “vaguely OK” as humorous writers in the genre. Honestly, I see every sign of “offensively stupid” in the text description above, and the comments haven’t changed my mind.
Win/win, anyway.
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I love Every Heart a Doorway! I recommended it to my book group, and we had a great discussion about it.