The Fairy Tale Case Files - Backstage!

  BOOK TITLE: Euphoria AUTHOR: Jayne Lockwood DESCRIPTION OF BOOK COVER: A pale blue face with red eyes, below a city with a galaxy above it. GENRE: Science Fiction/Romance PAGES: 310 BLURB: It might take the arrival of an alien being to remind an isolated man what it means to be human. With a stressful job, his boss breathing down his neck for profitable results, and an estranged wife and daughter, scientist Kurt Lomax doesn’t think life can get much harder. Until a nonbinary extraterrestrial with an otherworldly beauty, captivating elegance, and a wicked sense of humor inconveniently shows up at his apartment. Vardam watched the destruction of their own world, and they don’t want to see the same thing happen on Earth. They are lonely, and feelings soon develop between them and the supposedly straight scientist—feelings Kurt reciprocates, much to his confusion. The arrival of cheery interpreter Tom Soames—whose Goth appearance belies a gentle heart—is like a ra...

  BOOK TITLE: Queen of Ice AUTHOR: Emma Miles DESCRIPTION OF BOOK COVER: Black cover with the silver white silhouette of a large raven GENRE: Fantasy (Sword and Sorcery sub genre) PAGES: 352 BLURB: She’d killed a boy. His face haunts her dreams. With no notion of what she is seeking, Catya flees to the frozen and unknown province of Snowhold, leaving her friends and the Raven Scouts behind her. A glimpse of an intriguing face in a blizzard sets her on a path where her fate collides with that of ancient beasts, and a mysterious hidden people. Can she survive alone in a land where women are still slaves, and sorcerers rule? Perhaps there is a chance for redemption. Perhaps she can lay the ghost of the boy to rest. It’s time to choose; to be a hero, or a monster. # OF STARS: 4.5 *** When I thought back, I realized that it had actually been a while since I read sword and sorcery fantasy (probably my last binge through Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar series was t...

 I'm really hoping that I can do more interviews with other authors cause it's always fascinating. So a preamble first.  Whitney Morris is the author of Crystal Heart, a young adult Fantasy which was published by BHC Press. She lives in South Yorkshire, England and has four kids! (My hat goes off to you because I only have two kids and I still don't have time, lol!)  We 'met' via The Fiction Cafe Review Group on Facebook and while I didn't do an Official Review (in that I got an ARC or anything), I liked the looks of the book and reviewed it anyway. And then she decided she wanted to interview other authors and I like interviewing, so here we are now. On with the interview! *** 1. So, Crystal Heart is your Debut Novel! (Congratulations!) How does it feel now that it’s out in the world? Thanks! It still doesn’t feel completely real. Release day came and went, due to COVID things didn’t exactly go as originally planned. Of course, friends and family were all ...