Monday, June 1, 2020

Books Read - May 2020

Carle-Sanders, Theresa
  • Outlander Kitchen ****
Non-fiction.  Cookbook based on the Outlander series.

Christie, Agatha
  • Lord Edgware Dies ****
Fiction.  Poirot and Hastings must solve the murder of Lord Edgware when his young wife is suspected of the murder, but she can’t have been in two places at once.

  • Mr. Parker Pyne Investigates *****
Fiction.  Collection of short stories manned by Parker Pyne, a retired clerk who solves people’s unhappiness problems.

  • The Mysterious Mr. Quin ****
Fiction. A collection of short stories starring Mr. Satterthwaite and the mysterious Mr. Quin.

  • The Mystery of the Blue Train *****
Fiction.  A woman carrying a fortune in rubies is murdered on a train, and Hercule Poirot is determined to find out who the culprit is.

  • Peril at End House *****
Fiction.  Poirot and Hastings are on the trail of a murderer again when a young woman’s life is in danger.  Or is it?

Galenorn, Yasmine
  • Autumn Whispers *****
Fiction.  Telazhar’s sorcerers have sent a sentient storm to destroy Elqaneve, and Delilah and Camille are in the palace when the storm hits.  Iris gives birth to twins, and Sharah has Chase’s baby, but as she must return to Otherworld as the Elfin Queen, Chase must raise Astrid on his own and moves in with Iris and Bruce.

  • Blood Bonds *****
Fiction. The finale.  The sisters and their friends and family face up to Shadow Wing and hope to bring and end to his reign.

  • Blood Wyne *****
Fiction.  Menolly is summoned to attend an event with Roman, the vampire prince, and she needs his help to stop a rogue vampire who has been preying on women.

  • Bone Magic *****
Fiction.  Novel in the Otherworld urban fantasy series.  Camille has married both Morio and Smoky in a Soul Symbiont ceremony, but she has yet to tell Trillion about it.  She, Morio, and Iris travel to visit the king of the unicorns, where Trillion is waiting for them, and they receive more warnings of trouble to come in the form of Stacia Bonecrusher.

  • Courting Darkness *****
Fiction.  Chase goes missing through a portal, and Camille and Delilah go searching for him, but before they can find him, Smoky’s father kidnaps Camille and takes her to his dreyerie in the Northlands.  After suffering his abuse and rape, Camille escapes, which only serves to enrage Hyto even more, and he challenges Smoky and Camille to meet him for a duel.

  • Crimson Veil *****
Fiction.  Menolly leads the team through the sewers below Seattle to find and stop a daemon from killing two innocents and waking an evil demigod.

  • Darkness Raging *****
Fiction.  The battle with Telazhar is ramping up as the ladies are going through changes of their own.  Camille is set to be the Queen of Dusk and Twlight, Menolly and Nerissa are marrying Roman and becoming princesses, and Delilah’s Death Maiden skills are evolving.

  • Harvest Hunting *****
Fiction.  Tenth in the Otherworld series.  Delilah and Chase are finished but will remain friends, but she has a new love entering the picture.  The ladies are fighting Stacia the Bonecruser and her horde of the undead.  Camille’s father breaks her heart when she marries Trillion.

  • Harvest Song *****
Fiction.  When a demon stabs Shade with a soul releasing sword, Shade’s soul leaves his body, and it takes Delilah and three of their family to retrieve his soul.  After the Autumn Lord gives Shade back his Stradolin powers, he and Delilah are finally wed.

  • Haunted Moon *****
Fiction.  Gulalkah is still causing problems, but Camille has to travel to the Netherworld so they can destroy him.  Her powers are growing, and Morio becomes the priest to her priestess, and she learns she will be the Moon Mother’s earthside emissary as the Dark Moon Priestess.

  • Ice Shards *****
Fiction.  Novella about Iris’ past and how she was rejected from the temple of Undutar for killing her beloved, who in turn, tries to kill her.

  • Knight Magic *****
Fiction.  Novella after Moon Shimmers that tells how Camille was able to defeat one of the Fae Lords with the help of her men and to find the last Keraasster Knight, someone she never thought she’d see again.

  • Men of Otherworld: Collection One *****
Fiction. Short stories about the men from the Otherworld series.

  • Men of Otherworld: Collection Two *****
Fiction. Short stories about the men from the Otherworld series.

  • Moon Shimmers *****
Fiction.  Now that the final spirit seal has been found, Camille is on the search for the Keraastar Diamond, a search that takes them to the Nebulveori Mountains.  The women are readying themselves to part company as Camille, her men, and Vanzir, Chase, and Astrid will move to Talamh Lonrach Oll, where she will take on the crown of Queen of Dusk and Twilight and Queen of the Keraastar Knights and Menolly and Nerissa will move into Roman’s mansion as they take their places as princesses of the Vampire Nation.  Delilah, Shade, and Rozurial will remain in the manor with Hanna and Maggie, and Iris and Bruce and their twins will also remain on the property.

  • Otherworld Tales: Collection Two *****
Fiction.  Short stories from the Otherworld series.

  • Panther Prowling *****
Fiction.  A Viking king from the past seeks to reign again, and a necromancer helps him regain his sword.  Once the king can possess a living body, he will come back to life and wreak danger on the city.  Delilah’s Death Maiden skills are growing, and Camille finds out she is destined to be the next Queen of Darkness and Twilight.

  • Priestess Dreaming *****
Fiction.  A great wyrm is waking, and it will take the might of Myrddin to help destroy him.  Camille and some of the others venture into the realm of the Elder Fae to find the cave where Myrddin lies asleep for a thousand years.

  • Shaded Vision *****
Fiction.  Delilah leads in their fight against Van and Jaycee, and find they also have Telazhar and Gulakah to fight once the tregarts are out of the way. But this time they lose the spirit seal.  Isis and Bruce are wed and head off to Ireland to visit his family.  Hanna is stepping up fill Iris’ shoes while she’s away.

  • Shadow Rising *****
Fiction.  Menolly and Nerissa are getting ready for their wedding.  Gulakah has released more ghostly spirits, and the ladies work with both Queen Aeval and the Elder Fae to get rid of them.

  • Tales from Otherworld: Collection One *****
Fiction.  Collection of Otherworld stories. 

Harkness, Deborah
- A Discovery of Witches (reading)

Neal, Toby
  • Wired Ghost ****

Fiction.  Sophie and Jake are on the Big Island looking for a runaway who has taken shelter with her meth dealer boyfriend.  Earthquakes and flowing lava may impede their extraction, but when Sophie and Jake end up in a lava tube with sulphur dioxide gas seeping into the cavern, their lives are at stake.