How These Indie Authors Create Their Own Character Art

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If you’ve spent time on BookTok or Bookstagram lately, you know bookish character art is a big deal. In an age where social media marketing is focused on visuals, art is used almost universally to sell books. The only problem? Character art is expensive, putting indie authors, who often pay for marketing out of pocket, … Read more

Weekly Read: Alien Orc for Christmas by Ursa Dax

Looking for a saccharine and smutty Christmas romcom to satisfy your holiday sweet tooth? I’ve scoured the depths of Amazon’s offerings in search of quality sci-fi Christmas reads, and I think I’ve found you guys one of the most hallmarky and… er… most heavily frosted sci-fi Christmas romances out there. Like many popular alien romcoms, … Read more

Weekly Read: Seven Brides for Seven Alien Brothers: Artek

Published:ย 2022 Sci-fi Subgenre: Romance Style: Straightforward POV: Dual 1st Person Spice Scale: 3, at least one open door sex scene Triggers: N/A Version I Read: Ebook, $3.99

I don’t often read Alien Romance, because it tends to be a lot simpler than my fave subgenre of Space Opera Romance. But every once in a while I’m in the mood for a quick, escapist happily-ever-after. I picked Arterek up this time around because it’s a retelling of one of my childhood favourites: Seven … Read more

Weekly Read: Thrum by Meg Smitherman

If you’ve been following my blog, you know I’ve had a hard time finding good sci-fi romance novellas lately. Why did I go through so many DNF’s when I had Meg Smitherman’s Thrum waiting in the wings, and I knew it would be good? To be honest, I was kinda scared to start it. The … Read more

Weekly Read: Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik

You guys, I needed this book this week! Stress was bubbling over in our house with our back-to-school schedule stuffed with activities and everyone’s anxiety running high, and then Covid hit. We had to cancel all our fun weekend plans, including my birthday costume party. I was stressed and disappointed, but Eclipse the Moon by … Read more

Weekly Read: Danger in the Stars by Veronica Scott

Ever since watching Cowboy Beebop, as a teen, I’ve had a special place in my heart for sci-fi crime syndicates. So even though Danger in the Stars is a little older, I couldn’t resist checking out the free sample. And Veronica Scott’s quality writing had me hooked from the first page. So did the plight … Read more

Weekly Read: Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

Sci-fi romance aficionados will probably gasp in disapproval when they read this, but I’ll be honest. I’m not super into alien romance. Even so, Ice Planet Barbarians has been on my “want to read” list for a while, now. This book started a phenomenon, from what I’ve heard. It was originally self-published but was such … Read more

Review: Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

Hunt the Stars holds a special place in my heart because it’s the first adult sci-fi romance I ever read. Given my obsession with sci-fi romance, you might be surprised to know that I discovered this book and the whole genre less than a year ago. That’s probably even more of a surprise if you … Read more

Weekly Read: Threshold of Annihilation by T. A. White

Age of Deception ended on such an exciting cliffhanger that I immediately hit the buy button on the next book and started reading. And Threshold of Annihilation, the third instalment in The Firebird Chronicles, didn’t disappoint. In this third stage of Kira’s adventure, we see our favourite alien action heroine separating from the Tuann unexpectedly … Read more

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