Red Wolf's Room

Summary  In the realm of Azenor, there is a fortress in the clouds that was the Seren Duchy. But the Duke was assassinated by his closest friends. As they fled the mountains, the dying Duke cast a curse upon the land, making it so the people's nightmares would come to life among the streets of each town and village when each new moon rose. To fight these nightmares, magicians were designated as wardens at each place to protect the people. Clementine "Clem" Madigan grew up as a magician and warden apprentice to her father until two brothers of one of the other duchies challenges him for his position. After losing their home to the Vesper brothers, Clem makes it her mission to get close to one of them and find anything to take the Vesper family down, getting her home back in the process.  But as she infiltrates one of the brother's homes and becomes his warden partner while wearing a glamour, Clem's character is tested again and again so that even she is wondering j...

Trigger Warning : This book has graphic descriptions of human and animal anatomy after death and since I am including passages from the book, this blog post may also include anatomically descriptive content.  The Bones Houses  by Emily Lloyd-Jones is about a zombie apocalypse with people being attacked and killed by unthinking monsters that have been dubbed "bones houses" (as opposed to skeletons). But it has other layers that give a respite from the death. We briefly meet Aderyn's family and the villagers of the Welsh town of Colbren. We see Ryn and Ellis's relationship develop at a good pace in both the hectic and quiet moments. The writing and the atmosphere are simple with adequate detail to keep the reader interested while providing a fairy tale essence and a touch of Gothic poetry.  The brother tugged at her arm, but she shook him off. "You can't." he said. "We aren't allowed." The girl ignored him.   The forest was beautiful—lush wit...

  I jumped back into the Found Things series. Like Xanthe and her singing antiques, Book 2: Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston has been sitting on a pile of books, calling my name for a few months now. It was so nice getting back into it. I listened to Adrian von Ziegler's "Resting by the Fire" as I had done when reading Book 1: The Little Shop of Found Things and it was like returning home! The writing has the same magic.  You Should Read  Secrets of the Chocolate House  if... You love antiques.  You enjoy meeting old friends again for a new adventure. You want to be spirited away through time. You are intrigued by the paranormal. You want to know more about Xanthe's power. Want a short and spoiler-free version? Check out my review  on Reedsy Discovery.  --  SPOILERS AHEAD  -- Photo by  Victor Clime  on  Unsplash Summary  Xanthe and her mother, Flora, are still working on drumming up business and ant...

Swarms ASMR is hosting this magical collab, so head over to her channel and check out her other videos! The video description includes a list of several other talented ASMRtists, so be sure to check them out, too! The idea for this video started with my posting Johanna Polle's (more on her below) Instagram post of  Nemetona  on a Discord channel that has various ASMRtists. An online friend suggested that JessKCreative do a roleplay as Nemetona and then, the idea snowballed from there with a bunch of ASMRtists getting in on the action. Et voilà, this collab was born!  Celtic Goddesses BE FOREWARNED: The story behind goddesses, especially Celtic ones, is a tangled web with conflicting information and similarities since Christianity changed the Pagan information, gods and goddesses evolved and different cultures share similar information, (i.e., Ireland versus Scotland). Note: The goddesses mentioned below may appear in the video above. These amazing Goddess prints are des...