Rating: 5🌈 Ten out of ten. Happily recommend. Isn’t that how it’s done? Although for me that not nearly enough for this outstanding work by Sam Burns. “The magic filled every cell of my body to bursting, and the scorching, white-hot pressure made me want to scream. Born a fire mage, I’d never been burned… Continue reading Review: The Elemental Ruins (Circle the Square Book 2) by Sam Burns
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Review: The Elemental Keyes (Circle the Square Book 1) by Sam Burns
Rating: 5🌈 “I was about to die. Even worse, maybe the world was better off for it.” So begins our journey into The Elemental Keyes , the first of Sam Burns the absolutely outstanding, and emotionally gripping new two book series, Circle the Square. A two person POV, which starts from one world, then begins… Continue reading Review: The Elemental Keyes (Circle the Square Book 1) by Sam Burns
Review: Froggie Went A Sailing (Fairy Tale Retellings) by Sam Burns
Rating 3🌈 I enjoy a retold Fairy Tale. I like a new twist or two if a author can manage it. Especially a fantasy writer who’s work I admire. However, Froggie Went A Sailing (Fairy Tale Retellings) by Sam Burns, a sweet story about a prince who learned via a curse how to be a… Continue reading Review: Froggie Went A Sailing (Fairy Tale Retellings) by Sam Burns
Review: Fluke and the Fantastic Finale (The Fantastic Fluke Book 5) by Sam Burns
Rating: 4.5 🌈 Arcane mage Sage McKinley and his familiar, Fluke’s journey comes to a rousing end in Fluke and the Fantastic Finale. What a mind blowing, wildly imaginative, wholly entertaining journey it’s been since the first time we meet Sage, suffering until Fluke finds him. We’ve watched him come into his arcane powers, find… Continue reading Review: Fluke and the Fantastic Finale (The Fantastic Fluke Book 5) by Sam Burns
Review: Fluke and the Frontier Farce (Fantastic Fluke #4) by Sam Burns
Rating: 5🌈💫 You know when you read a book that’s so clever, so fantastically crafted, so beautifully ingenious that when the “aha” moments hit you , you’re both giggling AND gobsmacked because you love it so much , you appreciate the writer’s artistry, well, you just didn’t see it coming? That’s the entire Fluke and… Continue reading Review: Fluke and the Frontier Farce (Fantastic Fluke #4) by Sam Burns
Review: Fluke and the Faultline Fiasco (Fantastic Fluke #3) by Sam Burns
Rating: 5🌈💫 Fluke and the Faultline Fiasco is the penultimate novel in Sam Burns four book Fantastic Fluke series and it’s terrific. As the author starts to do the arduous task of both ramping up the expectations for the expected magical thrown down and accompanying revelations she also has to start , however slowly, pulling… Continue reading Review: Fluke and the Faultline Fiasco (Fantastic Fluke #3) by Sam Burns
Review: Fluke and the Faithless Father (Fantastic Fluke #2) by Sam Burns
Rating: 5 🌈💫 After reading The Fantastic Fluke I had to immediately go to the next in the series to see what happens next. Imagine how surprised I was to find this (and probably all the other books) flow seamlessly from one to another. The beginning here is exactly the last paragraphs of the ending… Continue reading Review: Fluke and the Faithless Father (Fantastic Fluke #2) by Sam Burns
Review: The Fantastic Fluke by Sam Burns
Rating: 5🌈💫 The first in a series, The Fantastic Fluke is another one of those magical tales that author Sam Burns writes so beautifully. From the opening sentence and our introduction to mage Sage McKinley, we have an immediate understanding of this man’s current situation, his thoughts on his past, his present predicament, even his… Continue reading Review: The Fantastic Fluke by Sam Burns
Review: The Cat Returns to Adderly by Sam Burns
Rating: 4🌈 Urban fantasy binge reading continues, this time with a author well established as a terrific writer of fantastical, magical tales and series. I must have missed Sam Burns’ fantasy fairytale story first time around. So I was happy to make its acquaintance by chance now, lured in by its great cover and evocative… Continue reading Review: The Cat Returns to Adderly by Sam Burns
A Free Dreamer Review: Wren and Oak (The Rowan Harbor Cycle #9) by Sam Burns
Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Rowan Harbor has been peaceful for a now unprecedented two months, but everyone knows it’s the calm before the storm. The Summer king is coming for the thorn—a weapon destined to bring his end—and Fletcher has never felt so helpless. When the disturbing dreams start and his mentor, Oak,… Continue reading A Free Dreamer Review: Wren and Oak (The Rowan Harbor Cycle #9) by Sam Burns
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 