Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday! Let’s get down to business, shall we? Arcana Winner: The winner of The Boneshaker, The Broken Lands, and The Kairos Mechanism by Kate Milford is… Katy K Congratulations! Send us an email (contact AT thebooksmugglers…
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It’s Friday which means that we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea reviews the second novel in Marie Brennan’s fictional Victorian-ish memoir series, The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir of Lady Trent. Thea enjoyed the first book, although it…
Title: Night Broken Author: Patricia Briggs Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: March 2014 Hardcover: 341 Pages An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. In this series, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Title: Earth Star Author: Janet Edwards Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Pyr (US) / Harper Voyager (UK) Publication Date: April 2014 (US) / August 2013 (UK) Hardcover: 285 Pages Romance, science fiction, action, and a look at the…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Yesterday (Part I) we reviewed The Kairos Mechanism; today we review…
Today our guest is Kate Milford, author of wonderful historical MG/YA fiction, steeped in folklore and a dash of horror. We’re thrilled to have Kate over to talk about her books and novellas – in particular, to talk about…
We’re reviewing a double-dose of Kate Milford’s Aracana Project – two novellas set in the same world as her awesome full-length novels The Boneshaker and The Broken Lands. Today’s review (Part I) is for The Kairos Mechanism; tomorrow we…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
Title: Plus One Author: Elizabeth Fama Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Girroux Publication Date: April 2014 Ebook: 373 Pages It takes guts to deliberately mutilate your hand while operating a blister-pack sealing machine, but…