Conflict, discovery, and shifting ideas shape the world of The Lonely Knight by Bruce Clayton, the opening story in the completed MYRE series. Blending medieval fantasy adventure with science, mathematics, engineering, martial arts, linguistics, and history, the series explores a world where understanding itself can become a form of power. MYRE Series [easyazon_image align=”left” height=”500″ […]
[easyazon_infoblock align=”center” identifier=”B0FCXKKXRR” locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″] Julie’s Review: I’ve done a few escape rooms and found them very exciting and also very difficult. So the puzzles and clues in this book were a fun theme! I also liked the premise that these teams are competing on a game show to win big bucks, and meanwhile, there’s […]
How do you build real intimacy without losing yourself? That question sits at the heart of Evan Mark’s Vesper (Kinderspiel Press), a sparkling and sharp literary debut that puts a fresh spin on the modern romance. [easyazon_image align=”left” height=”500″ identifier=”B0GK291LC1″ locale=”US” src=”https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31FluQNhvTL._SL500_.jpg” tag=”chapbrea05-20″ width=”328″] [easyazon_link identifier=”B0GK291LC1″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Vesper[/easyazon_link] by Evan Mark Vesper Elsegood is in […]
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR OF Chris Nielsen’s, Being Pyotr Ilyich: Tchaikovsky’s Inner Life, Revealed by Himself 130 Years Later [easyazon_image align=”left” height=”500″ identifier=”9730378851″ locale=”US” src=”https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41HdT5cTxNL._SL500_.jpg” tag=”chapbrea05-20″ width=”324″] [easyazon_link identifier=”9730378851″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Being Pyotr Ilyich: Tchaikovsky’s Inner Life, Revealed by Himself 130 Years Later[/easyazon_link] Book Summary Being Pyotr Ilyich: Tchaikovsky’s Inner Life, Revealed by Himself […]
[easyazon_image align=”left” height=”500″ identifier=”1665793287″ locale=”US” src=”https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31P5nE2uXhL._SL500_.jpg” tag=”chapbrea05-20″ width=”333″]Title: [easyazon_link identifier=”1665793287″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Now is Not a Good Time for a Breakdown[/easyazon_link] Author: Mel West Release Date: May 19, 2026 Blurb:A sharp, darkly funny novel capturing a generation raised on achievement and self-optimization, only to discover that visible success doesn’t guarantee fulfillment—from a debut novelist to watch. […]
Julie’s Review: [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”160″ identifier=”1969840129″ locale=”US” src=”https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Efzu1r23L._SL160_.jpg” tag=”chapbrea05-20″ width=”100″][easyazon_link identifier=”1969840129″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Court of Wings and Spirit: A Slow Burn Portal Urban Fantasy Romance (Hidden Courts of the Fae #5)[/easyazon_link]: I kept trying to turn to the next page but my kindle was stuck! What was that ending? This series continues to get more and […]
We’re chatting about covers on Chapter Break. ‘Cause you know we all judge books by covers, whether we admit it or not. We judge the style, the color and font choices, and just the overall look. That might not keep us from reading the book, but we do still judge. [easyazon_infoblock align=”center” identifier=”B0D365SXLL” locale=”US” […]
[easyazon_link identifier=”B0GQJFT57R” locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Tilly and the Wisdom Trials[/easyazon_link] Children’s Fantasy Adventure, Educational Fiction / Learning Adventure Date Published: February 27, 2026 In this imaginative and heartwarming picture book, Tilly and the Wisdom Trials introduces young readers to a world hidden beneath the prairie – a place where learning is a magical adventure and […]
For this discussion post, we are joining the Fantasy With Friends discussion with Pages Unbound. This week’s prompt: Do you like reading fairy tale retellings? What, in your opinion, makes a good retelling? Julie: I enjoy a good twisting up of a well known story. Give me an origin story that paints the […]
Julie’s Review of [easyazon_link identifier=”B0FLVPX7K8″ locale=”US” tag=”chapbrea05-20″]Beast and Remedy: The Last of the Heirs[/easyazon_link]: [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”160″ identifier=”B0FLVPX7K8″ locale=”US” src=”https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51qiYE-ftWL._SL160_.jpg” tag=”chapbrea05-20″ width=”103″] In this “Beauty and the Beast” reimagining, where the princess is both beauty and beast, we have a story focused on the race to find a cure to save her sister, and a […]