A Well Read Nerd

  A Delightful Mishmash of Genre I am always down for a good Greek mythology retelling.  Partly because I studied Classical Hellenic history at university, and partially because they have become ubiquitous stories that permeate Western literature.  So when I saw on TikTok Philinna Wood looking to ARC readers for her sophomore novel, a retelling of the story of the Minotaur with a heavy dash of Fae, I was all for it. Let's go over a little background on the author since she is an indie author and not likely to get that much press.  If you can consider my blog press.  On her own webpage , she describes herself by saying: "I'm a Greek author who loves fantasy romance and Greek mythology.  So I thought to combine them both and write a new fae fantasy romance series inspired by Greek mythology!" She goes into more detail on the author page of her novel, saying that she currently lives in Greece with her family. Current cover Truly ...

Salt and Fury by Liz Shipton A great start to a Dystopian Water World Trilogy   Alright, before we get into the review, let's get the disclaimers out of the way.  I received an ARC copy of all three books of Liz Shipton's Thalassic series free of charge from the author.  Liz was looking for ARC readers on TikTok, and luck of the draw I was selected.  For anyone who doesn't know what an ARC reader is, I was given a copy of the books free of charge, prior to the mass release so that I can review them.  That's it. Now that we've covered that, we can get in to the book itself.  Let's start with the cover.  Well, the cover and a little bit of the history of this book.  Salt and Fury was originally a YA novel under the title Salt.  Shipton at some point decided to rework the novel as a somewhat spicy New Adult fiction.  I have not read the YA version, but I think going New Adult was a smart move.  Aging up the characters, just by a c...