Mythicals begins with A'eiio attempting to slide her "flesh-suit" up to hide her graceful fairy body in order to go incognito. I take that back, Mythicals begins specifically with...
Damn! Damn! Damnity-damn! Damnity-damn-damn...Shit!"
I clarify that only because I think that gives great insight into what you are getting inside the pages of Mythicals. Best for lovers of fantasy/SFF, this book has humor, fantastic world-building, interesting characters, AND is impeccably well plotted.

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3.5/5 stars

Look at the cover of this book. Look at it!!

How in the world could I ever say no to this book? (Hint: I couldn't.)

Written from the point of view of Koko the cat, the Foodgiver disappears and a mysterious contraption sends Koko and her sibling annoyance, the stupid and smelly Journey to a Lovecraftian realm in search of him — and of breakfast. I can't imagine that writing from the point of view of a cat would be easy, but Chris W. Sears makes it seem effortless. From the determined, fearless Koko to the unsure, fearful Journey, he easily establishes personalities and dispositions of the two cats.

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Bryn Kolt didn't have a close relationship with her batty, eccentric and wealthy grandmother so imagine her surprise to find that she's been left her cabin in her will. After all, she'd only met her twice and only called once a year on her birthday to be polite. All that rambling her grandmother did about magic and another realm full of mythical creatures... Bryn's been rambling for years, but the lure of a rent-free place to live is too much to pass up. When she discovers that all those stories her grandmother told her are true, well, she's in for a treat and a bit of danger as well.

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Sometimes you just feel like reading a short story. Maybe you don't have a lot of time to invest. Maybe you are looking for a literary aperitif before you dive into the next book. Maybe the last book left you emotionally drained and you don't have the heart to spare just yet.

Out Behind the Barn will fulfill many of those things, but oh, don't you dare think that a short story can't, and won't, hesitate to toy with your emotions.

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Shadow Eyes follows seventeen-year-old Iris Kohl. Iris experienced some type of trauma at age 14. Since then, she has been able to see dark figures around others that no one else is able to see.

Bases around the very interesting premise of Iris' secret, we learn very quickly about Iris' ability but not how it came to be, or exactly what it is that she sees. We don't discover the answers to those questions until the very end of the book. What comes in the middle is a slow plod through high school with Iris. I did like that it's not an idealized version of high school. There's good and bad rolled up into it all. It doesn't just show the sunshine and rainbows.

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