By: Manuela Soares Fantasy stories, especially magical fantasy, require several things to be successful: great world-building, a believable magic system, characters that are given room to grow and have their arcs, descriptive writing to show readers what’s going on rather than just telling us, and a decent amount of patience to bring all these things... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares In her debut novel, Theresa Braun has created an incredible collection of 13 short horror and dark fantasy stories that will draw you in and refuse to let you go until the very end. This mixes stories filled with ghosts, demons, angels, aliens, and more while insuring each story is unique and... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Happy hump day readers! We’ve reached the middle of another week, which makes it time to catch up with what’s being read! WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Gwen is a nurse who's having issues with her EMT/neighbor/potential stalker ex-boyfriend Adam. While on a hike she meets a guy named Noah, who ends up being brought into the hospital as a John Doe when he's found after being potentially attacked. Drew is a local cop and friend of Gwen's who... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Happy hump day, readers! We’ve reached the middle of another week, which makes it time to catch up with what’s being read! WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Hello readers and welcome back to another Tuesday post on Functionally Fictional. With so many great books coming out this year, I thought I would share six books that I'm looking forward to in the first half of 2023. 1. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao. Pub. Jan.... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Still reeling from events not long passed, and tension with her almost fiancé Alec, Annalisse Drury receives a message from an old farm hand about her MIA mother. Desperate for some space from the tension and issues with Alec, Anna takes off to New Zealand to try and track down her elusive... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Happy New Year and Hump Day readers! We’ve reached the middle of another week which makes it time to catch up with what’s being read! WWW Wednesday is a weekly reading update hosted by Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading?... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares Hello, hello! Welcome back to Functionally Fictional for another Tuesday post. As we usually do at this time of year, I've been reflecting on the past year and what I've read and what I wanted to read but didn't, and I thought this would make an interesting post. So, here is my... Continue Reading →
By: Manuela Soares “I have a strict curfew. You will be in your room by eleven, asleep at midnight. No arguments…No excuses, no exceptions ever.” – Ernst to David, Ch. 1, Pg. 59, eBook version. Twenty years after the end of WWII, bogged down with survivor’s guilt, 10-year-old David Saidel is being sent to live with his... Continue Reading →
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