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Jacqueline Care | Author-Reader Match: CASSIEL’S SERVANT
Author Guest / August 3, 2023

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Jacqueline Carey!   Writes: Oh, I’ve traveled to many places under the big umbrella of fantasy! CASSIEL’S SERVANT takes us to Terre d’Ange, a land inspired by the south of France, where 10-year-old Joscelin Verreuil will spend the next 10 years training to become a chaste, stoic warrior-priest of the Cassiline Brotherhood…. only to be assigned to guard the most notorious courtesan in the realm. Alternate historical fantasy dripping with intrigue, edgy sensuality and opulence is the hallmark of my Kushiel’s Legacy series. This laconic hero wants none of it.   About: A longtime Michigander, I love being surrounded by the woods and dunes and gorgeous Lake Michigan—but I’m happy to Netflix and chill, too. I’m an unabashed foodie and an above-average home cook. While I’m definitely a Fortress of Solitude writer, in the kitchen, I thrive on camaraderie and fellowship. I love learning new things, especially weird things. Here’s one:  Hiccups are your body’s way of attempting to breathe through your no-longer-existent gills….

Katee Robert | My Favorite Annual Re-Reads
Author Guest / December 10, 2018

Every year, when December rolls around, I find myself gravitating back toward the same books over and over again. They’re my ultimate comfort reads, the books I want to curl up with when the snow it falling and it’s bitterly cold outside. It’s been enough years at this point that it really feels like visiting old friends for the holidays, which just adds to the attraction of these particular rereads. What books are these? Of course, I’ll tell you! The Black Jewels series by Anne Bishop. I first discovered these books when I was in high school, and they only seem to get better with each reread. Anne Bishop doesn’t shy away from some truly dark topics, but she has this wonderful way of threading the darkness with amazing relationships, found families, and surprising humor. I love all her stuff, but the original Black Jewels trilogy is the one I gravitate back toward again and again. Kushiel’s Legacy trilogy by Jacqueline Carey. I’ve had the original trilogy so long that my paperback is starting to fall apart, and I’ve since re-purchased digital copies to save my arms (they’re VERY long books). Jacqueline Carey is straight up brilliant with how she…