Okay, folks, this week’s review might go a bit off the rails because… hot frickety-frick-frack this is good stuff. I’d seen J. Armand’s book babies floating around the Twitterverse for a while thanks to his involvement in #writeLGBTQ, and I was positively champing at the bit to get my hands on them. So when we connected and scheduled him for a review on my blog several months ago? I was doing a butt-wiggle dance all up in my #amwriting nest. And let me tell ya, my lovely ladies, gents, and NBs… ...

“The Immortal Coil,” by J. Armand, is a sci-fi fantasy (with action and horror elements) that follows a young man as his life is turned upside down by the arrival of otherworldly intruders. The novel opens with Dorian, an aspiring model, at a casting call. His life seems normal – the hunt for work, relationship with his family, experiencing a new place – until he sees a CDC van in his neighborhood. Strange, right? Turns out, it was just a small sign of what is to come – an encounter with terrify...

I thought The Immortal Coil was entertaining. I struggle to say it was original as there are so many books with similar themes on the market but the author brings some really vivid characters to life with great back-stories which I suspect are setting the foundations for more books in a series. The one thing I would say is that there is plenty of pace and the action scenes are captured in great detail. Definitely a book where you feel compelled to keep turning the pages!

I didn't quite finish before October ended but I was close. ;)
Up until the last quarter of the book, I would have given this 3 stars. But that last quarter...it was action-packed and emotional and Dorian did some real growing. So it earned a close to 4 star rating. I'm invested enough to continue the series. Thanks for the rec, Kristen!

This is more a scenario than a book. Too fast paced and the main character's reactions are nonsense a lot of the time. And it feels like it could compete with emily in paris, given the inaccuracy of everything that has to do with france/french. Like at some point one character takes a gun that he finds in a taxi/cab. Like it's perfectly normal, never even doubted it was here. Wtf? Life would be way different if random parisian taxi drivers had guns. This just... what? This isn't america. And the...

I personally liked the story half-way through, but the beginning and end was a bit outdrawn in my opinion. Hopefully the next books will be a bit better paced.

4 StarsReview:*I received a free ecopy of this book from the author. This has in no way influenced my review.*The other night I was exhausted but needed to stay up a little longer, so I figured I'd find a good book to pass the time and keep me awake. I tried numerous books, but I was already half asleep, and none of them were keeping my focus. Then I decided to try this book, and I knew from the first page that this would be the one. Before I knew it I was at 10%, then 20%, then 40%. It gripped ...

Fantastic modern day fantasy/fiction. The author does a wonderful job of painting the image of his characters, each is unique and has their own set of values. He doesn't waste time with meaningless descriptions of places or things that are not relevant to the story, which to me is great because he doesn't bore you with how a certain object looks. The author creates an interesting Protagonist who is constantly growing throughout the book. The flow of the book is very smooth and is not filled with...

As an avid fan of fantasy fiction grounded in real life scenarios, I purchased this book after reading the intriguing introductory. After digesting the material over a rather quiet weekend, I can easily attest that it’s one of the better novels I’ve read this year. The author has a rather distinct voice that allows the story, through first-person, to vividly illustrate itself within my mind and demand a suspension of disbelief that is rather rare in most novels. The tale itself has a multidimens...

This is an excellent urban fantasy novel. The author knows exactly what to write to keep you reading, so I have no trouble recommending this book to other UF lovers. The world-building is a slow revea,l so you're in the dark just like the main character Dorian as the story is building. That's being said, the intensity builds pretty fast and you get a glimpse in the first chapters how dark this story can get. Be prepared though, the author does not shy away from gore. If you like it sticky and bl...