Tina A.

A Highly Original Paranormal Sci-Fi, Romance & Family Mystery

Jenna K Rai was my match in May for FB’s The Book Haven Tribe’s Adopt an Author program, and I am so glad she was!

Stardust follows a dysfunctional family with a fierce loyalty to one another—except for one questionable member. At first, I wasn't sure where the plot was heading, but everything clicked perfectly during the last few shocking chapters.

The Fantasy world-building feels a bit like Greek mythology. Each member of this celestial family has their own physical form to live on one of the planets in their "Metal System." They use telepathy and can travel between planets, even tracking their ages in "rotations" instead of years. Time moves quickly there.

The story starts when the siblings are young and age quickly, focusing on the close bond between Vanessa (Nessa) and her baby sister, Avianna (nicknamed Trouble). There’s mystery surrounding both girls' unique traits.

There’s one brief mature scene that caught me off guard, but it makes total sense once you hit those final chapters.

Nessa's story continues in Diamond, the first book in the Jewel Order Trilogy. I already bought the paperback and can't wait to see if the siblings’ bond holds strong. If it is anything like this prequel, I know I'm going to love the twists!

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Can you ever truly know the people you love until they are gone?

The Caretaker:

This dark, sapphic tale follows Toby, whose journey feels like a quiet, internal road trip. After losing her partner, Willow, Toby travels to a small town in Mississippi to fulfill Willow’s final request.

The atmosphere here is saturated with a deep love and a heavy, quiet mystery as Toby uncovers fragments of Willow’s past that were never shared. What she discovers about Willow is so surreal. It adds a unique spin on a certain kind of legend. It’s a haunting look at that "in-between" space of grief, where the world of the living and the memories of the dead overlap—blurring the line between moving on and staying behind.

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What happens when you finally start to find your own spirit again?

Jinn Medlin escapes a twelve year affair that went nowhere. Distraught and driving through icy weather in the middle of nowhere, she is watching the fuel needle drop. She finds herself in the peculiar village of Moonbeam Hill where Rafe manifests and comes to her rescue—a man who seems almost too perfect to exist.

The prose is soaked in surreal, spiritual, dreamlike hope. A hope for new beginnings. And a strong connection to Jinn’s past. It keeps you guessing: is Rafe just a figment of her imagination to help her heal or is there something beyond understanding reaching out to her?