I wish there were a word in the English language that meant something bigger than love, a word that meant something grander than epic, a word that meant something greater than extraordinary.

Extralovepicary. There. If you can't come up with the appropriate word, sometimes you just have to make one up. Aisling Book Two: Dream is extralovepicary. It is transcendent, monumental, unequivocally one of the finest books I've ever experienced and a significant layer added to the already complex foundation that is this series.

(5 stars)


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				Drops of Ink I enjoyed the mix of romance, fantasy--which leans heavily in science fiction with its alternative worlds and tech--and action/drama, and already hanging out for the next book. (5 stars) Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words I'm highly recommending both books, to be read in the order that they are written. (5 stars)

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		(Formerly Relativity)		Drops of Ink I loved this story, and the series is now on my paperback buy list. (5 stars) Love Bytes Reviews ...if you like a meaty plot with texture, detail and substance, Relativity is a worthy investment. (4.5 stars) Caz's Reading Room An enjoyable mix of sci-fi action thriller and best-friends-to-lovers romance, A World Away* is a captivating series opener...* (A-) All About Romance A World Away is one of those books that hooked me from the very first page and kept me eagerly turning the pages and getting ever closer to the edge of my seat as the plot unfolded and the stakes kept getting higher. (A-) Joyfully Jay Reviews It seemed like every element of the story complemented the others, coming together is a suspenseful, satisfying whole. (4.5 stars) Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words I'm highly recommending this story. It's beautifully written, great characters, and a complicated plot will keep you invested from start to finish. (4.5 stars)

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				Joyfully Jay Reviews This was an absorbing read with a great deal of action, a sweet romance, and not enough dragons. I highly recommend it. (5 stars) The Backlot Sonata Form gets a solid five-star review. Carole Cummings is, simply, a wonderful writer. (5 stars) The Gay & Lesbian Review Magazine Cummings' story resonates with the ebb and flow of a symphonic opera, building to an incredible finale. I found the book hard to put down.

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		Series voted Best AU/Fantasy Series Series voted Readers' Favorite 2012		The Novel Approach Carole Cummings has just joined a short list of authors who, when I read their work for the first time, I knew I was onto something kind of special, authors who put their personal stamps of ownership upon the sub-genres in which they write, as I was left in jaw dropping wonder at the skill and finesse with which she wielded her words, threading the loom, each chapter a slow and enticing revelation, until finally the entire picture could be seen, and it was stunning. (5 stars) MM Good Book Reviews Oh, my freaking God... put down whatever you are doing, get this book and read your little hearts out. This type of book is the reason why I love fantasy so much, the pure joy of the imagination, the complete world building and the mysterious characters that all have their own stories. (5 hearts) Top 2 Bottom Reviews Wolf's-Own: Ghost is just the beginning of what promises to be an epic adventure of danger and betrayal, of mistrust and abuse of trust. This is the story of men and women who play their parts in the manipulations and machinations between the gods and their children, the Ancestors and the Untouchable, and the Blood magic they use to control and to sacrifice, for sinister and secretive purposes. (5 kisses) The Armchair Reader I really think that Carole has one-upped herself when I didn't know if she could. (5 stars)

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				The Armchair Reader Well... wow. (5 stars) MM Good Book Reviews Wow. An incredible end to the *Wolf's-own* saga. Everything we have seen before culminates to an incredible ending where we see a little happiness finally, at long last, for Fen. (5 hearts) The Novel Approach I loved this series, from inception to conclusion, connected with it in a way I don't connect with many books... (5 stars)

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				MM Good Book Reviews I have no choice to but recommend this to everyone if they want a fun light read that has brilliant characters, a great storyline, fantastic animals, and a neurotic librarian... (5 hearts) Live Your Life, Buy the Book *The Queen's Librarian* is a fantasy novel complete with magical creatures, royalty and intrigue. It is light and humorous with a steady stream of witty banter among the characters. (4 stars) The Novel Approach Just when we'd gotten used to Carole Cummings' spectacular brand of darkly atmospheric fantasy, she has broken form with The Queen's Librarian, and I must say that the difference is most definitely delectable. (5 stars) Cryselle's Bookshelf Comedy is much harder than it looks, and sustaining it for this long a work is a skill. (4.5 marbles)

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		Best of 2015--Joyfully Jay Best of 2015--The Novel Approach Reviews Best of 2015--B. A. Brock Books 2nd Place Best SF/F 2015 Rainbow Awards Best of 2015--It's About the Book		Amazing Stories Magazine *Blue on Black* by Carole Cummings ... is a fresh new take on the Steampunk genre, combining imaginative technology with mind twisting mystery and adventure. A character driven story, there's plenty here for readers to enjoy. The Novel Approach Everything in this novel is layered--the colors, the characters, the setting, the Tech, the grandiose scheme which has brought the outlier Stanslo's Bridge and its robber baron, Petra Stanslo, to the attention of the Directorate--with a subtlety that makes you look just that little bit deeper to make sure you don't miss a thing. (5 stars) BA Brock for Queer SciFi I don't usually reread novels, but there are layers upon layers, and now that I've read it, I want to reread it and catch everyone in their lies. (5 stars) Joyfully Jay What a ride! *Blue on Black* is another fantastic novel by Carole Cummings and one that keeps the reader desperately trying to keep up as it twists and turns to a blinding conclusion. (5 stars) It's About the Book This book is absolutely one of my favorites of 2015. It's full of danger and intrigue. Amazing world building that's unlike anything I've ever read before. A tumultuous but gripping love story. Crazy characters I loved and hated. Action packed. Creatures. Those fucking spiders! I can't help but think this book was kind of like a western flavored Mad Max. Arrrghhh--there's really no way to sum up all that this story is. What I do know is it is AWESOME! I freaking loved it. I absolutely recommend it. (5 stars) Binge on Books If you're a reader looking for sci-fi with elements of fantasy and steam punk, in a world occupied by multidimensional characters who are never quite who they seem to be, this is the one for you. (Bingeworthy) Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words I am often at a loss as to how to categorize a Carole Cummings novel. Sometimes its fantasy, or alternate universe, or steampunk or a bit of all of those. But no matter how you want to classify them, the fact remains that Carole Cummings is one of the most inventive, imaginative storytellers out there. (5 stars)

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		Series voted Reviewer's Top Pick 2011 Voted Best Series of 2017		Joyfully Jay Guardian and the subsequent novels of the trilogy are not for the faint of heart. They are complex and layered and at times maddening in their confusion. Patience untangles it all and the reward is an amazing story of survival and devotion between two men who have been chosen to save the world. (4.5 stars) Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Just outstanding! From the incredible world building to the nuanced characters full of anguished pasts and unimaginable pain to a present [that] comes with a slow buildup of suspense and a flight of terror against faceless enemies, this story is one you cannot put down. (5 stars) Rainbow Reviews Fabulous worldbuilding and characterizations make this a must-read. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I envy this author's way with words. Cryselle's Bookshelf This story pulled me in from the very first scenes... (5 marbles) The Novel Approach And once again I am prisoner to my Kindle, slave to my inability to read without succumbing to that pesky need to sleep, obsessing over two characters who've robbed me of my ability to put into words how neatly they've overtaken my insatiable need to know every minute detail about who they are, where they've been, and where they will go. (5 stars)

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				Joyfully Jay Wil and Dallin are both captivating characters and absolutely engaging. (4.75 stars) Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words There is no one element or section here I can highlight. It's all equally fantastic. Characters are beautifully created. I believe in them and their relationships. Fear for their futures. The evil here is horrific and about to deepen with the last story. The gods and aspects of religion the author has devised is stunning in its originality. How this will play out for Wil and Dallin in book three, Beloved Son, is something I can't wait to read.... (5 stars) Rainbow Reviews The writing is starkly beautiful through and through, and I couldn't recommend Aisling 2: Dream* any higher.* Dark Divas *Dream* is a book of reversals--what was a flight and pursuit becomes a pilgrimage of sorts, what were enemies become something both more and less than friends and lovers, fear becomes trust, and yes, trust does become doubt. By the end of the book, very little is as it started, and the changes are perfectly plotted and in character. (5 divas) Cryselle's Bookshelf Simple actions and wishes become astonishing in her descriptions--the words are the words of English but the stringing together is... magic. (5 marbles) The Novel Approach I wish there were a word in the English language that meant something bigger than love, a word that meant something grander than epic, a word that meant something greater than extraordinary. Extralovepicary. There. If you can't come up with the appropriate word, sometimes you just have to make one up. Aisling Book Two: Dream is extralovepicary. It is transcendent, monumental, unequivocally one of the finest books I've ever experienced and a significant layer added to the already complex foundation that is this series. (5 stars)

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				Joyfully Jay Consider this one highly recommended. (4.75 stars) Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words The power of her narrative and the emotions it pulls from you will threaten to knock you over. (5 stars) Rainbow Reviews This sweeping epic left me breathlessly turning pages and, as with the other two installments, I lost sleep to read. The Novel Approach This series has been a masterpiece in the making, a wonder to behold, and I am in utter awe of it. Each word, each sentence that has been threaded and woven to form the tapestry was selected with the utmost care and attention to detail. It is at once ethereal and aesthetic, a feast for the imagination and a wholly sensory experience. (5 stars) Dark Divas Carole Cummings has presented a sweeping denouement to her stunning trilogy. *Aisling Part Three, Beloved Son*, completes all the story arcs that have been building to give [us] a monumental tale of men, gods, love, and oh yeah, saving the world, too. (5 divas)

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				Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words In 32 pages, Cummings gives us detailed office politics, sparkling personalities, an hilarious and kinky married couple, the place of pheromones within the culture, world building, and the start of a wonderful romance. Honestly, I didn't want it to end. (5 stars) Queer Sci Fi The author's prose is especially delightful. It made reading this story a breeze.... Rainbow Reviews If you like creative, imaginative worlds, if you think the North Pole could be quite different from what some have led us to believe and want to find out what that might mean, and if you're looking for a highly entertaining read that will make you smile and could have you imagining all sorts of consequences, then you will probably like this short story as much as I do. I think it's absolutely wonderful! (5 stars)

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				Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Fun, farcical with enough of the dark thrown in to make it interesting.... Definitely a Carole Cummings story. One I recommend. (4 stars) Rainbow Reviews If you like a good satire focused on "good versus evil" with an unusual outcome, if laughing your head off is your thing, and if you're looking for a read where love triumphs against all expectations, then you will probably like this novella as much as I do. (5 stars) The Blogger Girls ...wildly quirky and HIGHLY entertaining....As soon as I started it, I was drawn in and couldn't put the story down. (4.5 stars) Diverse Reader Simply put, this novella was fun, sweet, and moved with breakneck speed.... I loved this little gem and think you just might as well. (4.5 stars) The TBR Pile Carole's writing reminds me of the great Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams... which in my book is amazing praise. (5 stars)

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				Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words It was just terrific in every way from the characters to the plot. C. Cummings is one of my favorite authors. This is why. (5 stars) Joyfully Jay This is how a great short story should leave one--with a dual sense of satisfaction and yet yearning for just a little more. (5 stars) Rainbow Reviews If you're looking for an entertaining mix of action/adventure, political thriller, with superhero-like characters fighting injustice, corruption, and an authoritarian regime, then you will probably like this short story. (5 stars)

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