J. P. Wickwire

http://www.dailymonocle.blogspot.com/

J. P. Wickwire is a student of Salem College who believes that the human race is on the cusp of living in the reality of science fiction.
Her speculative poetry has appeared in Bull Spec magazine, and in Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes, a zombie poetry anthology edited by A. P. Fuchs. Her speculative short fiction has been featured in Whispering Dragons digital magazine, and is forthcoming in the November/December issue of Cicada magazine.
When she isn’t writing, reading, or researching, she’s playing guitar or attending a gallery hop downtown. Ms. Wickwire blogs at http://www.dailymonocle.blogspot.com

Book Reviews by J. P. Wickwire

Image of Land That I Love
Author(s):
William Freedman
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Satire, Political

Land That I Love

July 20, 2011
Reviewed by: 
J. P. Wickwire

“Perhaps Land that I Love would have succeeded in another vehicle. As a graphic novel, one can see its over-the-top explanations and absurd characters working quite well.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Crucified Dreams
Author(s):
Genre(s):
Science Fiction & Fantasy

Crucified Dreams

May 17, 2011
Reviewed by: 
J. P. Wickwire

“. . . diversity is what makes Crucified Dreams so interesting: it’s like a self-sufficient ecosystem of horror in which new ‘breeds’ create themselves on every page.”

Read Book Review >>
Image of Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders: A Mystery (Oscar Wilde Murder Mystery Series)
Author(s):
Gyles Brandreth
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction

Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders: A Mystery (Oscar Wilde Murder Mystery Series)

May 17, 2011
Reviewed by: 
J. P. Wickwire

“Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders takes the flamboyant playwright on another rollicking mystery ride with friends Arthur Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker in tow.”

Read Book Review >>
Image of Deathless
Author(s):
Catherynne M. Valente
Genre(s):
Science Fiction & Fantasy

Deathless

March 29, 2011
Reviewed by: 
J. P. Wickwire

He is the opposite of death: devilish, dark, and dashing. He is as ancient as the heavens, but as young as you want him to be. He is the Tsar of Life, and he’s looking for a bride.

Read Book Review >>
This item is no longer valid on Amazon.
Image of Sleight of Hand
Author(s):
Mitch Sebourn
Genre(s):
Mystery & Thriller

Sleight of Hand

February 25, 2011
Reviewed by: 
J. P. Wickwire

Sometimes a book comes along and you get this pleasant feeling of déjà vu. Not in the sense that you’ve read the book before, per se, but that the book knows you.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Brave New Worlds (Dystopian Stories)
Author(s):
Genre(s):
Science Fiction & Fantasy

Brave New Worlds (Dystopian Stories)

January 11, 2011
Reviewed by: 
J. P. Wickwire

This is a world where the government has absolute control agriculturally, technologically, reproductively, and culturally.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Wither (Chemical Garden)
Author(s):
Lauren DeStefano
Genre(s):
Young Adult, Social & Family Issues, Series Fiction, Sci-Fi

Wither

January 11, 2011
Reviewed by: 
J. P. Wickwire

Due to a flaw in the genetic engineering designed to prolong the life of the population, men only live to 25 years of age, and women only live to be 20.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Of Love and Evil: The Songs of the Seraphim, Book Two (Songs of the Seraphim Series)
Author(s):
Anne Rice
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction

Of Love and Evil: The Songs of the Seraphim, Book Two (Songs of the Seraphim Series)

November 28, 2010
Reviewed by: 
J. P. Wickwire

Assassin-turned-time-traveler Toby O’Dare is back in Of Love and Evil, the second installment of Anne Rice’s Song of the Seraphim series.

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Windup Girl
Author(s):
Paolo Bacigalupi
Genre(s):
Fantasy, Anthologies, Science Fiction, Genetic Engineering

The Windup Girl

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
J. P. Wickwire

This is a world where calories are more precious than gold—where crops are engineered sterile by the titans of the industry, and the side effects of their genetic mistakes afflict the world at larg

Read Book Review >>