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Ever F*cking More

Name: Ever F*cking More
Author: G.B. Amman

by G.B. Amman ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

A lively, if sometimes-unsettling, supernatural tale.

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Two teens from drastically different societies connect in Amman’s paranormal fantasy novel.

In New York, Dean is one of the Lupispiriti—nomads who live in the wild and engage in wolflike behaviors. He belonged to a small pack, made up solely of members of his family, but after Hunters murder his parents, the brawny 14-year-old finds himself alone. While on a quest for vengeance, he finds and takes in an apparent boy who goes by the name Everett; he soon learns that Everett is actually a 14-year-old girl named Ever who’s led a harsh life. Ever is pregnant and needs to see a doctor; the two get help from Child Protective Services and wind up in a youth shelter with other orphans. However, Dean can’t stay there for long, as the Lupispiriti’s annual Gathering is imminent. There, he can join another pack, although it also practically guarantees that he’ll have to interact with a much-despised “alpha” named Sparrow. Meanwhile, Dean and Ever’s relationship, which had been akin to that of siblings, grows more intimate; Sparrow is also fascinated by Ever, for reasons unknown. Can Dean and Ever be together, or will circumstances force them apart? Amman offers an intriguing interpretation of a werewolf tale; the Lupispiriti are humans with a touch of supernatural about them, including heightened senses, superior healing, and, for the alphas, mind control. The story primarily revolves around societal views on sex, contrasting the polyamorous Lupispiriti with the sexually repressed “uncivilization” of ordinary humans. The narrative, which generally favors the former, includes explicit sex scenes involving teens, which is likely to disturb some readers. The story sets up a bizarre potential love triangle before another alpha threatens to stir up trouble among the Lupispiriti. The chapters occasionally interrupt the narrative flow with mid-scene chapter breaks, but scenes that focusing on individual members of the massive cast consistently energize the story. The open ending, too, is as memorable as it is fitting.

A lively, if sometimes-unsettling, supernatural tale.

Pub Date: N/A

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: N/A

Review Posted Online: June 26, 2025

Review Program: Kirkus Indie

Categories:

PARANORMAL FICTION | GENERAL FANTASY | PARANORMAL ROMANCE

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GRIM TIDINGS

by B.K. Borison ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 15, 2026

A lovely and moving romance that examines what it truly means to live.

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Opposites attract when a Grim Reaper clashes with a Guardian Angel in this whimsical paranormal romance.

Darcy Moore is in a bit of a tough spot; she’s a Grim Reaper who’s grown tired of death. When she’s given her next assignment, Darcy decides to go rogue. Rather than reaping, Darcy is determined to save her mark, which only upsets the balance kept by the Department of Hauntings and Spirits. Nothing good comes from a Grim Reaper who’s gone AWOL. Bartender Gabriel Aetos works as a Guardian Angel. He doesn’t take kindly to the fact that a Grim Reaper is slinking around his territory. His role is to protect people, while hers is to usher souls into death. To him, their very natures are at odds and his sudden attraction to Darcy won’t change that. This is very much a grumpy-meets-grumpy romance. Gabriel tries hard to keep Darcy at arm’s length and is open about his mistrust of her. Darcy’s standoffishness, though, is born out of her feelings of isolation and loneliness. Dealing in death has taken an obvious toll on her, and she’s traveling her own introspective path on what it means to be human. Darcy’s fragility is what slowly convinces Gabriel to get close to her, despite the heady yearning he keeps under wraps. However, both view their jobs as central to their existence, for better or worse. While Darcy is actively wondering what it would mean to break free of her Grim Reaper responsibilities, Gabriel has never seemed to ponder being anything other than a Guardian Angel. Borison’s romances—most recently And Now, Back to You (2026)—always strike an emotional chord, with deep-seated conflicts that tap into themes of identity, connection, and grief. This addition is truly the epitome of a Borison romance.

A lovely and moving romance that examines what it truly means to live.

Pub Date: Sept. 15, 2026

ISBN: 9780063430464

Page Count: 352

Publisher: Avon/HarperCollins

Review Posted Online: July 6, 2026

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 2026

Categories:

ROMANCE | PARANORMAL ROMANCE | GENERAL ROMANCE

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THE DARK MIRROR

From the Bone Season series , Vol. 5

by Samantha Shannon ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 25, 2025

Though it falters a bit under its own weight, this series still has plenty of fight left.

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In this long-awaited fifth installment of Shannon’s Bone Season series, the threat to the clairvoyant community spreads like a plague across Europe.

After extending her fight against the Republic of Scion to Paris, Paige Mahoney, leader of London’s clairvoyant underworld and a spy for the resistance movement, finds herself further outside her comfort zone when she wakes up in a foreign place with no recollection of getting there. More disturbing than her last definitive memory, in which her ally-turned-lover Arcturus seems to betray her, is that her dreamscape—the very soul of her clairvoyance—has been altered, as if there’s a veil shrouding both her memories and abilities. Paige manages to escape and learns she’s been missing and presumed dead for six months. Even more shocking is that she’s somehow outside of Scion’s borders, in the free world where clairvoyants are accepted citizens. She gets in touch with other resistance fighters and journeys to Italy to reconnect with the Domino Programme intelligence network. In stark contrast to the potential of life in the free world is the reality that Scion continues to stretch its influence, with Norway recently falling and Italy a likely next target. Paige is enlisted to discover how Scion is bending free-world political leaders to its will, but before Paige can commit to her mission, she has her own mystery to solve: Where in the world is Arcturus? Paige’s loyalty to Arcturus is tested as she decides how much to trust in their connection and how much information to reveal to the Domino Programme about the Rephaite—the race of immortals from the Netherworld, Arcturus’ people—and their connection to the founding of Scion, as well as the presence of clairvoyant abilities on Earth. While the book is impressively multilayered, the matter-of-fact way in which details from the past are sprinkled throughout will have readers constantly flipping to the glossary. As the series’ scope and the implications of the war against Scion expand, Shannon’s narrative style reads more action-thriller than fantasy. Paige’s powers as a dreamwalker are rarely used here, but when clairvoyance is at play, the story shines.

Though it falters a bit under its own weight, this series still has plenty of fight left.