Sapphires & Souls: An Urban Fantasy Mystery

by Parker Blue

Most part-demons in the Demon Underground have awesome powers, like the ability to walk through others’ dreams, predict the future, or phase through matter. Me? I talk to rocks. Yeah, they try to make it sound cool by calling me the stone whisperer, but honestly? Talking to self-centered, annoying gemstones doesn’t exactly set the world on fire (that would take a fire demon).

So when a seer makes a vague prophecy that says I am the only one who can save “Selene’s son” and prevent widespread bloodshed in Colorado Springs, I’m a bit skeptical. However, since the seer has a hundred percent accuracy rate--and I really want to find some way to be useful to the underground--I reluctantly head to Colorado to check it out.

With the help of my hellhound, a water demon, a vampire, and a wickedly powerful opal, can I unravel this puzzle before disaster occurs?

Crap. Talk about impossible....

Sapphires & Souls is a 35,000 word urban fantasy mystery novella, first in The Stone Whisperer Chronicles, a spin-off from The Demon Underground series featuring powerful part-demons, snarky hellhounds, helpful vampires, and secretive shifters.

Genres: Urban Fantasy

142 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 7, 2023

About the author

Who is Parker Blue? Well, I live in Colorado Springs with my dog, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Val's part-hellhound mutt, Fang.

I hate writing bios so that's all you're gonna get. Okay, okay. Instead of more boring bio stuff, how about some of my likes and dislikes?


Stuff I love, in no particular order:

- The color red—a bright, orange-red just makes me happy.
- Shiny things. I must have been a magpie in a previous life.
- Making shiny things. Love to bead!
- Dogs—they love you unconditionally and are great at stress relief.
- Numbers. So sue me—I love math. It always makes sense.
- Chocolate. Come on, that's a no-brainer.
- The mountains of Colorado. Their awe-tastic beauty is good for the soul.
- Diet Coke. What can I say? I'm addicted.
- Reading. Escaping into a cool new world someone created out of their imagination? It doesn't get much better than that.
- Oh, yeah. And writing. Making up my own world out of random bits of my twisted psyche is the best!

Things I'm not so crazy about, besides the obvious things everyone hates (war, pestilence, famine, you know the drill):

- Blogs that dis other people. What's up with that?
- Going to the dentist. Need I say more?
- Politics. Big yawn.
- Television shows that ask people do stupid things for money then make fun of them.
- Seafood. Ick. Just...ick.
- Yard work. I need lawn gnomes!
- Writing bios. Enough already!

As for the drawings...no, they don't really resemble me much, but this is what I figure Parker Blue ought to look like, kind of geek chic. Torie Fox drew them for me—isn't she fabulous?

Reviews

[Lori S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice straight forward fantasy with demons, shifters, and vampires. I do like Ivy, so I plan to continue this series and read the first one as well: Bite Me.

[Lorrena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read, cute story

This was a very quick read. The characters were great. Lots of different personalities. The main character, Ivy, was pretty much a scaredy-cat through most of the story, so that was a bit annoying, but she was brave enough to help take on the Big Bad at the end. I'd be interested in seeing how Ivy's character develops during the rest of the series.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the return of the Demon Underground! The Hellhound puppies are so much fun!

[Angel Graham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good read. Part of a series, but can be read as a standalone.

[Virginia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.