Whisper Gatherers by Nicola J. McDonagh My rating: 4 of 5 stars Having read both Echoes from the Lost Ones and then the following A Silence Heard, I was excited to hear McDonagh had written a prequel. Whisper Gatherers takes us back to NotSoGreatAlbion but in the days prior to Deogol’s abduction. As much as EftLO and ASH were chock full of a world far different than the one we know, this book retains that…
Jane. by Riya Anne Polcastro My rating: 5 of 5 stars Note: I was provided a copy of this text by the author in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. The author and reviewer have no prior knowledge of or interaction with one another beyond the review of this book.Every so often you come across a book that comes at you from out of nowhere, jumps into your hands and demands to be read, the…
Tight by Alessandra Torre My rating: 5 of 5 stars Allessandra Torre never fails to deliver on erotic hotness, soaked panty-reading fiction. I think it’s in her blood. She just knows sex and how to write about it. Born to it, for it, to write about it. What I love about her is that she weaves unexpected stories around the eroticism and in TIGHT she makes good in keeping with tradition. I’m not a reviewer…
Tales from the Rainbow Bridge by A. Abbie Aardmore My rating: 5 of 5 stars *Note: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review* Tales from the Rainbow Bridge is exactly what you think it is: a book full of heartwarming tales about animals (mainly dogs) whom have left this life and are waiting for their owners, or “heart holders” in the grassy green meadows at the base of the…
How to Rid Your Swimming Pool of a Bloodthirsty Mermaid by Mick Bogerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars With a title like Slug Pie Story #2: How to Rid Your Swimming Pool of a Bloodthirsty Mermaid you know you’re in for an interesting take in children’s fiction. If there is any doubt allowed by such a title the cover says it all, reminding me of the classic horror-fiction of my youth. The two go…
Black Lies by Alessandra Torre My rating: 5 of 5 stars Black Lies might just be Torre’s biggest “totally did not expect that!” twist of a novel yet. Revolving around two main characters, Layana Fairmont and Brant Sharp, this novel takes you on an erotic mystery ride worth waiting in line for. I don’t want to talk too much detail of the plot in this review. Awhile back I had the chance to interview Torre…
Doom Absolute by R.T. Worth My rating: 5 of 5 stars My first point of note in reading Doom Absolute is the book’s cover art. A tri-pointed collage of the myriad characters shrouded by mist, it is appropriately allusive to the story contained within. The cover actually does more justice to the story than the blurb provided, which says nothing of the magic, mystique, and strangely alluring blend of human culture/mentality (particularly the extreme consumerism)…
Saving Gracie by Nancy DeMarco My rating: 5 of 5 stars Saving Gracie was a thoroughly delightful read. Much like a pot luck held by a denizen of quaint, seemingly quiet Coyne Falls, New Hampshire this story is a cobbling together of story elements that serves to satisfy a gamut of literary appetites. The book’s blurb only hints at what lies between the covers of this book. Discovering the myriad layers of this town’s mysteries…
Early Daze by Jennifer Gilby Roberts My rating: 5 of 5 stars Early Daze reads much like a memoir although from Roberts’ explanation (found included on the Amazon.com purchase page for the book) it isn’t meant to be. Although partially based on personal experience, this is not Roberts’ story of her daughter premature birth but an attempt to share the most important aspects of her experiences in order to bring light to what is ordinarily…
The Blessed Man and the Witch by David Dubrow My rating: 4 of 5 stars Dubrow delivers a novel that takes three seemingly disparate genres and smashes them all together like some author’s cruel joke on an unsuspecting literary Humpty Dumpty whose pieces were then somehow put back together in such a way as to make him Super Humpty. The resulting concoction turns out to be a suave story told from multiple points of view.…
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