Song of Simon by C.A. Sanders My rating: 4 of 5 stars Song of Simon began as a slow read for me. I could relate to Simon as an outcast sort of character with a terrible home life but I found it hard to like him much. It wasn’t until Simon is “drawn into the land of Algavar” that my attention was truly engaged. The world Simon is delivered unto is one of impressive depth…
The Hardest Thing in This World by Nicole Eva Fraser My rating: 5 of 5 stars *Note: I received a copy of this text in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.* Written and told from the perspectives of three women in a family of four, The Hardest Thing in this World is a more-than-worthy read. From page one I was engaged and riveted, absorbed in the writing and the story that unfolded. I simply could…
Do Not Disturb by A.R. Torre My rating: 5 of 5 stars The second Deanna Madden novel Do Not Disturb picks up a few weeks after The Girl in 6E ends story-wise. Having tasted freedom and the possibility of normalcy with a budding relationship with Jeremy, her UPS delivery guy, Deanna takes to experimenting with leaving her apartment on short jaunts with her new beau. The dilemma of the first book is left behind, rarely…
The Lucky Star House of Celestial Pleasures by Hank Kellner My rating: 5 of 5 stars The chuckles began at page one; the sometimes snorting laughter somewhere around page five. The Lucky Star House is a riot of a read – satire done right. Using a varied array of characters and preposterous situations in which to entangle them in, Kellner makes dozens of keen insights on the state of today’s society couched in off color…
The Anchor That Stopped the World by Agostino Scafidi My rating: 1 of 5 stars Note: I received a copy of this text in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. I was excited to start reading this book. With a title as bold and presumptuous as The Anchor that Stopped the World I thought for sure I was going to jump into a literary stunner. I could not have been more wrong. It is evident…
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…
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