Angel of Death by Karen Dales My rating: 5 of 5 stars Karen Dales is a Mistress of storytelling and it is not hard to understand why this novel is award winning. Allow me to be honest: I received this series directly from the author in exchange for a review (and to help her celebrate her birthday). Even if I hadn’t received it for free, I would gladly pay her purchasing price for all three…
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.…
Heaven Sent by Tracey Dalziel-Bush My rating: 1 of 5 stars Heaven Sent was a challenging read. Classified as a paranormal romance thriller according to the author’s tag cloud on Smashwords, only two of these labels fit, and then only just. The book opens with an introduction to Lilia, the main character, a trained assassin on a mission to rid the world of evil-doers. She’s on the hunt for her best friend’s killer, Ramon Blur.…
Severed Ties by Angie Skelhorn/Witchskel My rating: 1 of 5 stars Severed Ties was a short read and mercifully so. While definitely well-written (the author knows her craft) this story missed some key aspects that kept it from achieving the full 10 out of 10 stars, ranking in at 5 for this reader. The synopsis is spot on as to describing the plot but what I immediately noticed is that the “inner city” that Sandra…
The Fallen Vampire by Beata Blitz My rating: 1 of 5 stars Approached by the author with an offer to read this prequel for free in exchange for an honest review, I agreed because I was intrigued by the summary and cover art, and why not? The summary is well written, draws the potential reader in with the promise of an alluring story about a girl harrowed for her paranormal abilities, chased out of town…
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