Continuing a Love Affair with the Written Word
Book Review The Iron King, by Julie Kawaga YA; Fantasy 3.5 Stars A fun, light read MEGHAN CHASE HAS A SECRET DESTINY—ONE SHE COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED… Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at... Continue Reading →
Book Review Ensnared, by A. G. Howard 5 Stars YA; Fantasy; Dark Fantasy There's No Escaping Wonderland After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She’s determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves. Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a... Continue Reading →
Book Review Seven Surrenders, by Ada Palmer Science Fiction; Speculative Fiction 5 Stars Book two in the Terra Ignota series, Seven Surrenders was a fantastic follow-up to Too Like the Lightning. More kernels of information about the nuances of the peaceful "utopian" culture, interlaced with interpretations of philosophies of old directly creating attitudes and behaviors... Continue Reading →
Book Review Thrown to the Blue, by K. J. Chapman Fantasy 3 Stars A solid story & great characters, with some flaws Thrown to the Blue Foretellings have no place for goodness, only greatness. Princess Ezrahli is far from good, but she is a great woman in a conventional Kingdom, followed by whispers and scorn.... Continue Reading →
Book Review Unhinged (Splintered Series Book 2) 4 Stars Read Book 1: Splintered review Amazon abstract: Alyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole. She was crowned Queen of the Red Court and faced the bandersnatch. She saved the life of Jeb, the boy she loves, and escaped the machinations of the disturbingly appealing Morpheus.... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Dialectic of Agony: Echo Volume 3 by: Kent Wayne While Crusader Kischan Atriya fights to keep his life and sanity, his mentor Chrysalis Verus undertakes a perilous journey across the wilds of Echo. Their separate paths intertwine in the unlikeliest of places and across all borders, both psychic and physical. 5 Stars... Continue Reading →
Book Review: EVO Shift by: K. J. Chapman She killed him, but did it make a difference? Her kind has been exposed, abused, and segregated, and now Teddie Leason is top of Britain’s most wanted list at just nineteen. Teddie has to decide whose side she is on, what she fights for, and whether it’s... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Splintered, by A. G. Howard "A descendent of the inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, sixteen year old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother until she finds that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests to fix Alice's mistakes, she may save her family from... Continue Reading →
EVO Nation: Book 1 in EVO Nation Series; by K.J. Chapman Book Review From EVO Nation Amazon listing: The government tortures her, her own kind use her, and she is learning the true meaning of ulterior motives. Teddie Leason has been dragged into the festering underbelly of the secretive world of EVO; a world about... Continue Reading →
From the paperback back cover: Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of twenty-fifth century, to wander the world being useful to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a Senssayer - a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which... Continue Reading →
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