Review of I Don’t Have a Happy Place by Kim Korson

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads Review Written by: Jessica C. It seems like all good things arise out of unusual circumstances and situations. In Kim Korson’s life this moment comes when her therapists asks her why she can’t be happy. Kim’s explanation comes in the hilarious format of an entire novel titled I Don’t Have a Happy Place….

Review of AngelFall by Susan EE

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads Review written by: Jessica C. It has only been six weeks since the angels of the apocalypse fell to earth to destroy the world. A world that once taken over by the angels is now a world where fear and superstition co-exist. Families are divided and ripped apart, left to the whim…

Review of The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads Review written by: Jessica C. One of the most refreshing things to find in a YA novel is a character that the reader can relate to, and an author that writes characters near her age. It was a pleasant surprise after reading Kody Keplinger’s biography that she was a girl in her…

Review of The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads Review Written by: Jessica C. The Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg is the story of George Sand’s life. For those not as familiar with George Sand here’s a brief biography on her. George Sand is but a pseudonym for Amantine-Lucille-Aurore Dupin. However, Aurore is better known by her pseudonym as much as she is…

Review of Scarlet Tides by David Hair

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Kobo/Goodreads Review Written by: Jessica C. The second book of the Moontide Quartet takes off running, with no lengthy drag on or recap of Mage’s Blood. It is a bit refreshing that Hair has managed to leave behind the tediously long, drawn out portions of the predecessor in the Moontide Quartet to take…

Review of Little Black Lies by Sandra Block

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads Review Written By: Jessica C. The nightmare is always the same. Bloodstains on my hands, red as finger paint. So begin the nightmares that introduce the reader to Zoe Goldman. The story of Zoe Goldman is one of a heroine working in a psychiatric ward who deals with the problems of her…

Review of Mage’s Blood by David Hair

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads Review Written by: Jessica Curtis Every twelve years a war occurs due to the moon tide drawing back enough that a bridge, the Leviathan bridge, which separates two continents is easy to be crossed. David Hair takes no caution when it comes to his comparisons to the countries portrayed in Mage’s Blood,…

Review of Every Ugly Word by Aimee L Salter

Amazon/Goodreads Review written by: Jessica C. I used to think if I was popular, or if Matt loved me… that would do it. I thought it would close me up so I could feel whole… Welcome to world and the mind of Ashley Watson. Each step in her teenage walk of life is one that…

A Review of Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads *Broken Monsters* is not your run of the mill, average, ordinary read. It becomes a mind warping, engrossing read that’s full of suspense and unimaginable horrors in all different shapes and styles. The title itself leaves the reader to question if whether everyone in some way or another is broken, and if perhaps…

Review of ‘Storm Siren’ by Mary Weber

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Then I see my eyes. Standing out like sea sirens- clear, salty, ice blue. I don’t even look good enough to be a slave. I look like a curse. Storm Siren is the tale of the slave girl, Nym, who believes herself cursed. Nymia is a slave in the war torn lands…