Amazon/Barnes &Nobles/Goodreads When I first discovered that Kristin Cast was writing a new series I was so excited to see what she had in store for the fans of the House of Night series. The concept intrigued me as I have always loved Greco-Roman mythology. As soon as I read that description to find it…
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The Anger Meridian by Kaylie Jones
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads Publisher: Akashic Books Release Date: July 7, 2015 Review by: Kristie M. Hendricks Coping with abuses via French notes-to-self, Merryn Huntley has resisted change through a long marriage to Beau Huntley, a wealthy Wall Street playboy in Kaylie Jones’ The Anger Meridian. Jolted into action by his death and the revelation of a…
Interview with Author Kris Calvin/Review of Kris Calvin’s “One Murder More”
Inkshares / Amazon / Indiebound GIVEAWAY!! Leave a comment on this blog post with your email address, to enter to win one of two copies of One Murder More by: Kris Calvin. The contest is open only to those, residing in the US or Canada. The contest ends Wednesday, June 10th at 12am. At that time, both…
Review of World After by Susan Ee
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads Review written by: Jessica C. World After starts where Angelfall with Penryn and the rest struggling to survive in the aftermath of the destruction of the Aerie. Penryn, Paige, and their mother join up with a group focused and determined to survive. However, when Paige is viewed as no more than a monster by…
Review of As White As Snow by Salla Simmuka
Amazon/ Barnes & Nobles/ Goodreads Review Written By: Jessica C. Our faith is as white as snow. It is pure and bright. It leaves no room for doubt. Our faith is like the light that will blind the sinners with its strength. Our faith will burn them even as the stubble of the field is…
Review of Jessica Knoll’s “Luckiest Girl Alive,” & Interview with author Jessica Knoll
Amazon/ Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads Interview with the writer, Jessica Knoll, can be found right below this review, due to the fact one of the questions contains a spoiler warning. Review: Sometimes you select a book based entirely on its premise alone,while sometimes you’re succored by the promotional statement emblazoned on the press-release…
Review of Catherine Chanter’s “The Well,” & Literary Tea Feature-Two Leaves and a Bud’s “Orange Sencha Green Tea”
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Goodreads Beginning in a literary comatose state, Catherine Chanter’s grim, methodical psychological thriller “The Well” takes some time for the reader to adjust to the slow pacing of the story. The beginning of the story has a glacial pace, introducing us to the story’s main first-person perspective Ruth Ardingly, who remind readers…
Review of Nancy Thayer’s “The Guest Cottage”
Amazon/ Barnes & Nobles/ Goodreads This is a fair, honest review of the book, even though I did receive a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for a review. Reviewing beach reads, as with reviewing books of varying genres, tends to involve an entirely different rubric or set of rules. The rubric contains all…
Review of As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka
Review written by: Jessica C. Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Goodreads ~Once upon a time, there was a night that never ended. With its darkness, it devoured the sun, strangling all light and spreading its cold black hands over the earth. The night glued the eyes of humanity shut eternally, making dreams deeper and stranger, making man…
Review of City of Fae by Pippa DaCosta
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads Review Written by: Jessica C. City of Fae combines the popular fantasy genre ingredients of magic, London, forbidden love, and incredible fight sequences. Add in the young adult extra of a rockstar and you have yourself the start of what promises to be a good story. The story weaves the tale…
Review of Jupiter’s Legacy by Mark Millar
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads Review written by: Jessica C. It starts like so many other well known starts. It starts with a man and it starts with a dream. From there it becomes and island and from the island return those that would become superheroes.From these superheroes are born their future, the children to carry their…
Review of “The Sweetheart: A Novel,” by: Angelina Mirabella
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Simon & Schuster/Goodreads Angelina Mirabella’s aptly- titled historical ficiton novel The Sweetheart, set around the era of the fifties in America, is an exciting, identity-confused perspective of a female wrestler, in a time in America which many attribute as being one of the most idyllic eras in our history. When you read the…
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