Review of “The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree” by S.A. Hunt/Literary Tea Feature

INDIE AUTHOR APPRECIATION MONTH! Be sure to check out details on how to win a complimentary tea prize, courtesy of Mighty Leaf Tea Author’s Website/Amazon/Screwpulp/Goodreads    Cautiously, I never deem  a book with the superlative “this is the best thing I’ve ever read,” just like I resent putting an arbitrary star-rating on a book,which I…

Review of “The Night Butterflies,” By: Sara Litchfield/ Literary Tea Feature

INDIE AUTHOR APPRECIATION MONTH! Be sure to check out details on how to win a complimentary tea prize, courtesy of Mighty Leaf Tea Amazon/Barnes &Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads/Book Buzz Encapsulating the experience of reading Sara Litchfield’s intense, almost psychedelic/nightmarish dystopian novel The Night Butterflies in linear words feels self-defeating, or even borderline futile (much like the process of reaching genetic…

Review of “Dark Before Dawn,” by Laurie Stevens

Amazon/Barnes &Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads While mainstream publishing has a slew of wonderful books, I honestly feel that the indie publishing market- a market stigmatized normally as having subpar, inartistic, amateurish writing- is rife with some of the most gut-wrenching, visceral creative stuff in the market. And, Laurie Steven’s The Dark Before Dawn  is one-part nightmarish, and two-parts intense…