Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez: A Book Review Genre: Contemporary Romance Part of a stand alone series, Part of Your World (Bk 3), Just for the Summer details the romance between two people, a boy and a girl, whose relationships have been “cursed” – all significant others they have dated find “the one” … Continue reading A Curse for Love
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Supernatural Happenings
Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong: A Book Review Genre: Thriller Armstrong writes a story were mysterious things are happening to a property located on an island in Lake Superior. Thinking that it is vandalism, the owner of the property, along with her ward, ex, past BBF, and two “intruders” (previous friends and brother) go to … Continue reading Supernatural Happenings
The Last Greek Story
Lore by Alexandra Bracken: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy Bracken writes a story where the Greek Gods were kicked out of Olympus and made mortal by Zeus due to them abusing their power. To make his point even more efficient, Zeus created a game for his favorite warriors/heroes, in that they were then tasked with … Continue reading The Last Greek Story
Seen and Heard
You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow: A Book Review Genre: Fiction - YA Glosgow’s You’d be Home Now follows the story of a teenage girl, Emmy, who has to adjest to life after being involved in an awful car crash that killed a girl and brought to light her brother’s drug problem. Now that … Continue reading Seen and Heard
Religion and Dragons
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon: A Book Review Genre: High Fantasy The Priory of the Orange Tree looked like a daunting task to read. Being 800+ pages, I figured it would take me FOREVER to read. In hindsight, it took me about 22 days when my average is about 8 so… … Continue reading Religion and Dragons
The Trouble with Marriage
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen: A Book Review Genre: Thriller Hendricks and Pekkanen write a terrific story of a failing marriage. Full of the ups and downs of everyday life, the characters are shown as completely human, with the flaws and personalities of those in the public eye. I did especially … Continue reading The Trouble with Marriage
All in One Day
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller: A Book Review Genre: Fiction Being very character-driven, Miranda Cowley Heller writes a story spanning decades of the main character in a single day. Going back and forth between the present and the past surrounding the main character (Elle) who, throughout the book, must make a hard decision … Continue reading All in One Day
A Bloody Mess
The Carolina Variant by Brooke L. French: A Book Review Genre: Thriller French writes an intriguing sequel to her debut Inhuman Acts in her new novel The Carolina Variant. Focusing around the story of Tess, a struggling lawyer, a renown CDC doctor, and a pilot, French tells a story close to what could only be … Continue reading A Bloody Mess
THUG LIFE
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: A Book Review Genre: Urban Fiction In 2020, a man by the name of George Floyd was brutally murdered by police officers. It is this year that Thomas brought me back to in The Hate U Give. Written three years before the death of Floyd, Thomas depicts a … Continue reading THUG LIFE
And We Are Back…to Riverstone!
The Pride of Riverstone by Mandy Schimelpfenig: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy The sequel to The Rise of Riverstone, author Mandy Schimelpfenig brings the readers back to the land of Praed in her newest edition to the Daughters of Riverstone Saga, The Pride of Riverstone. Following the events of its predecessor with a time jump … Continue reading And We Are Back…to Riverstone!
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