Tag: new author

The Fun Side of Love

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood: A Book Review Genre: Romance Hazelwood quickly became my favorite read with her debut, The Love Hypothesis. While funny and light-hearted, the romance was also full of tough questions, hard topics, and caring insight leading me to fall in love with it almost instantaneously. Throughout the pages, Hazelwood was … Continue reading The Fun Side of Love →

Forbidden Love in a Perfect World

Surrogate Colony by Boshra Rasti: A Book Review Genre: Dystopian Coming-of-Age Surrounding the idea of a world were disease is eradicated and everyone is constantly monitoring for germs, Surrogate Colony gives the story of two people willing to survive just to be together. Much like all forbidden love stories, everything goes wrong in the beginning … Continue reading Forbidden Love in a Perfect World →

Four Parts, One Epic Story

A Queen in Hiding by Sarah Kozloff: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy Kozloff writes an enchanting tale in her debut novel, A Queen in Hiding. The starting novel of a four-book series, all of which are now published, Kozloff’s beginning book is mostly background and world-building. I actually await eagerly to have time to read … Continue reading Four Parts, One Epic Story →

Pirates, Sword fighting, & Magic: A Book Review

The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy Van Loan starts his writing journey with giving the ultimate story. Full of dangerous pirates, bloody sword fights, beautiful women (and men?), and magic, the world of Servenza will be a place the reader would wish to be able to survive. … Continue reading Pirates, Sword fighting, & Magic: A Book Review →

Master of Sorrows by Justin Travis Call: A Book Review

Genre: Fantasy (self-described as Epic Fantasy) I rather enjoyed this book. The amount of foreshadowing was reasonable so that although you knew something of the sort was going to happen, you did not know when. Call certainly knew how to use the suspense element as many times you though something big was going to happen … Continue reading Master of Sorrows by Justin Travis Call: A Book Review →

Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore: A Book Review

Genre: Realistic Fiction Valentine was quite the novel. Based in a small town in Texas, the story switches from the eyes of different women throughout the town all while being told in third-person narrative. The main character herself has only two chapters, the first chapter and the end, where you see what is going on … Continue reading Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore: A Book Review →

A Nearly Normal Family: A Book Review

A Nearly Normal Family by M.T.Edvardsson Published June 2019: first US edition; originally published in Sweden 2018 Celadon Books/ Macmillan Publishers ISBN: 9781250204431 389 pages $26.99 Ever listen to people recount stories from their experiences? The story is ever-changing, and the story is never the same between people. This is why, when conducting interrogations, the … Continue reading A Nearly Normal Family: A Book Review →