“There are a lot of strange things in this town,” Evan said slowly, “It’s best to keep the strangest one close to be safe.” Delilah, Jude, Whitney and Bo are teenage girls who live together and are desperately trying to find their mothers who went missing. The town seems overall disinterested in solving the mystery.Continue reading “REVIEW: Where Darkness Blooms”
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Pub Day REVIEW: The Writing Retreat
“The few times I’d timidly given her one of my stories to read, she’d found pleasure in pointing out any improbabilities. This would never happen.” ——————————— Yeah, that quote says it all for me. It’s a bit like Nanowrimo if a maniacal Willy Wonka type ran it. The Plot meets The Finalists meets The Hunting Wives.Continue reading “Pub Day REVIEW: The Writing Retreat”
REVIEW: All Hallows
It’s Halloween night in a small town and many of its residents are gearing up for fun and revelry. One family is running a haunted trail through the woods, another is hosting a block party and lots of teens and kids are getting ready to trick or treat. But, no one will make it throughContinue reading “REVIEW: All Hallows”
Pub Day REVIEW: The Spice Road
“The soul is neither static nor finite; we feed it our entire lives through our choices. Injustice shrinks one’s soul; generosity expands it. Acts of selflessness fortify it.” ———————– Steeped in Arabian myths with djinn and spice enhanced magic, Imani and her siblings are all training in different ways to defend their city. Their family isContinue reading “Pub Day REVIEW: The Spice Road”
REVIEW: Sixteen Souls
Charlie is a teenager who had a brush with death and now he can see and communicate with ghosts. He thinks he knows everything about the world beyond until he meets Sam, who is another seer. Then one of his ghostie friends goes missing, and then another… suddenly Charlie realizes that there is a lotContinue reading “REVIEW: Sixteen Souls”
REVIEW: Belladonna
Signa is an orphan who has lived in several homes, each touched by unfortunate deaths. As she is coming towards the end of her youth, and about to come into her inheritance, she is once again in a new home. She moves in just as the matriarch of the family has died and the daughter, whoContinue reading “REVIEW: Belladonna”
REVIEW: The Light Pirate
Wanda is born amidst a hurricane that devastates her family and is indicative of the destruction that is ahead for Florida. This future world has Florida being returned to the wild as storms repeatedly lash it taking life and livelihood. The storytelling is unique and covers the nuts and bolts of survival intertwined with theContinue reading “REVIEW: The Light Pirate”
REVIEW: Demon Copperhead
“The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.” ——————“I don’t know a single person, my age who’s not taking pills.” ——————- Kingsolver gives you exactly what she promises with this one. This story is stark and heartbreaking with a 2022 view on institutional povertyContinue reading “REVIEW: Demon Copperhead”
REVIEW: Spare
I know there’s a lot of controversy around this one, but it’s definitely unprecedented to have such frank access to a royal family member. This document will be analyzed forever throughout history. I don’t blame Harry for taking the opportunity to tell his truth. Especially because he feels so deeply that his family didn’t properlyContinue reading “REVIEW: Spare”
REVIEW: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Emily Wilde is an adjunct professor on the mission of her lifetime in snowy Ljosland where she is looking to catalog the hidden people, faeries who live in the snow and are rarely seen. She is looking to have her name in the spotlight and for once claim the glory of her findings. Her rivalContinue reading “REVIEW: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries”
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