An exquisitely constructed literary thriller that pulls you in from its striking opening scene and holds your attention until the end, THE LOLA QUARTET is another solid novel from Emily St. John Mandel about the ripple effect of our decisions and their affects on unintended ...
Audiobook Review – The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
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Audiobook Review – Devil’s Cut by J.R. Ward
August 1, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
Within the pages of J.R. Ward's DEVIL's CUT is the conclusion to one of my most highly anticipated love stories this year—the fate of Samuel T. and Gin's whatever-mance they have going on. J.R. Ward's Dynasty-inspired Southern soap opera is a quick and run romance read. I ...
Book Review – Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
June 13, 2017 by · 2 Comments
WORDS IN DEEP BLUE hooked me from the beginning and I couldn't wait to get home from work to read more of Rachel and Henry's time inside Howling Books. The cast of characters was charming, lovely, and funny in all the right places. My only problem was that, ultimately, the ...
Book Review – The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
June 12, 2017 by · 2 Comments
Kayla Rae Whitaker's THE ANIMATORS is an absolutely stunning, visceral, and funny story about the friendship between two talented animators and business partners, Sharon Kisses and Mel Vaught, and their rise to fame in the world of animation and cartoons. Kentucky native ...
Book Review – Feversong by Karen Marie Moning
May 29, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
* This review contains spoilers. This is your one warning. After I read the last page of this novel, I had a lot of thoughts and feelings. Some good and some bad, which I will explain in this review. In short, FEVERSONG was not the epic series ender that it could—and ...
Book Review – Grendel’s Guide to Love and War by A. E. Kaplan
April 18, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
If you're a fan of John Hughes and all of the fantastic teenage posses of the 1980's then you're going to want to read this GRENDEL'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND WAR. Set in the present day, Tom Grendel, his best friend Ed, and Tom's crush Willow, get into mischief and mayhem, and I ...
Audiobook Review – Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
March 14, 2017 by · 6 Comments
Emily Ruskovich's IDAHO is haunting, atmospheric, and heartbreaking, yet manages to leave you wanting more of its beauty. Rarely does a book leave me with this persistent feeling of loss upon finishing, but Idaho did. Through beautiful prose, strong character development, ...
Audiobook Review – Always by Sarah Jio
February 22, 2017 by · 4 Comments
Sarah Jio's ALWAYS is a second-chance romance and women's fiction hybrid that some may enjoy. Due to an abundance of plot holes, less-than-stellar writing, and melodrama galore, I far too many problems and I didn't like this book. Being as this is a women's fiction novel, ...
Book Review – The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney
January 19, 2017 by · 2 Comments
"Please make a list of every possession you consider essential in your life." J.P. Delaney's THE GIRL BEFORE has such an alluring premise and there moments where I couldn't put it down. But the far-fetched plot points, pseudo-sexual dominant storyline, and over-abundance of ...
Audiobook Review – A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess
October 31, 2016 by · 4 Comments
Set in London during the Victorian era, A SHADOW BRIGHT AND BURNING is a decent beginning to Jessica Cluess's Kingdom on Fire series. While the characters and plot are both rather generic, the darker setting and bits of action pulled me in. Henrietta is thought to be the ...
