In a book I can best describe as an urban fantasy-humor-reality game show, a man named Jim is taken away from his root beer-to-induce-suicide night... to play a game of few rules but many risks. Tested and trained, he's mostly informed by other fringe players of the game, because his mentor Oz is not really... Continue Reading →
Ghoster by Jason Arnopp
Kate has met the perfect guy... Scott is witty, fun, and beautiful. They can sit together and not even say a word, and she will be happy forever. Yet, when she drops her life in Leeds to move in with him, poof, he's gone. Without communication for 24 hours. No texts. No calls. She's made... Continue Reading →
Dark Pattern, The Naturalist, Book 4 by Andrew Mayne
Dr. Theo Cray is back... and this one is just as good as the first three books. The reader can see how Theo's past cases are affecting him: the survivor's guilt, the distance he's created from his girlfriend, Jillian, and most importantly, the possibility that he has contracted the Hyde virus. Yet, when a woman... Continue Reading →
War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
Earth in the 22nd century is a place of environmental disaster... a place of stagnant radiation and fighting over the last remnants of healthy land. Nigeria's civil war has been raging on for years and years. Caught on opposite sides are two young women, Onnyii and Ify... On the rebel Biafran side, Onnyii is a... Continue Reading →
Defining Terms: “At Times…”
I try to be balanced in my reviews and hold off on ranting negatively about books, but I do struggle with how to introduce criticism in my writing. I've adopted "at times" as a phrase to introduce criticism in my writing. Does it lighten the affect of the 3* or 2* review? I have used it... Continue Reading →