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 →
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 →
The Free Citizen by TJ Sedgwick
A high-octane scifi run-and-gun filled with alien parasites, cloaked ships, and all means of smoking guns. Set in the 2082, Captain Calvin Rae is the best soldier in the totalitarian American Union, a nationalist regime that has taken over the bulk of the US and Mexico. Released from his emotions by the chip embedded into... Continue Reading →
Luisa: Now and Then by Carole Maurel
Anger, frustration, and sadness. The feelings that come along with regret. The compromises made... the paths diverged and not taken. Two Luisas, separated by 17 years, but brought together by some sort of time slip. 15-year-old Luisa gets on the bus to go home out in the sticks in 1996 and gets off in Paris... Continue Reading →
The True Bastards by Jonathan French
Trampled by the hoof... run over by hogs... All that French had done in The Grey Bastards and MORE! If TGB was an introduction to this world, The True Bastards is a sequel that takes the badlands to the ranks of a great fantasy epic. Things have not gotten any easier in The Lots since... Continue Reading →