A Reluctant Assassin by J.C. Morrows My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book starts with a great premise. What if Cinderella was an assassin, sent to kill the prince? This book is not so much a re-telling of Cinderella, as it is inspired by it. In fact, the story…
Integrate by Adele Jones My rating: 5 of 5 stars Integrate is a fast-paced thriller. The tension was kept high at all times. As in all good thrillers, things go from bad to worse. I had to know how it would all turn out. The book kept me hungry, desperately…
A Time to Rise by Nadine Brandes My rating: 5 of 5 stars WATCH A VIDEO VERSION OF THIS REVIEW A Time To Rise is the third and final installment in the dystopian Out of Time series. It picks up right after the devastating final page of A Time To…
My kids join me this time. The books I read in August are: Brothers In Valor by H Paul Honsinger Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson A Star Curiously Singing by Kerry Nietz and my kids are reading The 78 Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths. Illustrated by Terry Denton NOTE: The above…
It’s time for another monthly wrap-up video. In this episode I talk about some great Aussie fantasy, a James Bond Thriller, and finishing Camp NaNoWriMo. A Swirl of Purple of Jessica Scoullar Casino Royale by Ian Flemming Heart of The Mountain by Jeanette O’Hagan More stories set in Jeanette O’Hagan’s…
The End of All Things by Jill Williamson My rating: 5 of 5 stars The End of All Things brings the first part of this epic saga to a close, and epic it certainly is. The world is literally breaking apart. The people of the five realms must evacuate, but…
In my latest monthly reading wap-up video, I talk about all that I’ve read during May 2016. Book Mentioned: Medieval Mars: The Anthology. Edited by Travis Perry. A Time to Die by Nadine Brandes Goodreads Giveaway For Us Humans by Steve Rzasa” Weird Things People Say in Bookshops by Jen…
Daystar: The Days Are Numbered by Anne Hamilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars Daystar is a middle-grade portal fantasy with epic stakes. It follows a cast of several characters, but chief among them are Ansey, a prince from the kingdom of Auberon, and Fern, a girl from our world…
I read some awesome books in April. Here they are. Transcript First, I read Wreaths of Empire by Andrew M. Sneddon. This was a military space-opera novel, with a touch of dystopia. Humanity has been at war with the Gara’nesh for years, but they’re finally sitting down for peace talks.…
Edge of Oblivion by Joshua A. Johnston My rating: 5 of 5 stars Edge of Oblivion has it all – a big looming unstoppable threat, a race against the clock, a grand adventure that would do Indiana Jones proud, a range of developed and unique alien cultures and a great…
