Category: Books
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Review: Royal Rescue by A. Alex Logan is coming April 8th! Get it!
The short blurb bit: Prince Gerald lives in a world that is about to get very uncomfortable for him. Once a person turns eighteen in the Thousand Kingdoms, they must find a spouse. This search for a life partner takes place in the form of an unusual quest. Everyone must choose whether they will head…
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Review: Slip by Quoleena Sbrocca
The short blurb bit: Seventeen-year-old, Xavier is a high school student with a secret. It’s a secret so heavy that Xavier would rather live with the rumors that are spread around that he’s gay than reveal the truth. Natasha is a high school student who is living the good life. She is dating the Captain…
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Review: A New World Series! by M.D. Neu
Have you ever wondered what life might be like if one morning you wake up to news reports saying that beings from another planet have arrived? If you have (I can’t be the only one) then you may enjoy M. D. Neu’s A New World series. NineStar Press was kind enough to send me a…
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Review: How To Be a Normal Person by T. J. Klune
The short blurb bit: Gus isn’t normal and he knows it. He runs a video store with three customers and has a pet ferret named Harry S. Truman. Casey is an asexual, stoner, hipster who might be famous (If you’re not Gus and actually know about pop culture). What could possibly go wrong if these…
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Review: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
The short blurb bit: Years ago I read Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and became enamored with Lisa See’s writing. The Island of Sea Women is a beautiful novel based on the lives of women living on Jeju Island in South Korea. The descriptive bit: Women feature strongly in this novel. In particular, the friendship between…
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Review: The Fever King by Victoria Lee
The short blurb bit: The first thing I want to write is that “The Fever King” is going straight onto my list of best books of 2019. Yes, I’m that confident. I read a lot of books, always have, and when I read one that has an original concept … presented in a way that…
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Review: Brush Strokes by E.S. Karlquist
Oh, this book! I read a lot of LGBTQ fiction and this has settled itself next to my heart. I may have to build it a little house there so it can stay. This is Karlquist’s first book and I have to say, I will definitely pick up anything else she writes! This story is…
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Review: Best Man by Chris Delyani
When I read the description for this book, I wasn’t sure what I was getting into. Let me start with the basics. Frank is recovering… sort of… from his divorce from husband, Ethan. He and Ethan were married for years and then Ethan cheated on him. As if that wasn’t enough, Frank came home and…
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Review: Play It Again by Aiden Wayne
There’s so much in this book, I’m not sure I even know where to start! Alright… let’s start with the characters. The story opens with Dovid and Rachel filming their usual YouTube content. Their channel is called “Don’t Look Now”…why? Because Dovid is blind. As a result of a rare form of cancer, he had…
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Some More Reads in 2019
Murder At White Oak by Marko Realmonte When I got to the end of this book, my eyes are all blurry with tears! I won’t spoil the end…because you should really read it. This is so many things that are fantastic to read… a romance, a comical romp at a boy’s school, a mystery, friendship…devotion…and…
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Review: The Perfect Shine by J.K. Hogan
The Perfect Shine is about a lot of things, but I think what stood out most for me, is that it’s about figuring out who you are, and I will always read the hell out of that kind of story This book follows Jackson Meade and his best friend Blake Renault. From the day they…
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