Book Review: To Best the Boys by Mary Weber

Title: To Best the Boys Author: Mary Weber Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Pages: 336 Published: March 19, 2019 Publisher: Thomas Nelson My Rating: The task is simple: don a disguise. Survive the Labyrinth. Best the boys. In a thrilling new fantasy from the bestselling author of the Storm Siren Trilogy, one girl makes a stand…

ARC Book Review: The Heart Made of Ashes by Hira Naz Sulehri

  Title: The Heart Made of Ashes Author: Hira Naz Sulehri Genre: Poetry Pages: 60 Published: May 31, 2020       My Rating:    A collection of poems that are meant to find their ways to the hearts of people who are broken, hurt, and alone. These poems are here to give you solace.…

Book Review: The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace

Title: The Princess Saves Herself in This One Author: Amanda Lovelace Genre: Poetry Pages: 156 Published: April 23, 2016 Publisher: CreateSpace   My Rating: "Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we're off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wishing ourselves into the pages of our favorite fairy tales." A poetry collection divided…

Book Review: The Path Keeper by N.J. Simmonds

Title: The Path Keeper Author: N.J. Simmonds Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Adult Pages: 416 Published: May 28, 2019 Publisher: BHC Press/H2O   My Rating: What if every coincidence was a tiny miracle? What if our life was already mapped out before birth? What if someone had the power to change the path we were destined to…

Book Review: The Missing Wife by Sam Carrington

Title: The Missing Wife Author: Sam Carrington Genre: Thriller Pages: 400 Published: June 27, 2019 Publisher: Avon Books UK My Rating: Imagine turning up to your own party, and recognising no one. Your best friend has just created your worst nightmare. Louisa is an exhausted, sleep-deprived new mother and, approaching her fortieth birthday, the very last…

Book Review: Scrapbook of an Unfound Songstress

"It's the possiblity of having a dream that makes life interesting."  - Vicky Nolan   Title: Scrapbook of an Unfound Songstress Author: Vicky Nolan Genre: Non-fiction, autobiography Pages: 186 Published: Nov. 20, 2017   My Rating: You're a 15-year-old schoolgirl who has big dreams of becoming a pop star, and then one day you get…

Book Review: Bring Me Back by B. A. Paris

So disturbing, yet so brilliant. Title: Bring Me Back Author: B. A. Paris Genre: Mystery, Thriller Pages: 336 Published: June 19, 2018 My Rating: A young British couple are driving through France on holiday when they stop for gas. He runs in to pay, she stays in the car. When he returns her car door…

ARC Book Review: The Lies They Tell by Gillian French

Title: The Lies They Tell Author: Gillian French Genre: Young Adult, Thriller Pages: 304 Published: May 1, 2018   My Rating:   With shades of E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars and Gayle Forman’s I Was Here, this dark and twisted mystery will be the page-turner of the year. Everyone in Tenney’s Harbor, Maine, knows about the Garrison tragedy.…

Book Review: The Pageant Trap by Usman Aman

  Title: The Pageant Trap Author: Usman Aman Genre: Thriller Pages: 94 Published: Feb. 28, 2017   My Rating: An international beauty pageant is held in the Philippines. Spearheaded by Pakistani Ryan Abdullah, he soon loses control to Mariel Cruz, the Filipino event coordinator with whom he contracted to provide transportation, lodging, and meals. Mrs. Cruz breaks the contract, and…

ARC Book Review: Whisper by Lynette Noni

Title: Whisper Author: Lynette Noni Genre: Young adult Pages: 320 Published: May 1, 2018   My Rating:     “Lengard is a secret government facility for extraordinary people,” they told me. I believed them. That was my mistake. There isn’t anyone else in the world like me. I’m different. I’m an anomaly. I’m a monster.…