Watching You by Gemma Halliday My rating: 5 of 5 stars Crafitily written and surprisingly gripping, Gemma Halliday’s Watching You is thirty-two pages of intriguing, alluring, and captivating suspense that throws the reader one helluva curveball! Set in a hot and humid San Francisco, the swiftly-paced plot swelters in a sauna of vengeance, obsession, voyeurism,
Read More from: https://catellingtonblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/23/cat-ellingtons-review-of-watching-you/Review: Perennials by Juile Cantrell
Synopsis: When two estranged sisters reunite for their parents’ 50th anniversary, a family tragedy brings unexpected lessons of hope and healing amid the flowers of their mother’s perennial garden. Eva—known to all as Lovey—grew up in Oxford, MS, surrounded by literary history and her mother’s stunning perennial gardens. But a garden
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/review-perennials-by-juile-cantrell/Review: A Wedding at Two Love Lane
Synopsis: Never say never when it comes to love. Greer Jones has made a real name for herself at the elegant matchmaking agency Two Love Lane. For a lot of reasons—including a past engagement she broke off—practical tech expert Greer is more interested in the business of love than the experience of it, but she
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2017/11/23/review-a-wedding-at-two-love-lane/Traitor’s Masque: A Review
Title: Traitor’s Masque Author: Kenley Davidson Free on Kindle Unlimited So you’re wondering what would be left of Cinderella without the magic? Turns out, a really great story! Here’s the publisher’s summary: Trystan has only two goals — to free herself from her stepmother’s household and to live her life on her own terms. But
Read More from: https://speedyreadercom.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/traitors-masque-a-review/The Dragon Seller by FG Ferrario
In near future America, genetic engineering creates little pet dragons. Jack keeps, breeds, and sells dragons. Small, vegetarian, fruit-obsessed dragons. Until one day an unusually valuable egg is left in his hands, and what comes out of it is rather bigger. This is a fun story and an easy read, decently written and well-edited. The
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Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/our-services/A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth (Book Review)
Sent to me by Penguin Viking UK in exchange for an honest review. Release Date: 02/11/17 Publisher: Penguin Viking UK ISBN: 978-0241297681 Format: Hardback, 256pp Genre: Non-Fiction Rating: 4.5/5 Summed up in a word: Inebriation First Impressions Mark Forsyth is one of my main go to authors for Non-Fiction. His work on Etymology is outstanding and I……
Read More from: https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/a-short-history-of-drunkenness-by-mark-forsyth-book-review-vikingbooksuk-inkyfool-nonfictionnovember/Review: The Book of Ralph
I was pretty torn when requested to read “The Book of Ralph” for my review blog. I’m rather glad I said yes. There are some genuinely funny moments that jump off the page… not funny “ha ha” but satire humor that puts its finger on some human nature elements and make you laugh while saying,
Read More from: https://authorchristopherdschmitz.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/review-the-book-of-ralph/Review: Mama Graciela’s Secret
Synopsis: Local customers (including stray cats!) come from all over the island to enjoy her secret recipe. But when the Inspector discovers that MamA secretly caters to so many cats and he threatens to close her tiny restaurant, MamA must come up with a plan to save it–and all of the animals she loves. Rating:
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/review-mama-gracielas-secret/Review: Rugged Texas Cowboy
Synopsis: Two HOT cowboys. Two tough-as-spurs heroines. Two steamy romances in one book that will leave readers breathless…and begging for more. COWBOY AND THE CAPTIVE Melina is one of two gorgeous twin daughters, the clever and considerate one who always spared her parents the humiliation of what her
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/review-rugged-texas-cowboy/Review: One Night
Synopsis: Thompson may be only seventeen but he knows he’s just checked into Heartbreak Hotel for good, now that his girlfriend, Caroline, has put an end to their burning love. Since then he’s been sleepwalking through his summer job at Super Kmart while desperately dreaming of ways to win her back. He even drops by
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/review-one-night/The Magician’s Land ~ Lev Grossman
The Magician’s Land is the epic conclusion to The Magician’s series, and it was epic. Warping time and space, all of our favorite characters get their time in the spotlight during the span of this final installment. The spend time in New York, Fillory, and some other places in between. Grossman does excellent work of
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/the-magicians-land-lev-grossman/Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
Title: Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life A somewhat funny collection of short stories about Dahl’s time living in the English country side and some friendships he made there. If you only know him from his children’s books, like Matilda and James and the Giant Peach, then you’re in for a shock. The first story is
Read More from: https://speedyreadercom.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/ah-sweet-mystery-of-life/Review:: Transcendent 2 Anthology
I received an eARC of Transcendent 2 from Bogi Takács, the editor, in exchange for an honest review. This anthology is a compilation of the year’s best trans speculative fiction. I really loved the hopefulness of A. Merc Rustad’s This is Not A Wardrobe Door. I loved the mention of Narnia, which was something that most…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/review-transcendent-2-anthology/Book Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas (6/5)
Genre: YA Fantasy (Let’s be real, It’s NA. The protagonist is 19 and it’s about her finding her way through the world of adults with soft-erotica moments.) Copyright: 2015, 2016, 2017 Yeah, so, while waiting for Maas’s Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass series) to arrive via inter-library loan, I decided to give her other
Read More from: https://bbmorganblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/18/book-review-a-court-of-roses-and-thrones-series-by-sarah-j-maas-6-5/Review: Better Off Wed
Synopsis: **Winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel!** Planning weddings can be murder. But stumbling across dead bodies usually isn’t on the itinerary. Can a wedding planner use her skills to discover who’s killing her clients? Society wedding planner Annabelle Archer is no stranger to wedding day stress, but a dead body at
Read More from: https://urbanbookreviewsrus.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/review-better-off-wed/How Not To Be a Boy by Robert Webb (Book Review)
Sent to me by Canongate in exchange for an honest review. Release Date: 29/08/17 Publisher: Canongate ISBN: 978-1786890085 Format: Hardback, 336pp Genre: Non-Fiction Rating: 5/5 Summed up in a word: Poignant First Impressions I was keen on reading How Not To Be A Boy for many reasons. Not only am I a massive Robert Webb fan but……
Read More from: https://alwaystrustinbooks.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/how-not-to-be-a-boy-by-robert-webb-book-review-canongatebooks-nonfictionnovember/The Butterfly Child, by Deborah Ann Gordon (Fantasy Review)
The Butterfly Child, by Deborah Ann Gordon is the thrilling sequel to Dark Matter, a gripping medieval style Fantasy-Romance. Young Belinda begins her harrowing journey into motherhood when she conceives the prophesized Butterfly Child, for which this tale is named. It is said that a child born of a mortal mother and immortal father will lead the immortal
Read More from: https://fantasybooks411.com/the-butterfly-child-by-deborah-ann-gordon-fantasy-review/Kings of Paradise by Richard Nell
This dark, gripping epic fantasy sets two exceptional young men on a world-changing collision course. From the start, it’s obvious this is going to be a dark fantasy, and also rather a good one. Two separate narratives follow the stories of Ruka, a twisted genius who has to fight for life in his harsh country,
Read More from: http://ingeniouscat.co.uk/wp/kings-paradise/Wonder ~ R. J. Palacio
This beautiful story tells the tale of August Pullman, a boy with a craniofacial anomaly, meaning his features don’t look like those of a typical face. He’s had dozens of surgeries to correct things both internally and externally, and he’s pushed through all of them to stability for the time being. Now August faces fifth
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