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Review: The Ghost Chronicles by Marlo Berliner

★★★★½ The Ghost Chronicles by Marlo Berliner

Life isn’t fair, and neither is the afterlife. When Michael Andrews dies in a tragic accident he leaves behind a loving family, a girlfriend, and his burgeoning career on the basketball court. Doomed to wander the earth, Michael is left wondering what keeps him attached to the earthly domain. Enter Sarah, another lost soul who found herself stranded like Michael in similarly tragic circumstances. When feelings develop between the two, their afterlives begin to spiral into a chaos of forbidden passions and demonic pursuit.

Will Michael and Sarah find their way into the great beyond, become claimed by the […]

2020-02-21T07:15:34+02:00April 5th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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Review: This Madness of the Heart by Blair Yeatts

★★★★ This Madness of the Heart by Blair Yeatts

This Madness of the Heart by Blair Yeatts is a gothic mystery introducing Miranda Lamden, a professor of religion and investigator of the paranormal. In her small college town in Eastern Kentucky, the Grace and Glory Bible College is taking over the town, led by the maniacal preacher, Jasper Jarboe. JJ is going to spiritual war with nonbelievers and a series of deaths follow in his wake, and Miranda needs to stop his influence, which could grow even more sinister.

Miranda Lamden is an exciting basis for a series, given her interests and intelligence. She’s erudite and authentic – […]

2016-04-19T03:58:05+02:00April 5th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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Review: Addicted to Love by Kathleen Murray

★★★½Addicted to Love by Kathleen Murray

Addicted to Love by Kathleen Murray is a new adult novel that explores the concept of learning to accept oneself.

Sally Smithfield lives in a Chicago North Shore suburb in the 1970s. The novel chronicles Sally’s life from childhood to her adult years showing the devastating and long-lasting effects of child abuse, family secrets, love, and loss.

The author is quite ambitious in this new adult novel. Set in the seventies, Murray drops enough film and song titles and historical references to transport the reader back in time. She does this seamlessly without bonking the reader over the head […]

2019-01-24T19:47:33+02:00April 5th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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Review: Schism by Britt Holewinski

Schism by Britt Holewinski

In the year 2017, a government-manufactured virus accidentally leaks into the wider population, and the world is brought to its knees. Claiming almost the entirety of Earth’s population, it seems the only ones spared from the epidemic are children. As Andy Christensen and her friends travel from Bermuda back to their homes in North America, they find the new Wild West that has emerged in the destructive wake of the virus, and must venture with newfound friends to find a new home in Schism by Britt Holewenski.

As an initial conceit, the concept isn’t entirely realistic or original, borrowing ideas […]

2019-02-11T07:02:03+02:00April 3rd, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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Review: Coinman by Pawan Mishra

★★★★ Coinman by Pawan Mishra

Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy by Pawan Mishra is a quirky, heartfelt novel about finding your identity – and keeping it.

The search for personal fulfillment is a lifelong journey for most, and along the way, it is necessary to establish the identity you want, the work you cherish, the people you respect, and the love you deserve. In Pawan Mishra’s oddly charming novel, readers are welcomed into the strangely neurotic, passionate, and unfulfilled existence of Coinman, a simple office worker with a jangling passion for coins.

The title of the book suggests this slightly odd premise, but the majority […]

2016-04-15T02:29:44+02:00March 31st, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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Review: Forbidden Heat (Firework Girls Book 1) by J.L. White

★★★★½ Forbidden Heat by J. L. White

Forbidden Heat by J.L. White is a steamy romance that’s hard to put down.

Isabella wants to be a scientist. During her last year of college, Isabella learns she needs to take a philosophy class to fulfill all her requirements. Isabella already has a full class schedule, but she talks the Dean into allowing her to take an extra class instead of dropping a science course she needs for graduate school. However, Isabella gets more than she bargained for when she discovers that the professor is only a few years older than her and he’s the hottest professor at […]

2016-07-14T11:28:28+02:00March 31st, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , , |
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Review: The Empty One (The Fallen Conviction Book 1) by Matthew Stanley

★★★★½ (The Fallen Conviction, #1)

The Empty One by Matthew Stanley is an epic, fantastic tale in a very unique form.

Combining religious philosophy, vivid battle scenes, biblical undertones, political and social commentary, and incredible magical forces, The Empty One is much more than your typical fantasy. The plot base of Matthew Stanley’s story is the tale of two warring superpowers – one dedicated to mystical belief, the other to social order – but this epic story comes with a major twist. The entire text is presented in verse form, making it a highly unique reading experience, supported by a fascinating (albeit convoluted) plot […]

2016-04-07T06:58:03+02:00March 28th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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Review: Phantom: Birth of an Arc by Gabriel Common and Christy Lea Wilkerson

★★★★½ Phantom: Birth of an Arc

Phantom: Birth of an Arc portrays the endless battle between good and evil in an incredible space adventure.

From the very first scene of the book, the fantasy aspect of this novel is clear, as Angels and Seraphim debate the fate of two half-mortal children borne of an Angel’s lust for a human. One of the children, Raven, was raised as an Arc, while Traiven was sent to grow up in rural Louisiana. However, it doesn’t take long for these two worlds to collide. Traiven’s small-town life is turned upside down when Shawn, a soldier in Heaven’s army, informs […]

2016-04-07T07:07:47+02:00March 25th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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