The latest indie book reviews from Self-Publishing Review
Review: Art on the Human Heart by Paul C. Ho, M.D. ★★★★
The blurb for this novel, and the title, suggest that […]
Review: Tim Curious by Roddy Thorleifson ★★★★★
Tim Curious: A Murder Mystery of the American Revolution, by Roddy Thorleifson, is a wonderful young adult historical fiction novel that’ll charm readers of all ages.
Young Tim Euston wanted to fight with George Washington, but he was considered too short and sent away. Can he support Washington’s troops another way? One incident rapidly changes Tim’s life. One night in January, a man attacks Tim’s fourteen-year-old sister. Tim rushes to her aid, but he’s arrested for robbery. The only adult who could testify on Tim’s behalf is found dead. A man is found guilty of the murder, but […]
Review: Detour Allure (Detour Paris Series Book 2) by Jack Dancer ★★★★★
Book two picks up right where book one left readers hanging.
Monica and Tucker are coming to terms with their situation. To complicate matters, their budding relationship is being pulled in many different directions by their friends, enemies, and some unknown sources.
Insecurities arise. Two of their companions are missing. Tucker doesn’t know who to trust or what’s going on. Then something awful happens. Can Tucker pull himself together to save the day?
This […]
Review: Finding Maslow by Susan Lee Walberg ★★★★
Walberg’s writing is clean and precise, and she shows great empathy for all of […]
Review: Lucid Dreaming by Cassandra Page ★★★★★
Melaina could be considered a fairly average woman, all things considered. She’s getting out in the world, she runs her own business as a “dream therapist,” and she gets by… just about. Of course, there is one very particular perk to her vocation: she’s half-Oneiroi; a dream spirit. Being able to control people’s dreams really gives her a leg up in the biz’. But there’s always a downside to these things, and for Melaina that downside comes in the form of a very interesting client, and the hell he brings to her doorstep. The nightmare has woken, and it’s very, […]
Review: The Ladders of Death by Philippe Erhard ★★★★
In 1941, Jenny is a law student from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She’s working at a garment factory to pay for her studies. One day at work, she witnesses one of her coworkers being humiliated simply because she’s Jewish. Jenny is disturbed by this scene and is worried about the rise of antisemitism in her own country. She decides that she needs to act and volunteers to fight the Nazis.
Paul is a medical student in Besançon, a German-occupied French […]
Review: Killing an Idea: Exhuming Say’s Law by Rand McGreal ★★★★
In a similar approach to the 90s breakout hit The Wealthy Barber, the book is something […]
Review: Fractured Idols by Kevin Austin ★★★★
Sebastian Cartwright, an interior designer, lives in London’s super-rich Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. His colleague Magda, a Hungarian émigré, introduces Sebastian to her new friend Madeleine Armitage, a corporate wife. Madeleine irritates Sebastian right from the start. Magda’s lover Phillip, Viscount Brampton, invites Sebastian, Madeleine, and her husband for a long weekend in Spain. As soon as the long weekend starts, sparks fly.
The majority of this novella only has two scenes. The […]