The latest indie book reviews from Self-Publishing Review
Review: Drachen by Brendan Le Grange ★★★★
When Brett finds the wreck of the Drachen on the ocean floor, the intervention of hired thugs and the […]
Review: Silence in Center by Jody Studdard ★★★★
Silence in Center by Jody Studdard is a heartwarming addition to the Softball Star series.
Melody Gold is a fourteen-year-old fastpitch player who wants to advance from Little League to select ball. The problem is finding a team that will let her play. She’s talented, but Melody has a hearing impairment. She can hear with her hearing aids and she wears them during games, but many coaches say it just won’t work out. Melody’s not a quitter and she’s determined to prove that she can play at the highest level.
Young readers who love inspirational sports stories will like this […]
Review: How To Go From Couch Potato To English Teacher To Chinese Speaking Lawyer by Hastings Cavendish
★★★½ 
How To Go From Couch Potato To English Teacher To Chinese Speaking Lawyer is Hastings Cavendish’s tale of teaching English to Chinese people in the UK, and trying to learn to speak the demanding language of Mandarin. It’s at once an ode to the beauty of the Chinese language, food, and an exploration of the hardships and rewards of being an international English teacher.
Cavendish is a fun travel guide. He clearly loves language – learning it and teaching it. As he says, even boring small talk becomes interesting when you’re speaking another language. Cavendish immerses himself in all […]
Review: Driving in Circles by Rita D’Orazio
★★★★½ 
Driving in Circles, by Rita D’Orazio, is an intriguing story that revolves around one family and their secrets.
Henry and Cynthia Jones are celebrating their fortieth wedding anniversary by going on a ten-day cruise. They decide to bring along their three daughters and one son-in-law. What could go wrong? Plenty.
After two days, the youngest daughter leaves mysteriously. Jat thinks she knows why Joyce has left, but does she know the whole truth?
The older sister Skye is seen by her husband and Jat meeting with a handsome stranger. Why?
In the midst of all this drama is […]
Review: With New Eyes by Heidi Siefkas ★★★★
In clear and eloquent prose, Siefkas […]
Review: A Stalker’s Journey by John C. Lukegord ★★★
In Iowa, 1983, when Curtis Ware is driven off the road while escaping from the scene of a drug theft, he is hospitalized for horrific injuries and charged for his crimes based on traumatized, rage-filled, drug-induced testimonies. Released after a single harrowing year in a correctional facility, he quickly grows an impressive rap sheet before moving east, to the quiet Riverside, Maine in 1990.
As the papers begin to report a surprising crime wave for the small town, first with robbery from an unmarked taxi, then with […]
Review: Hattie’s Place by Katherine P. Stillerman ★★★★★
One week before her graduation from Greenville Female College, Hattie Robinson receives a disturbing letter from her fiancé Will Kendrick. In the letter, Will breaks off their engagement citing a mysterious complication.
Hattie is devastated. She decides to take a position as an elementary school teacher in Calhoun, South Carolina. She boards with a prominent attorney and his wife and their four sons.
In Calhoun, Hattie tries to rebuild her life and to make a new place for herself.
All too […]
Review: Declassified Events: Predator Island (Volume 1) by Fouad Kazan ★★★★
Chris Hopkins is a compelling central character. Convicted of murder, he’s not exactly a good guy, which actually makes the island seem […]