The latest indie book reviews from Self-Publishing Review
Review: The Kingdom of Assassins by Erik Mackenzie ★★★★
Review: Rupert’s Parchment by Eileen Cameron and Doris Ettlinger ★ ★ ★ ★★
The award-winning team of Eileen Cameron and Doris Ettlinger have collaborated once again to create Rupert’s Parchment: Story of Magna Carta. June 15, 2015 marks the 800th birthday of the Magna Carta and this story is a wonderful way to introduce and bring to life the momentous event to young readers.
Rupert’s father is the local parchment maker. When a bishop’s clerk requests some parchment from Rupert’s father, an unforgettable opportunity arises for Rupert. He’s given the chance to be a messenger. This allows Rupert to witness firsthand the sealing of Magna Carta at Runnymede meadow in England […]
Review: Immortal Dawn by Bradly Byykkonen★★★★★
Vinson Gant was just another spice trader, forty years old and doing well for it, running a tidy and profitable routine, enjoying a comfortable life high above the dusty smog shroud of Hazhur. That is, until a favor on behalf of a trusted associate in honorable business practices – the safe transport of their 14-year-old daughter – goes off the rails – literally. When his Hak-9 magnetic railed vehicle crashes in the dirt-poor surface districts, a simple job embroils Vinson and his passenger, Qassi Ferenyu, in an ancient, intergalactic, and almost hopeless conflict between humanity and the galaxy’s purification-frenzied “cleaners.” […]
Review: Sarah in the City of Moon by Fida Fayez Qutob and Dalia Qutob ★★★★★
Sarah in the City of Moon is a sweet story about friendship and curiosity. Five-year-old Sarah takes a class trip to the City of Moon (also known as Jericho, the oldest town in the world and the lowest point on Earth). She wanders away from her group and her bus departs, leaving Sarah to find help, which she does at a nearby mosque. It’s revealed that Sarah has come from a Catholic school and she befriends a young girl who lives at the mosque. In a time of great conflict in the Middle East, and religious turmoil, Sarah in the […]
Review: A Distant World Beckons by Thomas Eberhard ★★★★
Eberhard grew up in the countryside on a farm, and has become acutely sensitive to signs and possible messages […]
Review: Secret Somethings by Amber Kay ★★★★
When Jude marries Bryce she thinks she’s finally found happiness. Her life hasn’t been easy, and after battling a debilitating mental disorder, she wants to have a normal life. Bryce is funny, charming, good looking, and insanely wealthy. On the surface he’s the perfect catch. But Bryce has secrets of his own. As Jude falls in love with Bryce she has to come to terms with who he is. Can she survive his secret?
Right from the start, […]
Review: Sleeping to Death by G. D. Baum ★★★★
Lock Tourmaline is a New Jersey private investigator. Lock, a former cop, is working as a bodyguard for Korean druglords. Jason Heung, the brother of the head of the Korean organization, is murdered in prison. Susan Heung wants Lock to find out who murdered her brother since the authorities aren’t looking into his murder.
While trying to solve the mystery, Lock is also dealing with his ex-wife, who wants to buy DVDs that show her performing a sexual act with her […]
Review: Approaching Twi-Night by M. Thomas Apple ★★★★
Though the book is best suited for baseball lovers, it could be enjoyed […]