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Review: Infinite Sacrifice by L. E. Waters

Am I having another morphine dream? Did I slip into a coma? Where am I?

Interesting start to a book about Lazrina/Maya, who finds herself dead and speaking to her spirit guide Zachariah. From this point on, Lazrina/Maya finds herself in a place where she must now revisit all her past lives and live through the lessons each one has to teach her. This is the place between lives where she will review her past and learn her lessons.

She has four lives reviewed in this book; Ancient Egypt, Sparta, Ireland/Viking Invasions and England at the time of the Black […]

Boudica Foster2011-11-14T18:28:40+02:00November 14th, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Review: Elvis Cream by Peter Menting

The plot, if that is the word, of Peter Menting’s Elvis Cream is quickly told: Ali Hasheeshee, a wealthy fundamentalist sheik in the Emirate of Quais, wants to go to the United States to convert its population to Islam, but unfortunately he is a dead-ringer for America’s most hated terrorist enemy, Osama Al Osama. Meanwhile, a nearly bankrupt company in Muleshoe, Texas, run by a family of 1950s-‘60s music aficionados needs an infusion of capital. When a New York advertising executive tries to improve the sheik’s U.S. image by making him resemble Elvis Presley and then introduces him and his […]

BlueInk Review2020-02-21T05:40:43+02:00November 10th, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|

Review: Servant of an Angry God by Patrick Moses

Killer Justin Pointer didn’t realize what life was all about till he died. In his meeting with St. Peter, he found out that God was willing to give him a second chance –putting his earthly skills of professional assassin to work for God himself. But there is always a catch.

Pointer learns that the eternal battle between good and evil does exist, and his assigned job is to keep Victor Anson alive. Once Anson had been one of God’s most avid followers, but has fallen away from the faith. Now he is God’s Anti-Christ. And Justin was going to be […]

Boudica Foster2011-11-15T13:49:45+02:00November 6th, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|

Review: The Afterlife Series by Bambi Harris

I have finished reading books one through three in the Afterlife Series and I am so enjoying this series that I just have to share with you.

First, Bambi Harris is no stranger to writing. She has done much research on history and the paranormal and it shows in this series. She is from Australia and lives now in the US. She also does Creative Writing Classes. The woman is well versed in the creative writing process and has self published her books with iUniverse.

So, I come across her second book, Ghost Retrieval and Cappuccino. Well, anything to […]

Boudica Foster2020-02-21T07:16:15+02:00November 6th, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Paranormal Romance Book Reviews|

Review: Carlos the Impossible by J.T.K. Belle

In this short but elegant novella, an aging matador from Mexico meets his greatest adversary in an infamous bull from the American heartland. Inspired by traditional folk tales, the author sets his story in an indeterminate time period, spinning a legend all his own with the compassion and verve of a born storyteller.

The novella begins by introducing the titular monolith of the book, a gargantuan bull from Kansas whose moniker quickly evolves from “Son of Carleton” to the ironic “Carlito,” to “Big Carl” and finally, to the ultimate compliment: “Carlos the Impossible.” By the time he’s been drafted for […]

BlueInk Review2020-02-21T05:40:50+02:00November 6th, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews, Member Blog|

Review: Power and Control by Ralph Leaton White

Ralph White’s debut novel, Power and Control, a political thriller that takes place in the near future, begins shortly after a cataclysmic Christmas Day that saw entire towns and villages in 19 countries totally wiped out by chemical or biological attacks.

The “Earth Cleansers,” who have taken responsibility for the deaths of hundreds of thousands, send messages to eight powerful governments with the pronouncement that they believe the population of Earth must be decimated for the survival of the planet. Christmas Day is just a sample of what is to come on the Ides of March. Each country must […]

BlueInk Review2020-02-21T05:41:17+02:00November 3rd, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|

Review: Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park-Draft

In some ways, this was a modern tale of Mary Poppins, only this family is a bit more tragic. While Julie is seeking independence from home and moves away to attend college, she moves in with a family friend. Witnessing firsthand how far independence can push away people, how pain and time do stand still when not dealt with, and that people only see what they want, Julie faces some hard truths and realizes that nothing is ever at it seems.

I FLAT-OUT LOVE this book, love the characters, and thought the book dealt with issues everyone can resonate with. […]

lisa salazar2011-10-24T19:25:49+02:00October 24th, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews|

SPR is Now Charging for Reviews

Believe me, I struggled with this idea for a long time. In a world where self-publishers get ripped off by shady print on demand outfits, there’s a lot of sensitivity to charging self-publishers any money. The main purpose of charging for reviews is not to make me money as editor of this site, but to attract a bunch of reviewers web-wide who might be able to review a greater variety of books – cookbooks, kids, romance, whatever it may be. I want this site to be able to cover every wing of self-publishing.