Review: Why Mermaids Sing

Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Love these novels by C.S. Harris that blend history into a believable tale with numerous twists & turns that keep you turning page after page well after you said you would go to bed. When Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin is again drawn into a murder investigation by a local Policeman due to his background in the War & his Gentleman status he investigates the murder of several prominent sons brutally butchered and drained of blood. So what do all these victims have in common? And is the clue that ties all this together from an ill-fated voyage from India? So what are the surviving passengers hiding?

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Review: In Our Mad and Furious City

In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The truth is not always black and white, there are many layers unseen in-between that are sometimes overlooked and discarded as being false. How can religious men of peace become so abusive to their neighbors that they resort to violence instead of words? This novel digs deep into the hatred that festers when racial tensions flare in the city of London seen from the perspective of several young men and a young Irish lass from different religious or economical backgrounds living in a city under siege with hatred. The news carries so many headlines of hate and few solutions to poverty or peace. When will we change? Some very deep thinking in this book, hope it opens some peoples eyes to how others live precariously through life.

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Review: Henry & Eva and the Castle on the Cliff

Henry & Eva and the Castle on the Cliff by Andrea Portes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Twelve year old Eva and Henry who is ten but has an IQ of 180 making him quite smart for his young age, are visited by some of their family ghosts in a attempt to solve the mystery of who killed Henry and Eva's parents. Who could the killer be? Is it Uncle Claude with his real estate scheming or his kooky shopaholic girlfriend? or someone else completely? This was sad tale because of Henry an Eva loosing their parents but with their parents many words of wisdom that they had been taught they were able to over come their grief to bring their parents killer to justice. Well done!

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Review: Beneath the Eyes

Beneath the Eyes by Upender Reddy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

When an Indian couple loses both their children, Basu, the husband dedicates his waking hours to developing a microchip that will enable others to see what the child sees through a computer monitor. But when a paranormal entity breaks out, several doctors lose their lives. India implanted human microchipping starting in or around 2009 with photos of your eyes, hands, and faces photographed. Will you be next?

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Review: The Haunting of Rachel Harroway Super Boxset

The Haunting of Rachel Harroway Super Boxset by J.S. Donovan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This series of books delves into a woman who can see ghosts similar to the "Ghost Whisperer" television show. I enjoyed most of the books but found that I was rereading some of the book from the previous one to refresh the readers mind on what happened previously. I found this series on Amazon and used my Kindle Unlimited status to read these books.

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Review: The Night Crossing

The Night Crossing by Robert Masello
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Bram Stoker was running a theater in London where he worked with his friend and famous actor at that time a one Henry Irving. When a young woman returns from the Carpathian mountains in Transylvania, she also brings home an ancient deity housed in a small golden box. With Bran's help, they rescue a young boy and put a stop to the evil brother and sister who have been preying on the poor for their Egyptian rituals that suck the life out of their victims.

Love this book! What interested me most was the way history is woven into the storyline, it makes it seem all the more like a true story. Was also captivated with characters and how life was so different to what it is today.

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Review: Rabbit & Robot

Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

And here I thought this was a YA book, it is not. I won this book on Goodreads for a honest review. This book took me a little while to get into the tempo of the story but once there I was entertained with the the comical antics of the cogs and humans. Rowen and Billy, who are Cage's valet and best friend decide to kidnap Cage on a stolen cruise ship to space to get him off the drug Woz. Two female stowaways along with the many Cogs (robots) find that the ship has been invaded by a blue worm that is making the Cogs want to eat each other. There was much foul language and sexual sitations.

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Review: A Night in the Lonesome October

A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It felt like I was watching an old black and white movie with all the different charectors from my favorite horror movies in it. Loved the way the author incorporated the evil charectors and their familiars doing most of the talking and actions in the story. Snuff is Jack the Rippers dog and Greymalk is witch Jills cat who team up to play a game with several others to bring about hell on earth or stop it on All Hallows Eve.

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Review: The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Fascinating circumstances surround this intriguing plot about a female children's physiatrist who has the disease Agoraphobia; she has not left her home in ten months after the car accident with her family. Armed each day with her endless supply of Merlot, a laptop, a high powered Nikon camera, an arsenal of pills and the many windows of her NYC brownstone she watches the world around her. When new neighbors move into the house across the park from her, she cannot help but be drawn to what is happening there. She is shocked when she is the only witness to a murder. But who was murdered and who is the killer? No one believes her, they all think she's the crazy lady. Was it all in her mind?

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Review: Dreadful Company

Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Dr. Greta Helsing has come to Paris to deliver a medical paper at a convention on monster medicine, with her best friend, a Vampire by the name of Edmund Ruthven. What could go wrong? When a coven of irresponsible vampires takes up residence in the catacombs that lay scattered beneath the city, a string of cataclysmic events start to unfold. With the help of the lead werewolf, a lowly demon, an old vampyre, two extraterrestrial ghost wranglers and the head of the M&E department from Hell must team up to close the rip in time before all the world is destroyed. The characters are worthy of a TV sitcom series that fight the evil in this world of humans and monsters. I liked the storyline and how the "Phantom of the Opera" is incorporated into the overall story that tied so well with the locations in Paris, France.

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Review: The House Next Door

The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If you have to keep asking your self if you're in fact insane, are you?
When a string of gruesome tragedies befalls a new house in an affluent suburban neighborhood. the neighbors begin to think that the house is haunted or cursed in some way. The story is told from the point of the neighbor Colquitt who with her husband Walter live most closet to the house and witness most of the horrifying goings-on next door. There was a good build-up throughout the book for an ending that was interesting.

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Review: Pendulum Heroes

Pendulum Heroes by James Beamon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Several male friends find themselves inside the fantasy software game they have been playing and are now on a quest in search of the Death Null. FYI: the boys have become them, their alter ego's in the game, so Melvin is now a Warrior Hot Fighting Girl and another a Wizard...

With that said, there was plenty of joking around, many interesting fight scenarios, some wicked cool monsters plus a whole slew of humanoid creatures that will become friends or foe to our band of brothers. I felt this was a wonderful book that has some great potential for this to become a series.

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Review: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I have seen this book advertised and thought it would be a good series in the same genre as the Harry Potter books. In this first book, we meet the main characters of the storyline, who will flee the monsters that like to devour particularly peculiar people. I got drawn into the story but it just felt drab but that might have been the writer's goal. The time is present day, but in the loop, it is still during the second world war. Interesting concepts that I hope manifest further in the next three books that are in this series.

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Review: Woman of God

Woman of God by James Patterson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In this suspense novel, we meet a young woman doctor who gets some mixed messages from God. She has been living in Africa during a massive civil war and seen many disturbing things while treating the wounded. So how can there be a real God with so much suffering? When she is made a Priest in a growing movement of Churchs across the US and a rumor starts circulating the next Pope may be a woman, her name pops up with mixed emotions from the rest of the world.





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Review: Becoming Belle

Becoming Belle by Nuala O'Connor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Becoming Belle was an unexpectedly enlightening historical fiction concerning a young woman who is a singer and dancer in the late 1800's in London who becomes entangled with a crook, a male friend and her beloved Viscount Dunlo of Ireland. Living a free Bohemian lifestyle has made herself Belle a target when a lawsuit is brought against her and her friend for adultery. When will people learn to mind their own business and allow others to live their own lives without outside interference? Unfortunately being in the public spotlight makes many demands on those who work under the stage lights. I thought the book was well planned out with many ups and downs that we all experience in our own lives, so it was easy to relate to how Belle, her friends, and family felt about the situations at hand.

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Review: Shark: Infested Waters

Shark: Infested Waters by P.K. Hawkins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The movie Anaconda came to mind when I was reading the part concerning the rough shape of the boat that the unsuspecting vacationers have booked for a week cruise through the Amazon on. Things start going from bad to worse when the drunken Captain strands the vacationers on a small piece of land that is shrinking quite quickly from the monsoon rains only to learn that the bull sharks are very hungry. Just when you think nothing else could go wrong, one of the vacationers is actually a murder on the run.

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Review: The City of Brass

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Bravo! absolutely amazing. I loved it, all the details in all aspects. Peoples aren't always who they pretend to be. I have not read a book so intriguing since I first started reading the Game of Thrones series. But with an Arabian nights theme with mythological beings who live for centuries and have magical powers but they are oppressive to another tribe whom they consider lowly scum within their magical hidden island in the middle of a cursed lake. When a young human Nahri accidentally summons a genie our djinn as they book calls him, who end up having a feeling for each other only to separated with his death, then she is set to wed a prince... did that wet your appetite? Good, this was a wonderful book. Oh yeah, they travel can travel on a magic carpet!

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Review: Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Cathy Williams a slave with roots to an Amazon Queen from Africa who uses her heritage as a guiding hand in all she does. With the strength of her forefathers, she is first assigned to help the cook during the end of the Civil War who is General Sheridan's personal cook. From there she heads out west to join the Buffalo Soldiers from 1866 to 1868.

I really enjoyed this book, women have been going to war and doing everything men have done for centuries. It is wonderful that writers give women the credit we deserve for the contributions we made to history.

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Review: Fatemarked

Fatemarked by David Estes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Make yourself comfortable so you take in all that goes on in this book, as the first book in the Fatemarked Epic tales we are introduced to a cast of characters that will blow your mind in a tangled mess of juxtaposing. Love conquers all or opposites attract or even loyalty and duty are everything is what comes to mind while reading this harrowing tale of a prophecy of the death of seven Kings before the kingdoms will have peace. Did you like books by JR Toilken or RR Martin then you will love this.

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Review: Murder on the Marshes

Murder on the Marshes by Clare Chase
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When you been stalked before you might think you know what to expect but when journalist Tara Thorpe receives a threatening doll it brings back the nightmares and also a handsome police detective. With so many suspects and a revenge that was long in coming this was a real who done it tale. I look forward to reading "Death on the River" the next book in this series.

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Review: Shark: Infested Waters

Shark: Infested Waters by P.K. Hawkins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The movie Anaconda came to mind when I was reading the part concerning the rough shape of the boat that the unsuspecting vacationers have booked for a week cruise through the Amazon on. Things start going from bad to worse when the drunken Captain strands the vacationers on a small piece of land that is shrinking quite quickly from the monsoon rains only to learn that the bull sharks are very hungry. Just when you think nothing else could go wrong, one of the vacationers is actually a murder on the run.

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Review: The Mark

The Mark by Jason Pinter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Everyone says that Henry Parker is an old man's name but what they don't realize is how resourceful he really is. Pinned with a murder he didn't commit, on the run from not only just one pissed of detective but also a highly paid assassin is on his tail too he must clear his name before he ends up dead. Well paced with plenty of twists in the action and drama unfolding with each turning of the page.

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Review: In Sheep's Clothing

In Sheep's Clothing by Emily Kimelman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

War is hell and women who lives are affected by it are made into either slaves or fighters. When Sydney Rye goes missing after a botched mission where she is left mortally wounded in Afganistan. Jihad fanatics have kidnapped many young women but many are rising up against their captors all on the words of a woman who comes out of the desert to free her fellow women and kill their captors. An interesting book but I would have liked to have had a little more background on the organization and who is Sydney Rye? Maybe I should have started on the first book instead of the ninth. Overall it had a good storyline.

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Review: The Mansion

The Mansion by Ezekiel Boone
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In our ever increasing desires to make our lives more productive, we rely on new computer technology to help us along. But, at what cost are we entrusting our lives and the lives of our loved ones to a possible tragedy at the hands of a machine who's been invaded by an evil ghost in the machine? In this Syfy thriller, we find two young men who have invented a software program called "Nellie" that will interpret your every need before you even know you want it. When Billy and Emily had left Shawn at the cabin, they walked away from the project that would make Shawn a mega-billionaire many times over and with Billy and Emily hitting really tough times, so when Shawn invites Billy to fix the "Nellie" program he is overjoyed to accept the job. Things start out fine but things start going wrong from day one. I found this book both entertaining and intriguing, good characters and a nice flow to the overall book.

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Review: Thresher: A Deep Sea Thriller

Thresher: A Deep Sea Thriller by Michael Cole
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you enjoyed the original shark horror book by Peter Benchley's "Jaws" then you're in for some deja vu'. I mean this in a good way. There are only so many ways a shark can attack boats, people, and other animals. Its all in the suspense that leads up to these attacks and this book will keep you up all night reading because going to sleep is no longer an option now that you have fully visualized this killing machine that will haunt your dreams if you close your eyes. Dun dun dun da... We all know about GMO's but do we really "know" what long-term effects will be? Bigger better and much much more aggressive, sound familiar? Read in honor of 2018 Shark Week.

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Review: City of Secrets

City of Secrets by Victoria Thompson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have been enjoying Victoria Thompson's novels for several years now, and she never fails to provide an exceptional piece of writing. In this series, we are introduced to a young woman, raised by her father who taught her the fine art of grifting. With the help of her fiance who is an upstanding gentleman that prides himself on his honesty must learn to make exceptions to solve the murder and theft of a widows lives savings. Victoria Thompson has developed good solid characters that are genuinely everyday heroes and some dastardly villains that deserve their final punishments. With her vast knowledge of the historical facts during the early 1900th century, she sets the scene with historical events. Always a pleasure to read her books.

“Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Complete Fairy Tales



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Review: Foundryside

Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The young thief who has a rune-scribed plate in her head can gain knowledge by touch objects is set on a job to steal a small box for a large sum of money from a heavily guarded warehouse down by the river docks, but nothing is ever as easy as it first seems. With most of the city looking for our young thief she has few options available for her. This book was terrific, and my only negative thought was about the small percentage of crude language used to describe fecal matter. I think this would be a wonderfully illustrated animation and hope there will be more adventures with our team of mix-matched hero's. Will the city be rebuilt? Who will be in power? So many different scenarios...

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Review: Fortune in Blood

Fortune in Blood by Phil Philips
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The powerful Peruggia crime family of Los Angeles has bungled an enormous heist and lost the patriarchs eldest son in the ensuing gunfight at the bank. JoeyPeruggia, the carefree surfer son, is now expected to step into his brother's shoes and recover the millions of money sitting in police headquarters. FBI agent has been dating the eldest son and wants her share of the millions along with the corrupt cops who are in the Peruggia's pocket who will breeze the way for the heist. But things never go as planned and this book has plenty of action, corruption and a few good guys who get the job done in the end, but at what cost. The story moved at a good pace with lots of twists and turns to keep the reader's attention. Characters were believable and well developed.

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Review: Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding

Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Georgie, who has royal blood and Darcey have finally set a date for their wedding and have been looking for a new place to call home. With her Uncle away on one of his many travels to far off lands, his house has been left vacant with only a small handful of servants employed. Plus strange things have been happening there. Can Georgie get to the bottom of all the shenanigans that have been happening at her new domicile? This story was the first book with Georgie and Darcey as the main characters that I have read by Rhy Bowens. I enjoyed most of the book, but I felt that our main character was a bit of a snob which kind of put me off in fondness for our heroine.

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Review: Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding

Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Georgie, who has royal blood and Darcey have finally set a date for their wedding and have been looking for a new place to call home. With her Uncle away on one of his many travels to far off lands, his house has been left vacant with only a small handful of servants employed. Plus strange things have been happening there. Can Georgie get to the bottom of all the shenanigans that have been happening at her new domicile? This story was the first book with Georgie and Darcey as the main characters that I have read by Rhy Bowens. I enjoyed most of the book, but I felt that our main character was a bit of a snob which kind of put me off in fondness for our heroine.

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Review: An Interlude in Berlin

An Interlude in Berlin by Jefferson Flanders
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

As a big fan of James Bond, I naturally assumed that it was a spies job to seduce women for information as part of their job description. But this young CIA man finds himself transferred to Berlin after a messy affair with an upper ranking members wife tries to commit suicide after the incident ended. Do to his loose morals the Russians decide to plant a young actress in his path only to have the tables turned. I liked the story but thought something was lacking; maybe it could have been a longer story with more details.

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Review: Leave No Trace

Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When a young man who had gone missing ten years earlier while on a camping trip with his father in the Minnesota wilderness is sent to a mental institution to evaluate him. At the hospital, a young, inexperienced speech therapist is challenged with getting Lucus to open up about where he has been? And where is your father? In a tangled mess Lucus must piece the puzzle pieces together as to why he and his father remained in the woods all these years. When Maya finally earns the trust of Lucus, she learns that his father is deathly sick and Lucus is the only one who can find him. What to do? Small ripples can cause huge after effects.

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Review: Mountain of the Dead

Mountain of the Dead by Jeremy Bates
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This mystery thriller suspense story based on an actual event takes place in the dangerous Ural Mountains of Siberia in Russia. A band of college students plans to make their level III hike during the winter of 1959, but only one will return home. So many years later an author decides to solve the mystery of what might be the actual events that happened on the mountain by traveling there but will any of them return from their quest? Was this a military cover-up? Are there creatures out there that shun man? A Snowman, Aliens, Yeti or Bigfoot? I found this a story exciting since it is all speculation as to what could have been the exact cause of these unexplained deaths. We will never know what happened that fateful night. The author covers just about every, conspiracy related topic in this the fifth book in the "World's Scariest Places" series. I look forward to reading the first four.

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Review: The Company of Demons

The Company of Demons by Michael Jordan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

With a serial killer who seems to defy aging, he comes back to haunt a loose morals middle age attorney whose father a deceased cop who took his own life instead of facing the shame of not being able to catch this brutal murderer is set up in a big way. What a tangled web people play for their sick enjoyment in this web of lies and deceit. Who can you trust? Are the people you have in your life indeed who they say they are? There were quite a few good continuous situations that kept the action going all through the book.

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Review: Shadow Men: It Should Have Been An Easy Kill

Shadow Men: It Should Have Been An Easy Kill by Dan Westerlin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

First I would like to thank Dan Westerlin for donating the proceeds of the e-version of Shadow Men to the Navy Marine-Corps Relief Society and Arts in the Armed Forces. I received this book through Goodreads in a generous giveaway. What I liked most about the book were the characters that seem so lifelike. Plus the story coincides with many of the political themes our society is playing roles in at any given moment, like the Mexico/US board, the middle east, terrorism, human trafficking, protestors, news reporters spreading fake news and our elite armed forces that are given the orders to kill on command. The only thing I think that could be improved is to have more details added to the overall story, make the reader feel more of what is happening in the story.

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Review: COYOTE

COYOTE by Kelly Oliver
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I'm a sucker for strong women I can relate too in a story. Jessica James is one of those characters that you feel attuned too right from the very beginning. With her kind robust outlook on finding the culprits that have done wrong to others she is relentless in her search and prosecution of those responsible for their wrongdoings that caused the death of her friend and the human trafficking going on in her home state of Montana. I like the fact that the author speaks out about such atrocities that are happening in America at present, from the exploitation of young girls in the sex trafficking, the constant rape of our natural resources taking place by the use of fracking and the people who make profits more important than human lives. This book kept me so captivated from start to finish I was able to finish in a few hours.

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Review: Runes of Issalia Complete Boxed Set: An Epic Fantasy Adventure

Runes of Issalia Complete Boxed Set: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by Jeffrey L. Kohanek
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When I received a copy of Rogue Legacy from Goodreads by author Jeffrey L. Kohanek, I was hooked on the story and the fantastic characters, so it was natural for me to want to read the first three books in this series which I was able to download from Amazon in the form of a box set. Each book is a stand-alone story but being able to read all four books in a row was a real pleasure. I think YA books such as these provide excellent inspiration for our youth of today.
Where the is a will, there is a way!
Being different is okay!

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Review: Warning Light

Warning Light by David Ricciardi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Iran is a melting pot of extremes, so when a passenger plane makes an unscheduled landing at a remote off limits airport things start going very wrong for computer analyst Zachery Miller when he is detained for questioning. With only his wits he escapes thus begins the journey back to his homeland. Loved this none stop story that had me up late to finish it, I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good spy book. It was good from start to finish. Is there a sequel in the works?

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Review: Three Days Missing

Three Days Missing by Kimberly Belle
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Superb writing, a must read for all parents with children. Most of us do not realize that bullying starts at a very young age. If this world is ever going to get better, we need to stop the labeling and brushing specific negative behavior under the rug. From page one I was drawn into the drama unfolding when a smart young boy named Ethan goes on a camping trip only to go missing. With each page, we learn that things are not as pleasant for Ethan at school as his mother was informed. With a specific male student doing his best to make Ethan's life a living hell all because he was smarter than the other children his age. Will we as a human race ever be able to remain unobjective about other individuals differences?

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Review: Exit Strategy

Exit Strategy by Charlton Pettus
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Pure anonymity was a subject I never thought about until this book. We have all heard of the witness protection program, so we are all familiar with people who start over with a clean set of credentials. But what about the people who change their identities but then change their minds and want their old life back? In this tale, you'll find genuinely ingenious ways that two people can communicate. Once I got over the awkward start, I was thoroughly engrossed in how these two people were ever going to get back together again against so many obstacles. Will love concur all? Can the villains keep them apart? Is there anyone they can trust? Trust no one

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Review: Your Body is My Prison

Your Body is My Prison by Oksana Leslie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In this Syfy kinda paranormal alien themed novel we find a young girl whose body seems to be the prison for an entity from another planet that had committed the crime of murder. While the book lacked the fine tuning of say a Jeffery Deaver or other such author who has published many novels, this book still had the structure that I was able to find enjoyable. Some of the best writing was about fate and how people make some off-hand comments about wanting more rest.. boom next thing you know that person is now in a coma... or how you want your life to be more exciting... what could be more exciting than meeting an alien. I look forward to seeing what this author has next to offer us... maybe a series?

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Review: Blood Vow

Blood Vow by J.R. Ward
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I liked the two stories that intermingled in the book but found them to be a distraction that made it hard for me to get into the groove of the book. The highs and lows were too extreme for me. You have two sexy intelligent vampires having these crazy sex scenes and they were back to a twelve-year-old girls adoption process. Maybe if I had read the first book it might have made a little more sense to me. But the fighting was minimal and these vampires are not vicious. It was like a daytime soap opera for the bold and batty vampires with their uber-wealthy and then the street thugs. Not my cup of tea but it has some good potential for a long-running series. Thanks for letting me have a copy of this for my honest review here on Goodreads.

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Review: The Pope of Palm Beach

The Pope of Palm Beach by Tim Dorsey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Serge and Coleman set out on a crazy road trip that has them traveling the roads of Florida on the trail of some famous authors. These two remind me a little of the two guys in "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas". On their trip, they come across some unsavory individuals and an author who has been in hiding for many years. I enjoyed those madcap antics and was super excited the way the whole story came round robin from beginning to end. It was an incredible rollercoaster ride. Good characters, good plot and some good unexpected scenarios that will have you cheering for the good guys to win. I look forward to reading much more from author Tim Dorsey; he has caught my attention in a big way.

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Review: Zendoodle: 101 Zendoodle Patterns to Inspire Your Inner Artist--Even if You Think You're Not One!

Zendoodle: 101 Zendoodle Patterns to Inspire Your Inner Artist--Even if You Think You're Not One! by Olivia Summers
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Wonderful and easy to follow instructions that provide step by step picture drawings.

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Review: Zendoodle Box Set: 99 Zendoodle Patterns to Inspire Your Inner Artist--Even if You Think You're Not One!

Zendoodle Box Set: 99 Zendoodle Patterns to Inspire Your Inner Artist--Even if You Think You're Not One! by Olivia Summers
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A well-planned book that was easy to follow. the only thing I think that could have been done differently was the size of the drawings. There were these small drawings on a big white page.

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Review: The Golden Hairpin

The Golden Hairpin by Qinghan CeCe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

We are introduced to a young woman, Huang Zixia, who has lost all her family and is accused of murdering them with poison. She was a prodigy that assisted her father in solving crimes. Her life depends on assisting in solving a string of murders that surround the disappearance of the young princess. By possing as a eunuch in the service of one of the princes she seeks out the culprits involved.
This was a wonderful novel set in ancient China that made me think of some of the famous crime sleuths. I think we can add Huang Zixia to that list as well. Well done!



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Review: A Chase of Blood on Steel

A Chase of Blood on Steel by Dan Biermeier
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

In society, there are those who wish to live their lives in the not so typical way as others. This is understandable since we all have different needs and wants. In this story, we are introduced to a different type of person, one who enjoys traveling and working for their livelihood; they go by the name of Hobo. Not to be confused with bums or tramps that beg or steal for their sustenance. A group of war veterans helps to track down individuals that use the trains as a way to commit crimes on a never-ending journey across America. I found this book hard for me to get into it but it was still worth reading since I learned so much about a group hidden for the most part from most people eyes.

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Review: Rogue Legacy

Rogue Legacy by Jeffrey L. Kohanek
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Rogue Legacy was the first book I read by the author Jeffrey L. Kohanek and it was not a disappointment, far from it, it was amazing. With my Amazon Unlimited, I have just added the Runes of Issalia Complete Boxed Set: An Epic Fantasy Adventure so I can read the first three books because I so enjoyed Rogue Legacy. It reminded me of a beautiful Disney movie.

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Review: Brimstone

Brimstone by Daniel Foster
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I found this book a little hard to follow in the beginning with the flip-flopping from a man's diary to a family in crisis, but once you got into the heart of the story you found that it is an enthralling hair-raising tale of a creature in torment and how a young man can change into a dire wolf will save the day. Not for the faint of heart, this tale might keep you up at night....

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Review: Why Kill the Innocent

Why Kill the Innocent by C.S. Harris
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The British Navy used what was called impressment, or “press gang” as it was more commonly known, was recruitment by force. In some case men left behind families with no means of support.
In this book, we delve into the life of a young pregnant woman whose husband was taken by such a gang and left to fend for herself and her children. When Hero and Alexi travel during a severe snowstorm to assist in the birth of this women's child, they stumble upon the body of the Princess Carolines piano teacher laying dead, but there is no blood from her wound, so she did not die where they found her. No scandal must prevent the betrothal of Caroline to her dutch suiter, so the crime has been listed as an accident, but Sebastion knows that this is far from the truth. With the help of his wife and friends, they unravel the mystery surrounding this women demise.

I have read several books from this series, and each book is a stand-alone mystery. I have enjoyed each and everyone and hope to read all the books in this historical fictional mystery. Good can prevail over evil.

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