When six of the last eight novels I’ve read have sucked, and all of those are romance (historical romance, with one exception), it must be time to switch genres. I’m not sure why I’ve been so desperate to read a good historical lately, but it’s clearly not happening! I just started a fantasy novel that […]
Category Archives: Book Reviews
If I’m reading it, I’ll write about it here — scifi, fantasy, romance, mystery, non-fiction, or whatever my book club makes me read.
Book Review: Copper Beach
I am often wary of posting cover art for romance novels (even mixed suspense/fantasy romance novels like this one) because of the god-awful covers, but I have to say: I like this one! The colors pop, and the topless man with the ripped muscles looks like he actually has something interesting on his mind besides […]
Book Review: Prey
Prey is a romantic suspense set in the wilderness, complete with deadly thunderstorms, a sociopath, and a man-eating bear. Between the weather, the wildlife, and the dark side of humanity, Angie is in a world of trouble. We begin with Angie, who had made a living taking tour groups (mostly hunters) into the Montana wilderness […]
Book Review: Changes
I’m just going to cut to the chase here and confess my extreme disappointment in this book, and indeed, in the progression of this “trilogy.” If my review of Intrigues, I said: The story was slow, tedious, and it involved long descriptions of a made-up sporting event that reminded me of Quiddich (at least in […]
Book Review: Intrigues (Collegium #2)
Mags, from Foundation, is still trying to fit in as a Herald’s Trainee, but things go sound when he discovers his deceased parents are something worse than thieves — they’re foreigners! At least, the revelation becomes worse when paired with the murky and completely useless vision of foreseers involving the king, blood, and a foreigner. […]
Book Review: Foundation (Collegium Chronicles #1)
Mags, so named because he had the eye of a Magpie, was a slave in a gem mine until one of Valdemar’s magical companions chose him. After that, he entered a whole new world as a trainee, and despite all odds, attracted the notice of some powerful people who were eager to use his skills. […]
Book Review: Shades of Twilight
Roanna has been in love with Webb for as long as she can remember. As a child, it was a sort of hero worship, but as she grew older, the love matured into something more real. So it broke her heart when Webb married her spoiled cousin, Jessie. Then one day, everything falls apart. Roanna […]
Book Review: Zombie Penpal
Back in second grade, you had a pen pal from New Orleans, but she disappeared when Hurricane Katrina hit, and you haven’t heard from her since. Now you’re in 7th grade, and there’s a new girl in school who some thing is a zombie, but who you think reminds you of your old pen pal. […]
Book Review: Aching for Always
What a fun story! The worst thing about it, IMHO, was the title. It just didn’t grab me. I haven’t read this author before, but put this on my to-read list based on the summary. Trouble was, every time I perused my to-read list, I couldn’t remember what this story was supposed to be about, […]
Book Review: The Perfect Mistress
Juliet’s great-grandmother considered herself the perfect mistress, and was so proud of her life that she wrote about it in detail and left the memoirs to å granddaughter who never received them. Juliet inherits them when her great-uncle dies, right around the time she finds herself in a serious money crunch. Her solution — sell […]