I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Three Graves Fullin Hardcover edition on February 12, 2013 and has 307 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon A thriller with more twists in and out of the dark than the Takabisha rollercoaster. My Take Mason certainly pulled me in and then spit me back out. The twists and turns from the original worry of discovery to the truth of Jason’s life. The truth of Leah’s feelings. The identities and whys of Jason’s body. It’s an amazingly simple story. Well, three simple stories which Mason weaves together until they meet one night and the most terrifying night of Keystone Kops ensues, ramping up my anxiety and heart rate. I simply couldn’t read fast enough to find out what happens next! The police are clean, sharp, and the type you want out there. Everyone else? They’re like nothing you’d expect with more truth than you want. What a weasel?!! Why not just move? I mean, duh. Why does he put up with this? Well, I’m just happy the baddies didn’t get a chance to […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Bone Peoplein Paperback edition on June 29, 2010 and has 576 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon A sad story about a dysfunctional group of people in New Zealand. In 1985, The Bone People won the Man Booker Prize and the Pegasus Prize for Literature, while in 1984, it won the New Zealand Post Book Award. I can understand this, although why obtuse and confused always seems to accompany such winners continually raises questions in my mind. My Take There are two things I loved about this story: the incorporation of Maori culture and the general idea of the storyline. I hated the cruel side of Joe. That everyone just kept brushing it under the rug, although I had a hard time believing that it was Joe until Hulme hit me over the head with it! I definitely disliked half of Hulme’s style. I know. How can a person dislike part of another’s style? I can’t think of any other way to describe it. For a seven-year-old, Simon’s thought speech is amazingly […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Season for Temptationin Paperback edition on October 4, 2011 and has 362 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the Holiday Pleasures historical romance series in 1817 Regency England. The couple focus is on Julia Herrington, Louisa Oliver, and James Matheson. My Take This was…interesting. I still can’t really make up my mind about this. Romain did a lovely job of creating an interesting conflict with great characters. And I’d have enjoyed it so much more if it hadn’t felt like such a huge disconnect from the time period she stuck it in. Nor did the “reason” James had to get married seem plausible. I kept reading, hoping I’d find out the real reason for the rush. Nope, that was it. If Romain had a clue about the society of the time period, she would have realized that the mourning period alone would have seen gossip quashed. It’s really a shame she had to wreck a good idea by not doing her research. Then there was the “big scandal” at the end… […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Better Part of Darknessin Paperback edition on November 24, 2009 and has 394 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon First in the Charlie Madigan urban fantasy series set in Atlanta. What has Atlanta done to the world to be the setting for so many urban fantasies? My Take I enjoyed this very much, but every once in a while, there’s a tiny disconnect and it can be a bit juvenile, and it makes me take a step back, but for the most part, I liked this start to this series. There’s a wide range of interesting characters from the truly good to the truly evil with a nice sprinkling in between. Gay has already set up differing levels of conflict between them with lots of potential for romance. There’s even a dystopian element to it as well as a challenge to our own perceptions of devils and vampires of all sorts. Devils? Vampires? Not the usual character type I think of when I hear the word “alien”. Our heroine has a nice bit […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.HeatseekerIt is part of the , series and is a in Paperback edition on January 29, 2013 and has 352 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Sixth and last in the Goddard Project; second in the Atrati. Both are romantic suspense. The primary couple focus is on Rachel Gannon and Kadin Marks. A secondary focus is on Spazz and Cowboy. My Take Don’t bother picking this one up. I really expected more of Monroe, and she has NOT delivered. This story is so surface with a lot of whiny Sturm und Drang. Even the lame bits are simply dull. I found myself skimming a lot of it just to get it over with. Full of cutesy clichés with flimsy excuses masquerading as drama to give the story its major plotline. Yawn. Oops, sorry. yawwwwwn. Oops, I just keep doing that. Oh, well, at least it’s consistent with Monroe’s storyline…yawn. Jamila’s attitude is confusing. When her father’s actions are displayed, she acts as though she hasn’t a clue and then she turns around and […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Semper FidelisIt is part of the , series and is a in Hardcover edition on January 8, 2013 and has 327 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Fifth in the Gaius Petreius Ruso, a.k.a., Medicus, historical mystery series based in 122 A.D. York, England. My Take It was a bit of a shock to learn that Ruso was back with the army. Although, events in Caveat Emptor, 4, may well have made it seem like the safer choice, LOL. I’m not sure if it was Tilla’s boredom or the family that encouraged Ruso to go back! Do read the character list at the start of the book. Downie has been clever, and it’s a fun read. Even more fun is how skeptical Tilla is about how this reading thing could be. The bit about the medication and blaming it on Tilla was roughly done. I did enjoy the setting, but for the most part, this is as confusing and frustrating to read as a contemporary police procedural with all sorts of hints dropped, […]