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.Slaveon July 28, 2011 and has 194 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Review source: The Writer’s Coffee Shop Publishing House First in the Finding Anna BDSM erotica (although there really isn’t any sex in it beyond some wanting and kisses) series based in Minneapolis. I’d consider it more of a psychological exploration. My Take I considered giving this a “3” if only because the writer does create engaging characters and uses good English. But I decided it wasn’t enough to counter the lack of warmth or pull. Admittedly, I don’t know this lifestyle, so perhaps I’m being unfair. Several times, Hayes mentions Brianna’s stiffness, her robotic responses. It made me think of Hayes’ writing. Stiff. Detached. It reads more like a report on someone’s condition. A report of atrocities committed. It begins with Stephan’s voice and his thoughts for several chapters and then Brianna’s thoughts and reactions are brought into play and their different perspectives switch back and forth throughout the story. We start to learn her history — the recent 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.A Place Called Armageddonon September 1, 2012 and has 481 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Review source: Sourcebooks Landmark It’s the battle in 1453 that sees the end of an era in Constantinople. My Take Oh man, Humphreys has me by the first page of the prologue! I’m tense with fear at the description he provides of the Turk flowing to the walls of Constantinople. Heck, I wanna just open the gates and tell ’em to have at it. How can he possibly fight against a mass of men like this? And yet the men fighting to save Constantinople do last…for longer than anyone could have expected. While Humphreys is a romantic who skims the truth of Constantinople, I do appreciate his even-handedness in presenting both sides. As sad as it was to see so beautiful a city cut down, for so many men to die, Constantinople needed to die as it was. It had become so corrupt, decayed. It needed to be reborn like the phoenix. It’s been a Muslim city […]

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.Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nestin Hardcover edition on May 25, 2010 and has 563 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Third in the Millennium Trilogy suspense series continues the story begun in The Girl Who Played with Fire. In 2008, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest won the Glass Key Award, and in 2010, it won the Goodreads Choice for Mystery & Thriller, Favorite Book, Favorite Heroine. My Take I know people like this do exist. everywhere. People more concerned with their own power and status. Willing to do whatever it takes, destroy anyone in their way to maintain or improve their status. Thank god there are people who are just the opposite as well. The hospital and the police all know that Zala and his daughter are at odds — she did hit him in the head with an axe…twice. So, why wouldn’t there be a guard in the hall to prevent any interaction between them? Interesting peek under the hood of Sweden’s justice system in comparison to that of […]