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August 21, 2023

FISHER’S LUCK

By Rhya Tenney
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Well-imagined and often fun, Rhya Tenney's FISHER’S LUCK is a good first entry of a new, eccentric series with lots of potential.

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

For those with an obsessive interest in historical linguistics and abstract philosophy, historical linguist turned psychiatrist Elliott Martin's detail-dense THE VIRTUOUS PHYSICIAN: A Brief Medical...

August 18, 2023

THIN PLACES

By Barbara Cottrell
Rating:
2.4 / 5.0

With a wide array of characters, monsters and worlds, Barbara Cottrell's THIN PLACES gives readers an action-packed adventure that die-hard H.P. Lovecraft fans will adore.

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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Honest, warm and frequently witty, Diane Meyer Lowman's THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (Seeing Myself Through Shakespeare’s Eyes) is an inspiring memoir of finding truth, revelation and...

August 16, 2023

UNCLUTTER: A Survivor’s Story

By Winnie D Pagora
Rating:
3.6 / 5.0

Though frequently dark and harrowing, debut novelist Winnie D Pagora's UNCLUTTER (A Survivor’s Story) is an effective and affecting YA novel that tackles difficult subjects...

August 16, 2023

ENDS & STARTS

By Kit Hindmarsh
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Kit Hindmarsh’s ENDS & STARTS is a fast-paced romance that could use more world-building and on-the-page action to set the scene.

August 16, 2023

PYRAMIDS OF MERIDIAN

By Sam Arnold
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Sam Arnold‘s rollicking PYRAMIDS OF MERIDIAN is a creative but uneven story that combines thoughtful theology and action-packed military science fiction to tackle death and...

August 14, 2023

THE STREAMLINED LOCOMOTIVE

By Stephen Lloyd Auslender
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

Full of entertaining scenes and a strong central character, Stephen Lloyd Auslender's THE STREAMLINED LOCOMOTIVE is an amusing look at how not to run a...

August 14, 2023

THE SILENT WOODSMAN

By Cat Treadgold
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

A sweet and hot romance with a touch of mystery, Cat Treadgold's THE SILENT WOODSMAN (the audio version) covers more than a few of the...

August 14, 2023

THE LOVE AWAKENING: LOVE UNCONDITIONAL

By Dina Arruda
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Dina Arruda's THE LOVE AWAKENING: LOVE UNCONDITIONAL is an enjoyable and unusual contemporary romance novella with a well-drawn lead character and a first person narration...

August 11, 2023

EXTINGUISHING SHADOWS

By Heather Beal
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Heather Beal's EXTINGUISHING SHADOWS is an accessible and fast-paced text planted firmly in an underworld of magical folklore and vampire fantasy that remains fresh with...

August 11, 2023

FLIGHT ACROSS WATERS

By Ulla Håkanson
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

While the plot of Ulla Håkanson's highly entertaining mystery thriller, FLIGHT ACROSS WATERS, is driven by some barely credible actions by rather thinly drawn villains,...

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