Deadly Messengers

Posted by cat2002116 on March 15, 2016
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Deadly Messengers

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

Having read another book by the same author, I was happy to have another on my Kindle… and I thought this was a really intriguing idea.

It was really creepy to see the point of view from the people who became the mass murderers. I did like Kendall as a character and I found her easy to relate to… although I did think there was too much of an instant connection between her and the police officer.

I did find it difficult not to picture Trip from Agents of SHIELD while I was reading about the police officers… but speaking about Trip, I would have liked to see more of his history. I didn’t get to know him as well as I knew his partner… whose name I don’t actually recall off the top of my head.

I thought there were some really good elements of tension and for a lot of the book, there was quite a lot of mystery. However, with some of the POV changes, I felt that some of the mystery was dropped away. I would have liked to see less perspective from the person responsible for the murders.

I did think that there was a bit too much information dumping in this book. I felt it could have been expanded upon a bit… and I would have liked some more explanation about the reason for the names You23 and Boss17. If there were particular reasons behind them, of course.

There was a lot about this book that was quite scary to read and although I was confused about how everything fit together at first, it did make more sense at the end… even though the explanation did seem to hold some elements of the paranormal.

I would have liked a bit more in the sense of the work being put into the cases by the officers, though I did wonder why there didn’t seem to be much in the way of theories bandied about by the officers.

I did like the opportunity to learn more about Kendall’s history, but I would have liked to see her relationship with her brother.

I did find this book easy to read and I thought it was quite tense to read. I also really liked the bonus story at the end… and I would be interested in reading more books by this author in the future.

Back Again

Posted by cat2002116 on March 15, 2016
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Back Again

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

I always find Groundhog Day-style stories quite interesting to read… and I thought it was good to see that the focus was on a mother and her son. While I did get a bit confused with the constant time slips, it didn’t take long for me to become absorbed in the story.

I did think the first scene of the story did a really good job of setting the scene and although it took a while for the story to catch up with the first scene at the beginning, it was a good journey to take and be able to get to know the characters… though I did feel that many of my perceptions of the secondary characters were coloured by how Dawn saw them.

I found Dawn an easy character to empathise with, even though there were problems… but then again, parents aren’t perfect. And I found it interesting to see how Tommy put voice to that.

Although it took quite a long time for the storyline to reach the point where Dawn was reliving the time over and over, I did appreciate the opportunity to get to know the characters… I just felt that the main plot of the book wasn’t given very much time in the actual story.

I was quite confused about how Kylie fit in the whole book, but that did make more sense as the book went on. I did also like the opportunity to see how the slips worked before the main one occurred… and I thought there were some really good scenes in the book, despite the difficulty in staying involved in the storyline when it kept flashing back to Dawn’s childhood.

I think I would have liked to see a bit more of some of the secondary characters, especially Tommy’s father. There were also some really good tense moments in this book, especially when the slips occur.

I did like the ending of the book, although I was still left with a lot of unanswered questions. Some of the things didn’t make much sense, but I was still drawn into the storyline and I would be interested in reading more books by this author in the future.

Cover Reveal: Marie Force

Posted by cat2002116 on March 11, 2016
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With Author M.S. Force

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Virtuous, Book 1

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VirtuousNewhighresThe first installment in the New York Times bestselling Quantum trilogy by author Marie Force, writing as M.S. Force.

He’s a sexual dominant. She’s sworn off sex. There’s no way they can make a relationship work—or can they?
Natalie Bryant has worked for years to reinvent herself into the woman she is today—a happy teacher fresh out of college and enjoying her first winter in New York City with her faithful dog, Fluff. Natalie isn’t expecting her life to change completely during a routine stroll through Greenwich Village on a blustery January day. But when Fluff breaks loose and charges into a park, Natalie gives chase and crashes into her destiny. Only after Fluff bites and draws blood from the man who accidentally knocked Natalie down does she realize Fluff has bitten the biggest movie star in the world.
He has no business being enthralled by the gorgeous, young, innocent teacher…
Natalie captivates Flynn Godfrey the moment their eyes meet. And the only thing he knows for certain is if he lets Natalie get away, he’ll regret it for the rest of his life. But can he turn his back on the lifestyle that has defined him? And most of all, can he keep his truth hidden from her long enough to have forever with her?
From Hollywood to Las Vegas, Flynn and Natalie’s whirlwind love affair has it all—romance, passion, steamy hot sex, relentless paparazzi and a murder that could be their undoing. Flynn is a dirty-talking hero who puts it all on the line for the women he loves, who leaves no desire unfulfilled, who will do anything it takes to protect what’s his…
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Valorous, Book 2

ValorousNewhighresThe second installment in the New York Times bestselling Quantum trilogy by author Marie Force, writing as M.S. Force.
He’s a sexual dominant. She’s sworn off sex. There’s no way they can make a relationship work—or can they?
After crashing into her destiny, Natalie discovers destiny can be a double-edged sword when it includes the biggest movie star in the world… Can Flynn and Natalie’s new love survive the incessant scrutiny, among other challenges they face?
From Hollywood to Las Vegas, Flynn and Natalie’s whirlwind love affair has it all— romance, passion, steamy hot sex, relentless paparazzi and a murder that could be their undoing. Flynn is a dirty-talking hero who puts it all on the line for the women he loves, who leaves no desire unfulfilled, who will do anything it takes to protect what’s his…

Victorious, Book 3

VictoriousNewhighresThe third installment and thrilling conclusion in the New York Times bestselling Quantum trilogy by author Marie Force, writing as M.S. Force.
He’s a sexual dominant. She’s sworn off sex. There’s no way they can make a relationship work—or can they?
Flynn and Natalie’s destiny is sealed in this riveting conclusion to the initial Quantum trilogy. When Flynn pushes Natalie to her absolute limits, will she fall deeper in love or run away from him forever?
From Hollywood to Las Vegas, Flynn and Natalie’s whirlwind love affair has it all—romance, passion, steamy hot sex, relentless paparazzi and a murder that could be their undoing. Flynn is a dirty-talking hero who puts it all on the line for the women he loves, who leaves no desire unfulfilled, who will do anything it takes to protect what’s his…
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Rapturous, Book 4

RapturousNewhighresHe’s a sexual dominant. She’s sworn off sex. There’s no way they can make a relationship work—or can they?
The story begun in the initial Quantum Trilogy picks up on Oscar night after Academy Award-winning director Hayden Roth kisses the woman he desires above all others, even though he knows she can never be his. Addison York craves her boss’s best friend, Hayden, but he has never given her an ounce of encouragement—until tonight when he kissed her after winning the Oscar. Was that kiss the start of something or another in a long line of frustrations where Hayden is concerned? Something is keeping him from acting on the attraction that simmers between them, and Addie is determined to find out what it is. But when she stumbles upon the secret that Hayden, Flynn and her other close friends have kept from her, will she allow hurt feelings to get in the way of true love? When Hayden won’t share his BDSM lifestyle with her, Addie decides to conduct her own research. Will she be intrigued or repulsed? And what will Hayden do when he finds out how she’s been spending her evenings?
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The Mark of Noba

Posted by cat2002116 on March 11, 2016
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The Mark of Noba

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

I thought this book was a really entertaining read… though I didn’t realise that the setting wasn’t actually Earth for quite a long way into the book. While it made sense that there wouldn’t be a lot of detail about the world from someone who’s a native… I did get quite confused for a while there.

I liked Sterling’s character and it was interesting to see him beginning to gain the memories of his time on Noba… though I was confused by how it all worked at first. It was good to see that there was an explanation given for why he didn’t remember it, though.

It was good to see Sterling’s relationship with Grey and Kip and I did feel a lot of sympathy for what he was going through with his mother… though what was revealed later did mean that made a lot of sense.

I wasn’t really keen on the way the book slipped over into Tetra’s first person perspective, especially since the shifts weren’t always clearly marked. I did find it interesting to learn more about Tetra and how different she was in comparison to Sterling. It was interesting to see how the bond worked between them… though I did feel that there was an element of telling rather than showing.

It was interesting to see Tetra’s relationship with Kip and how her feelings grew for him, but there was too much glossing over both with him and with Sterling. I would have liked to see more of their conversations, so that the evolution of the feelings would seem more natural.

I was a bit disappointed that there wasn’t more in the way of action in this book. I would have liked to see what Tetra was actually doing, but most of the book just seemed to involve her trying to fit into Sterling’s life. While that was interesting, I had the feeling she forgot what she was there for most of the time and too much importance was placed on the romance.

I’m not sure I’ll go out of my way to read the next book/s in the series, but it would be nice to see more of Sterling and Tetra.

Blog Tour: The Yearbook

Posted by cat2002116 on March 10, 2016
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The Yearbook

by Carol Masciola

Publisher: Merit Press

Release Date: October 2015

Genre: Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Synopsis:
Misfit teen Lola Lundy has every right to her anger and her misery. She’s failing in school, living in a group home, and social workers keep watching her like hawks, waiting for her to show signs of the horrible mental illness that cost Lola’s mother her life. Then, one night, she falls asleep in a storage room in her high school library, where she’s seen an old yearbook—from the days when the place was an upscale academy for young scholars instead of a dump. When Lola wakes, it’s to a scene that is nothing short of impossible.
Lola quickly determines that she’s gone back to the past—eighty years in the past, to be exact. The Fall Frolic dance is going full blast in the gym, and there she makes an instant connection with the brainy and provocative Peter Hemmings, class of ’24. His face is familiar, because she’s seen his senior portrait in the yearbook. By night’s end, Lola thinks she sees hope for her disastrous present: She’ll make a new future for herself in the past. But is it real? Or has the major mental illness in Lola’s family background finally claimed her? Has she slipped through a crack in time, or into a romantic hallucination she created in her own mind, wishing on the ragged pages of a yearbook from a more graceful time long ago?

 

My Review

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

The blurb of this book was one that immediately made me want to read this book, so when I had the opportunity to do so, I immediately found myself drawn into the plot. I found Lola to be an interesting character to learn about… but I would have liked more details about her mother, especially with the theory that was suggested later on in the book.

I thought it was interesting to see how easily Lola fit into the past. I did, however, feel that the relationship between her and Peter grew a bit too fast. I liked both her and Peter as characters, but I would have liked to see their romance develop a bit slower and more naturally.

I thought that Whoopsie was a really intriguing character and it was nice to see her friendship grow with Lola. I did think that there was a lot that was glossed over when it shouldn’t have been in the book, though, and I would have liked to see it expanded.

I felt that quite a few of the secondary characters weren’t really developed as well as they could have been. I really didn’t like Danielle… and I thought that the police and social worker listening to her towards the end of the book was extremely unprofessional of Mrs. Hershey. I was, however, left with the feeling that all of this was in Lola’s head for a lot of the book… and I thought the reports of her behaviour added an interesting dimension to the storyline.

I liked the old woman Lola seemed to become friends with, though there was a bit of head-hopping in the POV that made the book a bit more difficult to read at times. I did also think that Lola’s ‘instinctual voice’ seemed a bit odd and didn’t really fit in with the rest of the plot.

I did like the ending of this book, though there were a few questions that were left unanswered and I didn’t really understand what all the rules were. Even so, I did find this really easy to read and I would be interested in reading more books by this author in the future.

Carol Masciola got the idea for her novel The Yearbook (Merit Press, Nov. 2015), after inheriting a 1924 yearbook that had belonged to her grandmother. She is a former newspaper reporter and winner of the PEN/West Literary Award in journalism. Two of her screenplays, THE FIERY DEPTHS and THE UGLY STICK, are in development.
She is a graduate of Oberlin College. 

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Blog Tour: A Daring Sacrifice

Posted by cat2002116 on March 9, 2016
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A Daring Sacrifice (An Uncertain Choice #2)

by Jody Hedlund

Publisher: Zondervan

Rating: 3 out of 5

Release Date: March 1st 2016

Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Romance, Retellings, Christian
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Synopsis:
In a reverse twist on the Robin Hood story, a young medieval maiden stands up for the rights of the mistreated, stealing from the rich to give to the poor. All the while, she fights against her cruel uncle who has taken over the land that is rightfully hers. Forced to live in the woods and hide with the poor people she’s grown to love, she works to save and protect them, but she never anticipates falling in love with the wealthy knight who represents all she’s come to despise.

Review

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

I have a few mixed feelings about this book. While I really liked the plot idea and the cover succeeded in drawing me in… I found the constant POV changes made this book more difficult to read than it should have been.

The reversal from the Robin Hood myth was a really intriguing idea and I did find both Julianna and Colin characters whose goals and motivations were easy to understand. It was nice to see Julianna’s friendship with Thatch and his father… though I would have liked to see more of her interactions with the other people in the forest. While it was good to see she didn’t forget them when she went to live with Colin, I did feel that she could have thought about them a little more.

Some of the things that Colin came out with during the course of the book did make me smile. I liked the fact that he and Julianna had met as children, though I felt that the scene could have been imparted more naturally through a flashback. Having it in the narration made it feel too much like information dumping.

While this book was short and really easy to read, I felt that the romance between Colin and Julianna felt forced and rushed. There were a lot of scenes that were glossed over… and, in fact, the amount of time spent on their conversations was much shorter than most of the other plots/characters in the book.

While I did think it was good to see some aspects of the historical settings, I felt that both Julianna and Colin acted a bit too modern at times. I did feel some sympathy towards Irene… but it was hard to see her as a developed character, due to only seeing her a small amount of times through the book.

Towards the end, I thought the action picked up and I did care about the fate of the characters, even though I couldn’t see the romance as very realistic. I have some mixed feelings about whether I’d read the other book/s in this series or not. It would have to depend on the length, since this book could really have done with being expanded upon.

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Jody Hedlund is an award-winning and bestselling author of inspirational historical romances including books for adults and youth. She currently makes her home in central Michigan with her husband and their five busy children.
As a busy mama-writer, she has the wonderful privilege of teaching her crew of 5 children at home. In between grading math papers and giving spelling tests, she occasionally does a load of laundry and washes dishes. When she’s not busy being a mama, you can find her in front of her laptop working on another of her page-turning stories.
She loves reading almost as much as she loves writing, especially when it also involves chocolate and coffee. 

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Cover Reveal: Mer-Charmer

Posted by cat2002116 on March 9, 2016
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MER-CHARMER, by Amy Bearce

Genre: middle-grade fantasy

Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press

Date of Release­­: May 9, 2016

Cover Artist: Amalia Chitulescu

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Description:

Fourteen-year-old Phoebe Quinn is surrounded by magic, but she can’t muster any of her own. Her sister is a fairy keeper. Her best friends are merfolk. And all she does is dishes and housework.

When Phoebe finds out a terrible sea creature is awakening that preys upon the peace-loving merfolk, she becomes determined to help them, even though it means going with Tristan and Mina to their home deep in the sea.

Beneath the waves, Phoebe learns she’s more like her sister than she realized. The merfolk are drawn to her, and she can sense the magic of the sea all around her. Magic is finally at her fingertips, but that’s precisely why the stirring dark power under the waters decides it wants her most of all.

Now she must not only help the peaceful merfolk escape this ancient enemy, she must master her out-of-control powers. If she fails, she will die and darkness will rise and enslave the merfolk once more. But embracing her full power could cost her the very people she loves the most.

 

About The Author

Amy Bearce

Amy writes stories for tweens and teens. She is a former reading teacher with a Masters in Library Science. As an Army kid, she moved eight times before she was eighteen, so she feels especially fortunate to be married to her high school sweetheart. Together they’re raising two daughters and are currently living in Germany, though they still call Texas home. A perfect day for Amy involves rain pattering on the windows, popcorn, and every member of her family curled up in one cozy room reading a good book.

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Population

Posted by cat2002116 on March 9, 2016
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Population

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

While alien invasions and apocalyptic plots aren’t entirely unique, I did find this book to be a really intriguing one, with a blurb that held connotations of Romeo and Juliet.

I found Abel to be a character who was really easy to relate to. It was good to have the opportunity to see her interacting with Becks and Ashlynn before the Others put in their appearance… and I felt that there was a really good tense atmosphere right from the start of the book.

I liked the fact that Abel had all of the rules she felt she had to live by. It was really interesting to see how she broke each of those rules in different ways through the course of the book. I found her an easy character to care about… though I really didn’t like Kane very much to begin with. I felt that his personality later contrasted sharply with how he’d come across at first… and I wasn’t sure I really understood much about the politics later on and who was in charge of where.

It was interesting to see that the Others came across like vampires, but I was left with a lot of questions even by the end of the book… such as how they’d been able to live on their home planet. Whose blood had sustained them then? It was interesting to see the society that Kane had his human staff members live in and the fact that what had once been Canada was so vastly different to Population… Abel’s home to begin with.

I did feel that there were some elements of info-dumping in this book… as well as some elements of repetition and the sudden appearance of skills/past events that hadn’t been foreshadowed. While I did feel that the relationship between Kane and Abel grew easily and naturally through the course of this book, those elements did spoil my enjoyment a bit.

I did find myself pulled easily into the world of this book, though I did have some trouble picturing the Others in my head at first. Abel had a goal that was realistic and I could care about along with her.

While the book did end on a cliffhanger… I was emotionally invested in this book enough to want to read the next book/s in the series.

Return of The Fathers

Posted by cat2002116 on March 8, 2016
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Return of The Fathers

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).

(This review may contain spoilers).

When I read the blurb of this book originally, I found the idea quite intriguing… even though I haven’t actually read the first book in the series. I did find this book fairly easy to read (it took me a while to finish due to a lot of things going on this week), but I did find a lot of it quite confusing.

I did find Dandalus a character who was difficult to relate to emotionally. There were a lot of interesting aspects to him, but the fact that he had no emotional attachment to his wife and daughter didn’t make him a very sympathetic character. I felt like there was a lot of telling rather than showing going on.

I thought that the idea about the column and column children was intriguing, though I was quite confused by the explanation. The idea about the incarnations was quite a good one… even though it seemed to render the whole trial as not necessary.

I found the sons of thunder to be really intriguing characters, but I would have liked to see a bit more of their individual personalities. It was good to see Mischief interacting with Dandalus, even though I felt there was a bit too much glossed over and the bond between them wasn’t allowed to develop in a natural way.

There were some good elements of foreshadowing in this book and some of the secondary characters were interesting. I did like the whole idea of the robots and how they were revealed… but there were a lot of things that were left by the wayside, such as the scenes leading up to the electricity being turned off.

The Creditor’s interactions with Dandalus were interesting, but I really didn’t like how things turned out with him. Wolfrun was an interesting character and I would have liked to see more of him.

There were some good action scenes in this book and some tense moments that did manage to keep me reading. I did think that some parts of the book could have been expanded upon, though, and I’m not sure I’ll be reading the other books in this series any time soon.

The Other Side of The Door

Posted by cat2002116 on March 7, 2016
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The Other Side of The Door

(This review may contain spoilers).

When I saw this movie advertised, I thought the idea was an intriguing one… plus, I like horror, even though there are so few with anything approaching good storylines.

I felt this movie did a really good job of setting up the characters beforehand. While the very first scene did contain a jump scare (and seemed to link in to what wasn’t known until later), it was good to have some moments of calm and an established family before things started going horribly wrong.

There were some things that were predictable in this movie and also some really gory scenes. I would have liked a bit more detail about Maria and Michael’s family, since there’s mention made of cousins… but nothing really came of that. I also liked the fact that there were a lot of references to the Hindu culture… though I can’t say if any of it was accurate or not.

I liked Piki’s character, although I felt that, for someone who was supposed to be knowledgeable about what was going on, she didn’t show a lot of common sense. To begin with, I did feel a lot of sympathy for Oliver… though I noticed that there was a lot of use made out of the ‘scary child’ trope. It was interesting to see the huge contrast between his first ‘appearance’ and later on.

While there were some jump scares in this movie, I didn’t find them to be that effective. I was more interested in the family dynamic and how Maria had to deal with what was going on around her.

I did recognise a couple of actors in this movie and it was good to see them in these different roles. I thought the atmosphere of the movie was good… and I also liked that things were happening in the day, rather than everything scary occurring at night time.

I did, however, feel that the ending left a lot of unanswered questions… and not in a good way.