Story Summary Dan “Tito” Davis comes from a town in South Dakota that’s so small everyone knows their neighbor’s cat’s name. But once he got out, he made some noise. While at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, he started manufacturing White Crosses, aka speed, and soon had the Banditos Motorcycle Club distributing ten million pills […]
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: Lockdown by Samie Sands
**This book was reviewed for Limitless Publishing via Netgalley *****Spoilers warning Lockdown is one of many in the post-apocalyptic subgenre that utilises disease as the source of the apocalypse. In this case, it is the AM13 virus, a disease at first believed to be part of a hoax. Leah, our protagonist, sends a […]
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Book Review: Lockdown by Laurie R King
**This book was reviewed for Random House/Ballintine via Netgalley Master storyweaver Laurie R King has done it again. Lockdown may be a novel of suspense, but more than that it is a novel of humanity in all our myriad glory and debasements. It is a novel of disconnect, where communications break down. And a […]
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Book Review: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
**This book was reviewed for Macmillan-Tor/ Forge via Netgalley River of Teeth hits you with the two-ton force of a raging bull hippo, dragging you down into the depths of well-wrought words. This is an alternate earth story of what life might have been like if the US went ahead with plans to import […]
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Book Review: God’s Red Son by Louis Warren
*This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review God’s Red Son is a piercing, poignant look at one of the more shameful events of our country’s infancy. Warren shines a light on the factors behind the infamous ‘Ghost Dance’ of the Sioux and other indigenous peoples of North America during the end of […]
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Book Review: Keep in a Cold Dark Place by Michael F Stewart
We shape our own worst nightmares, and so we hold the key to their banishment. Sometimes the things we fear the most need never be feared at all. Stewart’s Keep in a Cold, Dark Place is a witty commentary on fear, and how we often let it get the better of us. Ignore your […]
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Book Review: I Wish My Teacher Knew…. by Kyle Schwartz
**This book was reviewed for Perseus, De Capo Press via Netgalley. Schwartz’ poignant book is a testimony to the impact and power a teacher has. Rather than going through the mere drudgery of teaching, day in, day out, Schwartz went out of her way to really get to know her students. Teachers really play […]
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Book Review: Bees Make Honey, Butterflies Make Jam
**This book was reviewed for Troubadour Publishing/Matador via Netgalley Bees Make Honey and Butterflies Make Jam by John Offord is an amusing collection of tongue-in-cheek tales. Several of the stories turn fairy-tale tropes on their heads. One of these is the story of The Princess and the Frog. Offord’s version even makes a play […]
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Book Review: Writing Fight Scenes by Rayne Hall
*This book was purchased by me for my own use, with no expectations of a review to be given. Writing Fight Scenes is one of Rayne Hall’s many super-specialised writingcraft books. As the name suggests, this one covers the myriad aspects of constructing fight scenes. There are several chapters with topics ranging from types […]
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Book Review: Destiny of the Queen by Jacqueline Patricks
*This book was reviewed via Lola’s Blog Tours Destiny of the Queen, third in the Brajj series by Jacqueline Patricks, concludes the entrancing tale of Cass Baros, Jeamon, and Captain Lewis. Through time untold, and across distance unfathomable, Captain Lewis and Ta’mat have been thrown into the future of the multiverse by an unstable […]
