This book was reviewed via Netgalley Pixie’s Adventure is a short children’s book about a curious kitty eager to get outdoors. Pixie succeeds, but gets more than she bargained for when she gets lost in a storm. Will Pixie Cat get back home safely? I read this with my younger cubs, who adored […]
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Book Review: The Unwanted Puppy by Tina Nolan
This book was reviewed via Netgalley The Unwanted Puppy is the second of the Animal Rescue Centre books that I’ve read with my cubs, and we seem to have read them out of order! This book comes before The Injured Fox Kit, and so we got to see the beginning of a certain conflict. […]
Book Review: Camouflage: List and Found by Mariyam Hasnain
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review *Warning- novella has some explicit/graphic sexual scenes bordering into erotica. The book’s description did not prepare me for that. Camouflage: Lost and Found, by Mariyam Hasnain, is a quick little psychological thriller filled with romance and deception. Mark Statler […]
Book Review: Plague Charmer by Karen Maitland
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Maitland’s The Plague Charmer is a historical fiction set in 1361 England, during the second wave of the Black Death. Porlock Weir, and its governing seat of Porlock Manor sit along the Exmoor coast. After a fierce storm lashes the coast, a woman is pulled from the […]
Book Review: The Injured Fox Kit by Tina Nolan
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Ella and her family run an animal rescue centre. One day, as dusk is falling, Ella hears the sound of an animal in pain. Thinking it might be an animal someone dropped off under cover of darkness, she goes exploring. Through the neighbours’ property she follows the sound, […]
Book Review: Seasons Within by Lele Iturrioz
This book was reviewed for Xpresso Book Tours Seasons Within by Lee Iturrioz is a classic tale of the balance between life and death, growth and entropy, of resurrection and rebirth. G was abandoned as a young child, with only a locket with the letter ‘G’ on it. She has no clear memory of who […]
Book Review: Echoes of Sherlock Holmes, edited by Laurie R King
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Echoes of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most enduring character, written by a variety of authors. Some stories are set in modern times, others in Holmes’ own time. Some feature versions of Holmes and Watson themselves, others are faint […]
Book Review: Broken Souls by Stephen Blackmoore
I purchased a copy of this book for my own enjoyment, with no expectation of a review Broken Souls is the second in Blackmoore’s Eric Carter series. Sarcastic trouble-magnet Carter is still working to find a way free of Santa Muerte’s influence. A meeting with a mage named Kettleman turns sour when the […]
Book Review: Dance of the Violin by Kathy Stinson
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Dance of the Violin tells the story of young Joshua Bell, how he began learning the violin, and his first competition performance. This is a little tale of persistence, patience, and above all, a joyful love of playing the violin. Young Joshua is excited at the prospect […]
Book Review: Caraval by Stephanie Garber
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Sub rosa. Beneath the rose, nothing is safe, yet all is sacred. Caraval whisked me away from word one. Garber has woven true magic, as only the best authors can, opening the door to a wondrous new world. For years, Scarlett has written […]