Discover Ancient Egypt by Amanda Trane Discover Ancient Egypt by Amanda Trane is a delightful early readers book. With simple language, and big glossy pictures, ancient Egypt comes to life for young readers. It discusses the pyramids, statuary and sculptures, and some deities, like Anubis and Bast. While it doesn’t go into detail, this book doesn’t […]
The Storm Runner by JC Cervantes is part of the Rick Riordan Presents Series, this time focusing on Mayan mythology. Zane Obispo is a ‘freak’, as he puts it. He was born with one leg shorter than the other. He walks with a cane, and pronounced limp. Zane has been homeschooled, but now he’s headed […]
Pagan Portals: Gwyn ap Nudd by Danu Forest takes an in-depth look at one of the more mysterious of the Welsh Celt deities. There are five chapters, focusing on different aspects to Gwyn, as a seasonal deity, a guardian of the land, and a psychopomp figure. Chapter One briefly introduces Gwyn ap Nudd and contains […]
Jurassic Florida by Hunter Shea is fun, cheesy horror in all its glory. Polo Springs , Florida is battening down the hatches, preparing for Hurricane Ramona. And it’s not just water the town needs worry about raining down. Green iguanas have overrun the small township, falling from trees, and burrowing through the ground, causing structural […]
The Dolphin by Craig Bennett Hallenstein follows Sean Jordan, an aspiring child psychologist who had been labelled a sex offender at age 15. He’s spent years wracked by guilt over the choices of his youth. But is he really a sex offender? Sean moves to New Orleans trying to put the past behind him. Sadly, […]
Monstrum is third in the Fourth Talisman series by Kat Ross. Darius and Nazafareen continue to search for the elemental talismans, accompanied by Herodotus and several of the Maenads. Their travels lead them to Tjanjin, and beyond. Meanwhile, among the Marakai Selk fleet, a young girl with a penchant for getting in trouble become the […]
***Trigger Warning: sexual assault, moments of physical violence graphicness (few and far, but there) Go Home, Afton by Brent Jones is a tense suspense novel told from the point of view of Afton, an introverted young woman working as a children’s librarian at the local Wakefield library. But Afton harbours a dark secret. Deep down, […]
Oliver Twist: The Mystery of Throate Manor by David Stuart Davies follows what may have become of young Oliver from Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist. Oliver is a man grown now, a junior at the law firm of Gripwind and Biddle, with Jack Dawkins as his clerk. Oliver and Jack are sent to Throate Manor […]
The Murder of Mary Russell is a fascinating glimpse into the life of a person oft in the background, yet of a very essential nature in the life of Sherlock, and later of Mary. This story, despite the title, is about Mrs Hudson. From her earliest years, to current day, we learn all about the […]
****Trigger warning: themes of domestic abuse, and rape, albeit tastefully done. Cudney’s Father Figure was an intense, psychological read weaving past with present in one young woman’s search for a missing piece in the puzzle of her life- the identity of her father. Brianna Porter is on the cusp of adulthood, ready to go off […]