Review: Original Syn by Beth Kander
“You’ll be surprised to see how quickly the world can change…” Tons of plot twists, strong female characters, diverse characters, messed up family dynamics, secrets, and lies. Without any spoilers, let’s dive in: 50 years before the story begins, there’s something called The Singularity, where the most powerful people merged their bodies with machines and […]
Review: The Fruithandler Time Engine by Allen R. Brady
When it comes to humor, this book has it, and not just from Fruithandler and his crew. Brady added clever ways to incorporate pop culture references: Hollaback Girl, Chewbaca, Hakuna Matata, Kwanza Chalupa, and others. I think I snorted a few times. What kept me reading was the characters. I kept wanting to know if […]
Review: Feast of Fates: A Novel of Geadhain (Four Feasts till Darkness Book 1) by Christian A. Brown
Scheming immortal kings and antediluvian horrors meet their match in a handmaiden. About His Book: Morigan lives a quiet life as the handmaiden to a fatherly old sorcerer named Thackery. But when she crosses paths with Caenith, a not wholly mortal man, her world changes forever. Their meeting sparks long buried magical powers deep within […]
Review: World-Mart by Leigh M. Lane
A New Dystopian novel where the world has become incorporated. A chilling vision of a future that is all too believable- class segregation, energy and food shortages, antibiotic resistance and a government controlling all choices and actions of society. World-Mart is a compelling new dystopian series where a family struggles to survive in a corporate-controlled […]
Feature: Christian Adrian Brown, Workout to Word Count
Workout to Word Count In my last piece, I discussed how fitness became a transformative force in my life and my career as an author, and this isn’t an isolated experience. Charles Dickens was famous for his long constitutionals; they helped to clear his mind and prepare himself for the state necessary for creative thought. […]
Review: The Memory Thief by Lauren Mansy
When Memories Become Currency – How Much are you Willing to Give? by Megan Lord This Momma was overdue for some serious reading, and WOW, this book delivered! The perfect vacation binge read. I started this book a day or two before we left on our trip, and got addicted quickly. I binge read the […]
Interview: Conscious Step
Conscious Step was created to bring more awareness to the problems faced by the world today and the organizations fighting these problems. Each pair of these socks show your commitment to education for all and provide one book to children in Asia through the work of Room to Read. Room to Read seeks to transform […]
Review: Meet Me in the Strange by Leander Watts
“It was like she’d lost everything. Her name, her voice, any idea of who she was or what she looked like, who the people were around her. The only thing that mattered was right there in front of her on the stage,” observes Davi, the main character of Leander Watt’s Meet Me in the Strange, […]
Excerpt: Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis
About the book: http://www.catapult.co One autumn afternoon in Mexico City, seventeen-year-old Luisa does not return home from school. Instead, she boards a bus to the Pacific coast with Tomás, a boy she barely knows. He seems to represent everything her life is lacking―recklessness, impulse, independence. Tomás may also help Luisa fulfill an unusual obsession: she […]
Excerpt: I Spy the Boy Next Door by Samantha Armstrong
About The Book: http://www.samantharmstrong.com Four p.m. spy sessions are the highlight of Mallory Taylor’s day. Observing the boy next door—one with a body and an attitude to match—has her perched beside her window so often it can’t be healthy. When she finally convinces her mom to let her go to public school, Mallory comes face […]