Category: Review

Review: Rice Cooker Revenge by SJ Pajonas

Rice Cooker Revenge (Kami No Sekai Short Story Series #1) by S.J. Pajonas Blurb: It sits there on the counter, quiet and contemplative. Who knew rice cookers could be so vengeful? Ryu must decide whether to stay or leave The Chef’s kitchen, so he turns to an unlikely ally for help. ~~~ Shhh… Listen To The Gods. The Japanese believe the gods live in all things. Trees, appliances, animals, buildings — they all have a spirit living within them. Maybe, if you listen carefully, you can hear them too. My Review: I received a copy in exchange for an honest […]

Posted March 23, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review / 14 Comments

Review: Strange Magic Part One by Michelle Mankin

Strange Magic: Part One (Magic #1) by Michelle Mankin Blurb: Billy Blade is a hardworking, hard living, razor sharp musical force. Mysterious behind his dark shades, the rough around the edges Texan mesmerizes with his haunting harmonica and tantalizes with his dangerous looks and smooth country charm. His latest album is topping the charts. He’s the newly crowned King of the Bacchus Krewe. He’s definitely living the rock star dream. Exotic Creole beauty Thyme Bellerose couldn’t be more content. She has it all. An adoring grandmother. A handsome Tulane medical student beau. A satisfying job in the heart of New […]

Posted March 18, 2015 by Lola in Mythology, Review, Romance / 8 Comments

Review: Flip by David Estes

Flip (Slip #3) by David Estes Blurb: In a scared and broken world where someone must die before another can be born, one family has been torn apart by fate and a ruthless government, only to find themselves suddenly thrust back together with one chance to save their struggling nation. Benson and Harrison Kelly and their newfound allies within the rebel consortium are finally fighting back, but the Department of Population Control and its ultimate weapon, known as the Destroyer, won’t rest until they’re all dead. The task will take them into the belly of the beast and force them […]

Posted March 16, 2015 by Lola in Dystopia, Review / 14 Comments

Review: Adamant by Emma L Adams

Adamant (Alliance #1) by Emma L Adams Blurb: On an alternative 21st-century Earth in which our world is one of many in the Multiverse, the Inter-World Alliance exists to keep the peace between the worlds, and keep the monsters out. Ada Fletcher is twenty-one, keeps a collection of knives in her room, and is more interested in fighting than her day job as a cashier. She also risks her life on a daily basis, helping refugees from a devastating magical war on her homeworld hide on the low-magic Earth. But when she’s taken into custody by the Alliance, her unusual […]

Posted March 11, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Review, Sci-Fi / 6 Comments

Review: The Best Laid Plans by Amy Vastine

The Best Laid Plans (Chicago Sisters #2) by Amy Vastine Blurb: She planned on falling in love. Just not with him! Emma Everhart’s life is going according to plan. Finish nursing school with flying colours… Check. Get a great job in the ER… Check. Marry a handsome doctor and have two babies, three years apart… Not quite yet. But with a dreamy new doctor joining the hospital staff, she’s so close she can almost taste the wedding cake. Now is not the time to let the tall, dark and flirtatious paramedic Charlie Fletcher distract her! He may be the best […]

Posted March 9, 2015 by Lola in Contemporary, Coyer, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

Review: Shadow Study by Maria v Snyder

Shadow Study (Soulfinders #1, Study #4, The Chronicles of Ixia #7) by Maria v Snyder Blurb: New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder wowed readers with Poison Study, the unforgettable story of poison taster Yelena. Now she’s back with a new tale of intrigue. Once, only her own life hung in the balance… Oddly enough, when Yelena was a poison taster, her life was simpler. But she’d survived to become a vital part of the balance of power between rival countries Ixia and Sitia. Now she uses her magic to keep the peace in both lands—and protect her relationship […]

Posted March 4, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Review / 8 Comments

Review: The Legacy Human by Susan Kaye Quinn

The Legacy Human (Singularity #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn Blurb: Spiritual successor to the bestselling Mindjack trilogy… When transcending humanity is the prize, winning the Game is all that matters. Seventeen-year-old Elijah Brighton wants to become an ascender—a post-Singularity human/machine hybrid—after all, they’re smarter, more enlightened, more compassionate, and above all, achingly beautiful. But Eli is a legacy human, preserved and cherished for his unaltered genetic code, just like the rainforest he paints. When a fugue state possesses him and creates great art, Eli miraculously lands a sponsor for the creative Olympics. If he could just master the fugue, he […]

Posted March 2, 2015 by Lola in Coyer, Release Day, Review, Sci-Fi / 6 Comments