I jumped at the chance to read this one when the publisher asked me to be part of the blog tour. I love the cover, I never get to read books about Vikings or people similar to them, and I wanted a gory fantasy read. Instantly this book pulls you into the story. Starting out with a gore filled battle scene was the perfect way […]
The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton *Stephanie’s Review*
The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton is one of my “bad blogger” book reviews. I requested it and then just never got around to it. I wish I could say this was a lost gem but it was really kind of middle of the road for me. My biggest struggle was the amount of repetition of information. A few things will be ingrained on my […]
The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr *Stephanie’s Review*
Families can be a tangled mess can’t they? The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr surprised me. It took me until I was about a quarter of the way through the book before I became engaged. This was more on me than the book but one sentence grabbed me and wouldn’t let me up. It was around 26% and it was a first sentence. […]
Sugar Pine Trail by RaeAnne Thayne *Stephanie’s Review*
I had no words when I finished Sugar Pine Trail by RaeAnne Thayne; however, I had a big dopey smile plastered to my face. Sugar Pine Trail is everything that contemporary romance Christmas themed books should be! It’s a small town setting that hits all the right buttons for me. It was also completely relatable. Julia Winston is a librarian so I really connected with […]
Wrecked by JB Salsbury *Stephanie’s Review*
I was interested in reading Wrecked by JB Salsbury because there aren’t very many books about contemporary veterans (people my age) and the more of these types of books I read the more my own personal history is put into perspective. I was a sophomore in high school when the Twin Towers were struck. During my lifetime my country has been at war with one […]