Category: Book Reviews
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Book Review: TREEBORNE by Caleb Johnson
Thank you so much to Picador for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: Janie Treeborne lives on an orchard at the edge of Elberta, Alabama, and in time, she has become its keeper. A place where conquistadors once walked, and where the peaches they left behind now grow, Elberta…
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Book Review: THE ONES WE CHOOSE by Julie Clark
Many thanks to Gallery Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: The powerful forces of science and family collide when geneticist Paige Robson finds her world in upheaval: Her eight-year-old son Miles is struggling to fit in at his new school and begins asking questions about his biological…
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Review: TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN RACIST by Blanche McCrary Boyd
Thank you so much Counterpoint Press for my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: Ellen’s brother, Royce, was a celebrated novelist who, a decade earlier, saw his work adopted by racists and fell under the sway of white supremacy. Ellen thought him dead from a botched FBI raid on his compound.…
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Review: END OF THE ROPE by Jan Redford
Thank you so much Counterpoint Press for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: As a teenager, in a fit of rage toward her father, Jan pits herself against a steep rock face near their cottage. At the top, fired up by the victory, she sets her sights on the…
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Review: THE LIGHT OVER BROKEN TIDE by Holly Ducarte
Thank you so much to the author for my ecopy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: Out of the blue, Rebecca Stafford’s Father arrives to parent her after years of absence. He then extracts her last bit of normalcy by moving them to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The shocking news plunges Rebecca into a…
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Review: KILLING PACE by Douglas Schofield
Thank you Smith Publicity and Minotaur Books for providing my copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: These three questions have plagued Lisa Green for the past two months since she crawled barefoot and bleeding from the wreckage of a catastrophic car accident. Her boyfriend Roland has been nursing her back to health…
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Review: THE DEAD HOUSE by Billy O’Callaghan
Thank you so much Skyhorse Publishing for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: Maggie is a successful young artist who has had bad luck with men. Her last put her in the hospital and, after she’s healed physically, left her needing to get out of London to heal mentally…
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Review: WHO IS VERA KELLY by Rosalie Knecht
Thank you so much to Tin House for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: New York City, 1962. Vera Kelly is struggling to make rent and blend into the underground gay scene in Greenwich Village. She’s working night shifts at a radio station when her quick wits, sharp tongue, and technical skills…
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Review: ALTER EGO by Brian Freeman
Thank you so much to Quercus USA for providing my copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: When a freak auto accident kills a driver on the remote roads outside Duluth, Jonathan Stride is disturbed to discover that the victim appears to be a “ghost,” with a false identity and no evidence to…
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Review: THIS I KNOW by Eldonna Edwards
Thank you so much to Kensington Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: Eleven-year-old Grace Carter has a talent for hiding things. She’s had plenty of practice, burying thoughts and feelings that might anger her strict Evangelical pastor father, and concealing the deep intuition she carries inside. The…