25 August 2015

Review #305: The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar



My rating:
5 of 5 stars


“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”


----Martin Luther King Jr




Leylah Attar, the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, pens her latest contemporary romance novel, The Paper Swan that is a dark twisted tale of love, where two people are pulled together by revenge and lies and the story unfolds across so many decades filled with twists and turns that finally give the readers a feel that at times love can be vulnerable and dark like the moonless night sky.


24 August 2015

Review #304: Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) by Rae Carson



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

----J.R.R. Tolkien



Rae Carson, the New York Times best selling author, pens her latest YA fantasy book, Walk on Earth a Stranger, which is the first book in The Gold Seer Trilogy, that tells the story of a magical girl who can sense the presence of gold with her magic. Told during the era of Gold Rush in America, this girl embarks on a thrilling adventure to protect herself especially give wings to her magic during this period.


23 August 2015

Review #303: The Saffron Trail by Rosanna Ley



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” 


----Washington Irving



Rosanna Ley, an English author, pens her latest contemporary fiction, The Saffron Trail that tells the story of a daughter's search for her mother's past in a land of magic and saffron away from the humdrum of a big city in a place which itself has it's own mysteries to tell through it's history. It is also the story of a niece to find for her Aunt's lost son in a land of mystery.


21 August 2015

Review with Giveaway: Lola's Money by Rosanna Rae



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Luck is not as random as you think. Before that lottery ticket won the jackpot, someone had to buy it.”

---- Vera Nazarian, a two-time Nebula Award Nominee, award-winning artist, and member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a writer with a penchant for moral fables and stories of intense wonder, true love, and intricacy




Rosanna Rae, an English writer, pens her latest book, Lola's Money, which is about a young woman winning a major lottery, that follows her with a drastic change in her lifestyle, and this book is also about love and how it can't buy only momentary happiness but not love. This is a thrilling as well as an eye-opening coming-of-age story about greed, thrill, money and love.


Review with Giveaway: Riding by Cassia Cassitas



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” 


----Molière, a French playwright and actor who is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature



Cassia Cassitas, a Brazilian author, pens her latest book, Riding that is about a para athlete braving all obstacles to compete in the Paralympics. This is his story about his fight, his hard-working training and his goal and determination to reach the end.




20 August 2015

Review #302: A House Called Askival by Merryn Glover



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“A man's daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world.”

---- Mat Johnson, an American author



Merryn Glover, a debut author, pens her extraordinary book, A House Called Askival, that tells two stories of a father and a daughter in two different timelines that run parallel like the beautiful hills in Mussoorie- a hill station in India, where the story is set. This heart-touching story provides a stunning outlook as well as the most remarkable view on my very own country and it's enriching history.





19 August 2015

Review with Giveaway: Heart Dancing: A Story Alchemy Adventure by Kathryn Eriksen



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“The past is never where you think you left it.”


----Katherine Anne Porter, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist.




Kathryn Eriksen, a motivational speaker, teacher, coach and writer by passion, has penned an inspiring as well as heart-touching story, Heart Dancing: A Story Alchemy Adventure , that accounts the beauty of a mother daughter relationship through a transformational as well as healing story about how to manage the past.


Review with Giveaway: Mind Over Bullies: A Mob Forms by D.K. Smith



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”

----Michael J. Fox




D.K. Smith pens his latest novel, Mind Over Bullies: A MOB Forms , that is a coming-of-age story about children getting bullied in high school and how an anti-bully committee is formed who can take drastic measures to teach the bullies a lesson, moreover, there's a money forging case that will keep the readers on their edges.