9 March 2016

Review #364: Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) by Leigh Bardugo



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”

----Michael Caine



Leigh Bardugo, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, pens her new YA fantasy novel called, Six of Crows that marks the first book in the Six of Crows series. This book unfolds the story of a world where notorious criminals roam its streets taking care of dirty businesses. Among these blatant herd of criminals, there is a rising star, who wants to pull of an impossible mission along with five others that will change his life forever.

Review #363: Reading the Sweet Oak by Jan Stites



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever”

----Nicholas Sparks



Jan Stites, an American author, has penned an evocative and deeply moving tale of love in her new book, Reading the Sweet Oak that is centered around five women- Ruby, Tulsa, Pearl, BJ and Jen, who lives near the Sweet Oak River and this story tells how their lives changes along with the course of the river by indulging themselves in the world of romance novels while dealing with their love life, friendships, business, financial problems, social issues, family secrets and marital problems.

8 March 2016

Review #362: Old Money by Bobby Cole



My rating:
3 of 5 stars


“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”

----Mahatma Gandhi



Bobby Cole, an American crime-fiction writer, pens his new thriller, Old Money, which is the third book in the Jake Crosby mystery series. This book features Jake Crosby, a stock trader turned game warden in Mississippi, who is asked by the Judge to keep an eye on two con-artists, whose father have left a large sum of money hidden somewhere in his estate, who are now trying hard to find that hidden money.




7 March 2016

Review #361: The Lifeboat Clique by Kathy Parks



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Be so good they can't ignore you.”

----Steve Martin




Kathy Parks, an American author, pens her debut novel, The Lifeboat Clique that narrates the story of a high school girl who is an outcast among her friends circle, thus listing her among the unpopular kids in her high school, but when she sneaks into a party into a beach house party with the cool kids, little did she knew that her her status of being unpopular i soon going to be challenged by those uppity popular kids.




6 March 2016

Review #360: The Darkening Dream by Andy Gavin



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


"Don't underestimate the allure of darkness, even the purest hearts are drawn to it."

----Klaus, The Vampire Diaries TV series



Andy Gavin, an American best-selling author, has penned an intimidating tale about vampires in his book, The Darkening Dream that unfolds the story of a soon-to-be-eighteen-years-old-teenage girl, who lives with her parents in Salem, which has recently been invaded by dark mysterious forces in the wake of finding Gabriel's trumpet that will mark the end of the world. This young girl along with her friends must traverse the dark path to stop the world from getting destroyed because this girl is gifted as she can premonite death.


4 March 2016

Review #359: Dandy Gilver and the Unpleasantness in the Ballroom (Dandy Gilver, #10) by Catriona McPherson



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“It is the brain, the little gray cells on which one must rely. One must seek the truth within--not without."

----Agatha Christie



Catriona McPherson, an English crime writer, has penned a spell binding and extremely thrilling crime fiction novel, Dandy Gilver and the Unpleasantness in the Ballroom which is the tenth book in the Dandy Gilver mystery series. Dandy Gilver and her sidekick, Alec Osborne's journey continues and this time they travel to Glasgow to solve yet another unraveling mystery where a rich man's daughter, who is a dancer, is subjected to constant life-threatening menace.



3 March 2016

Review #358: Spoils of Victory (Mason Collins, #2) by John A. Connell



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.”

----Thomas Paine



John A. Connell, an American author, pens his new crime fiction, Spoils of Victory which is the second book in the Mason Collins mystery series. This book features CID criminal investigator Mason Collins in post WWII Germany, where he is investigating the local German gangs, there upon stumbling upon an old friend from his days in the military that opens the door to an unknown world of extortion and other crimes that ties the higher designation officials in the U.S Military.


2 March 2016

Review #357: Sweet Liar (Candy #2) by Debra Doxer



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”

----Joe Klaas




Debra Doxer, an American author, has penned a compelling YA tale, Sweet Liar which happens to be the second book in the Candy series. This book unveils all the secrets around Candy. She learns about her father's nature of work, and all the secrets behind Jonah's past. But will the truth set Candy free? The first book unfolds Candy's love story with Jonah and we get to see how Candy gets messed up in her father's world. This book continues Candy's story of next phase, where growing up is the only option and to let go of her badass attitude.