Honor Bound by Brenda Novak is guilty of two of my biggest pet peeves: an ending that wraps up a little too neat and tidy, and a human character who is supposed to have violet eyes. The tidy ending is easy to ignore since I’m finished with the book anyway, but the violet eye thing really pulled me out of the fantasy. Because, really, that is not a thing. It’s just not. Besides those minor points though, this bodice-ripper was a pretty good time. It […]
Totally hit my outer space spot
I am struggling to write this review because The Explorers, by James Smythe, is one of those books that is definitely greatly enhanced by going into it blind. All I knew of it when I started it was that it was a suspense book set on a spaceship. It took a while for the suspense aspect to really emerge, and even then it was not at all what I typically picture when I hear the word “suspense”, but boy was this book a great ride. […]
A book I feared more than necessary
I started this book a while ago. Then I got pregnant and I put it down. It’s been almost a year since having my first son and I only just felt emotionally safe enough to read it. I think probably most adults faced with the imminent prospect of children think, however fleetingly, about what to do if their child is just…. bad. I didn’t want those thoughts in my head as I grew and got to know my baby son, so I waited to pick […]
Isolated together on a chilly Alaskan island
Two impulsive lovers, each harboring deep seated issues and old wounds, decide to take on the task of living at an isolated Alaskan lighthouse for a year. But Kyle and Anna’s attempts at hiding from their pasts only ends up bringing them closer to what haunts them than ever. This book was an easy and engaging read, with lots of lush, vivid descriptors of the wild Alaskan landscape even as the two characters really do didn’t do a whole much. And I didn’t particularly like either Kyle […]