Ugh. I almost don’t want to review this book because the cover image is so creepy. Christian me is clutching my holy pearls at the obviously satanic image on my blog and wondering if it will somehow infiltrate my life through my Chromebook. But I already read the book so I guess any potential damage has been done. But STILL. Her eyes…blech! I decided to give this one a go, despite the obvious danger to my soul, because I had read (and liked) another Hart […]
Free on Kindle! And I liked it, too!
This is a great novella from Joe Hart about two people who start starry eyed, like any other couple, but slowly grow apart. Set on the blustery Maine coast, Hart describes Jason and Delphi in a quaint home on the seashore, with the cold, dark ocean just beyond their doorstep. We see events through Jason’s eyes. A reluctant fisherman following in the steps of his father, Jason wants nothing more than to provide for his wife, Delphi, and build a family. But as Delphi becomes […]
I had to stop reading this at night
This is a very short story, and it almost feels like a cheat to have it as one of my CBR books for the year, but here we are. After reading Obscura (which was one of my recent reviews), I wanted more Joe Hart. So I downloaded a few short stories that were available on Kindle Unlimited. I started to read this story the other night laying in my bed, and I actually had to stop and read it during the day. It’s at its […]
It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
So I really liked this book. I read a series either earlier this year or last year by Joe Hart, and it was very different from this book. I guess that series was still science fiction-y, like this one, but it still felt very different. We begin this book by meeting Gillian, as she’s basically getting into a car accident with her husband. We learn that he has this terrible brain disease called Losian’s, that’s similar to Alzheimer’s, but affects all ages. He’s starting to […]