Feb 12 Love and Let Fly Book 3 of Texas Hawthorne Legacy by Kelly Cain

  

 

Love and Let Fly Book 3 of Texas Hawthorne Legacy by Kelly Cain

Like this book because each chapter is from a different viewpoint of the characters in the story.

We get to hear Miranda's side and her job at the family flight arena. We get to hear from her brother Dominick and also her best friend Jared. He's got plans to head to NASA after he gets his credentials. Miranda is burnt out and wants to take up the offer on west coast, they are all in TX, for a job at the new startup. There is one issue with one that sits on the board of directors. Just when you think things are going great for them to start their own lives together Jared's mother has a long term diagnosis and he doesn't want to leave the area....

So many options, so many decisions...   Adult situations.

Received this review copy from Tule Publishing via BookSprout and this is my honest opinion.

 

Book Review: The Ghost of Seagull Cottage by Anne Alle

  

 

The Ghost of Seagull Cottage by Anne Alle

In this story Annabelle has just arrived on the island where she and her daughter will be living. She had grown tired of her place nearby her mother in law especially after her spouse had passed away. She loves the cottage near the sea and her daughter is excited about going to school soon. She meets the neighbors and they all pitch in to help her meet others and network. She is a painter and her works with her and is excited to show them about. Everyone loves them. She also on the first day meets the ghost that lives there. She sees him and she is not scared.  They are able to carry on conversations and he wants her to write his story of his live. She is also painting his portrait. Love this island and the networking goin on. Hate to see her taken advantage of with a man she had just had met that comes to visit.

This story could've gone so many different ways.

The owner of the cottage, Ghost Daniels's nephew wants to come visit and wants the cottage for himself.  There are so many options and I love how this one ends.

She is so accomplished and they all know what has to be done....

Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.

 

Book Review: The Polymorph by Max Nowaz

  

 

The Polymorph by Max Nowaz

Good book. High velocity sci fi with real stakes.

The core problem is simple. Jim Brown returns to Earth and learns the system is compromised. Aliens blend in. Earth deploys artificial humans and mandroids to boost population and armies. Jim becomes a target because he is part alien and hard to predict.

This works because incentives stay visible. The EPA assigns Marika to watch him. Leela ties him to the industrial machine building advanced androids off world. Former colonies in the Delta Quadrant resist re control. War with Levita starts to look inevitable unless someone breaks the loop.

The best part is momentum. The twists land and the tension stays high, even on a cruise ship. Jim keeps evolving instead of repeating the same arc.

What could be better is bandwidth. The cast is large and some sections move too fast. The book assumes you remember the first one. Reading The Arbitrator first helps.

Bottom line. Worth reading if you like space politics, conspiracies, and identity under pressure.  

 

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The Full Circle for Mick by Michael Kramer 

This is a big, blunt, history-first novel with a personal thread that keeps it grounded.

The book opens its lens wide on the political chain of events that led to war in Indochina, then narrows into a generational story that stretches from a German engineer in 1904 China to an Australian infantryman in Vietnam. Mick’s connection to a Buddhist monk becomes the spine of the narrative, while the wider chapters tackle the conferences, alliances, and decisions that shaped the conflict.

What worked for me is the sheer ambition. Kramer doesn’t just summarize, he argues, and you can feel the author’s conviction on the page. The soldier’s-language voice gives the combat-era sections a rough immediacy, and the mix of personal experience with historical framing makes the stakes feel real.

What didn’t fully land is the density. Some stretches read more like a guided lecture than a novel, and the dialogue can be a little direct in how it explains motives. A tighter trim in the middle would improve the flow.

If you want sweeping war context with an unapologetic perspective and a lived-in edge, this is for you. If you’re looking for subtlety or a tight, character-driven plot, maybe not. I’d read Kramer again.

 

Feb 4 The Extraction Book 5 of The Infiltrix by kimberley troutte

  

 

The Extraction Book 5 of The Infiltrix by kimberley troutte

Before the team extract people they have other problems to deal with. Slade has to perform so the president's wife know she is sincere and honest....a good way to learn about the presidents movements and whereabouts.... A big explosion occurs and we find out the intricate details of Slade's brain functions. Like all the action and being able to keep up with the members of the team as I've read the other books in the series. It's not necessary as they do fill you in, just not all the past details. Fast paced, action, adventure and maneuvers and strategies and how they all work. 

Like hearing of the poisoning and how they figure out an antidote. 

Love how it all comes together for all the missions and where that leaves the team now.  Bit of upcoming story line can be learned from last chapter...

Received this review copy from Tule Publishing via BookSprout and this is my honest opinion. 

Book Review: A Kind of Hush by JoDee Neathery

  

 

A Kind of Hush by JoDee Neathery

In this story we find Willa is blamed for not watching her younger sibling and ended up dying. Willa is now a teen and she and her parents went over the cliff at the gorge. Her father survived but in ICU and her brother who had left to take a pee in the woods still remains. Their aunt comes to take care of them and we follow the investigation. THe mother was involved in forsenic police investigations of child molesters and th elike. There was one man and the cops are following him as he gets on a bus.... He known as the candy man as he gives candies to young girls. He got invited to live in upper rooms of a garage and takes it up, laying low. Cops have also been to his mothers house and find some of his implements as well.

The grandparents take on the children at their location and we follow the dreams and visions they have of the past. Love hearing from all generations of a family, their problems and their solutions. Also all the careers of others in this story. Love learning about the clay wheel, I learn something new daily still.

This is a real creepy book for me to read and it's not gory.

Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.

 

Book Review: Debbie Wants No Words by Coco Calvoz Cordon

  

 

Debbie Wants No Words by Coco Calvoz Cordon

Colorful, children's, educational book about reading.

This story is actually two stories in one. The main story is about Debbie and she doesn't want to read any books. Bonnie, the dog at the library has read all the books as she lives at the library. The school bus comes and rops the children off. Debbie just wants to play but the others read books. Bonnie decides to read a book out loud near Debbie and when the story is half over Bonnie needs a break. Debbie wants to hear the rest of the story and has to read it herself. 

The story that Debbie is readin is yet another story inside of this book. Cool idea.

Love the ending as Debbie loves to read now.

Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.