Action-packed, triumphant, engaging, fascinating.
Fireborne’s a novel destined to become a classic, the plot centers around two main characters that were orphans from the revolution. This revolution involved dragons that belonged to a specialized few, after the revolution that changed. The dragon rider’s became based upon a merit-based system for all people, that must be proven from tournaments. The two main characters Lee, and Annie are dragon riders, with one of their identities hidden. The story line changes between Lee, Annie, and the historical context of the revolution, explaining how their childhood related to that time period.
There’s everything in this amazing fantasy dragon world novel. There’s sparing, family secrecy, fighting, girl power, dragon’s, tournaments, and slightly hidden romance. The world building is fantastic, realistic locations for dragons, detailed levels of society, drangontongue language, and even questions about morality. Annie’s character takes some dramatic surprising turns allowing her to grow into a strong female character ready for anything. I became attached to both of the main characters, they were developed with such detail, making real life choices in a dragon fuel powered world.
If you love dragons, and a phenomenal fantasy world novel, this one's for you. I highly recommend it.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Monday, August 5, 2019
Light From Distant Stars by Shawn Smucker
Light From Distant Stars is a book I plan on reading multiple time's, I love those books that seem to be written just for you. The cover is beautiful, matching the title in artwork.
Addictive, spiritual, heart-wrenching, memorable.
The words are lyrical, poetically descriptive, perfectly placed at the right moments. The story focuses from a single point of view of Cohen in relation to his family, community, and childhood friendships. The relationships deal with struggles from dark emotional traumas between childhood and adult.
Cohen struggles with pain, finding forgiveness from God this helps him cope with the many challenges he faces. The strongest and most compelling aspect of the story relates to the complexities of relationships.
I was drawn to each character's personality even the children, and couldn't put the book down. The story discreetly divulges key aspects in each chapter, gently enticing the reader to keep going. There's so much of this story I could relate to since my father passed away a few years back. I found myself facing things Cohen did, questioning and remembering my childhood experiences with my father. Death makes you reevaluate every part of your life and this story helps with understanding that, it's a story for everyone going through a difficult time in life. Here's a quote that speaks to my heart from the book.
"And when he says her name he speaks a million things into existence: memories and emotions and regrets. It's all there around his head, a cloud, a nebula."
Thank you Netgalley and Revell publisher for a chance to read and review this amazingly touching unforgettable book.
Addictive, spiritual, heart-wrenching, memorable.
The words are lyrical, poetically descriptive, perfectly placed at the right moments. The story focuses from a single point of view of Cohen in relation to his family, community, and childhood friendships. The relationships deal with struggles from dark emotional traumas between childhood and adult.
Cohen struggles with pain, finding forgiveness from God this helps him cope with the many challenges he faces. The strongest and most compelling aspect of the story relates to the complexities of relationships.
I was drawn to each character's personality even the children, and couldn't put the book down. The story discreetly divulges key aspects in each chapter, gently enticing the reader to keep going. There's so much of this story I could relate to since my father passed away a few years back. I found myself facing things Cohen did, questioning and remembering my childhood experiences with my father. Death makes you reevaluate every part of your life and this story helps with understanding that, it's a story for everyone going through a difficult time in life. Here's a quote that speaks to my heart from the book.
"And when he says her name he speaks a million things into existence: memories and emotions and regrets. It's all there around his head, a cloud, a nebula."
Thank you Netgalley and Revell publisher for a chance to read and review this amazingly touching unforgettable book.
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Over The Borderline by Leanna Floyd
Page-turner, scary, spine-tingling, riveting.
I loved this book, perfect mixture of suspense, and court room drama. I literally couldn't put the book down, finished it within 24 hours. I'm hoping there is a book two! The main plot centers around Brooke Douger, her friend Jacob, and later a love interest Kevin. At the end of each chapter an unknown character provides haunting detail about the murders he's committed. The descriptive details gave me the chills.
The writing style's easy to follow, with a point of view shifting between characters at each chapter. Every chapter had me guessing, and I"m still wanting to know more, in a good way. The story takes the reader into a mystery of whodunit. I found myself taking notes, trying to remember tiny details about each character along with the court case with the hopes of figuring out the criminals real identity.
The ending was perfect, just enough to make me wonder what will happen to the characters, but then knowing enough feeling satisfied. I cant' wait to read more from Leanna Floyd, she's on my list as one of my favorite authors.
I loved this book, perfect mixture of suspense, and court room drama. I literally couldn't put the book down, finished it within 24 hours. I'm hoping there is a book two! The main plot centers around Brooke Douger, her friend Jacob, and later a love interest Kevin. At the end of each chapter an unknown character provides haunting detail about the murders he's committed. The descriptive details gave me the chills.
The writing style's easy to follow, with a point of view shifting between characters at each chapter. Every chapter had me guessing, and I"m still wanting to know more, in a good way. The story takes the reader into a mystery of whodunit. I found myself taking notes, trying to remember tiny details about each character along with the court case with the hopes of figuring out the criminals real identity.
The ending was perfect, just enough to make me wonder what will happen to the characters, but then knowing enough feeling satisfied. I cant' wait to read more from Leanna Floyd, she's on my list as one of my favorite authors.
Growing Things and Other Stories Paul Tremblay
Growing Things and Other Stories is by far my favorite this year.
Poignant, entertaining, engaging, scary and at times sarcastically funny.
What I found most fascinating about Growing Things and Other Stories is the opportunity of delving into the authors personal thought processes. The "Notes" at the end of the short stories provides unique details on each short story and how they relate to his other books. The author gives valuable information about how he writes, and obtains ideas for his stories.
The story that intrigued me the most was "Something About Birds." All of the stories had something about them I thoroughly enjoyed. Each one demonstrated the authors unique creative diverse writing style. He writes with the perfect amount of ambiguity, pulling me into the story with questions, wanting to know more. So, "Something About Birds" shook me to the core, because I'm one of those people that get freaked out by birds, and two the story was so uniquely mind blowing. I don't want to give too much detail because this book is a must read, and own especially for any wannabe writer.
There is a little something for everyone in this novel. Each story is unique and spans a history with the author that started with his writing career. The short story "Notes For "The barn In The Wild" is utterly intriguing taking the perspective from me (the reader) finding the authors personal journal. "Can I be frank with you, Ms./Mr. Finders Keepers? If this notebook is lost, it means I'm lost. I am not overstating this. Please save me." Oh my, I laughed so hard during this story. Beautifully creative. The story "A Haunted House Is A Wheel Upon Which Some Are Broken" takes the reader into finding the answers followed by different page numbers, pulled into multiple circular scenarios. I had so much fun reading that short story.
Just like how you meet a person, feeling it was fated in some supernatural way, I felt this book was fated for me. I won Growing Things and Other Stories from the Goodreads giveaway section, this is my honest review.
Thank you Goodreads, HarperCollins books, and Paul Tremblay for this most joyful opportunity of reading Growing Things And Other Stories. I look forward to reading additional books by Mr. Tremblay along with, hopefully soon "The Thirteenth Temple."
Poignant, entertaining, engaging, scary and at times sarcastically funny.
What I found most fascinating about Growing Things and Other Stories is the opportunity of delving into the authors personal thought processes. The "Notes" at the end of the short stories provides unique details on each short story and how they relate to his other books. The author gives valuable information about how he writes, and obtains ideas for his stories.
The story that intrigued me the most was "Something About Birds." All of the stories had something about them I thoroughly enjoyed. Each one demonstrated the authors unique creative diverse writing style. He writes with the perfect amount of ambiguity, pulling me into the story with questions, wanting to know more. So, "Something About Birds" shook me to the core, because I'm one of those people that get freaked out by birds, and two the story was so uniquely mind blowing. I don't want to give too much detail because this book is a must read, and own especially for any wannabe writer.
There is a little something for everyone in this novel. Each story is unique and spans a history with the author that started with his writing career. The short story "Notes For "The barn In The Wild" is utterly intriguing taking the perspective from me (the reader) finding the authors personal journal. "Can I be frank with you, Ms./Mr. Finders Keepers? If this notebook is lost, it means I'm lost. I am not overstating this. Please save me." Oh my, I laughed so hard during this story. Beautifully creative. The story "A Haunted House Is A Wheel Upon Which Some Are Broken" takes the reader into finding the answers followed by different page numbers, pulled into multiple circular scenarios. I had so much fun reading that short story.
Just like how you meet a person, feeling it was fated in some supernatural way, I felt this book was fated for me. I won Growing Things and Other Stories from the Goodreads giveaway section, this is my honest review.
Thank you Goodreads, HarperCollins books, and Paul Tremblay for this most joyful opportunity of reading Growing Things And Other Stories. I look forward to reading additional books by Mr. Tremblay along with, hopefully soon "The Thirteenth Temple."
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