I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. First off, I would like to thank Dawn Hill Publishing for allowing me to read this book and to Mark Ravine for writing this book.
The Tech is an FBI thriller that will have you guessing until the last page. The pacing was neither too fast or too slow and was perfect for this type of book. I fell in love with the characters, especially Alexandra and Mike. Oh, Mike, I am at a loss of words for him because I did not know if he was helping them or if he was helping the bad guys (if you want to find out which you will have to read the book). I did not see some of the twists coming, especially at the end. Dear Mike, if you wanted to prevent Alexandra from being almost killed again, you should have told her your little dark secret earlier. Although in hindsight, it makes sense.
My only quarrel with this book is that the chapters are too long, especially with the page breaks, I kept thinking the section was over only to find out that it kept going. Depending on the device you read, chapters are anywhere from over 60 (on my computer) to over 80 (on my phone). The most extended section I had ever read before this book was 20 pages, so it took some getting used to, but in the end, I pretended that it was to add to the suspense of the novel. Thankfully, there were only 13 chapters, so thank you to the author for doing that.
I feel like I would have no problems reading more books from this author if Mike and Alexandra were in it because I loved every moment with that because it felt so human when those two interacted. I was yelling at the pages that Alexandra should just tell Mike that she had feelings for him. Honestly, they made the book for me, and they will always have a place in my heart.
While there were a few grammatical errors unless Dry is some jargon in America for Doctor or there was some joke that I missed? The writing was exquisite although I did have to puzzle out what some words meant as I had never come across them too often, it did not take away from the thrill of reading it. Okay, okay, it was all because of Mike that I would have no problem reading this book regardless of what happens (just don't tell Mike, okay, and do not tell Alexandra).
The ending had me laughing because it was his apartment, but Mike should not underestimate Alexandra. The biggest disappointment was that the book ended because Mike and Alexandra were finally starting to get somewhere, and then it stopped before some things were resolved. I really hope there are more books with these characters because if there is, then sign me up, please.
I highly recommend reading this book if you're looking for a good FBI novel.
5 out of 5 stars (500 out of 5).
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Dry is Right
Dry Souls by Denise Getson looked and sounded interesting because I have read many dystopian novels where the world is toxic, there are people living in protected areas and those that are not, and there is this magical place on earth where everything is still perfect. I hoped this book would not be that trope because of the water bit, but nope it is that trope down to a tee.
It was not a memorable read for me and started making excuses to not read the book and I even almost fell asleep at one point because there was nothing special about the book in my opinion. I dnfed at 10%. I tried, but it was starting to feel like a chore to read it.
It also made no sense why Mary all of a sudden became best buds with Kira after discovering the flower when they despised each other before. Does anybody know of that ever happening?
1.5 out of 5 stars.
It was not a memorable read for me and started making excuses to not read the book and I even almost fell asleep at one point because there was nothing special about the book in my opinion. I dnfed at 10%. I tried, but it was starting to feel like a chore to read it.
It also made no sense why Mary all of a sudden became best buds with Kira after discovering the flower when they despised each other before. Does anybody know of that ever happening?
1.5 out of 5 stars.
Monday, May 4, 2020
My Heart is Bursting
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This review contains spoilers please read at your own risk.
Time Dancers and other Fantastical Tales by Christine E. Schulze is an anthology collection of fairytales that will stay with you long after you finish the last page. The characters will melt your heart and leave you in tears, but also hopeful at the same time.
There are water elves, curses, time-travel, magic mirrors, wars, illness, family, sacrifice, dragons, blind/deaf people, and cat-like human characters. A prince who gave up his throne to go on adventures that may or may not get him killed, an eagle with ruby and sapphire eyes, gargoyles, kelpies, and ground and earth elementals. A princess discovers that her father did listen to her wishes (more on that later), a human star, a knight with a troubled past, a girl who turns a forest into eternal autumn to save people from her evil sister. It also mentions cannibalistic mermaids that I wish we got to meet and so much more. If any of these things catch your fancy, then this is the book for you.
*Now onto some spoilers if you do not wish to read this please skip ahead to the bold part of the review.*
In Labyrinth: Heart of Stone oh, Corie. Oh, Catherine. Catherine only longs for freedom and all Corie wants is for her to be safe from him. Since her uncle managed to transfer the curse the Druids had placed on him onto Corie and so at night, he is no longer human. And Catherine realizing that he did it out of love was, ugh, I died at that point. Corie needs to exist for real.
In Autumn Falls, do not believe the blurb of the book. The blurb is all an eternal forest of autumn with two sisters yadda yadda yadda. I thought the sisters lived in the forest, but they do not. It had a sort of Snow White vibe to it and Andy, poor sweet Andy, he made me cry because he thought he and Autumn would get married, but she had to leave him to save him and his people from her sister and I want to cry just thinking about it.
In Time Dancers, Calina is all upset because she wanted a husband that was close to her age who was handsome, kind, shared the same interests as her, instead she gets Lorenzo who is twice her age (36 to her 18!) who has wrinkles showing around his eyes and she gets so mad at her father for not listening to her. Then Lorenzo gifts her a mirror (and despite what the blurb says she does not need a crystal ring to enter the mirror) that allows her to see herself dancing with a handsome prince who is her age. When she enters the mirror she discovers that Aarwyn (forgive me if I spelled the name wrong) was the one she was engaged to be married to, but the Brownies had planned an attack to get the ring, so her father found a way to time travel and brought her eighteen years into the future to protect her. When Calina realizes that it is priceless and you should read the story if only for that moment. I figured that the father knew something that Calina did not because he was so insisted on getting her and Lorenzo together, but Calina was so stubborn. Ugh, the ending was so cute I was crying.
In fact, the last three books had me in tears and wanting to go back for more. It gave me all sorts of feels.
*You can continue from here if you wish to skip the spoilers*
These stories are satisfying and make the hopeless romantic in me feel like there is hope to find a person like those characters do. Guess what? Despite everything true love will always find a way, so let us all take hope in that. I highly recommend that you read this book because it has a little something for everyone.
5 out of 5 stars (100 out of 5 stars 😉)
Time Dancers and other Fantastical Tales by Christine E. Schulze is an anthology collection of fairytales that will stay with you long after you finish the last page. The characters will melt your heart and leave you in tears, but also hopeful at the same time.
There are water elves, curses, time-travel, magic mirrors, wars, illness, family, sacrifice, dragons, blind/deaf people, and cat-like human characters. A prince who gave up his throne to go on adventures that may or may not get him killed, an eagle with ruby and sapphire eyes, gargoyles, kelpies, and ground and earth elementals. A princess discovers that her father did listen to her wishes (more on that later), a human star, a knight with a troubled past, a girl who turns a forest into eternal autumn to save people from her evil sister. It also mentions cannibalistic mermaids that I wish we got to meet and so much more. If any of these things catch your fancy, then this is the book for you.
*Now onto some spoilers if you do not wish to read this please skip ahead to the bold part of the review.*
In Labyrinth: Heart of Stone oh, Corie. Oh, Catherine. Catherine only longs for freedom and all Corie wants is for her to be safe from him. Since her uncle managed to transfer the curse the Druids had placed on him onto Corie and so at night, he is no longer human. And Catherine realizing that he did it out of love was, ugh, I died at that point. Corie needs to exist for real.
In Autumn Falls, do not believe the blurb of the book. The blurb is all an eternal forest of autumn with two sisters yadda yadda yadda. I thought the sisters lived in the forest, but they do not. It had a sort of Snow White vibe to it and Andy, poor sweet Andy, he made me cry because he thought he and Autumn would get married, but she had to leave him to save him and his people from her sister and I want to cry just thinking about it.
In Time Dancers, Calina is all upset because she wanted a husband that was close to her age who was handsome, kind, shared the same interests as her, instead she gets Lorenzo who is twice her age (36 to her 18!) who has wrinkles showing around his eyes and she gets so mad at her father for not listening to her. Then Lorenzo gifts her a mirror (and despite what the blurb says she does not need a crystal ring to enter the mirror) that allows her to see herself dancing with a handsome prince who is her age. When she enters the mirror she discovers that Aarwyn (forgive me if I spelled the name wrong) was the one she was engaged to be married to, but the Brownies had planned an attack to get the ring, so her father found a way to time travel and brought her eighteen years into the future to protect her. When Calina realizes that it is priceless and you should read the story if only for that moment. I figured that the father knew something that Calina did not because he was so insisted on getting her and Lorenzo together, but Calina was so stubborn. Ugh, the ending was so cute I was crying.
In fact, the last three books had me in tears and wanting to go back for more. It gave me all sorts of feels.
*You can continue from here if you wish to skip the spoilers*
These stories are satisfying and make the hopeless romantic in me feel like there is hope to find a person like those characters do. Guess what? Despite everything true love will always find a way, so let us all take hope in that. I highly recommend that you read this book because it has a little something for everyone.
5 out of 5 stars (100 out of 5 stars 😉)
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