Tag: 4.0 Reviews

Lightning Review: Goblins and Snowflakes by Melanie Karsak

Lightning Review: Goblins and Snowflakes by Melanie Karsak

Scarlette Rossetti is visiting her uncle for Christmas and secretly helping some dollmakers in the village, when she starts seeing a traveling caravan in the woods. She doesn’t think much of it until she realizes she’s the only one who can see them. They offer her the thing she most desires, in exchange for a […]

Throwback Thursday Review: Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson.

Throwback Thursday Review: Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson.

This review was originally posted on April 28, 2011. Always listen to Ames when she recommends a book to read because she always hits it out of the park with her book pimps. This is one of the books that Ames told me a long time ago to read and though I really wanted to […]

Review: Shield-Maiden: Under the Howling Moon by Melanie Karsak

Review: Shield-Maiden: Under the Howling Moon by Melanie Karsak

I fell in love with Lagertha, a character in the History Channel’s show Vikings. The description of this book made it sound like the MC was a young Lagertha, which really appealed to me. I found that to be pretty accurate. Hervor is an outcast, unwanted and unloved by almost all. In her dreams Odin […]

Throwback Thursday Review: Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward (spoilers abound)

Throwback Thursday Review: Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward (spoilers abound)

This review was originally posted on April 14, 2011. It’s really hard for me to review JRW’s books because I’m so opposed to what I see is her manufactured persona. My opinion isn’t humble, yo. She’s not writing what is “downloaded” in her head by the characters. She’s obviously writing what her readers want to […]

Review: Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

Review: Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

Catalina Baylor is the head of House Baylor. When her sister married Rogan, the mantle of running the house passed down to Catalina. She doesn’t feel qualified enough to run a House, especially a relatively new one. When Runa Etterson, a Prime and ally of House Baylor comes to her asking for help. Runa’s mother […]