Book Reviews
Recommended Reads
For the sake of encouraging other writers, I have included only the reviews of books that I recommended. All reviews are from books that I received through ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies). As always, although I was sent a complimentary copy of these books, all reviews are voluntarily and honest.
28th December, 2025
The Small Hours by Edward Averett
“In God’s world, no one suffers without deserving it. Now confess.” This unsettling line reveals the tension throughout the novel, The Small Hours, by Edward …
Read more14th December, 2025
When Things Go Missing by Deborah J. Brasket
“From the start, he never believed he deserved her, like she’d taken up with him by mistake and might not stick around if he didn’t …
Read more6th December, 2025
Garnet by Jennifer Severn
“Bindi had cringed at the romantic expression—especially coming from her mother. She was no Bollywood movie heroine, but of course she wanted a say, and …
Read more2nd December, 2025
When Silence Shatters by Mahitab Mahmoud
“Here, being LGBTQ means living underground. You blend in, you laugh at the same homophobic jokes as everyone else, you nod along when people call …
Read more27th November, 2025
He Lies on the Jester’s Cart by M.D. Mare
“The demon is on him. His scream is cut short. His back arches in a spasm of pain and terror. The jester raises his hands …
Read more20th November, 2025
Made in America by Jack Chase
“Dean’s sigh was longer, wearier. The exhalation of a man who’d seen too much and understood too little about what humans were capable of doing …
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