Author: Pixireads
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DNF Review: Witch You Well by Colleen Cross
Summary Dead billionaires are not good for business!That’s what Aunt Pearl complains to Cen when the dead body is found in the cozy family inn at Westwick Corners. Still, it’s not Cen’s problem. She lives an ordinary life away from her witch-ful family for a reason. She got her ordinary…
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Review: Murder Your Employer – McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
Summary Who hasn’t wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you’ve probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a…
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Review: Little Red Shadow by S. C. Grayson
*I was provided a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Summary The Wolves are out for blood, but Scarlett doesn’t intend to let them catch their prey. When Scarlett’s friend Georgette starts receiving death threats from the Wolves, a powerful street gang, she…
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Review: Pack Dragon by Eva Richardson
*This book was received via NetGalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Summary An orphan searching for her future unlocks a destiny she never imagined… War has engulfed Destia, reaching even the remote country-side, where foundling Eva Thirsk lives. When army recruiters come to town, Eva sees…
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Preptopber: Preparing for NaNoWriMo
Tips for Preparing for National Novel Writing Month National Novel Writing Month is fast approaching and we are already in October, or what some of us call Preptober. This is the time to make sure we have done everything possible to make our NaNoWriMo experience the most successful it can…
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Review: The World we Made by N.K. Jemisin
Summary All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious capital “E” Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the…
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Review: A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
Summary Alice must save Wonderland from itself in A Crown So Cursed, the long-awaited third book in L.L. McKinney’s Nightmare-Verse series. Alice and her crew are doing their best to recover from the last boss battle, but some of them keep having these. . . dreams: visions of a dark past—and an…
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Review: Ignatius and the Battle at Dinas Affaraon
The plot of Ignatius and the Battle at Dinas Affaraon is somewhat slow, but you are hooked wanting to know how things will work out. I loved this story, if you set aside the editing. More on that later.
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Review: Shut Up and Write the Book
Summary Writing a book can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Are you struggling to finish, or even start your novel? Are you overwhelmed by the many steps in the writing process, drowning in endless drafts, or creatively blocked? Shut Up and Write the Book is a step-by-step guide…
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Review: Furies of Calderon
Summary For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies—elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal. But in the remote Calderon Valley, the boy Tavi struggles with his lack of…