The Month in Review
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The following are MRP's 4-5 heart reviews given during the month. We hope you enjoy!
Our Five Heart Reviews
In This Life: Mesmerizing.
This is a tour de force by Terri Herman-Ponce. At times bewildering, alarming,
and thrilling, In This Life never disappoints.
Psychiatrist
Lottie Morgan is having some serious memory issues, and the people in her life
not only aren’t helping, they may be making the situation worse. Especially her
boyfriend, ex-military hunk, David. Pragmatic and an “I’ll believe it when I
see it” kind of guy, he shows extraordinary patience with her, but that has its
limits. And, in the spirit of adding insult to injury, she may have a stalker.
What is going on?
Even
as Lottie’s woes and confusion pile up, the reader glides happily along,
enjoying the lyric writing, the otherworldly quality of her ‘memories’, and the evocative recounting
of another life and love. Wonderful. Very
well done. @terriponce
Covet: Holy
Cow! Terri Herman-Ponce has done it again. I loved In This Life so much, I ran to my Kindle after writing the review
and bough Covet. Not disappointed! The
story is equally fast-paced, bewildering, alarming, and thrilling. I’m guessing
book three in the Past Life series is on the way, and I can hardly wait.
This
time, hunky paramilitary yummy guy, David is the one getting “memories” he can’t
understand and doesn’t want to deal with. The love of his life, psychiatrist
Lottie Morgan is having a hard time coping with David’s refusal to admit what
is going on. And then in walks a whole slew of nasty people ready and wanting
to gum up the works.
POV
changes from chapter to chapter, and I love being inside David’s head in this
book. Terri knows how to write a very convincing Alpha male, and she does one
heck of a job on High Bitch women, as well. Love MD!
I
highly recommend this book, this series, and probably anything Terri
Herman-Ponce writes. Very well done. @terriponce
Sidekick: Pure Delight! Socialite-Without-A-Care Bremy St. James
doesn’t clutter up her life with anything more trying than assessing the
latest fashion or nightclub trends, until reality smacks her upside the head
and she must leave that life behind – which is where the reader comes in. After
a month on her own, she’s forced to admit her survival skills suck, and fate is
allied against her. Then her life goes from harsh, to out-and-out bizarre. By
turns funny, sweet, diabolical, and eye-popping, with a fare dose of evil
sprinkled over all, the ride Auralee Wallace takes us on reads like a superhero
storybook that straddles the line between fantasy and (sort of) reality.
Happily, it will have you cheering and laughing all along the way. I can hardly
wait for the sequel. Wait, there will be one….right? Fingers crossed.
Very well done. @AuraleeWallace
Mostly Magic: Donna June Cooper has
done it again. More than Magic
captured my heart and my imagination when I reviewed a few months ago, and now
the second in the Books of the Kindling series, Mostly Magic, meets the very high bar this author sets for herself.
O, how I would love to find this very special mountain and spend time with the
folks who know it best.
This story picks up with
sibling #2, Dr. Daniel Woodruff, only months after the close of MtM. We find
ourselves in Italy, which is never a bad thing, but terrifying visions are
unrelenting, and Daniel must risk his reputation, and perhaps his life, in
order to ensure the safety of those around him.
Mel Noblett is an
environmental reporter who senses there is more to Daniel’s bizarre behavior
than a personality quirk, and together they must find out why he is having
these visions, and what, if anything, they can do to alter their outcome.
Once again, the story
captivates with lyric beauty, humor, tension, mystery and love – of family, of
friendship, of life, and of the environment. And may I say ~ Long Live the
Bees!
Very well done. @donnajunecooper
Our Four Heart Reviews
Connecting Strangers: This
one hits all the right notes – (very) hunky guy, damsel in distress, fast and
faithful fiends, and bad bad men who need their comeuppance.
Escaping
from a world of hurt, heroine Emily is fleeing for her life, and who should she
run into but the most gorgeous guy in six states (okay, that’s my opinion),
Adam.
In Connecting Strangers (book one of the Discovering
Emily series), Rachel Carrington takes us on a spirited, well-written ride
through rural Kentucky, and then leaves us with a wonderful “good enough for
now” ending, with its very toes on the precipice of a cliffhanger.
Well
done. @
Savannah Sacrifice: Ms.
Winters’ breathtaking Nymph series continues in beautiful Savannah.
Unfortunately for teenage heroine Starling, enjoying Savannah’s beauty is not
what brought her there. Her mother has been murdered, and spirit voices she
can’t get rid of threaten her own life if she doesn’t do their bidding. Jasper,
the bodyguard she’s been trying to ditch, is close on her heels, and together
they must find their way to an understanding, in order to fulfill their destiny.
Danger
threatens at every turn, and the reader is taken on a fast-paced ride through a
world chock full of evil shape-shifters (of the feathered variety), nymphs, a
seer and a Voodoo priestess, and thankfully, one very understanding cabby. I
enjoyed the ride.
Well
done. @danicawinters
Syphon's Song: Nicely written, this
story is a fun adventure through the hierarchy and mystery of the Mage world.
The Casteels and the Rallises face off like the Hatfields and McCoys, with
magic and spells flying pell-mell, rather than bullets, but it’s quiet,
brow-beat yet determined Bronte Casteel that brings them all to heal and makes
both families, and the world, pay attention. I enjoyed this read and appreciate
the extensive and solid world-building that Anise Rae’s imagination has brought
forth.
Well
done. @AniseRae
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