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Review: With Good Intentions by Sionnach Wintergreen

Apr 2, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Frank Hope had a rough childhood in this alternate 1980s. His father died and his mother needs constant care due to mental illness. Frank thought things were looking up when he found out he...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Alternate World, Michelle's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: demon, Love Songs for Lost Worlds series, necromancer, parent death, self published, Sionnach Wintergreen, suicide, violence

Review: Know Thy Demons by Sionnach Wintergreen

Mar 10, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Things look a little different than the 1985 most people know. Frank Hope still has to go to high school, but his favorite class is Demonology. It’s important that humans know about demons...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Alternate World, Michelle's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: demon, drug abuse, high school, homophobia, Love Songs for Lost Worlds series, mental illness, necromancer, parent death, self published, Sionnach Wintergreen, suicide

Review: Dead Sea by Mia Kerick

Mar 9, 2021 | 2 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Lenny “Zip-Lip” Dubinski is an introverted, closeted, gay high school senior. His big aspiration is to leave his small coastal New England town, interestingly called Hope Harbor, and go...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Veronica's Reviews, Young Adult
TAGGED: bullying, gender fluid, Mia Kerick, self published, small town, suicide

Review: The Boy Who Loved Wicked by C.P. Harris

Mar 8, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Phoenix Michaelson has been looking forward to AP Philosophy for years. His father was a philosophy professor and even though his father died when Phoenix was a young boy, the lessons he taught...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, C.P. Harris, death of family member, self published, suicide, teacher/student

Review: This is Not the End by Sidney Bell

Jan 11, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel After an intense three months of dating, Zacary and Anya are now married with a baby. Zac, a successful musician, and Anya, a successful model moving to a career as a photographer, have a relationship...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Menage/Polyamory, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: alcohol abuse, bisexual, Carina Press, established relationship, friends to lovers, MMF, musician, photographer, Sidney Bell, suicide, wealthy hero

Review: Unmuted: Stories of Courage and Resiliance from the GenPRIDE Community

Oct 30, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Anthology This is not an anthology of stories. There is no carefully crafted rise and fall of conflict, no character development, no clever plot, or neat and tidy bow where everything is tied up at the...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Non Fiction
TAGGED: abuse, addict, cancer, coming out, GenPRIDE, suicide, transgender

Audiobook Review: Darker Space by Lisa Henry

Jul 27, 2020 | 3 comments

Story Rating: 4.5 stars Audio Rating: 4.5 stars Narrator: Chris Chambers Length: 8 hours, 10 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks All Brady Garrett wanted was to be back home on Earth and reunited with his little sister,...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Audiobook, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: Chris Chambers, Dark Space series, established relationship, Lisa Henry, military, rape, suicide, Tantor Audio, telepath

Review: Jeff, Karma, and Me by Jere’ M. Fishback

Apr 22, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 2.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Jakub knows he is prone to dark periods—times when it all becomes too much and karma knocks him down. It’s times like these that he escapes to his bedroom, dives under the covers, and tries to make...