News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Destiny Series: Five Novelettes With A Twist by Casi McLean is a wonderful collection of five short stories. Fate plays a role in everyone's future, and to some nothing short of a miracle is needed to ensure things are as they should be. From strange happenings, alternate lives, all the way to time travel, this… Continue reading Book review: Destiny Series: Five Novelettes With A Twist by Casi McLean
Grind by Edward Vukovic is a fiction novel touching on aspects of romance, mystery, and occult. However the main focus of Grind is the effect people unknowingly have on other people's lives. It follows Ziva, Michel, Simon, Isaac, and Danielle. Five strangers whose paths cross and alter the course of another's future. Ziva was raised… Continue reading Book review: Grind by Edward Vukovic
Soul retrievers is an occult horror novel written by David Burton. Getter is a soul retriever with a reputation, he always gets his soul. So when young Brittany's parents enlist his services after discovering their daughter was mistakenly sent to hell they expected results. But no one expected these results. Soul retrievers are expected to… Continue reading Book review: Soul Retrievers by David Burton
Carmina Revealed is sequel to Hidden Carmina By Adri Sinclair and after reading the first one I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. It is always hard to write a review for a sequel without spoiling some of the major events that occur in the first. That said the rich with lore, characters,… Continue reading Book review: Carmina Revealed By Adri Sinclair
Correlations by P.S. Winn is a psychological, paranormal thriller. Lacey is having a tough time, a tough life for that matter. Her mother was brutally murdered when she was but seventeen. She soon moved to live with her grandparents. They cared for her and watched over her until it was her turn to repay their… Continue reading Book review: Correlations by P.S. Winn
Sucker, a supernatural fiction by Mark Lingane. Van H. Abraham, is plunged into a world with a supernatural twist. As soon as he set eyes on the beautiful Mina his fate was sealed. She requests his services, her man has run off with a skinny blonde thing, and taken all her money to boot. Never… Continue reading Book review: Sucker by Mark Lingane
Wilde Omens (Time Wardens Book 1) by Bree Lawrence and S.E. Babin is a cyberpunk, time travel, urban fantasy unlike any other. Life for Penelope is difficult enough, all her life she has worked hard to be unspectacular. A genius forced to reign in her brilliance making good grades, but not enough to draw unwanted… Continue reading Book review: Wilde Omens by Bree Lawrence and S.E. Babin
Karen Gray remains to date my favourite author, and that is not a position I offer to just anyone. I find Karen's work to be the very essence of fantasy at its best. She brings to life an enormous cast of characters, each with depth, backstory, and involved history. The stories themselves are emotionally gripping,… Continue reading Book review: Battle of the Bannockburn: The Saga of Thistles and Roses (The Warrior Queen Book 3) by Karen Gray
Born F.R.E.E. By Dean C Moore is a science fiction/ Thriller by Dean C Moore. Ray Cunningham is in charge of running the FBI's department who hunt down America's most wanted. But Ray has a secret, he is an uncaught serial killer himself. He instantly begins to recognise tells in his new partner Nick, and… Continue reading Book review: Born F.R.E.E. By Dean C Moore
Dette Chambers' Death Journal by L.M. du Preez is a paranormal fiction novel focusing around the main character and her attempt to reclaim humanity after so long living with a monstrous curse. Dette has a death wish unlike any other. For so long she has watched, distancing herself from those who look like her, those… Continue reading Book review: Dette Chambers’ Death Journal by L.M. du Preez
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