News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Zak Walker, a fringe rat living on the outskirts of the slums and doing dangerous labour in the hope to look after his sister, could never imagine the plan fate has for him. He only wanted to protect his sister. His father, since their mother left, is a mean and violent drunk, and Zak had… Continue reading Book review: Wilbert Stanton’s Gears of Fate (@wilbert_stanton )
Indra was an Outlier. She was nothing, less than nothing within the city walls. For three years she had worked for Saffron, inheriting her mother's position of House Maid when her mother became too sick to work. Now it fell to her to provide for the family. She learnt quickly how to protect herself from… Continue reading Book review: Kate L. Mary’s The Outliers (@kmary0622 )
An Initial Countdown: A Haszard Narrative, by Kevin E. Hatt. Haszard is a registered operating theatre practitioner, but when his and another car are forced from the road there is nothing to do but wait for the emergency services while the scoundrel responsible sped away. The more he reflected on the event the more he… Continue reading Book review: Kevin E. Hatt’s An Initial Countdown
Melvin is dead. There's no beating around the bush with that. But what a mess he left in his wake, or rather his Aunt Martha left after a brief possession of the priest to give him the 'no punches pulled' send off she thought he deserved. His mistress is pregnant, and his wife, Melody, has… Continue reading Book review: James Pumpelly’s Twice Melvin
Darcey had found the man of her dreams in Brad. He lit a fire in her like no one else could. But Lily's appearance In their life had marked trouble. Darcey knew very little about his job, only that it was 'classified'. When he tells her he once more has to return to sort out… Continue reading Book review: Madge H. Gressley’s Inescapable ~ The Beginning (@mgressley1 )
Alice was the very image of her father, from her looks, to her heart. She had even taken his old sword and learnt from the blacksmith in order to melt it down and make something more suitable for her to wield. Recently her thoughts had turned to concern, her home was expanding, the forest was… Continue reading Book review: Robert E Kreig’s The Huntress of Woodmyst, (@robertekreig )
The Library of Illumination is in danger. Knowledge is power, and with each one having their own diversity there is a danger of one becoming supreme. Why should they not all be the same when uniformity would answer questions with one decisive stroke, and how can this uniformity be brought about? The answer is simple,… Continue reading Book review : C. A. Pack’s Fourth Chronicles of Illumination
Lydia knew there was something important she should remember. Her mind kept returning to it over and over again, yet each time it slipped her recollection. Her world was nothing more than a painted dream, but she couldn't help but wonder what their home had been before they had altered it, what lay beneath the… Continue reading Book review: The Last City (THE COLONY Book 2) by Roslyn M Gilmour (@RMGilmour )
An old woman was seen fleeing the scene following the murder of a temple guard, and soon fingers are pointing towards Brona, the old apothecary. There is a great divide between those who can wield magic, and those who cannot, and the murder has caused great unrest, especially given the approach of Shadowfest. The timing… Continue reading Book review: Shadowfest by D.J. Reid
Jodie has suffered at the hands of her husband, Jack, to the point she was merely a tool to his daily life, a set routine, a strict diet regime of what to make and when, and if any of her spirit returned he disciplined her. But he had taken it too far. His actions had… Continue reading Book review: The Foreseen by Emma Coray (@EmmCoray )
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