Rating: 4 out of 5 Steve Weddle and Nick Kolakowski edited the deliberately-timely pandemic anthology Lockdown: Stories of Crime, Terror, and Hope During a Pandemic. Some people I’m sure just want to use their reading to escape the current pandemic,…
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Review: “Island of Bones,” Gaby Triana
Rating: 5 out of 5 Gaby Triana’s Island of Bones (Haunted Florida) pulled me in so thoroughly that when I finished it I looked up, blinked a few times, and realized it was more than an hour past when I…
Review: “Pressure,” Jeff Strand
Pros: Very neatly-plotted, and heartstopping! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Jeff Strand’s Pressure is a delirious look into the relationship between a psychopathic killer and a man who’s been pushed too far. Alex and Darren met in boarding…
Review: “Critical Point,” S.L. Huang
Pros: Still loving this series! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 I absolutely love S.L. Huang’s Cas Russell books. In Critical Point (Cas Russell Book 3), Cas is beginning to integrate with the people around her. It doesn’t come…
Review: “Island King,” Ike Hamill
Pros: Original combination of ideas with some great tongue-in-cheek humor Cons: Hangs together a little loosely in some places Rating: 4 out of 5 Ike Hamill’s Island King is a fun little adventure with some interesting tongue-in-cheek humor about reality…
Review: “Genome,” A.G. Riddle
Pros: Delivers on the mysteries created in book one Cons: Occasionally things don’t quite add up Rating: 4 out of 5 A.G. Riddle’s Genome (The Extinction Files Book 2) picks up just a few weeks after Pandemic [review] ends. The…
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Review: “Pandemic,” A.G. Riddle
Pros: Impressively grand scope! Cons: I hope some coincidences get resolved in the next book! Rating: 4 out of 5 A.G. Riddle’s long novel Pandemic (The Extinction Files, Book 1) dumps us straight into the realm of pandemic apocalypse. Dr.…
Review: “Allison,” Jeff Strand
Pros: Had me on the edge of my seat! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Jeff Strand’s Allison takes the girl-with-supernatural-powers-gets-pushed-too-far trope and makes it delicious again. Allison found out the hard way that she can move people with…