This is a fun story. It is older YA fantasy (violence and blood) with a romantic sub-plot tastefully handled. It has sympathetic main characters, a rich cultural and historical setting, realistic conflicts at several different levels, and plenty of action and suspense. It contains the necessary serious themes we expect from the genre. It has…
Month: May 2025
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The World’s First Inter-planetary Truck Stop Book 1. Origin Story by Cristal Rider
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I had misgivings about reviewing this novel because of the roughness of the manuscript. However, the Reedsy organization has presented it to me as being worthy of a review, and so I will give it one. This is a sweet, feel-good story of the softest of YA Science Fiction, typified by a complete absence of…
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“Immortal Gifts” by Katherine Villyard
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One way to ensure a lively novel is to pick two conflicting cultures and force them together. If you want to make it especially enthralling, have them manifest inside the same person. It turns out that vampirism and Judaism are a complete mismatch. It seems that the Jewish religion has all sorts of taboos about…
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“Your Complete Guide to Dog Training” by Dan Ross
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This How-To book is not a standalone. It is part of a training platform that is larger in scope, including personal lessons, a YouTube channel, a video library (at a cost) and Instagram and Facebook pages. The first few chapters cover the broader picture: the philosophical part. A valuable bit of advice from the start…