Two couples meet for dinner in a fancy restaurant in Amsterdam under superficial pretenses. The real topic at hand are the respective couples’ 15 year old boys who are caught up in horrible incident that has brought on police & media presence. The story and their lives unfold as each dinner course is brought out [...]
Review: Mind MGMT – Volume 1 by Matt Kindt
When the passengers on Flight 815 suddenly develop amnesia mid-flight, everyone is left wondering what happened. People continued on with their lives not regaining their memory. Meru, an author with one book under her belt, is trying to recapture the memories to put into a second best-seller. Instead, she stumbles upon a wild goose chase [...]
Review: J’Adore Paris by Isabelle Laflèche
Catherine, a Parisian lawyer who had previously relocated to New York for work, has moved back to France to work at Christian Dior. As the intellectual property director, she is excited to be working at such a prestigious company but her dreams of a new glamorous job are thwarted when she finds herself caught up in a [...]
Review: Until I Die (Revenants, #2) by Amy Plum
Last year, I reviewed Die For Me and interviewed author Amy Plum as part of Paris Month and so, of course, I have to review the sequel for this year’s! It was because of Paris Month, and through Shannon @ Harper Collins, that I discovered this series. Until I Die, the sequel to Amy Plum’s Parisian-set [...]
Review: Once Every Never by Lesley Livingston
Clarinet Reid, or Clare as she prefers to be called, is sent to live with her aunt in London after a party gone awry. Joined by her best friend Al, along with Al’s uber-nerd-turned-hottie-nerd cousin Milo, the trio find themselves in some dire predicaments when Clare accidentally discovers she can transport back in time. Between [...]
Review: Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn
Manga-loving Violet is to stay with her artist dad for the summer while her mother is away. The Yamadas, his latest clients, find their priceless van Gogh artwork to have been stolen and everyone is a suspect. Her dad’s job, and the investigation, takes them overseas to Japan where he has been commissioned to do [...]
Review & Giveaway: The Boy by Lara Santoro
Anna is raising her precocious 8 year old daughter on her own, living a carefree life when it suddenly gets turned upside down. While at a neighbour’s party, she becomes bewitched with the neighbour’s 20-something year old son. Full of snark and sarcasm, he intimidates her and arouses her at the same time. Caught between [...]
Review: Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Schuyler Van Alen sticks out like a sore thumb at the private school she attends where everyone is decked out in designer clothes while she prefers baggy layers. Being from a formerly-prominent family in Manhattan does nothing for her social ranking at school especially with Mimi Force, the Queen Bee at Duchesne, around. But when [...]
Review: Seriously… I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen’s third book catches readers up on what’s been going on in her life since her previous book, The Funny Thing Is…, was out eight years ago. From her life being married to Portia de Rossi to quitting American Idol, Seriously… I’m Kidding is filled with stories, quips and random silliness that lets you experience what [...]
Blog Tour Review & Guest Post: The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress
The Friday Society follows the lives of three clever & capable women, all three assistants to powerful men in turn of the century London. Cora, a lab assistant to an inventor often found in opium labs, Nellie, a magician’s assistant to the highly-acclaimed Great Raheem, and Michiko, a Japanese fight assistant whose employer can’t understand [...]
