[Review] The Last Dance: A Memoir...

This isn’t a story about a restaurant. It's not about what it takes to run a successful restaurant. It’s not even a behind-the scenes look at the day-to-day operations, headaches, hassles, and delights of running a restaurant, although you'll find all of the above and more within. At its heart, Last Dance is a story about a dream. Its gestation and...

[Review] Blade of Dream (The Kithamar...

Kithamar is a center of trade and wealth, an ancient city with a long, bloody history where countless thousands live and their stories endure. This is Garreth's.Garreth Left is heir to one of Kithamar's most prominent merchant families. The path of his life was paved long before he was born. Learn the family trade, marry to secure wealthy in-laws,...

[Review] Empire of Silence (Sun Eater...

This is a book that I likely would not have picked up of my own accord. Instead, my reading of it came on the shoulders of the recommendation of a trusted friend. Not that anything in particular made me shy away from the book. These days I just tend to avoid anything resembling large-ish science fiction tomes that don’t...

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[Review] “Emma” by Jane Austen

This 1815 novel is the fourth of six books by the first name in English-Regency-period romantic comedy, published only two years before its author’s death at age 42. While I found it engaging and pleasurable to read, I am glad that Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility formed my first acquaintance with Jane Austen’s work, rather than this...

[Review] The War of Two Queens...

A War of Two Queens was an impressive continuation of the Blood and Ash Series! Inside the pages, hope, love, friendship, death, trials and much more revolved. And while this story is within the Blood and Ash series, the ties in A Shadow in the Ember heightened my emotions even more. It's a must-read before diving into this book!...

[Review] The Crown of Gilded Bones...

Poppy wasn't as annoying as the previous two books, but the book itself wasn't great. It all started positively, resolving the cliffhanger that the previous book (A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire) left. But from there, nothing. it happens. This book could have done with some SERIOUS editing. I didn't even read the physical book, I listened to the...