Verdict: 5 Stars One of the challenges that young adult readers often face is the need to balance their preferred methods and formats of reading with the requirement—usually as part of school curricula—to read the often dreaded classics, but author Bekka Black has found a way to make even those oldest tomes more up-to-date and easily comprehended. Continuing with the … [Read more...] about eBook Review: iFrankenstein by Bekka Black
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eBook Review: Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy by William Codpiece Thwackery
Verdict: 3 Stars Most of us love a good parody as much as the next person, but when the parody is making fun of two mainstays of popular reading at the same time the result is just fictional gold. Fifty Shade of Mr. Darcy (Pocket Star) manages to take on the recent widely popular erotica title and the work of Jane Austen in one tongue-in-cheek swoop. Unfortunately, … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Fifty Shades of Mr. Darcy by William Codpiece Thwackery
eBook Review: Pierced by Thomas Enger
Verdict: 4 Stars It’s difficult to jump into a sequel or series without having read all of the titles the came before, which is one of the unique challenges to writing serial novels. The author has to strike a balance between giving enough information to new readers that they can feel drawn into the story, without repeating so much back story that faithful fans feel talked … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Pierced by Thomas Enger
eBook Review: Relentless by Simon Kernick
Verdict: 5 Stars One of the greatest things about digital publishing is the connectivity that it brings to the industry. Books by authors abroad that went largely undiscovered by outside audiences are now available, thanks to the easy ability to find and enjoy new titles. Simon Kernick’s thriller Relentless, published in 2007 in the UK, is now available in ebook form in … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Relentless by Simon Kernick
eBook Review: Lifestyles of the Rich and Undead by Katie MacAlister
Verdict: 4 Stars At first glance, this ebook is tragically short, almost to the point of being confusing. Upon reaching the last page, the reader starts to wonder if the digital file was somehow corrupted, cutting off the final ten to twenty chapters of the book. But this new title from New York Times bestselling author Katie MacAlister is actually such a new concept in … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Lifestyles of the Rich and Undead by Katie MacAlister
eBook Review: The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
Verdict: 2 Stars Most of the reviews are in for JK Rowling’s first book of literary fiction for adults, and sadly, they weren’t stellar. Most critics were very accurate when they said it was dull and filled with uninteresting and downright mean characters; even more critics were right when they said there wasn’t a redeeming quality portrayed throughout the entire … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
eBook Review: Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
Verdict: 5 Stars It’s my job to read a book with every intention of picking it apart, word by word, professionally tossing around compliments or disdain. But with Maryanne O’Hara’s novel Cascade (Viking), I was so drawn in by the best storytelling I’ve found in a long time that I forgot it was my job to review it. I was simply too wrapped up in enjoying it. Desdemona Hart … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
eBook Review: The Road to Reality by Dianne Burnett
Verdict: 3.5 Stars Back in the good old days before reality television became overrun with bouffant-haired Jersey girls and teens trying to race each other to the delivery room, Mark and Dianne Burnett conceived of televised entertainment that allowed audiences to see truly driven people battle it out with the elements and each other in some of the most gorgeous and exotic … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Road to Reality by Dianne Burnett
eBook Review: No Easy Day by Mark Owen
Verdict: 5 Stars With so much great military writing on the market, both in the fiction genres and in the non-fiction true drama titles, it’s hard to make a single book stand out. Mark Owen, a member of the now famous SEAL Team Six who brought down Osama Bin Laden, did an amazing job of getting attention for his non-fiction book No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the … [Read more...] about eBook Review: No Easy Day by Mark Owen
eBook Review: The Kill Order by James Dashner
Verdict: 3 Stars Prequels come pre-installed with an inherent flaw that brilliant writers can overcome. How will the author hold the readers’ interest and give them new plot morsels and new character development when those same readers have already read—and presumably, enjoyed—the completed series? James Dashner’s prequel to his highly acclaimed The Maze Runner series … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Kill Order by James Dashner