I’ve been trying to expand my review platforms from more than just Goodreads, leading me to other book review sites like Booklikes and Bookaxe, and then also to a more generalized review site called Smashbomb. Recently, Smashbomb reached out to me for an honest review in exchange for them sharing me in their newsletter and…
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Please Criticize Me: Why Bad Reviews Should Be Embraced
I hate reading negative reviews of my book. When writing Swapping Secrets, I got critiques that made me cry, made me too depressed to write for days, and downright confused me (what do you mean my characters don’t talk like real teenagers? I wrote this book when I was sixteen). So why am I writing an…
Book Review: Bascomville by Mark A. Calde
Genre: Contemporary, Teen Page Count: 284 Average Goodreads Rating: 4.67 out of 5 stars My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Welcome to the life of Max Bascom, whose home is Bascomville. Bascomville has its own special kind of normal, where fathers can get job leads from their sons and Christmas dinners can end up…
Book Review: The Remnants
Genre: Historical Fiction Average Goodreads Rating: 4.26/5 stars My rating: 3/5 stars Danny Pulbrook is a handsome and rebellious young man. Born the bastard son of a minor royal and orphaned at birth he is determined to find a new life far beyond his “pre-ordained oblivion”. His only way out – a forced enlistment into…
Horrifyingly Sappy: The Band 4 The Air We Breathe
Genre: Contemporary, Inspirational Page Count: 324 pages (of nauseation) Average Goodreads Rating: 3/5 stars (why, Goodreads? You’re usually so tough on books) My Rating: 1.5/ 5 stars Truthfully, this is actually a great story. Yeah. So great. It’s the perfect backstory for its horror sequel: The Martins Trump Manson on Body Count. As a romance…
Holiday Book Review: The Mistletoe Bride
Sometimes we all need a little bit of a pick-me-up during the holiday season. It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year and all that, but it’s frickin’ stressful. Between the in-laws and the holiday shopping (not to mention the calories. Yikes!), December can quickly turn into a jolly nightmare. However, The Mistletoe…
Book Review: Claiming Her Highwayman by Michelle Grotewohl
Genre: Historical Words: 17,970 Average Goodreads Rating: 3.8/5 stars My rating: 2/5 stars Cass runs one of the greatest band of highwaymen around. Despite being a woman, she’s respected by her crew, and every night they return to camp richer than they were and she can enjoy being in the arms of her second-in-command, Will…
Book Review: Note to Self by Belinda LaPage
Genre: Contemporary, LGBTQ Goodreads rating: 3.73 out of 5 stars My rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Anna never considered herself bisexual or a lesbian. She’s totally in love with her husband and happy with her life as a wife, mother, and cop. But that all changes when she meets Susan, a pretty, feminine doctor,…
Only He Knows by Hiranya Borah
Words, 3,330 Average Smashwords Rating: 5/5 stars My rating: 2/5 stars I’ve had such mixed feelings about Hiranya Borah’s stories and Only He Knows is no different. It’s about a married couple that seem perfect but not everything is as it seems. Himangshu cheated on his wife Seema for years, even when she’s dying of cancer….
Book Review: War Bride by Elise Marion
Genre: Medieval, Fantasy, Adult Goodreads rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars I’m going to earn your trust, Emery Toustain, he thought as he released her hand. Perhaps, if you let me, I’ll earn more than that. The first time I read War Bride was several months ago. It was…