BOOK REVIEW : LOVE FROM A TO Z BY S.K.ALI
TITLE : Love From A to Z AUTHOR : S.K.Ali GENRE : Romance, Contemporary, YA FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing. Like potatoes—because they make French fries happen. Like the perfect fries Adam and his mom used to make together. An oddity: whatever gives you pause. Like the fact that there are hateful people in the world. Like Zayneb’s teacher, who won’t stop reminding the class how “bad” Muslims are. But Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad. She’s angry. When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in…
BOOK REVIEW : THE SIMPLE WILD (WILD #1) BY K.A.TUCKER
“What hold does Alaksa have on them? What makes this place worth giving everything else up?” – K.A.Tucker(THE SIMPLE WILD) TITLE : The Simple Wild (Wild #1) AUTHOR : K.A.Tucker GENRE : Contemporary Fiction, Romance FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : Calla Fletcher wasn’t even two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving behind Calla’s father, Wren Fletcher, in the process. Calla never looked back, and at twenty-six, a busy life in Toronto is all she knows. But when Calla learns that Wren’s days may be numbered, she knows that it’s time to make the…
BOOK REVIEW : SHADOW KNIGHTS (KNIGHTS OF THE REALM #2) BY JENNIFER ANNE DAVIS
TITLE : Shadow Knights (Knights of The Realm #2) AUTHOR : Jennifer Anne Davis GENRE : YA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 5 Stars Publishing Date : 10th Dec 2019 BLURB : As a member of the Knights of the Realm, Reid swore an oath to protect her king only to discover he harbors a traitorous agenda. Being a woman raised in a man’s world, Reid thought becoming a Knight would give her purpose and strength. So far, it has done nothing but give her trouble. The king ordered her to spy on the Axian royal family while she prepares for her marriage—a marriage neither she nor Prince Dexter wants. Once…
BOOK REVIEW : THE KILLING FOG ( THE GRAVE KINGDOM #1) BY JEFF WHEELER
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. – Dawanjir proverb ( The killing fog) TITLE : The Killing Fog ( Grave Kingdom #1) AUTHOR : Jeff Wheeler GENRE : YA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 5 Stars PUBLISHING DATE : 3rd March 2020 BLURB : The Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Kingfountain series conjures an epic, adventurous world of ancient myth and magic as a young woman’s battle with infinite evil begins. Survivor of a combat school, the orphaned Bingmei belongs to a band of mercenaries employed by a local ruler. Now the nobleman, and collector of rare artifacts, has entrusted…
BOOK REVIEW : REALM OF KNIGHTS (KNIGHTS OF THE REALM #1) BY JENNIFER ANNE DAVIS
TITLE : Realm Of Knights (Knights of The Realm #1) AUTHOR : Jennifer Anne Davis GENRE : YA, Fantasy FBRC RATING : 5 Stars BLURB : Reid has spent her whole life pretending to be a man so she can inherit her father’s estate, but when a chance encounter threatens to expose her lie, she is forced to risk everything. In the kingdom of Marsden, women are subservient to men and land can only pass from father to son. So when Reid Ellington is born, the fifth daughter to one of the wealthiest landholders in the kingdom, it’s announced that Reid is a boy. Eighteen years later, Reid struggles to…
BOOK REVIEW : IF DARKNESS TAKES US BY BRENDA MARIE SMITH
I no longer trusted the sun. I kept half an eye on it, night and day. I told myself that the sun would not go full rogue on us and send a pulse to suck our atmosphere away, but I had a hard time believing it…. – IF DARKNESS TAKES US (BRENDA MARIE SMITH) TITLE : If darkness takes us AUTHOR : Brenda Marie Smith GENRE : Sci-fi, Adult FBRC RATING : 3 stars BLURB : IN SUBURBAN AUSTIN, TEXAS, BEA CRENSHAW SECRETLY PREPARES FOR THE APOCALYPSE. But when a solar pulse destroys modern life, she’s left alone with four grandkids whose parents do not return home. She must teach…
BOOK REVIEW : THE FORGOTTEN CHILD BY D.E.WHITE
TITLE : The Forgotten Child AUTHOR : D.E.White GENRE : Adult, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery FBRC RATING : 3 stars BLURB : Lights blinded her in an eerie white flash. She yanked the wheel as she felt the impact from the car behind her. There was a sharp pain, and then a bang in front of her, and after that nothing but darkness. Holly Kendal is trying to put her painful past and broken marriage behind her and focus on her beloved son, Milo. But while driving him home on a dark February night, Holly loses control on the rain-slicked tarmac, and her car spirals off the road. When Holly regains…
BOOK REVIEW : SPIN THE DAWN ( THE BLOOD OF STARS #1) BY ELIZABETH LIM
“Seize the wind,” I whispered. “Don’t become the kite that never flies.” -SPIN THE DAWN TITLE : SPIN THE DAWN (THE BLOOD OF STARS #1) AUTHOR : Elizabeth Lim GENRE : YA/ Fantasy/ Romance FBRC RATING : 4.25 Stars BLURB: Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping YA fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible journey to sew three magic dresses, from the sun, the moon, and the stars. Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal…
BOOK REVIEW : LOCK EVERY DOOR BY RILEY SAGER
Never take anything you haven’t earned, my father used to say. You always end up paying for it one way or another. -RILEY SAGER (LOCK EVERY DOOR) TITLE : Lock every door AUTHOR : Riley Sager GENRE : Adult Fiction/ Thriller/ Mystery/ Suspense/ Horror FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan’s most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by…
BOOK REVIEW : SECRETS OF THE IN-GROUP BY CAROLYN RE & LORETTA RE
TITLE : Secrets of the IN-GROUP AUTHORS : Carolyn Re & Loretta Re GENRE : Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction FBRC RATING : 3.5 stars BLURB: Twitter … WhatsApp … Tumblr … Six women in the riverside city of Albury realize that, without social media skills, they’re staring irrelevancy in the face. Their book club won’t cut it any more. It’s time to go virtual. But their decision to plunge into the on-line world brings shocking revelations and unexpected outcomes. Friendships, new and old, are tested and their lives teeter on the edge of collapse. They must navigate a path through the chaos. But who exactly can they trust? A small…
