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#BookReview: Pale Horse by Brett Battles

Baited Breath. This book picks up immediately where EXIT 9 left off and covers just the next two days – the first two days of the Apocalypse. Another global tale, yet Battles also manages to weave in three distinct families – the Ashes, obviously, but also one in India and one that we met during SICK – to make this tale both global and personal. The countdown isn’t as effective in this book as it was in EXIT 9, but the overall tale is arguably a bit stronger even without it, due to giving an even wider global scale while also making it, as noted, so intensely personal. The very last paragraph, well… Excellent book, and looking forward to diving straight into ASHES.

This review of Pale Horse by Brett Battles was originally published on July 20, 2018.

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#BookReview: Exit 9 by Brett Battles

Personal Goes Global. With SICK (Project Eden #1), Battles set up the coming global conflict but used one man’s struggle to save his family as the primary story, with just the barest hints that it could become much bigger. With this book, we spend much more time at the Global scale, with the clock ticking down to the moment the human population is ordered nearly extinct. Particularly in the later chapters, short chapters and an ever decreasing clock ramp up the adrenaline. Very effective book, and you’ll be glad you hadn’t read it yet by the end – with the series completed now, we can go straight into PALE HORSE (Project Eden #3) – something those early readers couldn’t doo, and which would have been frustrating, given the ending.

This review of Exit 9 by Brett Battles was originally published on July 19, 2018.

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#BookReview: Sick by Brett Battles

Sick In The Best Ways. This is one wild ride, that starts with a man’s daughter screaming only for him to realize moments later that his wife is dead. Soon, he and his kids are kidnapped and separated. It turns out, they unknowingly have something that is extremely valuable to some very… sick… people. This introduction to the PROJECT EDEN series is more TAKEN than Apocalypse, but the tease of a coming Apocalypse is very real and very visceral. By the end, you’re glad the entire series is already written, because you’ll immediately want to jump into Book 2.

This review of Sick by Brett Battles was originally published on July 17, 2018.

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#BookReview: The Others by Jeremy Robinson

Roswell Meets Pacific Rim. The best way I can think to describe this one is just that – here, the Modern Day Master of Science Fiction takes elements of both Roswell and Pacific Rim and spins them into a tale all his own. Yet another action packed tale that will have you on the edge of your seat throughout. Very highly recommended. 🙂

This review of The Others by Jeremy Robinson was originally published on July 16, 2018.

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#BookReview: #SecondCivilWar by U. Ray Moran

OMFG! HILARIOUS! This is THE book to read going into the 2018 Midterm Elections. Seriously, this is one of the best current events parodies I’ve seen in any format, and particularly book format. Definitely not for the faint of heart or overly sensitive, but skewers “both” sides of the political aisle fairly evenly. Libertarians or those tired of politics from “both” sides will find this particularly funny, but even those on “either” side of the aisle will find the jokes at the “other” side’s expense funny even while groaning or being upset by the jokes at their side’s expense.

This review of #SecondCivilWar by U. Ray Moran was originally published on July 8, 2018.

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#BookReview: Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt

For what it is, this is a fascinating book using one family’s journey to look at a broader issue currently being discussed anywhere discussions take place. It lacks knowledge, and thus presentation of the pertinant points, that government hurts transgender people as much as it helps them, but that doesn’t overly detract from the overall tale told here. Highly recommended.

This review of Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt was originally published on June 20, 2018.

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#BookReview: Suddenly Dating by Julia London

Another Slow Burn. Apparently this is London’s style for this series – lots of detail, very slow burn to the romance. Yes, there is a HEA – as there must be for a romance – but unlike many others of this genre, you’re apparently not going to see it until the final 5% of so of the book. Enjoyable read, but not a particularly memorable one.

This review of Suddenly Dating by Julia London was originally published on June 12, 2018.