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A good Swedish Thriller

Hidden in Snow (Åremorden #1) by Viveca Sten

April 27, 2023 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Have you ever watched a Swedish crime series? It’s a bit of a different experience. Everyone is kind of cold. And I don’t mean that as a pun. Yes the weather is cold, but the people are a little bit frosty too. I felt a bit of this reading the first book in the Aremorden series. Along with frosty, they were kinda tough. They left the house when there were feet of snow on the ground. It made me think of people living in Buffalo. […]

As much as I like this series, I give you two more volumes and please finish the story arc

The Nightmare Brigade V03 Finding Alice by Franck Thillez

April 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In many ways, volume three of The Nightmare Brigade: Finding Alice is both my least due to changes happening to the characters and some of the new characters added are not “fleshed out” enough (hopefully that is a “yet”). However, it is also a favorite due to getting the bigger picture we had had established in the first two volumes by Franck Thillez. This time, even though we have entered the nightmares of others, this time it feels heavier on the fantasy and science elements. […]

There Are Some Weird Deeds Here

Dangerous Deeds;The Westport Mysteries. Lizzie Book 1 by Beth Prentice

April 24, 2023 by Melina Leave a Comment

I am an avid fan of Book Bub because it allows me to try and read some things that I probably wouldn’t spend full price on. Sometimes that’s a great thing, others not so much. At present, I’m still trying to process how the book cover (which I’m guessing first enticed me) goes with the actual book. It doesn’t, so I should stop trying to figure it out. This book series will probably be chosen by Hallmark Movies and Mysteries to replace all the […]

More than a broken heart

The Faint f Heart by Kerilynn Wilson

April 20, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Due to a few bumps in the story arc of The Faint f Heart, but particularly due to the artwork, this book is a 4.5 (rounded up to 5). This is a love story to emotions and feelings. It has realistic, science-fiction and fantasy vibes but is all too likely to happen scenario, or at least is within reason. When you play with the heart, emotions happen, and Kerilynn Wilson explores what happens when people find a way to stop feeling those emotions. June […]

Up, Up and Talking Cats

The Stupendous Switcheroo: New Powers Every 24 Hours by Mary Winn Heider

April 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Superheroes and not so superheroes come together for hijinks, secrets, maybe some friendships and one rad bath (and I don’t mean cool) in The Stupendous Switcheroo: New Powers Every 24 Hours by Mary Winn Heider. This is a fun book for reluctant and readers alike. Both illustrations (by Chad Sell who seems to be known for cartoon like imagery (or at least by me, but his is the author/illustrator to the Cardboard Kingdom graphic novel series) that are colorful, round, and bubbly, silly and familiar […]

Don’t read horror in the ER

Trance Book One by Joey Capuana

April 17, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do not read horror in the ER. In my defense, Trance Book One has a colorful, awesome looking drag queen on the cover (and in my limited experience drag queens usually lend themselves to a thoughtful, but fun, time). I guess the witch/pentagram and the snake on the cover should have been a clue it was going to be spooky/graphic. But, again in my defense, I was reading on my tiny phone screen (reader copy form, final form due in mid/late May 2023) and could […]

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