Sometimes being a clever writer just is not enough. Case in point, Azariah Scott’s Jerimiah Jericho: Allowance.
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Review Request: The City of Locked Doors, by Tristan/Kegan Kozinski
World building is not easy. Character development is tough. Dialogue tricky. Not falling asleep at the wheel (i.e. plotting), problematic. The City of Lock Doors, by the Kozinkis clicks most of the check boxes. However, something is missing.
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Review Request: I Escaped Amazon River Pirates, Scot Peters & Ellie Crow
There is a distinctive style to “I Escaped Amazon River Pirates.” I wouldn’t call it a throwback, a better phrase might be “lovingly inspired.” Either way, that wonderful educational, spirit of adventure that dominated media from the 80’s through the 90’s touches this story.
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Review of Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea
Have you ever had a crush on someone that fell apart when chance came, and you were able to get to know them better? The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern was a bit like that, and it is heartbreaking.
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Dragon Kingdom & the Wishing Stone, a review
Chapters open with poetic whimsy, spill-over with jaunts of effective prose, get stuck to the roof of your mouth with their sprinkles of pictures, and skip around in a first-person narrative as merrily as a child through puddles in their fresh Sunday wear. Yes, yes, a run-on sentence – but this is a children’s book, so get out of bed you grump and follow along. Sing a nice little tune, too, for the Dragon Kingdom and the Wishing Stone is a happy little novel. And what is wrong with that?
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Review of Starship Eternal, by M.R. Forbes
The expanse of space is vast, cold and lifeless. Deep in a sense – or at least I am going to say that, to use in the next line: Starship Eternal is batting 0.500. Dare to guess which way? Don’t be an optimist.
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