Book Review: Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik

 

Title: Girl in Ice

Author: Erica Ferencik

Star: 3 1\2

Review:

This is the first book I have read by Erica Ferencik.  The author gives a very detailed world readers can dive into.  At times the details take readers out of the story and can be distracting. 

The story has interesting elements, but the end feels extremely rushed taking away and unbalanced. The author tries to pull the everything together instead of taking away from endless details and giving the ending it truly needed.

Thank you to Netgalley for the advance copy of Erica Ferencik Girl In The Ice. 

Synopsis:

Valerie “Val” Chesterfield is a linguist trained in the most esoteric of disciplines: dead Nordic languages. Despite her successful career, she leads a sheltered life and languishes in the shadow of her twin brother Andy, an accomplished climate scientist stationed on a remote island off Greenland’s barren coast. But Andy is gone: a victim of suicide, having willfully ventured unprotected into 50 degree below zero weather. Val is inconsolable—and disbelieving. She suspects foul play.

When Wyatt, Andy’s fellow researcher in the Arctic, discovers a scientific impossibility­—a young girl frozen in the ice who thaws out alive, speaking a language no one understands—Val is his first call. Will she travel to the frozen North and meet this girl, try to comprehend what she is so passionately trying to communicate? Under the auspices of helping Wyatt interpret the girl’s speech, Val musters every ounce of her courage and journeys to the Artic to solve the mystery of her brother’s death.

The moment she steps off the plane, her fear threatens to overwhelm her. The landscape is fierce, and Wyatt, brilliant but difficult, is an enigma. But the girl is special, and Val’s connection with her is profound. Only something is terribly wrong; the child is sick, maybe dying, and the key to saving her lies in discovering the truth about Wyatt’s research. Can his data be trusted? And does it have anything to do with how and why Val’s brother died? With time running out, Val embarks on an incredible frozen odyssey—led by the unlikeliest of guides—to rescue the new family she has found in the most unexpected of places.

About The Author:

Oprah chose Erica Ferencik’s debut novel, The River at Night as a #1 Pick, calling the book “the page-turning novel you’ve been waiting for, a heart-pounding debut.” Entertainment Weekly named it a “Must Read,” and calls the novel “harrowing…a visceral, white knuckle rush.” Miramax has recently optioned the novel for a film.
Her new novel, Into the Jungle, one woman's terrifying journey of survival in the Bolivian Amazon, will be released on May 28, 2019. Publishers Weekly gave it a starred review, calling it: “[A] ferocious fever dream of a thriller…Ferencik delivers an alternately terrifying and exhilarating tale.” Her work has appeared in Salon and The Boston Globe, as well as on National Public Radio.

Book Review: Accidental Magic (Myrtlewood Mysteries #1) by Iris Beaglehole

 

Title: Accidental Magic (Myrtlewood Mysteries #1)

Author: Iris Beaglehole

Star: 3 1\2

Review:

Accidental Magic is a supernatural who don it mystery.  The mother/daughter relationship is a fun new take on supernatural mystery that will have readers enjoying every page.  The story moves quickly and with some simple editing this will be the perfect beach read for anyone who loves a fun who done it mystery.

Thank you to Netgalley for the advance copy of Iris Beaglehole Accidental Magic

Synopsis:

Welcome to Myrtlewood, a quirky town, steeped in magic, tea and mystery…

Life’s a struggle for Rosemary Thorn and her teen daughter, Athena. But their regular troubles are turned upside down after Granny Thorn’s mysterious death. 

Despite her cousin's sinister manoeuvrings, Rosemary returns to Myrtlewood and the sprawling, dilapidated Thorn Manor. But there's more to the old house than meets the eye, as Rosemary and Athena soon find out — in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures and endless cups of tea.

Life in Myrtlewood would be bliss if Rosemary could only clear her name in a certain murder investigation, solve the mystery and stay out of mortal peril – for at least a little while! 

A small town with endless secrets, strange activities and a house with a mind of its own. 

About The Author:

Iris Beaglehole is many peculiar things, a writer, researcher, analyst, druid, witch, parent, and would-be astrologer. She loves tea, cats, herbs, and writing quirky characters

Book Review: Cop An Attitude: An Unlawfully Funny Romantic Comedy By Hilary Grossman

 

Title: Cop An Attitude: An Unlawfully Funny Romantic Comedy

Author: Hilary Grossman

Star: 3

Review: Cop with an Attitude doesn't seem to know what it wants to be.  The characters are far from likeable mainly annoying.  The romance moves quickly because the characters knew each other as children but not as adults.  The making male characters jealous felt like it came out of left field and not needed to advance the story.  Hilary Grossman could have used someone else anyone else but she choose her the female leads best friends husband. Throwing off the already slow story. 

The story lacked any emotional connection between the characters leaving the story flat and not nearly as funny as the author wants you to think.

Thank you to Netgalley for a copy of Cop An Attitude. 

Synopsis:

Their reunion left a lot to be desired. Are they a disaster in the making or totally meant to be?

I kicked love to the curb for the greater good. After all, my soaring career would’ve made my family so proud, and men have a tendency to stop success cold. But I never expected a single and sexy police officer to pull me over, flirt with me, and then write me a ticket.

Now I see the infuriating cop everywhere I go. It doesn’t help that we have a past, and he’s an amazing dad to his daughter. And every time I want to get back to my small-town routine, I can only think about what my life would be like with the no-nonsense policeman…

I should really just forget the whole thing. But if I do, will I lose my last chance at love?

About The Author:

Hilary Grossman is a recovering corporate executive. She spends her mornings and weekends hanging out with her "characters." She has an unhealthy addiction to denim and high heel shoes. She’s been known to walk into walls and fall up stairs. She only eats spicy foods and is obsessed with her cat, Lucy. She loves to find humor in everyday life. She likens life to a game of dodge ball - she tries to keep many balls in the air before they smack her in the face. She lives on the beach in Long Island.

Book Review: Not the Witch You Wed (Supernatural Singles #1) By April Asher aka April Hunt

 

Title:  Not the Witch You Wed (Supernatural Singles #1) 

Author: April Asher aka April Hunt

Stars: 4

Review:

I have read all of April Hunt Romantic Suspense books so I thought I would take a chance on her latest book series Supernatural Singles Not The Witch You Wed.

I am not 100% sold on this series that being said the story is enjoyable, funny and yes readers will laugh out loud. 

April Asher bring reader into her Supernatural world where a witch doesn't have powers and werewolf has broken the witches heart.  Second chance at romance even if the two want nothing to do with each other.  At least that is what Violet Maxwell things.

Thank you to Netgalley for a copy of Not the Witch You Web.

Synopsis:

Magic-less witch Violet Maxwell wants nothing to do with alpha wolf shifter Lincoln Thorne—the man who broke her fragile, teenage heart. But when the two of them are forced by arcane Supernatural Laws to find mates, Violet and Lincoln agree to fake-date their way to a fake-mating in order to conjure themselves some time.

The joke’s on them. When old feelings make a reappearance—along with Violet’s magic—they both realize there’s nothing fake about their feelings. But there are old secrets and looming threats that could snatch away their happily ever after, again. One thing’s for sure: magic doesn’t make dating and love any easier.

About The Author:

April Asher, aka April Hunt, was hooked on romantic stories from the time she first snuck a bodice-ripper romance out from her mom's bedside table. She now lives out her own happily-ever-after with her college-sweetheart husband, their two children, and a cat who thinks she's more dog—and human—than feline. By day, April dons dark blue nursing scrubs and drinks way too much caffeine. By night, she still consumes too much caffeine, but she does it with a laptop in hand, and from her favorite side of the couch.

From the far left cushion, April Asher pens laugh-out-loud romantic comedies with a paranormal twist, but when she’s not putting her characters into embarrassing situations with supernatural entities, 

Book Review: True Wolf by Paige Tyler

 

Title: True Wolf

Author: Paige Tyler

Star: 5

Review:

Author Paige Tyler moves her STAT characters forward with one of my favorite characters Brielle Fontaine who has supernatural abilities that were used to protect those she loved.  Caleb Lynch didn't want a true mate like all the other Werewolf in Paige Tyler stories. Brielle is one character that will stick with readers long after they put down the story.

The question readers will have at the end of True Wolf? How many other supernatural are out there and what are the abilities in the world that Paige Tyler created.  

Thank you to Netgalley for advance copy of True Wolf

Synopsis:

Werewolf agent Caleb Lynch takes the lead on STAT's newest case: to track down the thieves who stole nuclear weapons from the air force. His best lead points him to a brother-sister duo with a shady record, but Caleb sees something in the mysterious woman that could change his whole world.

Brielle Fontaine's supernatural abilities are a force to be reckoned with, making her one of STAT's biggest threats and a most useful ally. But Brielle is suspicious of anyone who might use her for their own gain, so she keeps most people at a distance—that is, until she meets werewolf Caleb Lynch.

About The Author:

Paige Tyler is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of sexy, romantic suspense and paranormal romance. She and her very own military hero (also known as her husband) live on the beautiful Florida coast with their adorable fur baby (also known as their dog). Paige graduated with a degree in education, but decided to pursue her passion and write books about hunky alpha males and the kick-butt heroines who fall in love with them.