Review: The Doll Collection

Book Summary (written by me) Gloria wants to be like Princess Diana. She wants a husband and a baby, just like any other woman, right? But Gloria has a problem with people saying 'no'. Scorned by people throughout her life she has learned to take matters into her own hands. Manipulation and murder. A simple recipe to get what she wants, and get her own back on those who fail to 'play nice'. Review The Doll Collection by Joanna Stephen-Ward is...

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Review: Six Days with the Dead

Six Days with the Dead by Stephen Charlick is a gritty zombie novel which contrasts the monstrosity of the Dead with the evil of the living.  What this novel does well is explain vividly the state of things. For starters Charlick establishes that difference between wanderers and newly turned zombies is speed. He is also not afraid to limit his characters. They are unable to take on a motorway full of the Dead and see the danger in even tackling a small...

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Review: Faust 2.0

Faust 2.0 by Michael Brookes has that certain ingredient which just gets me hooked. Now I'm eagerly waiting the following books in the series.                   This is the first book in a while which has really got me hooked. I mean, I love reading, and I get into books easily, but this was something else. Morning, noon and night I was reading this book even if I only had time to read a page at a time. This...

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Review: A Brooding Beauty

A Brooding Beauty by Jillian Eaton is a short adult book with adult content. While I think a few readers may start reading (or be put off reading) this because of the erotic elements implied by the blurb, I think this novella has merits well beyond that. A Short Summary: Catherine and Marcus married and were very much in love. Poor communication and general stubbornness, foolishness and sometimes even cruelty, lead Catherine to pursue her husband for a...

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