Best Day Ever book review

This is a hard book to review without giving away every plot twist. 

I can't say that I liked the book, but I did find it pretty compelling.  I was five pages in when I started exclaiming "I hate the narrator!".  I was about ten pages in when I figured out that was kind of the point. 

It felt like the author had a "I'm going to make the narrator SO BAD!" checklist going, and, to her credit, she hit all of them.  Honestly, I felt she could have dialed the evil back by about half and still had a good solid book.  After a while, I started saying "Oh, of COURSE he...." when a new revelation popped up. 

I was also very disappointed by the ending.  I felt that while possible realistic, it was not very healthy for her female protagonist.

This is not a reread book for me.  As I said, I found it compelling and well written, but oddly clunky in the amount of Bad Things happening left, right and centre.






(I received an ARC of this novel in return for my unbiased opinion)

Reincarnation Blues -- a NetGalley review

I loved this book.  I want to describe it as "sweet", but feel like "sweet" is one of those words that has fallen out of vogue.  Well, this book is sweet.  Not cloying icky, but squishy feel good.

The central concept of the book (and MAN, is it hard to talk around it, I don't want to spoil anything!) tips a generally accepted thing on it's head and wow, does it work.  I highly, highly recommend this, I couldn't put it down once I started.  Well written, tightly plotted and very worth a read.  I'm thinking about seeking out his first novel as well.

(this title was provided free for my unbiased opinion)

Urban Enemies -- a NetGalley review

I did like this book, although I feel that I missed a lot of the nuances in most of the stories.  I am familiar with Butcher's, Hearne;s, Armstrong's, McGuire's, and Vaughn's worlds, so enjoyed their stories more.  All of the stories are well-written, but without a knowledge of the world that they inhabit, again, a lot (if not all) of the nuance is lost.

That said, this is still well worth a read.  It is interesting to have stories from the villain's perspective and doing so opens up a different view to some well-loved universes.

Urban Enemies
edited by Joseph Nassise
Simon and Schuster, c2017




















I was offered a free copy of this ebook for my unbiased review.