Book Review (A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe)- What The Wednesday

Hello my lovely Readers!
Today I have a riveting  tale of two strangers who find themselves connected in only one way. AJ is the best friend to both, but he recently passed away. The two meet during the funeral and embark on a challenging adventure.

A Real Cowboy Never Says No by Stephanie Rowe

This story has a little bit of romance, a little mystery, and a smidge of fear inducing characters. I enjoyed reading this book. It aas difficult to put down. There were a few mistakes here and there, but overall it was well edited. The characters had believable development and flaws. Some parts I found to be predicable, but not to the point of it really bothering me that much. This is the first book in a series. I did like it, however, I do not plan on purchasing it or the others in the series. 

I give it four stars. 

That is all for now. Keep Reading!

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Book Review (Demon King by Kassandra Lynn) - Monday Madness

Hello my lovely Readers!
I hope you had a fantastic weekend. Today I have a review, this is the second book in a series. The review for the first book in this series can be found here. Seeing as it had been some time since I read the first one I decided to give it another read. It did not take my attention as it had before.

Demon King by Kassandra Lynn


 I went into reading the second book ready for either improvement or at the very least a consistency from the previous book. I did not find this to be true.

For me, this book was predictable. It seemed rushed and gave me figurative whiplash. One moment someone felt one way and the next turn it was a different way. It was challenging to remember who was mad at whom and why. However, I am still curious to find out what happened to Adrianna. As for the grammar and spelling, it could use some help. It has some good ideas, and is readable, it just needs to be polished.

I do plan on reading the third book, and I am hoping that it will be a little more put together and not rushed.

I give this book three and a half stars.

That is all. Keep Reading!

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Book Review (Written on the Apple Tree by Ann Girdharry) - Monday Madness

Hello my lovely Readers!
I hope your weekend was fun and exciting! Mine was dull, but I got some writing done and I am feeling confident about the books I was working on.
Today's madness is another review.

  

Written on the Apple Tree by Ann Girdharry

This short (emphasis on short) story is about a woman named Kim and her encounter with a man named Oliver. He seems familiar, but she is not able to pinpoint why. It is part of a mystery and psychological suspense series.

It is basically two chapters long, and decently written. Because it is only 4,000 words, I expected it to be a little more polished and put together. this was not the case, it was riddled with mistakes. However, it was interesting and did keep me entertained, but not enough for me to feel the need to check out the rest of the series. I have not read the others books and therefore do not know how they compare to this one. Regardless, I would not pay $1.99 (this is the current price) to buy this book. I mean, come on, $2 for two chapters? That is ridiculous.

If you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription, I would suggest giving it a try. Otherwise, I do not think it is worth the money.

That is all for today. Keep Reading!

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Book Review (Eden Bound by Kyrah Winters) - Monday Madness

Hello my lovely Readers!

Welcome to another Monday and another review! I hope you had a great weekend. I spent a ridiculous amount of time on the computer, but more on that later.

If you missed last week’s Friday Friend Day post go check it out now. I added a rating chart. Now, on to the review!

This book had beautiful vivid descriptions, but I think, at times, there were too many descriptions. From what I read, I did not see many mistakes. Overall, it is a well-written story. However, I was unable to get into it and only read the first two chapters.  Although, I do not think it was the entirely the authors fault I had trouble. I just have not been in the best headspace lately. Anyway, I am giving it three, because it really was so well written and I hate to give something that had good content a bad rating all because it did not suit me.

Here is my understanding of what the book is about.

It is a paranormal action filled fantasy with some romance mixed in. The archangel Alexander is sent to Earth to kill some demons. Along the way, he meets Karis, a human photographer. He pulls her into the enchanting supernatural world, which has always been hiding in plain sight. They must embark on this dangerous adventure together.

I will be trying this book later, because it is totally up my alley. Try it and let me know what you think.

*THIS BOOK IS A KINDLE UNLIMITED BOOK*

That is all for now! Keep Reading!

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Book Review (Pride's Children: Purgatory by Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt)- Monday Madness

Hello my lovely Readers!

Welcome back, I hope you had a great weekend. Now prepare yourself for one of the reviews that I hate doing, but if you read my post, Reviews Rant then you know I feel I must. This book I give a one star too. This means I find it unreadable.


Pride's Children: Purgatory by Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt

All right everyone, I did not finish this book. I could not finish this book. It is 545 pages long, and it took the first page for me to realize why it was so long.

This author writes tediously long descriptions about everything. The very first 'paragraph' is one run-on sentence. I shoved on, it had to get better, right? It didn't. Sometimes I can get through drawn out descriptions, but she also had the need to prove that she had this immense vocabulary. Sometimes learning to write simple and to the point needs to happen.

I would like to clarify. I have no problem with using 'large' vocabulary, I actually think it is great. However, I do not think it needs to be used excessively. There comes a point where it is too much. In my opinion, this book hit that point and continued going. There is a beauty in simplicity and I think this author has not yet learned this.

I desperately tried  to get into a book that was given such high ratings, but I honestly could not.

As always, I think you should give it a try and give your own honest review.

That is all for now. Keep Reading!

Ta, Ta.



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Book Review (Wraith by Robert Allen Johnson)- Monday Madness

Hello my lovely readers, and welcome to another Monday Madness!

Today's review is on Wraith by Robert Allen Johnson 

In this thrilling tale, we follow two characters as they face many trials and pains. Trio is a boy, a hunter. He tracks down men from the Empire and takes their lives just as they had taken his father's life. The coin Trio receives from The Hand for these deaths is used to take care of his sister and mother.

Arch is a traveler of many places. As he and his horse make their way home they are met with a shadowy figure. This unwelcomed ghost refuses to leave Arch's side. The Darkness temps him with the possibility relieving the guilt from his past.

As you can guess from the synopsis this is a captivating story. The descriptions that Robert uses are woven together in a beautiful way. However, he gets a little bit carried away and at times over describes useless things. It is also unclear as to whom the chapters about until you get to character's name. So each chapter can either change to a different character or be the same person in the previous chapter. You have to read a paragraph or two in order to find out which person is being talked about. Then when you do figure it out you feel like you have to go back and reread because you don't remember what was said about that character. You didn't know who was being talked about and so the information didn't quite stick in your mind. At least, that is how it is for me.

Overall it is an exquisite novel and one I will be adding to my list of books I want to buy. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

That is all for today. Keep Reading!

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Book Review (Infinity Formula by Steven V.S.)- Monday Madness

I have reviewed this book before, but I did not post it here. The author made some edits and asked if I would consider giving it another look. I did and here is what I think.

The Infinity Formula by Steven VS

The Infinity Formula by Steven VS

Although you can tell that a great amount of editing took place, I still feel it could use more work. This truly has so much potential. It could easily become one of my favorites. However, as I said there has been a great amount of editing, so I will be changing the previously given three stars to four.

Some of the chapters still need more structure and some of the ideas still do not quite fit together. I did notice that most of the useless descriptions were taken out and additional information was given for things that are more necessary.  

The specific example I gave below was not only fixed but had a few things added that gave it some oomph!

*Below is my original review. The edits Steven made helped make this book much more captivating and he does deserve the bump in the star level.  

This book is good and has the potential to be great. Here is the deal, the storyline is a solid idea it is the actual writing that I feel needs help. In addition, I think the placement of ideas needs work too. The individual chapters need a little more…structure? I think that is the word I am looking for.

Often things that were completely useless were described and then we were given little to no information on more important matters (I should add I do not mean it was held back for suspense, just flat out did not describe things.) The phrasing and ideas within the book often jumped from place to place. Almost as if the author had so many good ideas, he could not decide which to put in and so he added both. I also noticed that subject pronouns were used at inappropriate times making it difficult to understand exactly who he was talking about. For example, this is taken from the beginning of the book (it is from the second chapter, not a spoiler).

“The gunshot rang.

Lily…

He pushed her to the ground, covering her. He was shouting at him, but he couldn’t hear, the crowd had erupted into a frenzy…”

Someone, please tell me who was shouting at whom? Even if the author meant to say she instead of he that still shows the need for some more editing. Anyway, as you can tell from that little blurb it really is an action packed book. I honestly would like to see this book worked on more and republished as it really has so much to work with.

That is my honest opinion.

As always, keep reading.

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