Review: The Ascension Series, Books 1-3: Sacrificed in Shadow, Oaths of Blood, and Ruled by Steel

The Ascension Series, Books 1-3: Sacrificed in Shadow, Oaths of Blood, and Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Ascension Series, Books 1-3: Sacrificed in Shadow, Oaths of Blood, and Ruled by Steel
by
S.M. Reine
5 stars

Elise Kavanagh, preternatural investigator and exorcist, legendary demon hunter known as the Godslayer, and the most powerful demon to ever walk the Earth is back for some more kick-ass adventures.

She and her friends, the last werewolf pack on Earth, have the unenvious job of proving a murder was not committed by a werewolf while trying to find the real perpetrator and prove his guilt.

Then Elise, who, in addition to her other supernatural qualifications, is also the only exorcist left in America, must deal with a werewolf that has gone insane because of possession by a demon.

Also, having failed to prevent the Breaking, she and rogue angel Nash Adamson might have to make a deal with the Devil to stop Hell from overrunning Earth.

So Elise has her hands full, just as in the Descent Series. Some day she may get to rest.

Ms. Reine continues to write outstanding stories with unique viewpoints. These books are full of non-stop action just as the Descent Series was, even more so.

Enjoy these, they are outstanding.

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Review: The Girl in the Box Series Books 1–3: Alone, Untouched and Soulless

The Girl in the Box Series, Book 1-3: Alone, Untouched, and Soulless
by Robert J. Crane
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Outstanding books.Mix super heroes, mythology, espionage, lots of action, romance and a lot more, then you will still need to read the books because they are much more, and better, than the sum of their parts.

Great proofreading. Of all three books I only noticed one grammatical error, most self-published ebooks are full of them. Only noticed two instances of small errors like Sienna wearing boots then a couple of paragraphs later, with no possibility or reason to, she is suddenly wearing tennis shoes. Only two bloopers? Great job on that.

5/5 stars on these books. I loved them.

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Review: DEAD(ish) Omnibus: Books 1-5

DEAD(ish) Omnibus: Books 1-5 by Naomi Kramer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

1. DEAD(ish)
2. (technically) DEAD
3. DEAD (as a doorpost)
4. (imminently) DEAD
5. DEAD (and hellbent)

Linda has been murdered and she thinks her boyfriend did it.

Follow the humorous adventures of Linda as she tries to find her body, solve the mystery of who is sending death threats to her friend, helps someone find why he's dead, enjoys foot massages from a hot angel boy and minimally covers her ghost body when her nudity bothers her Earthly friends (when she lets them see her at all).

On some of these adventures she is helped by the faithful detective, Trent, she hires to help find her body.

These books are one hilarious romp from Earth to Heaven to Earth to Heaven to Hell to Earth and to Heaven, not necessarily in that order.

Heads Up: These books contain strong language, sexual situations, sexual language, nudity, full frontal nudity (male and female), mild violence, vengeful dead women, one really hot blonde ghost named Linda and lots of humor.

There is also an arrogant, holier than thou angel. But, what the hell, you'll meet her for yourself, in Heaven.

Recommended for all adults.

Warning: May cause religious extremists to sustain physical or mental damage.

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Review: Prophecy

Prophecy by T.C. Southwell
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Needs A Lot Of Work

The plot is good. The writing, however, needs a lot of work.

The character development is not very good. The characters are two-dimensional caracatures of what they should be.

The main character lived in a human hell from the age of 8 years until the story starts when she is 23. Yet she holds ideals of honor and self sacrifice that are inconsistent with her previous life. She is also extremely naïve. Innocence of this type is unbelievable in someone with her background.

This could have been a very good story but the writing falls far short of, not only what it could be, but what it should be.

I got this ebook free from Amazon. It's worth it for that price.

I can recommend this only to people that can manage to enjoy stories with unbelievable characters.

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Review: DEAD[ish]

DEAD[ish] by Naomi Kramer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A Good Read.
Good, and funny.

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Review: Caught In His Web

Caught In His Web by Marc Cabot
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is not a BDSM story. What it is about is mind control. So if you like a story about a man mentally controlling a woman for sexual purposes you will like this one.

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Review: Starborn Ascension Series

Anywhere But Here, Away From The Sun, Into The Shadows
by Jason D. Morrow
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Starborn Ascension series. A post-apocalyptic tale about survival after zombie apocalypse. It includes violence, supernatural powers, zombies, love.

Good story. I didn't understand Waverly's obsessive aversion to guns considering the violent world she lived in.

I'm normally not big on zombies but they seem to fit in here.

I recommend this.

More of his books, and other good books, can be found at Smashwords, Amazon and other booksellers.


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Review: Artificial Light

Artificial Light by Nathan Wall
My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I received a review copy of this book.

So here is the review.

Even without having read the first two books of this series, I still found this one intriguing. It is a unique blend of mythology, religion, and technology.

Angels that are not supernatural but depend on technology. Humans that may be supernatural under the right conditions. This is an interesting reversal of religion and mythology.

This book has lots of action, mystery, technology that's advanced enough to seem like magic, murder, mayhem, angelic revolution, betrayal, loyalty, etc.

The story works even without reading the previous two books, but there is a lot of backstory that must be inferred from context or simply assumed. I recommend reading the first two books before this one.

I will remedy my failure to read the first two books, even though it is too late for me to read them first. I want to fill in the assumed, possibly incorrect, information that will be found in them.

This book is very hard to put down before finishing it.

I think everyone should read this, after the first two.

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Review: The Valley of Ten Crescents Series

The Valley of Ten Crescents Series by Tristan J. Tarwater
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I really liked these books. There are more and I plan on reading them, too.

These are stories about a thief (Derk) that adopts a half elf, half human girl as his apprentice. He is one of the best at his chosen occupation, yes he chose to be a thief, and he sees greatness as a thief in the young girl.

He has no children of his own so adopting her fulfills the need he feels to be a father.

This is set in a non-industrial setting on another planet or another universe or another time, I really don't know.

I suggest everyone read this unless you really hate elves.

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