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I am first and foremost a bibliophile. I love exploring genres, reading what sparks my interest, and I am all about the collecting of books. I am also a book devourer, mama bear, book reviewer, and all my reviews are of my own opinion.

• Review: Don’t Look For Me by Wendy Walker

  By Minx on September 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Don’t Look For Me weaves through the impact of an unthinkable tragedy that rocked one family to the core and shares with us the breakdown that occurs. Something that I really enjoyed was that this story was told from the… Read More ›

• Review: Shadows of the Dead by Spencer Kope

  By Minx on August 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Shadows of the Dead is the third book in the Special Tracking Unit series but this is a novel that can be read as a standalone. I will warn you though that the partnership between Magnus “Steps” Craig and his… Read More ›

• Review: The Wrong Brother by Amanda Siegrist

  By Minx on August 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Wrong Brother is a brand-new book in the Perfect for You series by author Amanda Siegrist and this book is a light and humorous romance to enjoy this summer. Now, that is not to say that this story does… Read More ›

• Review: Mirage by Julie E. Czerneda

  By Minx on August 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Praise for the Web Shifter’s Library series “Search Image is the guaranteed most delightful and fun SF read of the year.” —Marie Bilodeau, author of the Aurora-nominated Destiny series “Julie Czerneda’s novels ignite my sense of wonder, from the amazing worlds she creates, to the fully realized… Read More ›

• Review: Pawsitively Swindled by Melissa Erin Jackson

  By Minx on August 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  After everything Amber has survived and dealt with, you would think that she could get a break in Pawsitively Swindled and be able take some “time off” to recuperate but, alas, this poor witch has a conundrum. After managing to… Read More ›

• Review with Excerpt: Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter

  By Minx on July 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  After reading Spells for the Dead, I can say that I am absolutely 100% still in love with the Soulwood series! Nell’s character growth throughout this series has been incredible and this is the first book in which she stands… Read More ›

• Review: Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost

  By Minx on July 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In the Night Rebel Series, Ian and Veritas had discovered something both beautiful and powerful existed between them but unfortunately there were barriers that made their being together an impossibility. At the start of Wicked Bite, Ian had woken up… Read More ›

• Review: The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea

  By Minx on July 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Suicide House is set mostly at a preparatory school and its grounds. Rory Moore and Lane Phillips have teamed up to solve the mystery of the suicides that have been taking place at the school because, to everyone involved,… Read More ›

• Review: What You Wish For by Katherine Center

  By Minx on July 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I really enjoyed reading What You Wish For but I find myself conflicted with being able to sum it up properly. On one hand there are many elements of great importance that are meaningful and impactful but on the other… Read More ›

• Review with Excerpt: No One Saw by Beverly Long

  By Minx on July 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  What made No One Saw such a compelling story was that outside of the detectives investigating the disappearance, everyone was a suspect! Which at times was distressing because no one wants to ever consider that loved ones could be the… Read More ›

• Review: Death of a Wandering Wolf by Julia Buckley

  By Minx on June 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I wasn’t sure if it could happen but I think that I love Death of a Wandering Wolf even more than the first book, Death in a Budapest Butterfly. This story had all the culture and charm of its prequel… Read More ›

• Review: The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton

  By Minx on June 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The Finders is the first book in the Mace Reid K-9 Mystery series and honestly, do you see that cover – how could anyone resist that cover?? Adorableness aside, there is a solid and suspenseful whodunit that lends itself more… Read More ›

• Review: Rules of Redemption by T.A. White

  By Minx on June 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I think I was surfing around Goodreads looking for a new book to read, really desiring something in the science fiction realm, when I came across Rules of Redemption. Everything from the cover to the synopsis grabbed my interest but… Read More ›

• Review: Whiteout by Adriana Anders

  By Minx on June 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The first half of Whiteout was five stars for me! The setting was described in such a way as to show me a startlingly vivid picture. The characters introduced were all unique and believable. I loved the details of what… Read More ›

• Review: Thicker Than Blood by Mike Omer

  By Minx on June 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Thicker than Blood was another great story in the Zoe Bentley series but I missed the burgeoning camaraderie between Zoe and Tatum. Zoe’s obsession with catching serial killer Rod Glover was the true driver of this story and she definitely… Read More ›

• Review with Excerpt: The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season by Molly Fader

  By Minx on June 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season, Hope was a woman who had a complicated history and, when events had spiraled out of control, had decided that she needed to find some place, any place, that would be safe… Read More ›

• Review: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

  By Minx on May 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I will say that the Ninth House was a rather difficult story to initially get into because there were three different timelines taking place, eight different houses that represented ancient secret societies, and then there was Galaxy “Alex” Stern. Alex… Read More ›

• Review: Ghost Money by Stephen Blackmoore

  By Minx on April 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In Ghost Money, Eric’s past had once again come back to haunt him but this time it was from a period of his life where he had thought he’d done some good. It was a deed that had been a… Read More ›

• Review: Driving the Deep by Suzanne Palmer

  By Minx on April 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  I have been eagerly anticipating the second installment of the Finder Chronicles series and when I discovered that, in Driving the Deep, I was going to be introduced to the elusive Shipmakers of Pluto, I was thrilled! In book one,… Read More ›

• Review: Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha

  By Minx on April 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Synopsis and Details: Super soldiers, clones, genetic manipulation, and romance, if those words pique your interest then Deal with the Devil is a story that you will enjoy. The setting for this story was a dystopian United States after the… Read More ›

• Review: Titan’s Day by Dan Stout

  By Minx on April 7, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Titan’s Day is the second book in The Carter Archives series and I have to say that not only do I love this world but the storytelling is amazing! It gives this story a gritty police procedural vibe but in… Read More ›

• Review: A Stroke of Malice by Anna Lee Huber

  By Minx on March 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A Stroke of Malice was a wonderful addition to the Lady Darby Mystery series! Although this book could be read as a standalone, this would be a series best enjoyed from starting at book one, The Anatomist’s Wife. Although, if… Read More ›

• Review: Risk It All by Katie Ruggle

  By Minx on March 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Risk It All was absolutely worth waiting for! Cara was very entertaining! She really stepped out of her element for her sisters because she wanted to do everything she could to contribute in the bounty-hunting business after the debacle their… Read More ›

• Review: The Third to Die by Allison Brennan

  By Minx on March 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In The Third to Die, the Mobile Response Team (MRT) that was going to be a game changer for the FBI was in the early stages of formation. So early, in fact, that FBI agent Mathias Costa was still receiving… Read More ›

• Review: Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

  By Minx on March 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Smoke Bitten is the twelfth book in the Mercy Thompson series and this book was everything that I was hoping for! This series is still going strong and the plots are always creative, humorous, and invoke a sense of suspense… Read More ›