by Ian Blackport Those Who Remain is a post-apocalyptic young adult novel where we get to meet the two sisters Mallory and McKayla. They are trying to survive in a world where most of humanity has been wiped out by what they call the Stricken. The story is about these two young girls trying to find a safe home. During their travels they have to make hard decisions and grow up fast if they want to survive. Those Who Remain is a well written book and it shows Ian knows how to write. There’s a lot of detail and not once do you feel left out of the action. The description of the surroundings is written in a way that you will find yourself inside the story and you want to know that happens next. Ian also makes it easy to care for these two girls and you want them to succeed. I do however feel like the book might be a bit too long and some of the story ends up getting repetitive after a while. I would have loved to see it shortened quite a bit, which would have increased the pace and made it easier to read….

by Summer Wier When I got a copy of Link through NetGalley I didn’t know much about this novel at all. I liked the cover and had seen a few people promote the novel on Twitter, but I had not read what it was about. When I started out I didn’t have much expectation and it was a long time since I read a book that I felt like I didn’t want to put away, so when this book hooked me from the start I have to say I was happily surprised. The novel is basically about a girl who has an accident and then finds herself in another world while she’s sleeping. The first few chapters were a bit confusing, but still intriguing, and it was a bit hard to understand this whole dream thing. But after a while it all became clear and interesting and I just had to know what was going on. The characters in the book are well developed and I instantly connected with the main character. I also like a lot of the worldbuilding, it is OK, but I do think that it should be made more clear throughout the novel that the main…

by Tegan Wren Inconceivable! tells the story of Hatty, an American journalist student currently working in a small nation in Europe. Here she meets John, who turns out to be the prince of Toulene and also the future heir. From this moment we follow Hatty in what can only be described as a quite interesting love story. I think the story quickly develops the main characters and they are easy to follow and they feel real. Hatty also has a lot of wit and independence about her that makes it a fun read. For the most part I also find the dialogue to be realistic, but there are a few part where I feel like it doesn’t read right, especially in arguments where someone can be really mean and then say “sorry” and get a “of course I forgive you” as an answer and then everything is peachy keen again. Somehow things like that puts me off a bit, arguments and other emotional conversations usually don’t end with and “ok” and then all is forgotten. One can obviously say things like that, but then I would have liked to see more of the characters inner thoughts and feelings afterwards so…

by Frank Westworth This is a short story, yet the author manages to bring so much into the few pages here that it still somehow feels like a much longer novel. This is a fast paced story where things keep happening and I didn’t find myself getting bored a single moment. The main character is very interesting and I think that the author has manages to use every page of this short story to develop his character very well. There are just enough twists and turns in the plot to keep it interesting. The characters faces quite a few obstacles on the way and things doesn’t always turnout the way they planned, which also makes this even more interesting. The author writes very well and this thriller is packed with action and it hooks you from the first few pages, just the way I like it. I feel like this ended up being a far too short review, but with a short story like this, I don’t feel like I can say much more without giving away the story. So please, read the story for yourself, I’m sure you won’t regret it. I can recommend any fan of action filled…

by Stjepan Šejić Death Vigil volume 1 was a nicely put together graphic novel with an intriguing plot and interesting characters. It was fast paced and there was always something happening, which also made it hard to stop reading. It’s dark and humorous and the characters are well developed. I read this as an e-comic, and at time I found some of the dialogue to be a bit hard to read, but I have a feeling it might be because of the resolution of the e-copy. It may be a lot better in the hardcopy. I can say that I did feel like the ending was a bit rushed and I would have loved for the author to spend a few more pages there to really wrap up this great story, but overall I truly enjoyed it. It’s well worth checking out. You can pre-order it at Amazon

by Tom Hoefner The Unlikely Adventures of Race & Cookie McCloud: Curses and Tacos is the second book in a series and I’ve also done a review on the first if you want to check that one out too. After really enjoying the first book in this series, I hoped this one would be just as fun as the first, and I was not disappointed at all. This second novel picks up right where the first one left us with a huge cliffhanger and now we’re tossed right into the action where the two main characters has to get along with two hilarious vampires in order to take down a werewolf. The characters, Race and Cookie, keep developing and you start to get the feeling that they are starting to enjoy working together, despite the fact that they are immensely different. I truly enjoy reading about these two and listen to all of their harmless banter as the story goes on. Their somewhat dysfunctional relationship is entertaining and makes this story humorous despite the fact that it’s dealing with monsters and what could be rather dark topics if written for YA or adults. Just as the first book in the…

by Jimmie Robinson The Empty volume 1 was a really interesting graphic novel with beautiful art and a unique and very intriguing world with many strange creatures. The characters felt well developed and despite this being a rather short novel, I got a sense of who the main characters were and what their motivation was. The plot was in a sense to save the world, but it was done in a very unique way and the way the story developed made me unable to stop reading. I was hooked from the first page and couldn’t stop until I had finished it. The art was also great and I think it really showed the world and the creatures in a great way. I want to learn more about this place and these people and I hope there will be more volumes in this series where we get to see more. I can definitely recommend this too everyone who is interested in graphic novels because I truly enjoyed reading this.

by Jess Smart Smiley When I picked this up I was in the mood for something fast and easy that didn’t require much thought and concentration. And this graphic novel really delivered. It was fun light read filled with humor and with a fun plot. It’s the second novel in a series and I think it’s recommended to read the first one before taking on this, even if it’s definitely not a must. This novel stands well on its own too. Being a very quick and fast novel with little dialog, the art does most of the talking and even if it’s a very simple art it still does the job very well. I can say that I would have wished for the young vampire Harold to have played a little more of a major role in the climax of the plot, he sort of got lost a bit in the end. He started out as a scared boy haunted by nightmares, and I wanted him to do something to really face those fears, but unfortunately I don’t think he did enough considering he was sort of the main character. Still, it didn’t really matter that much when this was…

by Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner I got this graphic novel through NetGalley as an e-comic book to read and review. This story picks up years after the end of Django Unchained, and I’m glad to see that Django as a character is as special as I thought he was in Django Unchained. I also think the character development was done very nicely and this was indeed a good graphic novel. I did find the plot to borderline on confusing, but what else could I have anticipated from someone like Tarantino? At times it was a lot of dialogue, which for me made it a bit slow, but that it probably just a personal preference. I like it more when the art does most of the talking in a way. Still, the fonts are placed nicely throughout and even if they were a tad bit hard to read on the computer, I’m sure it would look much better in a physical copy of the novel. I can highly recommend this to anyone who’s a fan of Tarantino and/or Western comics. You can pre-order it at Amazon

by Anna Lunde Roulette Romance – Beginner’s Luck is the first of a three part series, this also means that this first part is not a complete story. Instead, it is a build up for what is to come. The writing is good and the book is easy to read and the characters are well developed. The main character, Matilda, is somewhat of a tomboy, and her personality makes for a very interesting read. When it comes to the female lead in romance novels, Matilda feels different in a good way, and it makes for an interesting read and I want to know where this story takes her. The story had a nice pace and I never felt bored or tempted to put the book down. There was always something happening that made it interesting and I’m drawn into the plot. This story is told through multiple first-person POVs, and first I thought I might find this distracting, but it ended up being the opposite. It was so much fun to see the events from the other character’s perspective too, and it also gave me a better understanding of who Matilda is. I also think that the author managed to…