by Tom Hoefner The first two books in this series introduced us to the McCloud family and in a very fun way they author told the story of young Cookie and uncle Race. They have been on the search for missing members of the McCloud family and this third installment picks up right where the second one left us (with yet another cliffhanger). This time the team is focusing on finding the reason behind the mysterious disappearances. Cookie and Race make up a fun team and together with vigilante/superhero The Green Suit Jacket Man (don’t you just love that name), they are making this read very much enjoyable. This third book was full of interesting twists and a lot of fun comments from the author. The ending was also very enjoyable and for a series with lots of cliffhangers, I was pleased to see the story being wrapped up nicely in the end, but without taking away the possibility for future stories. The author has yet again done a great job and I really enjoyed reading this novel. It’s light and fun and filled with action. I highly recommend this for anyone who’s up for some quick and easy reading…

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….

I just wanted to make a short post and explain and apologize to everyone for being completely MIA for a while now. Short version is that I’m pregnant and is expecting my first child within a months time. I sort of thought this time would have enabled me to read a lot and do lots of reviews, but unfortunately it rather made me extremely tired and exhausted and without any inspiration for reading. I tried reading a few books a while back, but I realized that I wasn’t “into it” the way I should and therefore I also knew my review would not be accurate and I wanted to give all of you indie authors out there the best chance of a great review. I also want to say thank you for all the emails I’ve gotten during this time and I know I’ve been really bad at answering, please don’t take this personal. And as a last comment, I wanted to let you know that I’ve begun to sort through all of my emails (there’s hundreds of them) and I hope I’ll be able to dig into some new books in the near future. Thanks