Book Reviews (Page 22)

Get ready for swashbuckling adventure on the high seas of the Caribbean! This week, the CFBA is touring The Reliance: Legacy of the King’s Pirates #2 (Barbour Value Fiction) by Mary Lu Tyndall. I checked my dictionary, and interestingly enough, swashbuckler is actually what I’d consider a negative term, as it means, “a blustering, swaggering fighting man.” Exactly the sort of lifestyle pirate Captain Merrick left behind when he became a Christian, when we meet him in the Reliance, he has dedicated the rest of his sailing days to chasing down wicked pirates and bringing them to justice. Then an old foe, Kent Carlton, tricksRead More →

This week, the CFBA is touring A Valley of Betrayal, a novel by Tricia Goyer, the first book in a new series of historical fiction centered around a little known civil war that tore apart Spain in the middle of the great depression, which I learned from the book was a major prelude to WWII. A Valley of Betrayal is the story of a young woman, who filled with romantic notions and dreams of walking down the aisle in a blue wedding dress and happily ever after, follows her heart into Spain just as it is on the brink of civil war, after the communistsRead More →

This week, the CFBA is touring Wedgewood Grey: The Black or White Chronicles: Book Two by John Aubrey Anderson. Last week, I went ahead and threw in an extra review of book one as well, and eagerly picked up book two after I finished it. Let me say, Wedgewood Gray stayed consistent in it’s craftsmanship as Abiding Darkness, which my regular readers may recall nearly drove me up the wall, despite the fact I actually loved the story. Anderson is still a masterful storyteller. I’m just not always the biggest fan of story telling and prefer fiction written from the perspective of one or moreRead More →

This month, I’m getting to participate (although somewhat late thanks to Pres. George Washington having another birthday) in CSFF’s blog tour. On Deck we have Jeff Gerke’s Wherethemapends.com First, if you don’t like gateway pages, you’ll want to enter the site at the main page. What else I noticed about, or on, this site, in order: 1) Killer graphics (one of which you’ll miss if you skip the gateway page). That alone is reason enough to take a peek. I’d love to copy some over for you, but none were provided with the tour, so you’ll have to visit to understand. The best part? NotRead More →