Book Rating: ★★★★✰ (4 / 5 stars) A wonderful collection of dark poetry, we delve in Jennifer Hudgen’s mind and soul. There is a sort of narrative going on throughout the entire collections: about an individual struggling to find purpose in life, family, school, etc. In such a collection, you search for these similarities, andContinue reading “How We Met With Our Ghosts- Book Review”
Author Archives: E.S. Barrison
Widow’s Lace- Book Review
Book Rating: ★★★★★ (4.75 / 5 stars) Edward Barrington disappeared without a trace in 1888. With him, he left a labyrinth of mysteries: what happened to him? Why did he leave behind his wife? And how did his disappearance impact his poetry? These questions continue to haunt a select few over the course of aContinue reading “Widow’s Lace- Book Review”
In Cold Blood- Book Review
Book Rating: ★★★★✰ (4 / 5 stars)Audio Book Performance: ★★★★✰ (4 / 5 stars) In 1959, the Clutter family was murdered. No motive. No witnesses. The town of Holcomb was left with their jaws hanging open. In the famous novel, In Cold Blood, Truman Capote reconstructs both the murder and the investigation, as well asContinue reading “In Cold Blood- Book Review”
Drag Queen of Scots- Book Review
Book Rating: ★★★★✰ (4.5 / 5 stars)Audio Book Performance: ★★★★★ (5 / 5 stars) First, a winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK…now…an author! Lawrence Chaney has arrived with a bunch of tips, tricks, and jokes about becoming a Drag Race champion yourself. Filled with her quick wit humor and personal struggles, Lawrence’s story is inspiring…andContinue reading “Drag Queen of Scots- Book Review”
Pains and Penalties – Book Review
Book Rating: ★★★✰✰ (3.5 / 5 stars) Kalina Greystone expects life to be quiet when she returns to Ellesworth. But when her great-aunt collapses at the Solstice Fair, she takes it up as her personal mission to find out who is responsible. While trying to dodge the annoyance of her former high school sweetheart, DetectiveContinue reading “Pains and Penalties – Book Review”
Trial by Obsidian – Book Review
Book Rating: ★★★★✰ (3.75 / 5 stars) Juniper has a mission: collect obsidian and return to her brother. But when the Chambers ambush her, she is held captive with a death threat over her head. In a world where her magic has been outlawed and her people are in hiding, can she trust the Beta,Continue reading “Trial by Obsidian – Book Review”
Ghostsitter – Book Review
Book Rating: ★★★✰✰ (3 / 5 stars)Audio Book Performance: ★★★★✰ (4 / 5 stars) When Tom’s great-uncle passes away, he is offered an inherited he’s never imagined: a ghost train! At first it sounds like a simple carnival-type attraction…but it turns out to be so much more: now he is in charge of an attractionContinue reading “Ghostsitter – Book Review”
Short – Book Review
Book Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5 / 5 stars) Julia has always been short. She has always blended in, unnoticed in her family and friends. But, with her friends gone for the summer, and the weight of her recently departed dog in her heart, her mother encourages her to try out for the local Wizard of OzContinue reading “Short – Book Review”
Crime Scenes, Cats and Killer Heels – Book Review
Book Rating: ★★★★✰ (4.5 / 5 stars) Alice Harris works a morbid job: she cleans up crime scenes! It doesn’t sound fun…but someone has to do it! But one day, upon arriving a crime scene, a cat begins to speak with her. What? Crazy, right? But this cat might just be a key to theContinue reading “Crime Scenes, Cats and Killer Heels – Book Review”
Any Witch Way You Can – Book Review
Book Rating: ★★★★✰ (3.75 / 5 stars) Bay Winchester has recently moved back to Hemlock Cove to be with her family – her abrasive Great Aunt Tillie, her mother and aunts, and her annoying cousins Clove and Thistle. If that wasn’t bad enough, she comes from a long line of witches that grant her theContinue reading “Any Witch Way You Can – Book Review”
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