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Book Review: "Fate Be Changed" by Farrah Rochon (Disney Twisted Tales)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. I have been waiting impatiently for this book since the announcement! I was so happy when they pushed the release date up by a month. Merida has long been my absolute favorite Disney princess. It might have something to do with the fact that we both love horses and archery, and we both struggle with a mass of curly hair. Curly girlies stick together! And the fact that…

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Book Review: "The Belle of Belgrave Square" by Mimi Matthews (Belle's of London #2)

I haven't been this excited about a historical fiction series in a long time!

This was a great addition to the Belle’s of London series, which I am loving so far! And for someone who proclaims they are not a fan of overly romantic books this one is so terribly romantic and I devoured it.This one follows a shy, quiet bookworm of a girl as she is thrust into the marriage season of Victorian London. Julia loves to read and she loves to ride her big black horse, Cossak. I…

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Book Review: "The Siren of Sussex" by Mimi Matthews

The Belles of London is a four book Victorian Romance series by Mimi Matthews. I found this in an ad on Goodreads while I was writing a review for one of the Heartland books. I RARELY buy books off ads, but the cover of this book was intriguing to me as I searched for my next horsey read. This series seemed promising, since it combined two of my favorite literary elements, history and horses. I…

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"My Castle in the Sky" A Christmas Poem by Alex Apostol

Poems are not my forte, so please be forgiving. I don't know what came over me this morning as I drove into work, except that it was the most beautiful sunrise of rose and wisteria I'd ever seen and it stirred the Spirit inside me. #christmas #poem

My Castle in the Sky A Christmas Poem by Alex Apostol I often think about my special place in heaven and all the possibilities it can be, I do not think it is a palace but a cabin in the woods not far from the sea. With a little stone pathway leading up to the door, It’ll have a grand fire place and knotty pine floors. It will creak when I walk and the fire will spit,  This home in the…

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Book Review: "Marmee" by Sarah Miller

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. This was a great addition to the classic and beloved story of “Little Women”. Told from the point of view of Marmee through her diary entries, see the familiar tale through another’s eyes. It took me a little while to get into the diary form of writing, since I have not read a book like that in a long time. I am the type of person who thrives on dialogue and there was…

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Nine Months of Book Reviews!

I have been oh so woefully behind on posting my book reviews here for the year! So, I am doing a quick catchup right now with reviews of all the books I have read since March! I know. I'm sorry it has taken me so long....

I have been oh so woefully behind on posting my book reviews here for the year! So, I am doing a quick catchup right now with reviews of all the books I have read since March! I know. I’m sorry it has taken me so long….Without further ado, here are nine months of book reviews! Enjoy. ***Also, let me tell you a little about my rating system. If it was an enjoyable read that I easily flew through…

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Chronicles of a Supernatural Huntsman Books are now available in signed Hardcovers

All of the Chronicles of a Supernatural Huntsman books are available now in beautiful, long lasting hardcover! #hardcover #hardbackbook #completedseries #yafantasy #yafantasyseries #epicfantasy #urbanfantasy #yafantasybooks #indieauthor #indiebooks

It’s taken me a while to put together, but I’m happy to announce that now ALL of the Chronicles of a Supernatural Huntsman books are available in hardcover copy! And if you purchase these from this website you will receive them signed by the author at a 10% discount from Amazon’s prices (discount shipping, too!). Buy your beautiful, long lasting copies of this epic YA Fantasy today by visiting…

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Cover Reveal & Pre Order: My Little Island Life

Click to see the cover reveal for "My Little Island Life", available for pre order now on Kindle! #womensfiction #faithfiction #christianfiction #bookpreorder #kindlepreorder #kindlebooks #comingsoon2023 #oahu #islandlife #comingofagefiction #mentalhealth

Keep scrolling to see the cover reveal for My Little Island Life! Are you ready?! You’re almost there! Here it is! The cover reveal for “My Little Island Life”! I am so excited for this one. The cover is beautiful (in my totally unbiased opinion, lol) and the story is one that I have been wanting to tell for a very long time. Based on true events from my own life, writing this was like writing…

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Being a Mood Reader

Are you a mood reader? And if so, where do your moods stem from? I just discovered the pattern to my mood reader and it's really helped me get a handle on it! #amreading #reading #moodreading #moodreader #moody #reader #readersofinstagram #booklover #book

I just realized that I am a mood reader. Not only that, but I took it to the extreme. I am a mood everything-er! But I was able, with some deep reflective thought, to pinpoint where these moods were driven from. This give me an advantage. No longer do I have to feel I am difficult or whishy-washy or jumping from one thing to the next. I can hedge my moods because I can predict them now. I am a…

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Book Review: "The Invincible Miss Cust" by Penny Haw

Five Stars for "The Invincible Miss Cust" by Penny Shaw! I bought this book because I love horses and saw them on the cover, but ended up loving it for the inspirational story of Great Britain and Ireland's first woman veterinarian. #horses #amreading

I am always on the lookout for horsey books that don’t feel too juvenile, which is an area literature is hugely lacking in if I do say so myself. That’s why I was so excited to stumble upon “The Invincible Miss Cust” in my Bookbub newsletter. It was under a historical novel sale, which is also right up my alley. It follows the life from childhood until the end of Miss Aleen Cust, the first woman…

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Book Review: Never Never by Serena Valentino

Never Never by Serena Valentino may be the best of the entire Villain series that Disney books has done so far! I love when stories mix history with fairy tale. #disneybooks #nevernever #serenavalentino #villainseries #captainhook #peterpan #fairytales

The more I read this series the more I like it and realize just how much planning and thought went into it. Each book ties into the next, culminating in the story of the Odd Sisters and how each of the villain’s stories are a part of their own fairy tale book where they write the fate of the villains. I really liked Captain Hook’s story. The series has gotten better in its story telling as its…

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New and Upcoming Releases

My latest release, Undeniably Undead, and what's to come next this June 2023! #amreading #reading #bookstagram #booktok #newbookrelease #YAfiction #YAreads #YAbooks

The third installment in the Zooey Zombie series is now available through Kindle and for free with Kindle Unlimited for a limited time! It’s an Undead Thing (Zooey Zombie #1) Zooey Beckett isn’t like other girls. For starters, she’s a zombie. “I loved It’s an Undead Thing so much that I highly recommend it to all zombie fans! One-click your copy of It’s an Undead Thing for a new twist on…

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The Truest Film Adaptation of Little Women

Every Christmas I read "Little Women". It's one of my favorite classics, and I love all the film adaptations as well. I make a little compare and contrast here and decide which is the truest adaptation to watch if you love the book! #reading #littlewomen

Little Women is one of my all-time favorite books and stories. As a child I fell in love with the 1994 version, and then I saw the 2019 version, and it was so different and unique and the actors were so great that I fell in love all over again. Christmastime always brings me back to Little Women, not that it’s a Christmas story particularly, but it feels like it to me, plus the movies always have…

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Book Review: "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien

I finally pulled "The Hobbit" off my shelf and gave it a read. Here's what I thought.... #thehobbit #jrrtolkien #lotr #reading #bookstagram #booktok #amreading #readerlife #authorlife #author #hobbits

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. I know this is probably an unpopular view, and I don’t know why it is, but I find when I read Tolkien my mind loves to wander. I love his stories, I love his characters, I love the movies based off his books, but I lose focus when reading his books. It took me a while to figure it out but I believe it’s because there is little dialogue compared to description of…

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Behind the Series: Chronicles of a Supernatural Huntsman

Here's a look at the influences behind my series Chronicles of a Supernatural Huntsman, my epic 6 book YA Fantasy series that comes to a close tomorrow with Warrior Angel! #bookrelease #yafantasy #bookseries #kindleunlimited #reading #books #fantasybooks

With my epic YA Urban Fantasy series coming to an end this November, I thought I would start a blog series called “Behind the Series”. And which better series to kick it off with than Chronicles of a Supernatural Huntsman? It was the first series I ever started writing and has captured my mind and heart for ten years now. It’s bittersweet to bring this story to an end, but I have some spinoffs in…

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Book Review: "The Once and Future Witches" by Alix E. Harrow

Four out of Five stars for Alix E. Harrow's "The Once and Future Witches"! It was a great Halloween pick for the witchy vibes I was having this year. #bookreview #theonceandfuturewitches #alixharrow #amreading #witches #salem #historicalfiction

Processed with Focos ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. This was a big book that blended magic and Salem history beautifully! I am happy I chose it for my Halloween read this year. It’s a story of many things; witches and suffragettes, love and evil, motherhood and sisterhood. So many themes run through this well-thought out novel that it kept the pages turning furiously for me. The story is about…

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Book Review: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw

Book Review: Long Live the Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw

This was such a great continuation of Nightmare Before Christmas. I’m always a little nervous when additions to a classic are done, but this one was done right. Sally ventures into a new door, a door into Dreamtown, where she learns about her dark past. It shed new light on Tim Burton’s beloved characters. And though Jack was in it, this was definitely Sally’s story! I highly recommend to all…