Book Review: Kathy gates: Juliet's Journey

Juliet's Journey

Author:  Kathy Gates

Title:  Juliet’s Journey

Genre:  Contemporary, Novella, Humor, Funny, Travel, Romance, Contemporary romance, literature and fiction, contemporary fiction, women’s fiction, woman’s writer,

Synopsis:  Juliet Carlsen is grieving the loss of her mother. Six weeks after the funeral she is about to arrive in a tiny village in northern Italy. The village, Baiardo, is home to an art school where she is to spend a month as a volunteer. Her best friend had convinced her that a change of scene would do her good but, as she nears her destination, she is not so sure: was it really necessary to travel so far out of her comfort zone?
Baiardo turns out to be her haven. The warm welcome and serene beauty work their healing magic. The attentions of a handsome local named Luca don’t hurt either. Then someone from Juliet’s past shows up and turns everything on its head.

Review:  the thing I really admire (and love) about Kathy Gates' work is her ability to transport you to a place. It's not just her knowledge of Baiardo, but also her obvious love for the village,  that infuses the story and leaves you with a desire to know it as well as she does.Ms Gates is also wonderful at creating a beautiful, diverse cast of characters. There were a lot of them, so much so that I was struggling to keep up with them all at times (although, in fairness, it was quite late at night when I decided to read it). But every one of them is wonderfully drawn, with some great idiosyncrasies. Even Stuart was someone I loved to hate - we all know people like him.It's a story about self-discovery, friendship, coming to terms with loss, love (for a place as well as people), and the triumph of small village values over the big capitalist machine. Well, it's open-ended...but in my head it's triumph!  Really good book and it was easy to get in to and l could not put it down once l started reading it and l highly recommended it to anyone and even if you are not in to this type of book it's good to read outside your favorite genre and try something new and improved your reading to different types of books and genre and authors

About the author:  Kathy Gates loves three things: walking, travel and writing. Her novels and shorts stories aim to combine all three. Born and raised in Sydney, Kathy now lives in Hobart - it's like Sydney but smaller and the food and wine is better.Kathy has a background in marketing where she enjoyed making up stories; writing novels seemed an obvious career move.

Edition:  kindle

Star rating:   5 out of 5 stars

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Book Review: Kylen Gartland: The Messenger

The Messenger

Author:  Kylen Gartland

Title:   The Messenger

Genre:  Young Adult, Kindle, Paperback,

Synopsis:  Ameliora is a young gray wolf struggling with a disturbing recurring nightmare. In this terrible dream, she is pursued by a beast with horrible fangs who kills her each night just as she awakes from her horror. She tries to cope with the troubling scenes but is not completely able to hide it from her fellow pack mates. Most of them offer support, but some think she is just trying to avoid her duties.During a hunt, a beloved motherly figure entertains the group by retelling an ancient myth of a dark-hearted wolf who bonds with the spirit of chaos and corruption to create a half-mortal that terrorizes the wolf world. In response, a pure-of-heart she-wolf bonds with the spirit of peace and unity to battle the evil beast.Haunted by this story and how it might relate to her own nightmares, Ameliora slowly begins to discover her true character—and even her true purpose. As a prophecy comes to light, Ameliora feels the pull to venture out to answer an inner calling—and comes face-to-face with her destiny.Filled with mystery, intrigue, and heroism, The Messenger is a rousing adventure from the opening page to the last

Review:  I went ahead and gave this book 5 stars!  this book is really good and l really enjoyed the storyline and l was sent this book for review and l read it on ibooks and l hope to hear more from this author and this book comes in paperback too and l highly recommend this book to anybody even if you are not into books like this it is good to get more genre and authors in your reading portfolio 

About the author: Kylen Gartland studies anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. Currently residing in Missouri, she works at the St. Louis Zoo studying gorilla behavior.She started work on The Messenger at the age of fourteen and finished the novel before she turned eighteen. This is her first published work, born out of a lifetime of dedication to zoology and animal writing

Edition: Kindle and Paperback

Star rating:   5 out of 5 stars

 

Book Review : Susan Paulson Clark: The Relantionship Riddle A novel

The Relationship Riddle: A Novel

Author:  Susan Paulson Clark

 Title: The Relationship Riddle: A Novel

Genre: Fiction, Women Writer & Fiction, Romance and Contemporary Romance

Edition: kindle edition and paperback

Synopsis:  Vince, football coach who foster-parents a five-year-old boy, dodges romance like a shifty running back. Belle, who runs her own business, has sworn off chasing men like Vince. A strong attraction comes into play and belle and Vince start dating… but with all their objections and temptations, will the flame keep burning? When Vince and his foster son find themselves in harm’s way, Vince and belle’s involvement takes a surprising new direction. To bill the relationship riddle a romance in the traditional sense, even though romance is a big part of the story line, would be to do it an injustice. It’s really about life’s unpredictability and its choices. The rest is up to the protagonists … and up to the reader to follow with bated breath. – Midwest book review and it’s about a women and man finding love and a sweet little boy tye who needs a home and he finds one with vince and even after his accident and losing his mother he’s still strong and his friends help him so he can keep tye.

About the author:  Susan Paulson Clark is an avid reader of contemporary fiction, mysteries, and non-fiction titles. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara with degrees in English and education, and she’s an avid believer in writers’ critique groups! This book is part of the “stairstepz” series which includes the relationship shoppe: a novel and this author is really nice and she’s so kind

Review: l really enjoyed this book and it goes to show what anybody would do to save a child from being hurt l loved the belle and Vince story and tye sounds like a very sweet little boy even after what he went through with his mum and Vince’s mother sounded nice and l was sad to read his mother had passed away and the social worker Natalie sounds like a freak trying to get with Vince even though he had a girlfriend and belle sounds really nice and she’s really good with tye and Vince’s mother really liked belle and so did Vince and tye. It was sad to read that Vince’s mum passed when he was in hospital and he could not be by her side and l found it really hard to put this book down once l started reading it and it was easy to get into and l got this book sent to me for review but even if l did not get it sent to me for review l would have bought it cause l am in to romance books and this is a really great book l wish l could rate it more them 5 stars cause it’s well worth it .

Star rating:   5 stars out of 5 stars
 

Book Review: Preeti Govada : I Am An Angel Daughter

I am an Angel's Daughter:


 

Author:  Preeti Govada

Title: I Am An Angel Daughter

Genre: Fiction, Biographical fiction, women writer & fiction, literature & fiction, contemporary fiction, biographical, fiction,


Synopsis: At the age of seven, when Ganga is diagnosed with polio, she doesn’t allow it to kill her spirit. Instead, she fills her life with renewed optimism and an undying philanthropism, inspiring the world around her. Her fight against poverty and decimation for her disability becomes stronger as she grows up amidst highly defeating barriers of religious orthodoxy. 
Love comes in the form of Paul, lighting up the dreams extinguished in her long ago. But, later when this very love threatens her identity and choices, she keeps her faith alive, despite incidents around her failing her. 
Years later, yet another shocking fatality is secretly planning its attack on her. Will she fall frail to the gall of this new adversity? Will this cruel twist of fate bring untold changes to her loved ones’ lives?

To mother, with love

Each thought of yours gives me    joy                                        
Every moment spent with you feels like heaven
l remember you smile, your innocent laughter

which soothed every sorrow, and eased all pain.

Your nspiring words, they ring in my ears                                    

and seldom let me feel down and low

like magic, they wiring all fear and disharmony within

hope’s best companion and sorrow’s dreaded foe

the peaceful slumber in the warmth of your lap

to beautiful lullabies and tales so enchanting

untold happiness and countless smiles

they still manage to bring  .

I miss you often, almost everyday                                           
 your love so selfless and pure
I don’t know why, but my heart still believes                                           
someday, sometimes, we shall meet again for sure
                                         

Review: this book is really easy to get in to and l really loved reading this book and l would highly recommend it to anyone and I got this book sent to me for review and l would gladly read it again cause it a great read and l like the poem at the front of the book and it’s a amazing story and l was sad to read ganga passed away and l loved reading how her children was so close to their mother it reminds me of how close l am to my own mother. This book is worth the 5 stars l rated it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars