red queen review

"Red Queen" by Christina Henry is the second in the Chronicles of Alice series.  I have not read the first and clearly this is one of those books where you need to.  I only read about a third of it before I gave up.  So let me tell you what it is about.  'Queen' borrows the names of the characters from "Alice in Wonderland" and it is told in the same phsychedelic style but that is pretty much where the similarities end.  In the novel, Alice is being read to by Cheshire and is also running from an asylum with the mad Hatcher, a killer with an ax.  The book is dark and mysterious in a "what is going on?" kind of way.  I can see a lot of people liking this but, please, start at the beginning.

Samson and Delilah

"Delilah" by Angela Hunt is the  latest in the Dangerous Beauty Series.  Though Delilah has always been viewed as a sneaky, bad girl who threw Samson under a bus for the fun of it, this novel brings the question "why would she do that?" to mind.  Why?  "Delilah" takes the view of Delilah and Samson switching back and forth between each chapter.  This gives the reader a chance to see the point of view between each character.  Samson is an incredibly naive and overly-confident man while Delilah has been horrible abused and has absolutely nothing to loose and every thing to gain.
 As you know the story is the telling of a man with unnatural strength, the strength to kill a lion with his bare hands and the woman who he tells the secret as to why.  She of course gives it up to authorities who take away his strength. This is a novel though; it takes liberties that can be assumed from the bible story and adds historically accurate facts. I thought this was a great book and I highly recommend it.  I received this novel for free in exchange for an honest review from Bethany House. 

Kill Devil Review

"Kill Devil" by Mike Dellosso is an action/conspiracy style novel blending high adrenaline with solid faith.  This book reads like part of a series, however, reading the other books (if there are any) is not necessary.  Jed Patrick is a soldier that unwittingly became a part of an underground experiment run by our government, Centralia.  Centralia is the torture of soldiers and even children in order to make the perfect soldier.  Kill begins with Patrick's child, Lilly being kidnapped and held to obtain a flash drive with all the proof anyone would need of the evil lurking.  However, the project goes all the way to the top.  The tippy top.  Jed and his family must rely on God and their wits to endure the project. 
This book is a lot more violent then your average Christian fiction.  I was rather surprised really.  The book is written very well, however the God parts seemed a little forced.  It's a very quick read.  It holds the reader's attention and really gets into the Jed character.  I liked this book and will be looking into the series.  I received this book in exchange for an honest review from Tyndale Publishing.

Dream of Miracles review

"A Dream of Miracles" by Ruth Ried is her newest novel in the Amish Wonder series.  In this novel, Mattie, a young Amish widow with two children, age 3 and 18 months, who has been turned in to Child Protection by her substitute doctor.  Bo Lambright is the case worker that has been assigned to her. 
Though I usually don't like Amish novels, I normally truly love Ruth Ried novels.  However, I didn't really like this one.  The reasoning for turning Mattie in didn't make much sense.  Though she is a little weird and definitely obsessed with her children, she wasn't someone who would be turned in.  Which I guess is the point, that the reader wouldn't want her to lose her children, but to me it just made for a lot of tension that didn't need to be there.  That being said, though I didn't like this particular novel, the other reviewers put up many stars and seemed to love it.  So my advice would be to give this book a try.  Ried is an excellent writer, this one just rubbed me the wrong way.
  I received this book in exchange for an honest review from www.booklookbloggers.com. 

Dream of Miracles review

"A Dream of Miracles" by Ruth Ried is her newest novel in the Amish Wonder series.  In this novel, Mattie, a young Amish widow with two children, age 3 and 18 months, who has been turned in to Child Protection by her substitute doctor.  Bo Lambright is the case worker that has been assigned to her. 
Though I usually don't like Amish novels, I normally truly love Ruth Ried novels.  However, I didn't really like this one.  The reasoning for turning Mattie in didn't make much sense.  Though she is a little weird and definitely obsessed with her children, she wasn't someone who would be turned in.  Which I guess is the point, that the reader wouldn't want her to lose her children, but to me it just made for a lot of tension that didn't need to be there.  That being said, though I didn't like this particular novel, the other reviewers put up many stars and seemed to love it.  So my advice would be to give this book a try.  Ried is an excellent writer, this one just rubbed me the wrong way.
  I received this book in exchange for an honest review from www.booklookbloggers.com. 

Dream of Miracles review

"A Dream of Miracles" by Ruth Ried is her newest novel in the Amish Wonder series.  In this novel, Mattie, a young Amish widow with two children, age 3 and 18 months, who has been turned in to Child Protection by her substitute doctor.  Bo Lambright is the case worker that has been assigned to her. 
Though I usually don't like Amish novels, I normally truly love Ruth Ried novels.  However, I didn't really like this one.  The reasoning for turning Mattie in didn't make much sense.  Though she is a little weird and definitely obsessed with her children, she wasn't someone who would be turned in.  Which I guess is the point, that the reader wouldn't want her to lose her children, but to me it just made for a lot of tension that didn't need to be there.  That being said, though I didn't like this particular novel, the other reviewers put up many stars and seemed to love it.  So my advice would be to give this book a try.  Ried is an excellent writer, this one just rubbed me the wrong way.
  I received this book in exchange for an honest review from www.booklookbloggers.com.