Review: The Lost Girls - Sonia Hartl - September 2021 One of my favorite supernatural creatures ever since I was in my teens has always been vampires and so when I saw this book, first with the title and then the theme - I knew I wanted to read it as The Lost Girls reminded me of the 1980's movie The Lost Boys and then the idea of a girls group of Vampires kicking arse reminded me of one of my all-time favorite Vampire movies called Thralls / Blood Angels which is a group of 4 females who were turned by the same Vampire and they bond and eventually battle together to kick their master's behind. In the Lost Girls, we first meet Holly who was turned in 1987 when she was 16. I loved Holly as a character since I was born in 1987 myself and also Holly loved Sweet Valley High which I did in the late 90s. Holly was turned by a vampire named Elton - this reminded me of Elton from the movie Clueless as the character was sleazy and thought he was all that like Elton from Clueless.  Holl...

Review: Our Stories, Our Voices - Anthology - Various Authors - January 2019 For many Americans, not just the females who are talked about and spotlighted in this anthology, there are a few dates that have stuck in their minds from incidents like the KKK lynchings in the 1950's/1960's, Oklahoma Bombing, Kent State Ohio, September 11th, 2001, Deaths of JFK and Martin Luther King and last but not least the elections of 2016 when Donald Trump won out over Hilary Clinton. Each of these events has played a part in some of the authors' lives who have featured in this essay. We also have edgier topics from sexual harassment, rape, and homosexuality. Our Stories, Our Voices is a collection of essays / short stories from female authors who are prominent in YA fiction talking about their experiences and what they have had to overcome in a world of white superiority, a world where men were told it's ok to have sex with females as they are asking for it. Over the past ten years o...

Title: On the Rox Series: DTF (Dirty. Tough. Female.) #1 Author: Kat Addams Genre: Romantic Comedy Cover Design: Lori Jackson, Lori Jackson Design Release Date: May 5, 2020 Blurb DTF. Support your local girl gang! Me and my dirty, tough female besties were hell—and tacos on wheels. Who knew that my homemade Shizzle Sauce would be the key ingredient to my happily ever after? Destiny had a wicked sense of humor—that was for sure. After surviving a toxic relationship, I vowed to never let myself be controlled by a man again. With the help of my girl gang, I was rebuilding my life—one taco at a time. My trusty snack wagon—The Pink Taco Truck—hadn’t steered me wrong yet. This time, it led me straight to a hottie restaurant owner with a sexy Australian accent, who just so happened to love my secret sauce. He made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. But that wasn’t the only thing I was unable to turn down. Jay was everything I could ever want in a ma...