Review: The Victoria Lie - Book #2 The Butterfly Effect - Sarah Marie Graye - August 2018 The first thing you need to know about this series is that it is like the film festival version of books. If you imagine it being like one of those weird films you see at the film festivals, then you have The Butterfly Effect series. The second thing is that both books in this series have a theme of suicide.  I have to admit reading this book, it started off semi-normal with Zoe who has planned to kill herself, and she ends up in the hospital ready to say goodbye to the two people she cares about as much as she can - Alison and James. I have to admit though Zoe was later diagnosed with ADHD, I would have her more so diagnosed with possible sociopathic tendencies. We also are introduced to a tag-along character Tori aka Victoria who is a compulsive liar and loves to be needed so much she thrives off it. She's the type of person I could imagine being diagnosed with Mun...

  Review: The Pretender - Katie Ward - August 2018 One of my favorite tropes to read about is strangers that are identical in looks, doppelganger type tales. The Pretender by Katie Ward is a modern version starring two females of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. Growing up Sophia had the same birthday as Princess Isabella, they also looked like they could be identical twins. Sophia grew up in a horrible house where her parents were druggies and abused her mostly ; they hated her whereas Isabella grew up in her castle. Sophia went away to boarding school when she was seven and now at eighteen has returned home, only to have things be just as bad and this time when Sophia stands up for herself, her father kicks her out. Sophia ends up outside the palace gates just as Isabella is arguing with her father. The two spot their likeness, and on a whim, they decide to switch places just for a week so Isabella can have a taste of freedom. During the swap, Isa...

The Gathering The Uprising Series tells the story of three freedom fighters and their friends in high — and low — places that come together to overthrow a vainglorious Emperor and his militaristic Cabal to restore the city, and the way of life, they once knew and loved. In The Gathering, Jamie Ryan has defected from the Cabal and has joined his former brothers-in-arms — Basile Perrinault and Kanoa Shinomura — to form a collective known as The Uprising. When an explosion leads to him crossing paths with Evanora Cunningham — a product of Jamie’s past — he discovers that The Uprising is bigger, and more important, than he thought. Purchase Links https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1980613788/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1980613788/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39279875-the-gathering Author Bio With an impressive list of credentials earned over the course of two decades, Bernadette R. Giacomazzo is a multi-hyphenate i...