Review: The Family Tree - Steph Mullin and Nicole Mabry - June 2021 Sometimes the biggest surprise in your family tree is the one you were never expecting to find! Imagine deciding to do a DNA test for your birthday, perhaps as a bit of fun, only to discover that you were adopted. Now imagine that the family you never knew you had comes with an even darker secret: somewhere in your newly discovered family tree is a serial killer who has been evading the police for more than 40 years! Talk about a birthday surprise you won't forget in a hurry! That's the intriguing premise behind The Family Tree by Steph Mullins and Nicole Mabry, and I have to say, it certainly grabbed my attention. Meet Liz Catalano, who takes an ancestry DNA test as a bit of a joke, never imagining that the results will turn her entire world upside down. Not only does she discover that she was adopted, but her newfound biological connections place her right in the middle of an FBI investigation. Her DNA has p...

Review: Power Rangers Prime - Volume #3 - Various Contributors - April 2026 There are some things from childhood that never really leave you, and for me, the Power Rangers are definitely one of them! When I was around six or seven years old, I was absolutely obsessed with the Power Rangers. I desperately wanted to be the Pink Ranger, because let's face it, who didn't want to be Kimberly? Unfortunately, my sister was already Kimberly, and apparently, there was only room for one in the family! So, naturally, I ended up being the Red Power Ranger instead. Not quite the outcome I had planned, but hey, someone had to save the world! Fast-forward to today, and picking up Power Rangers Prime Volume #3 brought back a lovely wave of childhood nostalgia, although this latest chapter is certainly taking the Rangers in some exciting new directions. The third volume of this reimagined Power Rangers saga throws readers straight into the action as a mysterious figure arrives in Angel Grove, ...

Review: Ella and the Welcome Home - Volume #2 - Jessica Sorensen - October 2020 Readers and fans of Jessica Sorensen will probably understand why the cover of this review looks a little different from the title I have mentioned in the heading. Let me explain! The book I originally read was The Secret Star Grove Mysteries: The Secret Trunk, and it appears that, some years later, Jessica has taken that story and rewritten it as part of this particular series. This is something Jessica has done on a number of occasions, and I have to admit that, in the beginning, it used to leave me scratching my head. I would start reading a book and think, "Hang on a minute, haven't I read this before?" Only to discover that it had a different title and belonged to a different series! These days, however, I am much more familiar with her little habit, so it doesn't catch me quite so off guard. In the story I read, we catch up with Ella and Micha Scott, who are now newlyweds and settl...