Review: I'm Not Dying With You Tonight - Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal - September 2019 Inspired loosely by the 2015 Baltimore Riots, we have two authors - one black and one white who have paired up together to bring you a race united story. As I was a huge fan of Angie Thomas's books The Hate U Give and Concrete Rose, I was looking forward to this book and it lived up to my expectations. The story starts with a high school football game and we have Lena - our black character and Campbell- our white character both living their lives normally. The girls lead different lives but when a riot breaks out at the ball game, the girls end up stuck together in a makeshift stand. What started as a fun evening ends in chaos with gunshots going off at the school. The girls know they have to get out somehow and so they journey on together to their homes as the night progresses we learn that the riot has spilled from the school into the streets and that the town is alight and that someti...

Review: All the King's Horses - Book #1 The Katura Chronicles - Kim Congram - November 2018 This book starts with the main character Emma Adira serving in the Katura army. She is one of their best soldiers and has made her way up as far as she can go in what is viewed as a man's world. During the first half of the book, we read as Emma helps serve on a mission for the current King of Katura. When the mission goes sideways, and people are either injured or worst killed, Emma helps save not only the King but also tries to save her team members. This results in Emma receiving a medal at high valor . About mid-way through the book, we read as Emma is in an on/off relationship with a fellow soldier Jack as well as the tragedy of the King's death. During this time, his son Felix takes the throne. Felix isn't like his father though and is weak-minded. Due to this, we are about to read as the throne is overtaken by the President and a General with a...