Review: The Catch - Book #2 The Rise Series - Shari Low and Ross King - February 2023 This book left me in two minds and then wondering whether I will read the last one in the series when released - The Fall.  After reading The Rise and enjoying it, I was excited to read this one and see where it took us. I felt a bit let down as it had amazing premise and exciting parts, but the ending was not so great and for me as a reader - I am the type where the ending makes or breaks the book. This ending left me feeling unsettled and restless as it felt unfinished and a letdown. The Catch starts with the three friends back together after the events of The Rise pulled them back into the same circle. Mirren, Davie, and Zander - their past brought to light. Now Mirren is grieving the loss of her daughter Chloe to drugs, Davie is trying to come to terms with the fact he and Zander are half-brothers and Zander is just good ol' Zander. What happens though when Mirren sees a ghost from her past an...

Review: The Rise - Shari Low and Ross King - Book #1 Hollywood - August 2014 This book came across my inbox as part of the Xpresso Book Tours and sounded interesting and I also loved the cover. It screamed a mystery feel to it. The book starts with three friends in 1993 accepting an Oscar for their movie at the Academy Awards - The Brutal Truth directed by Wes Lomax. After the movie awards, you could feel the tension and the three vowed to never talk to each other again and went their separate ways. Fast forward twenty years and the three are still part of the Hollywood industry, worth millions, and have done everything they can to forget their past lives of twenty years ago before they came to LA from Scotland. Davie is an award-winning producer, Mirren- a writer whose series is being made into its 5th film, and Zander - is a Hollywood action hero. All goes well, until now when a reporter from The Daily Scot - Sarah threatens to unravel the dark secret that kept the three connected....