Review: When The Stars Align is a beautifully written novel following the well-trodden route girl-meets-boy. Jo has landed a summer internship in Puerto Rico with a well known astrology observatory. A summer of telescopes, stars and hard work awaits. It's during this internship Jo meets Adam, her new work partner. Jo doesn't make the best impression - causing Adam to literally flip at their first meeting. In time, the unavoidable attraction draws them together making this the most memorable and transformative summer of their lives. The novel grabs you from the very ... Continue Reading...
Review: Death on Ibiza
Its been awhile since I read a crime thriller so when I saw Death on Ibiza I got really excited. The synopsis captured my interest because of the "vacation gone wrong", whodunit mystery. The lack of romance was a nice change because sometimes a girl just needs a read completely unlike the usual! Piel delivers writing that, with some experience, could become the next Kathy Reichs or James Patterson. Nick is a German personal trainer on vacation in Ibiza, Spain. The friendship with a local drug lord's son is worth the opportunity to live in luxury and enjoy exclusive ... Continue Reading...
Review: Lumière
Eyelet is a member of the Afflicted, a group of people who have strange, fear inducing conditions that are labeled madness. She hides this affliction every day with the hope that one day she will discover The Illuminator: a long lost machine her father built to cure her illness. Eventually she tracks down The Illuminator and catches an mysterious boy in the act of stealing it. The law wants Eyelet dead and she has little choice but to spirit away in the boy's carriage. So begins the story of a girl who learns the Earth shattering truth about her father's Illuminator ... Continue Reading...
Review: The Worst of Times
The Worth of Times is a book that looks to be fairly straightforward on the surface, but is actually semi-complex. Wignall's novel describes how and why cataclysms caused mass extinctions in pre-historic time. He explains how scientists use technology and ancient clues to solve the riddles surrounding mass extinctions. He mainly describes the role of volcanic activities in mass extinction events. The novel attempts to foster further understanding as to why LIPs (large igneous provinces), which can develop into volcanic provinces, were so detrimental to life before ... Continue Reading...
Review: Peak
Since his earliest memories Peak Marcello has loved rock climbing. He spends every moment he can fine tuning his skills, every summer at a climbing camp and most late nights tagging skyscrapers. When Peak is finally caught red handed climbing a skyscraper his family strikes a deal with the judge. Peak must leave New York to live with his father in Thailand or face Juvenile Detention. Unfortunately, Peak's father hasn't checked back into his son's life out of the kindness of his heart: he has a plan for Peak that will save his failing climbing business. Peak could ... Continue Reading...
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