Dead Things by Stephen Blackmoore was recommended to me by an editor friend who not only reads my books, but also reads a lot of the same stuff I do. So I have her to thank for this one. After I saw the cover and read the description, I ordered the book immediately. I’d been […]
Archive for the ‘Outstanding New Writers’ Category
DEAD THINGS by Stephen Blackmoore
February 24, 2013APOCALYPSE by Kyle West
January 4, 2013Hopefully this first review is a sign of interesting things to come for the year. This novella, an original ebook of 40,000+ words, is the start of an interesting sojourn across an apocalyptic world. We seem to have plenty of those types of books out there these days, but this one is special to me […]
THAT THING AT THE ZOO by James R. Tuck
August 5, 2012“That Thing At The Zoo” is a novella about occult bounty hunter Deacon Chalk. Chalk is a man that won’t be stopped, a warrior of Herculean proportions who has been forged in the fires of personal loss, a man that has nothing else to lose and lives for the enemies that fall within his grasp. […]
RIP TIDE by Kat Falls
May 10, 2012Rip Tide is the second book in Kat Falls’s action-packed science fiction young adult series. I’d been blown away by her first book, Dark Life, and my son had been too. My expectations for this second book were high, and I was afraid that I’d been expecting too much. But that was a needless worry. […]
THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS by Andy McDermott
January 6, 2012Warning: check your “willing suspension of disbelief,” ’cause it will be petal to the metal throughout this wild romp of an archeological treasure hunt cum international thriller. You’ll either love this one or hate it. The Hunt for Atlantis is Indiana Jones on steroids, both in the action department as well as the puzzle/history field. […]
PLAIN KATE by Erin Bow
May 24, 2011Plain Kate is one of the best books that I’ve read in a long time. The fact the novel is a debut book by a new author and a YA to boot just qualifies it as the best of those as well. Erin Bow has a natural narrative voice and I fell in love with […]
CHINATOWN ANGEL by A. E. Roman
October 12, 2010First-time author A. E. Roman serves up a solid line drive in his debut novel, Chinatown Angel. Digging deep into the blood and bone of the private eye tales first hammered out by Raymond Chandler in Los Angeles, Roman riffs a concoction that remains original and adds a salsa Latino/Black beat that turns the milieu […]
SHIP BREAKER by Paolo Bacigalupi
October 10, 2010Paolo Bacigalupi is a new author for me, but I’ve been hearing his name a lot. He’s written two novels, one for adults and the other for the YA audience, and has written award-winning short stories. So I’m working on catching up to him. When I saw Ship Breaker offered on Amazon and read […]
GIRL IN THE ARENA by Lise Haines
May 5, 2010The cover on Girl in the Arena sold me on the book immediately. It’s beautifully done and shows a girl in gladiator gear. Based on everything I read about the book, I really thought I was in for an action story and was really looking forward to it. Instead, the book turns out to be […]
BODY PARTS by Vicki Stiefel
April 12, 2010Body Parts is a grim novel with a spunky heroine that I liked. Vicky Stiefel doesn’t cover any new territory in the first book of her series about Tally Whyte, a Massachusetts homicide counselor, but the familiar landscape is interesting. The first-person narrative is almost pitch-perfect throughout, and Tally Whyte is a likeable character from […]
