Category Archives: Fiction

Addict (The Cassie Tam Files Book 1) – Matt Doyle

Posted on August 27, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Addict is a science fiction story about Cassie Tam, the first book of the Cassie Tam Files. The setting of the story is in New Hopeland. Everything is in the future with things like tech shifters … Continue reading →

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Killjoy – LeVar Ravel

Posted on August 24, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Gwen felt as if her familiar world had vanished. What was she doing in the middle of this wilderness? Was she safe in these shadows? Had Charles been right to trust this violent man with her … Continue reading →

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Harkworth Hall – L.S. Johnson

Posted on August 18, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Harkworth Hall is a late Georgian historical adventure novel that has hints of goth, romance, and thrill embedded into its story. The tale focuses on the lead heroine, Caroline who is very smart, adventurous, and likable. … Continue reading →

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Zendar: A Tale of Blood and Sand – K.T. Munson

Posted on August 14, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Zendar is a fantasy romance novel written about a girl named Azel Undel. She is the youngest daughter of one of the seven bloodlines. She is arranged to be married for political gain. As she sails … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Homicide (A Detective by Day Mystery) – Kellye Garrett

Posted on August 11, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Dayna Anderson lost her job as the girl on the Chubby’s Chicken commercial eighteen months ago and hasn’t heard from her agent in six months. So now she’s an out-of-work, dreaded size ten, former actress and … Continue reading →

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Sex and Rage: A Novel – Eve Babitz

Posted on August 7, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Years and years and years were pocked with holes of things Jacaranda simple didn’t remember, with people Jacaranda didn’t remember meeting, conversations she didn’t remember having, promises and parties and great ideas and projects Jacaranda didn’t … Continue reading →

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She’s so Fine: A Samantha Block Novel- Jaimee Campbell

Posted on August 5, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) She’s so Fine is a thriller  short story written  about Samantha. She is a mother of two children and appears to be leading a normal life with ordinary routine wifely chores. However, she is nothing but … Continue reading →

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New People – Danzy Senna

Posted on August 1, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The poet is not a New Person…He doesn’t have mud-toned dreadlocks or octoroon gray eyes or butterscotch skin. …He has the body, the skin, the face that cabdrivers pretend not to see, that jewelers in midtown … Continue reading →

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Love Is Rich In Both Honey And Venom – Axel Kruze

Posted on July 31, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Can a Premarital Agreement really justify murder? His father, Henry, hung himself at the senior prom. His mother, Martha, was raped. Both were painfully shy and bullied throughout high school. Martha’s story of survival began after … Continue reading →

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The Hideout – Egon Hostovsky (Translated from the Czech by Fern Long)

Posted on July 28, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   “I keep having the feeling that a good half of the human race got drunk in a kind of gigantic space where the air is all breathed out. The born fighters and brawlers started to … Continue reading →

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