Review: Fractured Innocence

Fractured Innocence by Julia Crane
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Fulfilling Her Purpose



This series must be read in order. The first book is Freak Of Nature. This is the second book. I can't wait to read Fatal Abduction!


Katelyn is learning to become the weapon she was created to be while learning to fit in with "normal" people. Who knew having a psychiatrist could be so helpful? She still doesn't get most slang or why people do a lot of the things they do... Like knock on doors before entering when they are expected. What is privacy anyways? She doesn't really have any (not that she cares) so why is it so important? Now if only she could figure out how not to upset Lucas, her life would be almost perfect! He and Quess and her new partner Erik are incredibly important to her. Harrington is like a father and she wants to make him proud. She is almost like a real girl finally! When will she get a mission? Will she be able to pull it off? Will she finally serve a real purpose in this world? Or will she get Erik killed and herself captured or destroyed? Is she ready to risk it all to do some real good in this world again?



Aalyiah is a good girl. She is seventeen and looks after her little brother, believes in God and is waiting to have sex until marriage. She is, for the most part, blissfully happy. She loves her boyfriend Noah and he loves her. She does well in school. Then the unthinkable happens after she gets her brother from basketball practice... A driver asks for directions and then abducts them both. What do the men want with them? How could this happen? What will happen to them now? What good is her faith in the face of true human evil? Can they escape? Or are they doomed to whatever fate their captors intend? How can something like this happen in America of all places? What did they do to deserve this?



***This series is suitable for mature young adult through adult readers who enjoy the darker side of SciFi filled with mystery, intrigue, action, suspense, thrills, and plenty of horror as well as a dash or romance and redemption for the unforgivable :)

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Review: Freak of Nature

Freak of Nature by Julia Crane
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Pretending To Not Be A Real Girl


This series must be read in order. This is the first book. I can't wait to read Fractured Innocence!


Kaitlyn is not sure who she was before she woke up in her room at the secret underground facility she now lives in. Though live is a pretty strong word for someone who is more than half machine and forced to hide any sign of emotion, personality or independent thought from her creators for fear of the last bit of herself being stripped away. Pretending not to be a real person is better than becoming the drone they tried to create her to be! Why does Lucas make her feel so oddly? Can he be trusted? Or is Quess the only human worth her trust? What is going to happen to her? Why did they make her this way? What is her true purpose in this form?


Lucas feels like he is going crazy. No woman has ever made him feel the way Kaitlyn does... Ever. Not even close! And she is not even human. They turned her into a machine without emotion... Every upgrade taking away more of what made her... Well her. Could he be wrong? Can she possibly still be in there? Or is he just sick and twisted on top of going to Hell for his part in this experiment? How could they do this to a beautiful teenage girl? What will the ultimate consequences be?


***This series is suitable for mature young adult through adult readers who enjoy the darker side of SciFi filled with mystery, intrigue, action, suspense, thrills, and plenty of horror as well as a dash or romance and redemption for the unforgivable :)






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Review: Fatal Truths

Fatal Truths by Maelani
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Truth Will NOT Set You Free...



This series must be read in order. The first book is Fatal Fugue. This is the second book. I can't wait to read the next one!



Alejandro told Haley NOT to trust Jay... Maybe she should really be taking that seriously. He doesn't seem like he is a nice person... Not that she was one either. With the Saudis looking for her and the "shipment" she now wouldn't produce, even IF she could, what choice does she have really? Alejandro has a family to look after... Though for some reason she truly trusts him, maybe even loves? him, it wouldn't be fair to rely on him more than she already has. All she knows, for sure, is that she has plenty of sins to answer for, even if she doesn't remember them. Can she stay safe? Will Jay do something unspeakable to her? Will she be able to change, now that she has no real memory? Or is she doomed to repeat the past? Will she even have a chance to try? Or will she pay for her past sins with her life?



Sasha is bound and determined to get revenge. Both on her "husband" and Madame H. Sure she was a whore in Mexico... But that was HER choice! Nothing from that past can even bold a candle to the indignities she has been forced to endure here, in America, as an unpaid sex slave. Will she be avenged? Or will she get caught before she finds her targets? How can she move on with her life when the people who did this to her still exist?



***This series is suitable for adult readers who enjoy the darkest of romantic suspense thrillers where deception and manipulation rule, filled with chilling revelations and uncertainty as the antiheroine struggles to make sense of everything while fighting to survive long enough to solve the mystery of who and what she was and what she is going to do about it now :)


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Review: Virtual Immortality

Virtual Immortality by Matthew S. Cox
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Shades Of Life & Death



This seems to be a stand alone novel set in the same world as the Division Zero series as well as The Awakened series.



Nina was born to a wealthy and priveledged family. She was expected to marry well and have lots of babies... But she wasn't interested in that at all. She wanted to make a difference and help people... Just not as a patrol officer in Division One! She is afraid all the time... Of getting someone killed. Of getting hurt. Of getting herself killed. Only her partner (and lover) Vincent makes anything about Division One bearable. Being tortured and hazed every day makes her miserable. She knows she is too tiny. Being a Tech in Division Two is her dream and she will not quit before she realizes it! Will she survive long enough to transfer to Division Two now that her promotion seems to be in sight? Will Vincent EVER propose? Will her shallow parents ever get over themselves and accept her and her choices? Or will everything unravel and fall apart now that the end seems to be in sight?


Joey is a Hacker obsessed with the Old West. He almost has to be... Coming from Mars! Everything there had the feeling of the Old West in the wild days before true civilization. Not that he can EVER go back! Besides with his father dead the only thing left on Mars is his evil sister... So no point really. His latest obsession is hunting down Cleopatra (whoever she is) and paying her back for all the crazy evil crap she's done to him for the past six months! She has made his life more miserable than he could have believed was even possible. How does she keep eluding him? Who is she really? Why is he all of a sudden her victim? Will he ever find her? Will he get his revenge?


Set in a superfuturistic dystopian sci-fi world where the police and the military rule and corporations are the root of all evil you would think this story would be hard to believe but the opposite is the case. It sucks you in and keeps you enthralled as all the complex characters interact in their nightmare world that is both surreal and yet super realistic. The intricate plot lines and character relationships weave a breathtaking story that leaves you wanting more. I hope the author decides to make this a series as I am not ready to leave this world yet!


***This series is suitable for adult readers who enjoy hyperrealistic yet surreal futuristic sci-fi Dystopian realities with a myriad cast of characters that will drag you into their world and refuse to let go... filled with horror and hope as well as plenty of action, adventure, romance, intrigue, suspense, thrills&chills, mystery and more plot twists to keep you on your toes :)




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Review: Rise of Alpha

Rise of Alpha by Lorenz Font
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Both A Blessing And A Curse Of Destiny


This series must be read in order. This is the first book. I can't wait to read Path Of The Guardian!


Brian has spent his life being marginalized and ridiculed for something that is no fault of his own and completely involuntary. He has Tourette's Syndrome. Besides physical tics he randomly drops the F-Bomb ... Especially when he gets nervous, upset or stressed. After constantly moving his WHOLE life from place to place he finally has real friends... Two of them. They ignore his issues and just treat him like a *real* boy. It is amazing! Too bad he has plenty of ridicule from the popular crowd at school. He is the Freak Boy. He wants to stay though because real friends are impossible to find! When Mark and Darryl decide they want to visit a psychic, he thinks it is a small price to pay for their unwavering friendship. Little does he know his whole life is about to change forever! What does the cryptic prediction really mean? How can a curse come with a blessing? Why is the nice, pretty, popular girl Shannon working at a Psychic Shop? Should he believe what the Psychic said? Or dismiss it as a bunch of malarkey? What is he having such bad nightmares? What do they mean?


***This series is suitable for mature young adult through adult readers who enjoy new adult urban paranormal fantasy with aliens, magic, action, adventure, intrigue, suspense, mystery, humor and real life medical issues that make the story alot more relatable and believable with some aliens and a dash of romance :)

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Review: Midnight Star

Midnight Star by Karpov Kinrade
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Secrets In The Blood Revealed


•••NOT for the transphobic, homophobic or closed minded•••


This series must be read in order. The first book is Vampire Girl. This is the second book. I can't wait to read the next one!


Adrianna had been slowly adjusting to life as a Princess meant to marry a Fallen in Inferni... Until she was kidnapped by the Fae. Just when she was starting to feel at home! Hopefully her feeding Fenris her blood saved his life... She is pretty sure living without him isn't much of an option anymore. Baron either. They are more her home than Earth ever was. She must be the unlukiest girl alive. Now the Fae want her to believe she is half High Fae... How can that even be possible?! Why did noone ever tell her? Did her mother not know her father wasn't human? Or was that another thing she kept to herself... Like the fact that she died and was brought back to life on the contingent she become Queen and marry one of the Princes of Hell? Can she figure out a way to bring peace to these two very disparate peoples? Before the world burns down around them all?


Slowly everyone touched by Ari changes for the better if they are at all open to change. Anyone with any good in their heart falls under her spell of wisdom and kindness. It is beautiful to watch... If only there were not true monsters out there who only see her as a tool, a pawn... to be used and abused, if not outright crushed. Can she survive her detractors long enough to make a real and lasting difference? Or will the monsters ruin her and turn her into one of them? I can't wait to find out!



***This series is suitable for adult readers who enjoy dark modern fantasy with plenty of intrigue and quite a bit of horror along with all the mystery, action, adventure, suspense, and magic with a dash of romance :)

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Review: Omega

Omega by Lizzy Ford
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Unknowing Oracle In Waiting



This series must be read in order. The first eight book are available in a box set called Omega Beginnings Miniseries or separately. The first book is Alessandra. The second book is Mismatch. The third book is Phoibe. The fourth book is Lantos. The fifth book is Theodocia. The sixth book is Niko. The seventh book is Cleon. The eighth boom is Herakles. This is the ninth book. I can't wait to read The Silent Queen!


Alessandra feel a bit adrift. She cannot remember anything at all of her childhood before she was rescued by Herakles. Growing up in an orphanage run by Priests with a bunch of perfect, beautiful Nymphs is no piece of cake. Especially when her guardian is so strict and feels the need to train her for the Apocalypse every freaking weekend! Unless a boy can out run, out fight, and pretty much best her in every way she is not allowed to kiss him... Much less keep him. Why is she being trained in such a manner? Why can't she go past the line of red cord in the forest? What is she being protected from? Hidden from? Will she ever be allowed to have friends? Do normal things? Just be a real girl? What is the big deal? It can't be that bad can it?


If you haven't read the Beginnings series I suggest you take the time to! It explains alot of the back story and the motivations of the main characters. I can't wait for this series to continue! The world is breathtaking and immersive as well as being completely foreign to our own. Imagine if the Greek Gods still ruled the world!



***This series is suitable for young adult through adult readers who enjoy paranormal in their modern fantasy suspense thrillers filled with the Old Gods and a bit of scifi :)


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