"Be Mine" by Rick Mofina

Be Mine by Rick Mofina is a thriller about Molly, a news reporter who is stalked by a killer. Her stalker just kills anyone who shows any romantic interest in her, thinking that leaves the way open for him to have her. The story opens with Molly is waiting for Hooper, a cop and a good guy, at the restaurant. She was going to end their relationship because he was getting too serious. Hooper was going to propose to her that night! Unfortunately, he never showed and when she went to his home, she found him murdered!

This was a good book, went pretty fast. Basically, there were several likely suspects and the real killer was someone I didn’t even think about as a possibility. I enjoyed it, but didn’t really care all that much for Molly, the main character.
 (Karen's review, 4 stars)


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"Tower Lord" by Anthony Ryan

Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan is the follow-up to Blood Song, which I loved! In the book, unlike the first, the story is told by other people than Vaelin. It is told by Reva, Frentis and Lyrna as well. A lot goes on in this book which is a good thing at 600 pages. The main story is Vaelin building up an army to fight in the war. The action parts are very good and I enjoyed when Vaelin told the story the most. I also liked the parts with Snowdance, the war-cat! I didn’t like this quite as much as the first, but good enough. Vaelin is awesome!
(Gerard's review, 5 stars)

Teaser from page 15:  Despite his scorn the words were enticing.  "You were there when it was taken from my father's martyred corpse."

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"Blood Song" by Anthony Ryan--Husband Loved It, Wife Hated It!

In Blood Song by Anthony Ryan, Vaelin is only ten when his father takes him to join the sixth order.  The sixth Order is devoted to battle to protect the realm and the faith!  The book is told by the point of view of Vaelin.  I really enjoyed the first part of the book when he goes through training exercises with his band of brothers.  There is good action in this book with some twists that surprised me.  At 575 pages, this is no light read to say the least, but I was caught up in it and pretty much enjoyed it all!
(Gerard's review, 5++ stars)

Karen's review, 4/25/18:
Blood Song by Anthony Ryan is like a marathon; I was so glad when I finally finished it! This is a fantasy that I really did not like much at all—only a few parts. It’s about Vaelien who is sent to the Sixth Order to learn to kill, supposedly to defend the faith and the realm. Part I was the best in my opinion, and then it went downhill from there. It is filled with fighting, murder, betrayal, and war.

Here are the few things I liked:

1) The training at the Sixth Order.
2) Vaelien’s relationship with sister Sherin, Snowdance (a huge cat that was in it very little).
3) Vaelien’s Valarian slave-hound named Scratch, and his horse named Spit.

Here are the things I did not like:

1) The writing was hard to follow because it kept going back and forth from present to past and often I had to reread passages to figure out who was speaking.
2) Too many characters and then some even were called by several different names!
3) Characters I really liked got killed.
4) The names were hard to remember.
5) I had a hard time understanding how the magic worked.
6) The whole plot was hard for me to follow.
7) Lots of different countries to keep straight and I didn’t really understand what the war was all about—it made no sense to me.
8) The ending was horrible! I felt so let down and that I wasted so much time reading this.  The only good part of the ending was when he let Spit run free!

I know I am in the minority on this book, it got lots of very good reviews. However, I was extremely disappointed in it and therefore give it just 2 stars. I will not be continuing on with this series.


Teaser from pg. 29:  "Your first day in the Order is over," he told them.  "It is a rule of the Order that you can leave in the morning if you wish.  It will only get harder from now on so think carefully."

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"Glimpse" by Jonathan Maberry

Glimpse by Jonathan Maberry is about a woman named Rain.  She still feels guilty for giving up her baby at 16.  The boy's father died in Iraq.  One day she gets a pair of glasses from someone and thinks she sees a young boy, but no boy is found and she misses a whole day!  I think you get the idea, Rain is a mess.  As she tries to get help, she runs into many different characters. I thought this book was pretty good.  Rain was an interesting character to say the least and I loved the ending!
(Gerard's review, 4 stars)

Teaser from page 63:  My blood pressure kept going up, too, and I had all sorts of heart problems.  Arrhythmia and palpitations.  Then I was diagnosed with preeclampsia.  It was a mess.

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"The Gunners" by Rebecca Kauffman

The Gunners by Rebecca Kauffman tells the story of a group of childhood friends who are now adults and come together at a funeral of a girl who was in their circle of friends.  Long-held secrets come out and some truths are told!  I thought this was pretty good.  I enjoyed all the characters and found them to be funny and interesting.  It has a real nice ending and goes quick, only 257 pages.
(Gerard's review, 4 stars)

Teaser from pg. 35:  "Long story," Lynn said.  "Ill tell you later."

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