book review, Recent Reads

Recent Reads: Promise you won’t tell?

promise-you-wont-tell-by-john-locke

Promise you won’t tell? By: John Locke (writing as Dani Ripper)

“I think something might have happened to me Saturday night. Something bad.” Private Investigator Dani Ripper’s client list is nuttier than the Looney Tunes conga line, but she diligently solves one crazy case after another, waiting for a game-changer. Enter Riley Freeman, 17-year-old honor student. Saturday afternoon Riley quietly placed a little strawberry sticker on her private area and pretended it was a tattoo. She didn’t tell anyone about it. That night she went to a slumber party that featured drinking and boys. Riley fell asleep, woke up the next day with no reason to think anything happened… …Until Monday, at school, when a classmate called her Strawberry.

(as pulled from http://www.amazon.com/Promise-Wont-Tell-Ripper-Volume/dp/1939337259 )

Why I chose this book to read: Admittedly, I came across this book while looking through free ebooks. My boyfriend expressed an interest in wanting to start reading books together and we decided free ninety-nine was right in our budget. No, this was not the book we ended up reading together (we found a novella that had his name in the title and went for that instead as our first pick), but I felt compelled to put it on my phone for a later day. That later day came at the gym (where I now do some of my best reading). I wasn’t sure I liked the casual writing style of the book  at first (although it is true to the character narrating the story), but I quickly found myself drawn in and wanting to know what really happened to Riley Freeman. I can say this much about it: you don’t see the truth coming. That being said, I’m adding the first book of the series (written by Dani Ripper and John Locke), Call Me!, to my reading list.

book review, Facing the Tide

Facing the Tide: 4 star review!

Facing the TideReview by Red City Review at redcityreview.com

It’s hard enough to lose one of your best friends, but when you lose them at a young age as a teenager, while in the midst of discovering who you really are, the loss itself hurts even more. Becca is a seventeen year old girl who loves horses, and although she has aspirations of her own, she’s always been the shy one, staying within the shadows of her livelier friend Lanie, whose personality shines freely. This all changes when a terrible accident occurs, shifting Becca’s life and changing everything she’s ever known. She finds help from a few unexpected characters, including Lanie’s older brother, a strange therapist whose methods seem peculiar, and Christian, the boy that Lanie and Becca both have feelings for. In the end, Becca has to forge a new path and find her own way, without her best friend by her side.

Facing the Tide by Kyle Freelander is a startling and intoxicating young adult novel that has the ability to explore the dynamics of a friendship between two teenage girls, filtered through the lens of both triumph and tragedy. Freelander balances the deeper parts of the story by including moments of humor and happiness in a successful way. The characters, especially Becca and Lanie are fully developed and their personalities fully come alive on the page. The love the girls have for horses also comes through, adding another element to the narrative. All in all, this is a well written book that any teenage girl will easily relate to, and enjoy.

Check out the original post at http://redcityreview.com/our-reviews/facing-the-tide-by-kyle-freelander/

Interested in getting Facing the Tide as an eBook? Check out these retailers below!

Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/1feLwRf

Apple iBooks: http://bit.ly/1kAfqqq

Barnes and Noble Nook: http://bit.ly/MJCuVq

Smashwords: http://bit.ly/1feLSrf

Is a paperback book more your style?

Stay tuned! Facing the Tide WILL be available as a paperback on FEBRUARY 15TH, 2014.

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