4-star review for Susan Bohnet’s My Life as a Troll

Five Rivers regularly participates in LibaryThing’s Early Reviewers Giveaways, a way for readers to obtain review copies of new releases from publishers. The following is one reader’s review of Susan Bohnet’s debut YA fantasy, My Life as a Troll. available in print and eBookfrom Five Riversonline booksellers worldwideand select bookstores This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Jared is an outsider at school and unhappy at home, his parents fight all the time and his…

Another 5-star review for The Power Within

Michael Fletcher, author of the dystopic and dynamite SF novel, 88, recently read and reviewed Michell Plested’s second installment in the Mik Murdoch YA fantasy series, The Power Within. No slouch himself when it comes to crafting a gripping story, Fletcher had this to say: Michael Fletcher‘s review  Aug 03, 14 5 of 5 stars Read in August, 2014 I finished this a couple of days ago but needed to time to think about it….

Goodreads reviewer gives 5-star rating to The Tattooed Seer

The second novel in Susan MacGregor’s Tattooed Witch Trilogy, The Tattooed Seer, released August 1, 2014, and launch at this year’s When Words Collide convention. Recently a Goodreads reviewer wrote the following about MacGregor’s novel: G.J.C. McKitrick‘s review  Aug 18, 14 5 of 5 stars Read from July 24 to August 15, 2014 I’ll begin this review with a caution. Susan MacGregor’s “The Tattooed Seer” is a sequel to last year’s “The Tattooed Witch”. I…

Michell Plested blogs about reviews

Recently on Michell Plested’s website he discussed his views on reader reviews, their pros and cons, and his very sane, cogent response to negative reader reviews based on agenda and aesthetics rather than true critical evaluation and comment. I think you will find what he has to say enlightening. Reviews (not a rant) Posted on August 21, 2014 by Michell I actually started writing this post several days ago. Except, at that time, I was writing it more…

High school English teacher loves Shakespeare for Slackers: Romeo and Juliet

available in print and eBookfrom Five Riversonline booksellers worldwideand select bookstores This 5-star review from a secondary school English teacher just came in from LibaryThing: This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I haven’t totally finished reading this, but I am most of the way through, and I love it! Although there are points that I might want to argue with Mr. Kite (such as his interpretation of the word “ho”), I thoroughly believe that…