Monthly Archives: January 2012

East of the West by Miroslav Penkov

While I am normally a fan of short stories, I really struggled with this book. I don’t know what it was, the writing style was good, but the stories just weren’t that intriguing. I felt like, as I was reading, that for the most part the stories could have been easily transplanted and take place in America, with the exception of the first and second to last ones, because they were focused on Bulgaria politics and international relations. That being said, I think the author has some definate talent and I’ll be checking out more by him in the future, maybe a full-size novel will work better.

I’m not going to give this book a rating because its really hard to assign a star rating to a book like this.

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When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Set in the futuristic America (primarily Texas) – When She Woke tells the story of Hannah. A woman found guilty of the crime of murder, the only thing, her victim was her unborn child. In a country, where Roe vs. Wade has been overturned and abortion is now a crime. A country, where individuals found guilty of crimes have their skin color genetically altered to suit the color of their crime, in Hannah’s case, she is now a red.

I’ll admit to being on a bit of a dystopia kick recently and When She Woke fit right into this kick perfectly. For me, the biggest issue highlighted is what could potentially happen, if our separation of church and state, disappears and religion becomes and integral part of our lives. where the people who rebel again religion are essentially seen as terrorists and are even identified as such.

One of my main issues with the book was the ending, while this review is spoiler free, the ending just seemed to fizzle out and I was left wondering what happened…

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Unveiled by Courtney Milan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

**Review Copy Provided by NetGalley.com

While I only ended up rating this book 3 stars, I enjoyed the start of this new series by Courtney Milan and will definately be seeking out the rest in the future. One of the key elements that I enjoyed was the fact that the hero was not an original member of the nobility, but rather was someone who came into it unexpectedly and I felt that Ms Milan did a good job conveying that through-out the book.

The banter between the H and h was entertaining, but I have the admit that the younger brother (at least for me) stole the show and i’ll be looking forward to reading his book in the future.

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