Showing posts with label Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Review. Show all posts

Monday, May 9, 2016

A Review of The Last Warrior Queen by Mary Mackey

I'm reviewing this novel since the setting of it is similar to the setting of my own novel. It is about a woman named Inanna, a woman with a healing touch trying to survive in the chaotic ancient world she was born into. Her courage enables her to overcome obstacles throughout the course of the story as she seeks to become a great warrior queen.
The story involves a belief in ancient Sumerian gods and goddesses and is an excellent read. However, some parts of the story are strange and violent. Strangely enough, some people in the story believe the main character is part-wolf. I suspect it might be a feminist work since it involves a woman escaping from a male dominated society.
Overall, it was OK. But I wouldn't highly recommend it unless you're interested in a story that involves tragedy. I think the main demographic for this book was women and feminists. I personally think the book could have been more exciting if it had had more conflict between a main antagonist or kept true to the spirit of an epic adventure that tends to make stories popular. In other words, it could have been more exciting than it was.


Monday, February 9, 2015

A 5 Star Review of the Jewels of the Ishamah!

Good news! My novel that was uploaded to Amazon a week ago has received its first review. A five star review! It's also sold more than 12 copies thus far in only a week. I'm really excited to see how my fantasy fiction novel progresses from here!
I may also upload more YouTube videos I find on the subject of Amazon marketing. I'll keep you posted.

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Short Review: The Martian

I just finished reading a great book entitled The Martian written by an author by the name of Andy Weir. This book is fantastic if you're a science fiction reader or just somebody interested in space exploration. It goes through the whole concept of evidence of shorelines and that Mars was once an Earth-like world but is now a dead planet.
It's not quite like the movie Mission to Mars but it's similar as it has future astronauts traveling to the red planet. I think it's a little bit more exciting than that movie, to be honest.
It's sort of a survival story of how astronauts would survive or live on Mars after landing on it to explore. My biggest problem with this novel is that the characters are a little bit underdeveloped. We don't see a whole plethora of complex differing personalities. But the story makes up for it.
I highly recommend this book. Pick it up in bookstores or at Amazon.com.
Also be sure to check out my latest novel, The Jewels of the Ishamah. Now available on Amazon for the low price of $4.99.