DDBook Reviews

Since Betty Boorman, or as she is known to her friends Betty Boo, has started dating Maxwell Damon, her life seems lovely. However, not all her friends are happy with her dating a demon and Lou, her tech guy with the Savanna Seekers, has made this clear. Maxwell has told her about demon hunters and how they might try to banish him to hell. When Maxwell is attacked, and it seems that he has been banished, Betty is heartbroken. She and the other Seekers continue to investigate paranormal cases, but when they have a case where the messages seem personal, they are at a loss for an explanation. Meanwhile, Betty has to decide whether she should sell her soul to save Maxwell from hell. This is a an excellent second instalment in the Betty Boo series and will keep you awake to find out what will happen to Betty, Maxwell and her friends. Ms. Dolgner has a way with tricky subjects and themes. She treats them with good taste, and the narrators she chooses for her audiobooks are spot-on; though ...

I magine being born with a superhero gene and never developing that dormant power. Imagine being enrolled in a monastery to develop your supposed gift, and you end up the school bully’s target. This is precisely what happens to Ulka. For years she meditated and had enhancement drugs administered for her gift to manifest. When a  giant magnetic meteor called a  Magnetar threatens Earth,  and the two most promising Superheroes are lost, her powers appear when her Guru, Saum, is in danger. As she discovers what she is capable of, others plot the downfall of all superheroes and their Guru. Even the King cannot be trusted. Can Ulka’s powers manifest so that she can save her planet, and what will the consequences of her actions be? Varun Sayal writes a story full of science and magic where humans have genes that promise the development of superpowers. He delves into the two emotions that have forever fueled wars and discontent, jealousy and love. Some will take their jealousy t...

Scenic Views is the fourth book by Beth Dolgner in the Eternal Bed and Breakfast series. Emily Buchannan once again has her hands full with a house filled with eager ghost hunters. The only problem is that she sent her resident ghosts on an errand, and now it seems that she has a brand new spirit. Emily did buy some antique items to spruce up the house after all the excitement during the art festival, and the new ghost must be haunting one of those items. As Emily and her guests try to find out more about the history of the various items she bought, Emily and her friends receive threats of harm should they continue their investigation. When the truth starts to unravel, even the Oakhill police give more than their usual support as they realise they will have to help Emily to keep her and her friends safe. Finding a killer based on the reversed ramblings of a ghost can be difficult, as everyone connected to Eternal Rest comes to realise. Listening to an Eternal Rest Audiobook is like c...

  In a short time, Sophie has lost her father and her brother; the only things helping her through the difficult time is her job as a police detective and her brother's ghost. Yes, she has powers, some that she does not even know about. In The Black Rose, the sequel to The Sword of Reckoning by Lea Schizas, we meet a new heroine who does not take anything from anyone. She is a strong woman while remaining feminine. She is pulled into the A.L.P through her new position as detective and partner to Brian. Brian has had a tough childhood and has been part of the A.L.P task force for a while, working with Sophie's father up until his death. Sophie has no idea of how paranormal her world will become when she is brought face to face with vampires. To top it all off, her dream lover turns out to be a real person! And a demigod at that! Written in the same playful tone as The Sword of Reckoning, we are again taken on a joyride of a paranormal experience, looking for an escaped Vampire L...

Jimmy Chartron has his heart set on becoming an electrician and has worked hard to be accepted at the elite Naval Academy of Eagleton. When he starts his year, he discovers a secret compartment on the statue of Tessa Marlise, a hero from the Great War, now a century past. As he fiddles with a gap he finds, something happens, and when he wakes from a blackout realizes that he has another person in his body. A ghost – and the ghost of a sassy girl to boot! The last thing Tessa remembers is protecting the Keystone with her life, and now it is a century later, and she is stuck in the mind of a sixteen-year-old boy. Tessa quickly takes the lead, and soon she and Jimmy is spying on the Headmaster and Headmistress. They are caught up in a conspiracy to cover up the actual cause of the great war and a race to prevent another war. J.T Michaels wrote a great fantasy starter, and it promises to be a series that will become loved by YA readers. Jimmy Chartron by J.T. Micheals is a YA fantasy adven...

When Betty Boorman, or Betty Boo as she is known to her friends, responds to a call about a haunting with her ghost hunting team, she realizes she is up against something much worse. She deduced this when said entity scorched her hair. Stumped about what to do, she is surprised when a very handsome man tells her that he can help. She reluctantly calls Maxwell for help, and from that moment on, her life seems to gather chaos. Carter Lansford, a rival ghost hunter in Savanna, asks Betty to help him with a ghost problem at a local law firm, the haunting and their part in solving the mystery is made very public. After two break-ins at her apartment, Betty realizes she is in trouble. Add to this a mysterious man stalking her and her new love interest, who is a demon, and soon Betty has a life full of actions and things that go bump in the night. Beth Dolgner is the author of the Eternal Rest Bed and Breakfast books, and the Betty Boo series consists of four books. This is the first and al...

  click on the image to go to amazon A Man Walks into a Bank by Lucky Stevens is the story of one professional bank robber, a nervous young hostage and their love story, including many broken dishes and Darth Vader moments. Ellis Coldwater is very laid back and is also known as Number three. Wendy Larkin is the very nervous wife of the bank manager/owner that Ellis's gang is robbing. George is just trying to get rid of his wife. Wendy teams up with an even more nervous friend and takes Ellis on the most interesting adventure. Robbing a bank will never be the same. Lucky Stevens makes many promises in the blurb of A Man Walks into a Bank, and he surely delivers. The book could easily have been named Two robberies and a Medical degree. Ellis and Wendy make the most interesting characters, supported by the wit and snappy dialogue. You never know where the story is headed, but you get to the final destination with surprise and a tummy ache from all the laughing. In A Man Walks into...