Elisa Rolle's Blog, page 108
December 3, 2021
2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The Man from Milwaukee
The Man from Milwaukee by Rick R. Reed
Superb depiction of time and place – can almost smell the bus exhaust. Skillful tie-in to real-life events. Excellent depiction of one man's obsession and the damage his mental imbalance does to friends and family – but without losing the sense of his own humanity. Top-notch!
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Superb depiction of time and place – can almost smell the bus exhaust. Skillful tie-in to real-life events. Excellent depiction of one man's obsession and the damage his mental imbalance does to friends and family – but without losing the sense of his own humanity. Top-notch!
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Year of the Rat (Dom Reilly Mysteries #1)
Year of the Rat (Dom Reilly Mysteries #1) by Marshall Thornton
What a treat. Excellent, convoluted plot with a surprise twist at the end. No spoilers here, though – just read it. One of Thornton's very best.
https://amzn.to/31pyc1F
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What a treat. Excellent, convoluted plot with a surprise twist at the end. No spoilers here, though – just read it. One of Thornton's very best.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The Booker (Haunted House Horror)
The Booker (Haunted House Horror) by Grace Hudson
Weird, surreal, and a little hard to follow at first, but the main character's gentle humanity and concern for his friends made me want to know how it all came out. Wonderfully strange.
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Weird, surreal, and a little hard to follow at first, but the main character's gentle humanity and concern for his friends made me want to know how it all came out. Wonderfully strange.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Coddiwomple
Coddiwomple by S.E. Harmon
This has a LOT of characters and they are all well-drawn individuals. Nice work!
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This has a LOT of characters and they are all well-drawn individuals. Nice work!
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: I Think I Love You
I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre
Lovely little YA spin on a classic riff, balanced by the realistic outcome of the competition.
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Lovely little YA spin on a classic riff, balanced by the realistic outcome of the competition.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: To Poison a Prince (A Tale of Two Princes #2)
To Poison a Prince (A Tale of Two Princes #2) by Aldrea Alien
An entertaining sequel to the first book, this carried me along through adventures and a warm established-couple relationship. There are interesting secondary characters, lots of threats and obstacles to surmount, and detailed but not confusing world-building. I loved Hamish, and enjoyed watching Darshan around him. Another long book that I was caught up in to the end.
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An entertaining sequel to the first book, this carried me along through adventures and a warm established-couple relationship. There are interesting secondary characters, lots of threats and obstacles to surmount, and detailed but not confusing world-building. I loved Hamish, and enjoyed watching Darshan around him. Another long book that I was caught up in to the end.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Must Love Demons (Magic Emporium #6)
Must Love Demons (Magic Emporium #6) by Meghan Maslow
I loved Must Love Demons. It was fun to read, a real opposites attract story.
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I loved Must Love Demons. It was fun to read, a real opposites attract story.
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Viking Quest
Viking Quest by Edale Lane
This was a very interesting and entertaining read. I loved in particular the setting of the story that I feel even if it wasn't the most original one it was able to still be and feel different from the other books of the same genre. The characters were fully developed and very tridimensional, and that made the reading experience even more enjoyable. The plot was very engaging and the story as a whole had a very nice flow to it that made it easy to keep my interest till the end. Job well done for sure!
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This was a very interesting and entertaining read. I loved in particular the setting of the story that I feel even if it wasn't the most original one it was able to still be and feel different from the other books of the same genre. The characters were fully developed and very tridimensional, and that made the reading experience even more enjoyable. The plot was very engaging and the story as a whole had a very nice flow to it that made it easy to keep my interest till the end. Job well done for sure!
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: How to Steal a Star
How to Steal a Star by Geonn Cannon
I know this author fairly well and I am glad to say that this book is a solid one between his bibliography. The plot was not only solid but had a lot of momentum to it, making it interesting during the whole journey. The characters had a vivid voice to themselves that made it easy to picture them as distinct individuals. I was particularly happy with the setting that was very peculiar and that made the book even more intriguing. Good read so much so that I would read a next instalment if he ever would like to go for it.
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I know this author fairly well and I am glad to say that this book is a solid one between his bibliography. The plot was not only solid but had a lot of momentum to it, making it interesting during the whole journey. The characters had a vivid voice to themselves that made it easy to picture them as distinct individuals. I was particularly happy with the setting that was very peculiar and that made the book even more intriguing. Good read so much so that I would read a next instalment if he ever would like to go for it.
https://amzn.to/3lyixnD
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2020-2021 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Curled Vines and Crimson Trades (Broken Chronicles #2)
Curling Vines and Crimson Trades (Broken Chronicles #2) by Kellie Doherty
This was an interesting book, it offered a solid series with a good and interesting plot, but I feel it could have been developed a bit better to make the whole world created brighter and more vivid. The characters were well developed and easy to distinguish, even during dialogue parts I didn't have problems following who is who. Good solid read!
https://amzn.to/3I9GmMe
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This was an interesting book, it offered a solid series with a good and interesting plot, but I feel it could have been developed a bit better to make the whole world created brighter and more vivid. The characters were well developed and easy to distinguish, even during dialogue parts I didn't have problems following who is who. Good solid read!
https://amzn.to/3I9GmMe
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