Les's Book Nook

  Title  - The Butcher & the Wren (The Butcher & the Wren #1)  Author  - Alaina Urquhart __________________________________________________________________________________ spice 🌶 - 0 scare 😱 - 4 plot 📖 - 4 characters 🧍- 3 stars ⭐ - 4 She had loaded these words from her quiver and launched them from a tautly pulled bowstring with the force of a seasoned archer. They impale him even now. YES, GIRL!! Obviously, I loved this book considering I read it in two days! There are a lot of mixed reviews for this book. I think people need to remember this is her debut novel. While it may not be the most eloquent or researched it is a decent book. This will not be a 5-star read for everyone, but the slew of 1 and 2-star reviews absolutely tearing her first work apart are uncalled for. As a long-time Morbid podcast fangirl, I had this book on my TBR before it was even out. I knew I had to kick off my spooky read list with this one, and what an amazing decision that was! I'm not goin

  Title  - Redemption (Eva "Lightning Dance" Duran #1) Author  - Deborah J Ledford __________________________________________________________________________________ spice 🌶 - 1.5 (mentioned but not described)  scare 😱 - 2 plot 📖 - 3.5 characters 🧍- 4 stars ⭐ - 4 Redemption by Deborah Ledford was a good read. The plot is intriguing and relatively fast-paced. The characters were probably the best part of this book, they were well-written and really saved this book in my opinion. While I would say the plot was fast-paced, this book never became a page-turner for me. There was never a point where I felt the pull to keep reading on the edge of my seat. Everything was just a level down from what I would consider a true thriller.  The other negative I found in this book was You. Dont. Need. To. Have. Every. Characters. POV. I find this is an issue with most books that have multiple POVs. This book easily could have done with 4 POVs, there were at least 8 POVs within this book a

Title  - The Road to Somorrostro  Author  - Julia Slack __________________________________________________________________________________ spice 🌶 - 1.5 (mentioned but not described) scare 😱 - 1 plot 📖 - 3.5 characters 🧍- 5 stars ⭐ - 4   Congratulations Julia Slack on a truly great debut novel!! I loved this book, despite it not being one I would normally pick up. The characters are well-written and the setting in the book is described in such a way you are transported to the Spanish coastline. This book is a BUMPY road, but the ending is so heartwarming you can't help but love everyone involved.  The only reason this book is not a full 5 stars is because I had to get halfway to really get into the plot. This may be because I am not a big historical fiction reader and please do not let that deter you from picking this book up. It is a fantastic read! Thank you Julia for providing my review copy! All thoughts and opinions above are my own.  ❤ Les View my review on Goodreads  her