Author Archives

• Discovering the Past: Stories of Quanah, Texas, Volume 1 by Shane Lance

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  A rich, vividly detailed rendering of a city’s past… Lance brings together the history of Quanah, offering a colorful, wide-ranging portrait of the small Texas town in a way that’s never been done before. Lance’s gripping account delivers a sweeping… Read More ›

• Good Boy, Ingo! (3-books series) by Lani Gavin (Author), Cristian G. Stefănescu (Illustrator)

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  A rollicking, ripping tall tale… Intricately and elegantly plotted, and full of vividly rendered details, Gavin’s upper middle grade series is a deliciously readable adventure story with mystery at its core. Set in Morania, an eastern European country, Great Escape,… Read More ›

• Searching for Sarah by Phillip Vega

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  A tense, illuminating tale… Vega explores age-old questions about family ties, true love, and sexual identity in this gripping read. Tom Ruiz has always been close to his sister Nina. But when Nina dies unexpectedly, Tom realizes he barely knew… Read More ›

• Twisted Silver Spoons by Karen M Wicks

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Nuanced and compelling…  Compulsively addictive. Part family tale and part human drama, Wicks’s gripping latest is a compulsively readable story about familial bonds and the power of breaking free. George Leibnitz is intelligent and sharp but lacks the ruthless cunning,… Read More ›

• In Daylight and Darkness (Worldwalkers Book 1) by Dana Ardis

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Dreamy and evocative… A splendid tale Ardis effortlessly weaves an intricate tapestry of magic, tender emotions, light romance, gritty action, and long-buried secrets in her gripping debut. It’s been years since Katherine Kjeslgaard has seen her childhood friend Coraven Temarel…. Read More ›

• The Three Tree by Madison Farkas (Author), Sakshi Mangal (Illustrator)

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Delightful and addictively readable… An uproarious tale. Farkas introduces children to basic counting in this fun picture book. The residents of the quaint little town love to count 1 to 5 day and night. But when the Evil, Mean, Mad… Read More ›

• Eve’s Ducklings by Maria Monte (Author), Emelie Wiklund (Illustrator)

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Fun, inspiring, and deliciously readable… Monte explores the complex relationship between humans and the natural world in her charming debut. Little Eve visits the lake everyday with her grandfather. Being the curious, friendly little girl, she is eager to make… Read More ›

• A Rule of Life by Patricia Brandon

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Well-thought-out and original… A deliciously readable mystery. Brandon’s latest brilliantly integrates psychological depth into a clever mystery plot. With the Great War and the Spanish Flu pandemic behind, the world seems like a fine place once again. A new camp… Read More ›

• Man from Ireland by Michele G. Charrier

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Exquisitely paced and skillfully crafted… A thorough entertainment. An intricately constructed plot and high action lift Charrier’s debut installment in his gripping action thriller series, featuring the endearing pair of Maddie St. Laurent and Aidan O’Callaghan, two strangers who unexpectedly… Read More ›

• GAMBLED DREAMS by Jim Sanderson

  By theprairiesbookreview on July 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Finely crafted, sharp, and gripping… A knockout. Set against the backdrop of West Texas, Sanderson’s intensely sharp latest takes readers on one man’s journey to redemption. Colton Parker, husband and father of two, is content being a bouncer for the… Read More ›