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REVIEW: A Soul for Trouble by Christa McHugh SPFBO PHASE 1 WINNER

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Soul for Trouble by Crista McHugh Publishing Information: Kindle Publisher: Self Published; 7 Feb 2012 ISBN: 9781468158748 Copy: Provided by Author Series: Soulbearer #1 Reviewer: Tyson Synopsis: "When you’re a witch named Trouble, chaos follows. Arden Lesstymine (known to everyone as Trouble) likes attention as much as the next girl, but this is getting ridiculous. When an insane stranger is murdered at the inn where she works, Trouble becomes the next Soulbearer for the disembodied god of chaos, Loku. Yes, it comes with the ability to channel the god’s limitless power, but at the cost of her sanity — literally. Now she has a sexy but cynical knight claiming to be her protector, a prince trying to seduce her to his cause (and his bed), and a snarky chaos god who offers a play-by-play commentary on it all, whether she wants to hear it or not. To make matters worse, a necromancer wants to capture the soul of Loku for his own dark purposes, and the only way he can get it is by killi...

REVIEW: 2015 Reading Review Challenge Parts 4 & 5

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It has been a few months since the challenge was issued by Mark Lawrence and I am finally able to report that I have finished reading all 26 books that were assigned to me. Shortly following this review I will post my favorite read of the challenge and then await part 2 of the challenge where all 10 of the reviewers will submit their favorite book and have the other 9 reviewers read their choice and with luck, proclaim a winner. But before that can happen, I have to let you know about the last books that I read: PART 4 17. Disciple by L. Blankenship The saints favor her, else-wise a peasant girl like Kate Carpenter would never be apprenticed to the kingdom’s master healer. But her patron saint also marks her ready for the duty of tending to a mission that must cross the ice-bound mountains. Their little kingdom faces invasion by a vast empire and desperately needs allies; across the snow-filled pass, through the deathly thin air, is a country that’s held off the empire and may be willi...