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The Republic of Plato: Book One: Views On Justice

 Well written book

My review

"The Republic of Plato: Book One: Views On Justice" by G. McLaughlin
is an enlightening and thought-provoking read. It successfully bridges
the gap between ancient philosophical discourse and contemporary
relevance, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in the
timeless question of what constitutes justice.

I would recommend this book to anyone who really is interested in
philosophy. 

Without a doubt I give a 4 star rating (more due to my own lack of 
interest in philosophy).

Booktasters

I want to thank booktasters and the author as well for providing me
a free copy, in return for my honest review, which I did!

Source picture: Wikipedia

The Blind Smith (Shadow Guardians)

What a book!

My review

I recently read The Blind Smith Shadow Guardians, written by G. Russell Gaynor and I 
must say, I really enjoyed it.

The story, the characters and the suspense were all great. I also liked the cover picture as
well.

So without any doubt, I would recommend this book to anyone who like fantastic
fantasy stories.

I give a 5 star rating!

Booktasters

I really want to thank Booktasters and the author as well for providing me a free
copy, in return for my honest review, which I did.

Source picture: Book Cover

Saint Bloodbath

 A page turner

My review

Saint Bloodbath by Frederick Douglass Reynolds is a true crime book,
which kept my attention from the beginning till the end. I wanted to 
know how things would turn out.

Reynolds's writing is vivid and suspenseful, and he does a masterful job
of recreating the crime scenes and the investigation that followed.

I highly recommend Saint Bloodbath to anyone interested in true crime,
social justice, or the human condition. It is a well-written and thought-provoking
book that will stay with you long after you finish reading it.

Without any doubt I give a 5 star for this book. 

The book

Saint Bloodbath was published on May 4th. 2023. It has 375 pages.

The author

👉 To know more about the author Frederick Douglass Reynolds check
his page on this link. 

Booktasters

📚✎ I want to thank Booktasters for providing me a free copy in return
of my honest review, which I did. Thank you! 

My Queen, My love: A Novel of Henrietta Maria

Captivating novel

My review

Due to my interest for royal history, I was very keen to read "My Queen,
My Love: A Novel of Henrietta Maria" written by Elena Maria Vidal. 

The book didn't let me down, it captivated me from the beginning
to the end, although I knew how the story continued...

The author wrote this book very well and she painted a perfect picture 
from the 17th. century. It was very nice to read.

So without no doubt, I recommend this book to all royal history lovers.
I hope to read more books written by Elena Maria Vidal.

I'm very pleased to give a 5 star rating for this captivating novel.

Booktasters

As always, I want to thank Booktasters for receiving a free copy in return
for my honest review, which I did. 

Benghazi

 "Fantastic historical novel"

My review

Benghazi written by Salah El Moncef is a fantastic historical novel and 
wonderful to read. 

The book is beautifully written and evocatively captures the sights, sounds,
and smells of Benghazi during this time. El Moncef does an excellent job
of bringing the characters to life, and the main character Mariam Khaldoon
is a particularly memorable and sympathetic protagonist.

A few thoughts on this book:

* The characters are well-developed and believable

* The book offers a unique perspective 

* Benghazi is a powerful and moving novel that will stay with you
long after you finish reading it.

Therefore, I recommend the book highly for everyone who is interested in
history and who wants to read a fantastic novel!

Without any doubts I give a 5 star rating!

The book

Benghazi is a wonderful novel written by Salah El Moncef and published
On October 16th. 2022.

Booktasters

Of course I want to thank booktasters and the author for providing me a free
copy in return of my honest review, which of course, I did. Thank you! 

ECOrenaissance

ECOrenaissance: A Lifestyle Guide for
Cocreating a Stylish,
Sexy, and Sustainable World

A very inspiring book

ECOrenaissance is a lifestyle guide that explores the intersection of
sustainability and style. Zaroff argues that it is possible to live a more
sustainable life without sacrificing our sense of style or luxury.
She provides a wealth of information on eco-friendly products
and services, as well as tips on how to make sustainable choices
in every area of our lives.

ECOrenaissance is a well-written and informative book that provides
a comprehensive overview of sustainable living. Zaroff's writing is clear
and engaging, and she does a great job of weaving together personal
stories, expert insights, and practical advice. The book is also
beautifully designed, with stunning photographs and illustrations throughout.

Overall, ECOrenaissance is an excellent resource for anyone who is
interested in learning more about sustainable living. It is a well-written,
informative, and inspiring book that will help you make positive changes
in your own life.

However,some of the things she writes about my not be available
in all areas.

Overall, ECOrenaissance is a great book for anyone who is interested in
learning more about sustainable living. It is well-written, informative,
and inspiring, and it will help you make positive changes in your own life.

That's why I give a 4 star rating for this book. 

Booktasters

I want to thank Booktasters and the author, Marci Zaroff as well for 
providing me a free copy in return of my honest review, which I did. 

A Thing With Feathers

 A great debut novel

Written by J.John Nordstrom

My review

A Thing With Feathers is a fantastic story, very well written with lots
of humour, suspense, drama, fear and passion.

The characters are developed well and I enjoyed the interaction
between the characters. 

I also liked the writing style as well as the story on itself.

To conclude: A Thing With Feathers is a must read and I hope there
will be a sequel soon.

Without no doubts, I give a 5 star rating!

The author

To know more about the author, check his page on this link. 

Booktasters

I really want to thank Booktasters, for providing me a free copy in return
of my honest review, which I did. 

Tangle of Choices: An Intriguing Continuation of the Neglected Merge Trilogy

Author: Eve Koguce

Rating: ★★★★★  (5/5)

A wonderful fantasy story! 

My review

Amazing world

One of the most notable aspects of Tangle of Choices is Koguce's
exceptional world-building. With vivid descriptions and meticulous
attention to detail, the author paints a vibrant tapestry of fantastical
realms, each with its own unique attributes and complexities.I
enjoyed being in those other world very much! 

The characters

The author explores the intricate dynamics between characters,
delving into their relationships and internal struggles. This
attention to character development adds a layer of realism and
relatability, making the reader invested in their fates.

Intrigue

The plot of Tangle of Choices is a masterful blend of adventure,
suspense, and political intrigue.

Writing style

Koguce's writing style is elegant and immersive, capturing the
essence of the magical elements within the story. 

Conclusion

To conclude, Tangle of Choices is a satisfying continuation of the
Neglected Merge trilogy, offering a seamless blend of fantasy,
adventure, and emotional depth. It's a must read for everyone who
likes fantasy. 

Without any doubt I want to give a 5* rating.

Booktasters

I want to thank Booktasters and the author, Eve Koguce for providing
me a free copy in return of my honest review wich I did. Thank you! 

WOAD

 A beautiful novel

My review

What a beautiful novel! I really enjoyed reading WOAD because it was more
a fairy tale than a fantasy novel. I also liked the detailed way of the story. 
The writing style was very fluent and pleasant for reading. It contained parts
of mythology which I absolutely adore. Therefore I give a recommendation
and a 5 star rating!

The book

Publisher‏ : ‎ Montag Press (12 November 2022)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 254 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1957010207

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1957010205

The author

WOAD is beautifully written by James Isaac.

Booktasters

I want to thank Booktasters and the author as well for providing me a free
copy in return of my honest review, which I did. 

Two: One Destined to Addiction the Other to be Free

 A good read

My review

Due to the interesting topic, addiction, I wanted to read this book very detailed.

Meanwhile I had lots of emotions: sadness and joy because of the two different
stories. I missed a bit of the depth of the book, on the other hand I liked
the simplicity. 

I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the topic.

It was a bit difficult to rate this book well, so in doubt between 4 and 5 stars,
I chose the highest rating, which is 5 stars.

The Book

Published by Sandriam Publications Inc.; 1e edition on 17th March 2019.

The book contains 124 pages.

Written by Alexander T. Polgar

Booktasters

I want to thank booktasters for providing me a free copy in return of my honest
review, which I did. 

Surfing the Unknown

 A nice read!

My review

I enjoyed reading Surfing the Unknown due to the writing style, the story and 
the character. 

I recommend this book to all who want to read about the journey in life and the
search for happiness.

With lots of pleasure I give a 4 star rating for this book! 

Surfing the Unknown

Surfing the Unknown is published on December 9th. 2022. It contains 218 pages.

It was written by Dodzi Amemado. 

Booktasters

Thank you very much Booktasters and the author for providing me a free copy,
in return of my honest review, which I did. 

Finding purpose and meaning

Finding Purpose and Meaning:
Sally Survives Her Brief, Nasty Dance with Psychiatry

Interesting but difficult book

My review

To be honest, I haven't read the other part of the series, so it was
difficult to come into the book.

I read it twice because it was very interesting, and I wanted to 
understand the context.

I think this book could be compelling for everyone who likes to
know more about psychiatry.

It's a bit difficult to give "Finding Purpose and Meaning:

Sally Survives Her Brief, Nasty Dance with Psychiatry" a proper
rating. However due to the interesting story, I give a 4 star rating.

Booktasters

I want to thank booktasters for providing me a free copy in 
return for an honest review, which I did. 

About a book

  a special book

My Review

It's a special and wonderful tale about the search for true love. It's written in short
verses and in clear chapters and the story intrigued me a lot.

I would recommend this to all who want to read about the search for love in verse
form. 

That's why I want to give a 4 star rating for this special book.

The Author

Isaac Ainsworth was born on December 21 of 1985. He holds an engineering degree
and is currently employed by a utility company. He is a man of many talents and
has discovered his writing potential very early in his life. He is an author of a
number of unpublished books (novels, short stories, etc).

Booktasters

Thank you very much Booktasters for providing me a free copy in return of my 
honest review. Thank you for this wonderful and special reading. 

Bookreview: Masked Intent: A Modern-Day Morality Play

Wonderful read

Summary

Set in the not-so-distant future, Masked Intent follows the new, shaky romance
between a divorced mom with three sons and a younger college professor. When
ghosts from their pasts reappear, they come face-to-face with the emotional
wreckage that was locked down and lay dormant inside them both for years.
As it turns out, the ghosts aren't the biggest threats to their budding love. It's
the lies they've lived and accepted for themselves as truth that have
the potential to break them apart.

Told through a series of seemingly disconnected vignettes narrated by Truth
personified, Masked Intent examines our relationship with the truth and each
other in a world where honesty and authenticity take back seat to the
power of influence.

My review

A different story which took my attention immediately and it really was a
wonderful read.

The characters were all developed well, however I'm not sure in what
kind of category this book fell.

I would recommend this book to all who like to read well developed,
fiction plays with interesting characters.

I give a 5 star rating for this wonderful read.

The author

From narrating school plays to writing melodramatic short stories,
Kim Greer has always enjoyed telling stories that entertain and enlighten.
As a fiction writer, she imagines thoughtful but flawed characters who engage
and enrage readers in her stories that celebrate love, mourn societal discord,
examine relationships, and prompt us to take a closer look at ourselves.

Kim’s passion for connecting audiences with a good read has bled into all facets
of her life. A journalist by training, she earned her BA in English Language and
Literature from the University of Virginia and an MS in Journalism from
Columbia University.

For nearly three decades, she’s helped corporations, nonprofits, and others tell
their stories and build their brands. Kim lives in northern Virginia with her
fabulous husband of 26 years, the youngest of their three sons, her 91-year-old
father, and their Rottweiler, Oba.

Booktasters

Of course I want to thank booktasters and the author as well for providing me a free
copy in return of my honest review. 

Bookreview: Bubba the Bee

 Amazing children's story

My Review

What an amazing story. Not only for children but adults can learn something from
Bubba the Bee too.

I enjoyed the story very much, as well as the wonderful layout. That's why I want
to recommend this book to all parents and grandparents to read this for your (grand)
children.

Of course, I give a 5 star rating for Bubba the Bee.

The book

Bubba the Bee contains 30 pages and it was published on 20 May 2021
(Independent publisher).

Booktasters

I want to thank Booktasters and the author as well for giving me this splendid 
reading chance. Thank you very much! 

Living in Joyful Resilience: A Roadmap for Navigating Life’s Ups and Downs

 Well worth reading

Summary

The book is a Call-to-Action blueprint for creating recurring joy and stronger
resilience in your life. It provides thought-provoking research into the difference
between being merely resilient and being joyfully resilient. Drawing from psychology,
education and neuroscience, the book explains how joyfulness contributes to the
responses that enable us to bounce back from adversity, thriving not just surviving.
Included are resilience stories from the author and ten contributors that will resonate
with your own life and inspire you.

My review

I really enjoyed this book. You feel the passion of the author in the way she tells.
It also was well worth reading from the beginning till the end. 

It's good to see things written down from another point of view than yours. So I
absolutely want to recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the 
psychology of habits (and changing habits).

Of course I give with lots of pleasures a 5 star rating, and I hope the author will
write some more books about this topic because she's really passionate about it.

The author

Kate Olson is an NLP & Reiki Practitioner & Trainer, Life Coach, Hypnotherapist,
Author, Speaker and Radio Host. She offers online courses, retreats and events,
as well as, her coaching. Kate likes to call herself a “Change Adventure Navigator”,
because she loves guiding clients through obstacles and adversity to find their path,
purpose and peace. With a background in psychology, she chose to become a life
coach and hypnotherapist in 2015, pursuing certifications in other modalities to
best serve her clients. A Washington native, she currently resides in
Southern Arizona. Her love of books began in grade school and remains a
passion that feeds her soul. Pursuing her passions is a priority in her life and
she loves traveling, exploring and new adventures. Creativity is a must and
she tries to nurture it in herself and, others. 

Booktasters

I want to thank Booktasters and the author as well for this splendid reading chance

in return for my honest review, which I have done. 

Bookreview: Realm of Kings: Flaming Deception

 A beautiful mix of Romance and Fantasy

Summary

In this series open, DT or Daniel Tyler finds out that his powers are one of
many that his friends possess. They all meet up, and are called to save
the Realm of Kings. 

From there, they are tasked to find the items, and DT's item is first on the
docet. He may have been chosen as the leader, but in this kind of world and
situation, he doesn't really like the title. Will he accept the title of leader,
will they successfully complete the first of many missions, or will tragedy
strike, will the enemy win to start? What will happen when the Flame
Elementalist DT goes after his item first?

My review

The combination of romance and fantasy in this book works very well. It's
beautifully written and the characters are deepened out. I also liked the cover
very much.

I would recommend this amazing book to romance readers and fantasy readers
as well and this made the book special.

I give with lots of pleasure a 5 star rating for this wonderful book.

The Book

The paperback version of this book was published on 31 July 2021.

Booktasters

Thank you very much Booktasters and the author as well for giving me such a 
fantastic reading chance! 

Bookreview: Tionsphere

Intriguing! 

Summary

For a million years, the human population was less than 26,000 people.
By the year 2060, ten billion individuals crowded the planet.

As humanity faced its greatest challenge, two global corporations merge to
deliver a radical solution: the construction of concentric spheres encircling the
world. For almost a thousand years, the new world was astonishingly empty,
but as the tionsphere approaches capacity, its universal processing service starts
to fail, threatening the lives of the obsessively-connected people.

Caitlyn and her small team of contract theorists accept the impossible task of
understanding why. They discover individuals who seemingly pre-date the
tionsphere, including one who plans to destroy everything within Tion’s spheres.
Pazel is intent on killing thousands of billions of people to preserve an elite
population tailored to his own desires.

Set on an immense scale, Tionsphere follows ordinary workers surviving in a
world overflowing with people distracted by their technology and threatened
by a life without it.

My Review

This heavy book takes the reader into the future and especially the overpopulation.

The author introduces you to several main characters. The story really intrigued me
and I couldn't decide whether it was a thriller or a science fictions story.

Overall I enjoyed this book very much and I would recommend it to readers who
are interested in the future.

I give this with lots of pleasure a 5 star rating! 

The author

J.C. Gemmell was born in Falkirk, Scotland, and received his B.A. in
Computer Studies and a Master’s Degree in Applied Science from the
University of Portsmouth, UK. Before turning to science fiction, he
worked as a software engineer for a number of multinational organisations.
He lives with his partner on the south coast of England.

Tionsphere and The Uprisers are the first novels in the Tion series,
and will be followed by Demiurge in 2022. His series is accompanied by
The Visionary, which is available free at online stores.

Visit J.C. online at www.jcgemmell.com 

Booktasters

A big thank you for Booktasters and the author as well for providing me a free
copy, in return for my honest review. Thank you very much for this amazing
reading chance! 

Bookreview: Ela Green and the Kingdom of Abud.

 A good adventure story

Summary

Ela Green and the Kingdom of Abud is book one of a trilogy and introduces
Ela Green, a fourteen-year-old girl. Her first adventure reveals the mysterious
bond she shares with Mother Nature and her encounter with Yggdrasil,
the wise-tree, charting her own self-discovery along the way. 

With the help of her best friend, Jo, and her loving Uncle Archibald, who
unwillingly has to lay bare an unbelievable secret, Ela summons all her courage
to face the many dangers along the road.

The adventure starts in the present day at Waldegg Boarding School on the
shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. As Mrs. Green drives her daughter back
after the summer holidays, Ela has no idea that the discovery of an ancient bracelet
and a scroll she found in an antique desk will change her life forever.

The formidable school is the connecting link in an adventure that will time-travel
the reader through continents and centuries in search of the mysterious kingdom
and the magical Book of Name, the most powerful manuscript ever written...

And for a prophecy that must be fulfilled...

My Review

My expectations of this book started very high due to the amazing, beautiful book
cover and the story as well. However, it was written a bit too chaotic.

The main character took the readers with her on her trip to the Kingdom of 
Abud. The trip is full of adventures. The writing style is chaotic, but well detailed
and clear. 

I'm very happy, I started reading the first book of the trilogy for once and I hope
there will follow more books of this author.

I would recommend Ela Green and the Kingdom of Abud to all who like to read
fantasy & adventures stories.

I want to give a 4 star rating for this wonderful, chaotic story. 

The author

Sylvia Greif is a Swiss writer and animal advocate. In 2014 she released a children's
book, Lester's Planet. Ela Green and The Kingdom of Abud is her first novel in a trilogy.

A real nature lover, she is at her happiest in the great outdoors, playing sports.
Sylvia enjoys skiing, swimming, horseback riding, athletics and hiking.
She recently walked part of the Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela.

Always up for a physical or a creative challenge, she hopes to climb
Mount Kilimanjaro in the near future.

Her passion for the environment and wildlife started when she was a child.
She grew up surrounded by pets and since a young age, animals have shaped
her more than people. As an animal advocate she works alongside non-profit
organisations to protect animal rights and fight animal cruelty.

Sylvia has three dogs, Bv, Shea and Lola.

Her other passion alongside writing is music and travelling. She has globe-trotted
around the world and is fluent in five languages.

For Sylvia, moments of inspiration are often found in unexpected places.
Her best writing happens on board a train but also from her home. Sylvia is
an early morning writer. She likes to take advantage of the first hours of the
day when she feels the most creative, surrounded by her three dogs.
She finds it to be a fruitful work environment when, as if by magic, a crazy
idea turns into the right turn of phrase. It allows her to get an amount of
uninterrupted writing done, a beautiful antidote to life's stresses.

Booktasters

I received a free copy via Booktasters in return for my honest review. Although I
gave a 4 star rating, I'm curious enough to follow Ela's adventures and character.
Thank you very much for this wonderful reading chance! 

Publication

The book is a Paperback and it contains 237 pages. It is published on July 29, 2021.