A Book Review: Lisa Olsen’s, The Touch

 

  Genre: Paranormal

 

 

 

The Book Blurb:

Lexi Morgan has always had The Touch; the ability to pick up an object and 'see' its past. Doomed to wearing protective gloves at all times, she learned to accept it as equal parts gift and curse. When her brother in law Neil disappears, she'd rather tell her sister to celebrate than try to help find the jerk. But after her young niece vanishes as well, it's time to put her gift to good use and help track her down, especially when handsome Detective Gabriel Ryan takes over the case. When the investigation leads them to the restless spirits of long dead children, they must work together to keep history from repeating itself before it's too late.

Shelly’s Review:

There wasn’t anything I disliked about this book. Ms. Olsen’s talent for telling this story from page one hooked me right away. Her main character, Lexi, is quirky and self-confidant but also vulnerable and shows insecurities with intimacy. Something we all struggle with at times.

Alli is Lexi’s sister, prim and proper. She lives in denial over her husband, Neil’s, cheating ways. To the outside world, everything looks rosy but the story opens with her husband missing.

Choe is Lexi’s niece. Sometime after Neil’s disappearance, she confides in her aunt about ghosts in her house and her mother’s strange behavior. Not long after her dad’s disappearance, she goes missing, too.

Gabriel is the detective assigned to the case, an old boyfriend to Alli from high school. Out of curiosity, he takes a quick liking to Lexi despite her qift and purple-streaked hair. The relationship between the two are good chemistry-a tug of war so to speak- even though there’s a crime to solve, possibilities of a romance are brewing.

Paul is one of Lexi’s housemates. He’s got the hots for her, too, and has known her a lot longer than Gabriel. The chemistry’s not so bad here either. It keeps you wondering who she will end up with in the end.

There are other characters to add to this intoxicating brew but I’ll let you find out for yourselves. More than likely, Ms. Olsen will have you wondering about Alli’s strange behavior and what do the ghost have to do with anything. Even the house gives you a deep-down-creepy feeling.

You can find her book on Amazon.com. It’s now in paperback for 9.99 and on Kindle for 3.99.

Shelly gives this book Twenty-five shiny stars. Like I always say, why give five when you can give more.

Also, I reading her book, Angle of Mercy. I’m half way through and tickle me timbers…that’s all I’ll say for now.

Happy blogging, reading, and writing!

Shelly

The KaKa of Life and Other Things

The kaka of life keeps pooling around my feet. It’s getting smelly in here. The LOOSER and daughter saga continues. Hopefully, I’ll be able to post this later this evening. If not, this will get posted sometime this week.

Right now, I need to give a big thank you to Laila Knight @ Untroubled Kingdom of Laila Knight. She gave me another Liebster Award. I guess that means I have two now. Anyway, thank you. All of you should go visit her. Really. I think she’s my soul sister or something. She’ll talk about anything-I mean write. The sister of TMI as Eve @ The Desert Rocks would say.

 

Next, I wanted to share a really cool blog post from Jolene Perry. It was one she posted last week and it touched my heart, making me think about how I should consider my WIPS when editing. Check it out @ Been Writing.

BOOK REVIEWS

        The Dream Spell, by Emma Daniels

What I didn’t like. The sense of direction. When I first popped it open on my Kindle, it went to a Prologue. It revealed some unnamed chick who found a book. A book of spells. The next several chapters, two strangers are doing the wild nasty in their dreams but with each other. I hope I haven’t lost anyone because I was in a total state of confusion and also freaking out over the chitty-chitty-bang-bang part. OMG. ****flushing***

What I did like. Despite the confusion, I loved the premise. Two strangers meet in each others’ dreams (Sophie and Victor), have amazing sex, and then meet each other at work. OMG. They end up dating and fall in love. One catch though, she gets pregnant or is already so when they meet. Who is the mystery biological donor? I asked this while reading it because in her back story she was married and couldn’t conceive. Not to mention, she hadn’t been dating anyone. So what does Victor do? The lump breaks it off with her. But will their relationship end there? Buy the book. It’s 3.99 to download it on your Kindle or whatever e-reader you own

Twist. Unknown to them a spell had been cast but it wasn’t meant for the two of them. Like I said, buy the book to find out.

Shelly gives it fifteen shiny stars for the premise and the sense of humor. I hope the next start of her book I read doesn’t make feel like I got spun around in a blender with my eyes covered only to be dumped out onto the floor in a strange place. I’ve got no sense of direction when that happens. Beats me where the hell north, south, east, and west are, or for that matter where it went.

 What I’m reading now….oooooo soooo gooood a booook…..

     The Touch, by Lisa Olsen (Indie Author)

OMG. If my life could only be smooth as butter crème frosting right now, it would’ve been totally read by now. I’m at 80 % finished with it per my Kindle.

Quirky main character, Lexie, a touch psychic finds herself in the middle of a mystery surrounding the death of her brother-in-law and missing niece. Are ghosts involved? Are they responsible? Or is it someone close and unexpected to her?

I can hardly wait to find out and do the review.

That’s all for now folks!

Have a great week blogging, reading, and writing!

Shelly

PS I’m posting this sooner than I thought.