Good morning, friends! I recently had the opportunity to read and review a book with my mom and brother. It’s pretty rare all three of us read the same book, so it was pretty fun. We read The Eighth Ransom by Given Hoffman. Here’s the synopsis from Goodreads: Trent Soris is an artist with a chip on his shoulder, and Ashley Rye is what Trent would describe as an annoying religious kid. When they’re kidnapped with six others from across the U.S., they have nothing in common but their enemy. To survive, all eight of them will have to depend on each other. By working together, they just might prevent…

As promised in this post, here is my review of Dare, the first book in Tricia Mingerink’s “Blades of Acktar” series!     It was supposed to be a routine mission. Leith Torren was not supposed to be wounded or alone in a blizzard. Desperate for aid, he stumbles upon the home of the family he once helped to destroy. When Renna and Brandi find a wounded Blade on their doorstep, the two sisters are faced with a dilemma—if he discovers their faith or ties to the Resistance, they’re as good as dead, but if they don’t help him, he will die. Against her better judgement, Renna tends to the…

  Birdie has lived all her life as a servant at the Sylvan Swan. Life is drudgery working for Madame who accuses her of being crazy, delusional, and worthless. The only bright spot in her life is a visit from the traveling peddler Amos, her only true friend. But when a dark soldier kidnaps her, she’s thrown into a conflict greater than she ever imagined. And the conflict is over her and the mysterious Song only she can hear. They call her Songkeeper. This is her story. Storyline There were a few times I was confused on what was happening. And a couple times when I was a bit bored. But the…