The Wayward Reader

Book reviews

No One Can Hear You Scream by A.B. Whelan

I received this book from the author for an honest review. If you like scary, creepy, and psychologically twisted – boy have I got a book for you! A word of warning – don’t read it late at night when every noise will make you jump. This twisted tale begins with an author named Alex […]

The Mad Girl by Andrew Colvin

I received this book from BookTasters and the author for my honest review. Trigger Warning! This book has many triggers. Life has not been kind to Cee. Her father was abusive – physically and emotionally. Her father and her brother were killed in a car accident, leaving only Cee and her mother. Cee’s mother is […]

My Gypsy War Diary by Shawn D. Brink

I received this book from the author requesting an honest review. Norfolk, Nebraska was a small midwestern town much like other small towns in the mid to late ’70’s, but most of those other towns don’t have a nefarious gang of gypsies skulking around. He had moved to Nebraska from Clovis, New Mexico. As an […]

She Seduced Me by Mark Tedesco

I received this book in exchange for an honest review from the author. Mark Tedesco loves Rome. He REALLY loves Rome. When you read this book you will find yourself loving Rome too. Mr. Tedesco’s first exposure to Rome was as a seminarian. He was a young nineteen year old in one of the most […]

Pets For Legion by Shawn David Brink

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. Sasha James is struggling. She’s newly divorced, newly relocated, and friendless, living in a small town in Iowa. While at the school where she works as a paraprofessional, an unusual scene develops outside. A man in a hoodie is chasing one of […]

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley. Byron and Benny’s mother has passed away. Benny makes her way back to her hometown after many years away. She is nervous, remembering why she left. Benny carefully and calmly came out to her parents and anticipated their support. love, and understanding. They did not respond […]

The LMF Files (Books 1 & 2) by Malcolm Havard

I received both books from the author as part of my BookTasters reviews. This series is about WWII airmen in England and the struggles they endured during the war. At the time of the books, England has been fighting the Nazis and their resources are dwindling. The pilots are making dangerous nighttime bombing runs. On […]

Her Perfect Life by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Cassie Atwood went away to college at Berwick when she was eighteen. Before her first semester ended, she had disappeared. The exhaustive search for her ended without any results. Her younger sister Lily grew up with the specter of Cassie. Would she ever be found? Lily Atwood became a television journalist with three Emmys and […]

Gilded Summers by Donna Russo Morin

I won this book in a giveaway by the Facebook site Paper Lantern Writers. Being a true book nerd, when I saw the book was inscribed by the author, I was so thrilled! It’s the little things in life, really. In 1895, high society began escaping the summer heat by heading to Newport, Rhode Island. […]

The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman

I purchased this book myself after seeing so many rave reviews. I can honestly say that the reviews were correct – what an amazing story!! I just can’t bring myself to give it away so go out and get this one! Pia Lange was German and many Americans didn’t like Germans. Her father moved her […]