The Urban Boys

The Urban Boys-Discovery of the Five Senses

By K.N. Smith

Narrator:-Glenn Steinbaum

Audiobook Length:-8 hours and 10 minutes

Genre:-Young Adult Action-Adventure, Young Adult Thriller. Urban Fantasy, Mystery/Thriller

Rated:-PG

Blurb:-A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve heightens the senses of five friends. Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become super-gifts that forever change the world. But furious battles confront the boys as they try to understand their sensory super powers in a race to save mankind. With light beings and mysterious strangers complicating their plight, will the boys defeat the evil Druth before it's too late? Get prepared for the twisting and grinding of this award-winning, action-adventure story-an edge-of-your-seat narrative for young and mature readers alike.

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My Review:-Not sure what I was expecting, as I was going by what the cover was saying to me, which was adventure, group of friends and something dark, I wasn't wrong. It was all that and a lot more. Five senses, Sight, Sound, Smell, touch and taste a gift five friends find they each have. They live in a small town, Danville with people they love and care about, but a dark force is also there and it's up to them to do what they can to save both mankind and themselves. Will they manage to come together as one and over come the dark force? Nothing is what it seem and there must learn to use they gift. The twists will have to wanting more, but keep your ears and eyes open as there are some you won't see coming. I loved both the plot and the writing style, the author knew what he was doing when they wrote this. I have ordered the book as, I want to read it myself as it always has a different feel from listening to someone reading it to you. Anyone that loves Action, Adventure, Mystery and Thrillers this is a book for you.

The Japan Lights

The Japan Lights

By Iain Maloney

Genre:-Non-fiction Travel Memoir/History/Biography

Pages:-244

Publisher:-Tippermuir Books

Blurb:-In 2017, holed up in a hotel room, feverish, despondent and aimless, Iain Maloney chances upon an article about Richard Henry Brunton, a Victorian civil engineer unknown in his Scottish homeland but considered 'The Father of Japanese Lighthouses' in Japan. With more than twenty of his lighthouses still in use today, Maloney sets out with newfound purpose to visit them all.

 Part travel memoir, part history, The Japan Lights visits isolated regions of rural Japan, discovering compelling stories from its past. Maloney witnesses the lingering trauma of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, and comes to a new understanding of the precariousness of life on a planet that is 71 per cent water. On the way he explores the paradox of Brunton, a flawed human being whose work saved hundreds of thousands of lives and made the seas around Japan safer for all.

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My Review:-Ian Maloney has the job to visit every lighthouse in Japan, built by

 Scotsman Richard Henry Brunton during the modernization period of the Meiji Era in Japan. Ian Maloney travelled with his wife all around Japan for the lighthouses. Maloney wasn't like. His memoir was very much unpublished. I did find this book very interesting, I enjoyed reading about the different places in Japan as well as hearing about Meiji Era. I have family in Japan and I have asked questions about different things, thanks to this book. There is also some humour in this book.

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The Snows of Nissa

The Snows of Nissa

By Isabella Khalidi

Genre:-Steamy Dark Fantasy

Pages:-368

Blurb:-An epic tale of gods, myths, and forbidden romance, filled with intrigue and betrayal, it's perfect for fans of Amanda Bouchet, R.S. Ford, and Carissa Broadbent. An exiled god. A mortal warrior. An eons long curse. After a terrible war that left the Continent decimated, the ancient Three Kingdoms are finally at peace. However, trouble is brewing in the land of the infamous Tyrossian army.

 The princess of a mighty empire goes missing; Duna Damaris is appointed the task of retrieving her. When an imposing figure unexpectedly enters her life, she is thrown into a violent chaos of intrigue, lust, and forbidden truths. He thought he had lived through it all, until she proves him wrong. He is the legendary General. A lethal weapon of the mortal armies of Tyros. No one dress to challenge him, not even the gods themselves. but when he comes face to face with the legion's deadliest warrior, his life is turned upside down. When two worlds collide, nothing will ever be the same again.

 The Snows of Nissa is the first novel in an adult dark fantasy series the Forgotten Kingdom Chronicles and contains strong language, explicit sexual scenes, scenes of violence and death. It is intended for mature audiences only

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My Review:-This is Book One in the 'Forgotten Kingdom Chronicles.' I love how this book starts, if you love romantasy, mythical creatures, ancient legends and a villain, this book is for you. Duna is a strong main character that you can't help but love her. General Cathal is betrothed to Princess Laila. When Princess Leila goes missing, the kingdom of Nissa's army goes on the hunt for her and this includes Duna and Cathal, this isn't going to be as easy as you think. There are twists throughout this story which I loved. There is a bit of spice, but that just adds to the story.

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The Spaces In Between

The Spaces In Between

By Jaspreet Kaur

Genre:-Children's

Age:-4-7

Publisher:-May Clinic Press

Blurb:-Traffic! Road works! Ambulances! Where do you go when the hustle and bustle of the city gets too much? The Spaces In Between weaves between the busy lives of several children who are all seeking secret spaces where they can go to find peace and quiet.

 With themes of anxiety, fear, kindness and joy, join the children over the course of one day, and explore how each of them copes with their emotions. From the warm embrace of a loved one, finding joy by splashing through puddles, and feeling the crunch of autumn leaves on the pavement, this book is full of ideas on how to find calming spaces in the middle of the hubbub.

 Tips and suggestions at the back of the book are full of ideas that are accessible to all children, wherever they are in the world.

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My Review:-There is so much to talk about and that's just the front cover. A lot of people don't see that cover as part of the story, but I feel like this is the start. Each page was bright in colour, along with part of the story. You don't need the words for younger child and there is plenty to talk about and make a story of your own.  My granddaughter read this book to me and we talked about what you can do if you are feeling a bit anxious or find it scary when out and about. Emily my granddaughter has ear defenders that she wears if it's to loud and it's really busy as they help. We found this book really helpful foe her. An easy read book for all ages, Emily is 9-years-old and loved it.

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Orchid Child

Orchid Child

By Victoria Costello

Genre:-Fantasy

Pages:-356

Blurb:-Kate is a neuroscientist who covets logic and order, unless she's sleeping with her married lab director, and then logic goes out the window. So does her orderly life in Manhattan when she's fired over the affair and Kate's mother presses her to accept responsibility for her fifteen-year-old nephew, Teague, an orchid child who hears voices and takes to trees but rarely people.

 To salvage her career, Kate agrees to conduct a study in West Ireland where hostile town folk rebuff her study of their historically high rate of schizophrenia and a local chief Druid identifies Teague's odd perceptions as the gift of second sight, thrusting a bewildered Kate on a trail of madness, magic, and armed rebellion that leads to her own grandparents, who were banished as traitors from the same town.

 When a confrontation with the chief Druid endangers Teague's life, Kate lands at the intersection of ancient Celtic mysticism and 21st century neurodiversity, where the act of witnessing old wounds can heal suffering in both past and present-even hers, if she can accept the limits of science and the power of ancestral ties.

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My Review:-Orchid Child is a book that you really need to read yourself to get the full story. The story has different timelines and stories. We follow a family and the studies of neurodiverse condition Schizophrenia. Katie is a skilled and intelligent lab researcher. Teague is an orchid child, he has the abilities of hearing voices and talking to trees, among other things. There are scientific details which I found very interesting into these studies. The pace is a bit slow, but I do think you need this with a book like this, to help with understanding of the topic.

Out of the Ashes

Out of the Ashes

By Louisa Scarr

Genre:-Thriller

Publisher:-Canelo Crime

Blurb:-When an old friend tells DS Freya West that she's being stalked by someone she met online, Freya promises to help. But there are no leads, and the dating site refuses to give up their data.

 To make matters more complicated, DI Robin Butler is back in town. He's investigating a string of arson attacks that have escalated to murder, and the cases seem to be connected somehow. They're going to need their wits about them... Because this is a killer more devious than any they've hunted before, and he wants to obliterate everything they hold dear.

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My Review:-This is Book Five in  'Butler and West.' This is my first book in 'Butler and West' series. I did enjoy it, but I think if I knew a bit of the story before I would of known more of Rodin Butler and Freya West and what was between them. There is so much I loved about this book, we had murder, stalking, arson and a few twists that might of send them the wrong way. With this being the last book, I'm going to go back to Book One, and then I will understand the back story from the beginning. But what a last book it was.

The Grinning Throat

The Grinning Throat (Book 1 The Mudlark mysteries Series)

By Kate Wiseman

Genre:-Children's Fiction-Age 9 years +

Pages:-256

Publisher:-ZunTold

Blurb:-'My first thought is that it's a pig that someone has lost to the river. Perhaps it fell off one of the barges that choke up the Thames. They're a constant feature, tolling up and down, day and night, giving off black smoke that clings to the water.'

 Joe (15) and Edie (13) are orphans living in Victorian London. Forever worried that they will be sent to the dreaded workhouse, they scratch out a living the best way they can by mudlarking on the foreshore of the River Thames and selling their finds to the nortorious Hempson. One day they discover something macabre, and it will change their lives forever.

 The Grinning Throat is the first in the trilogy of The Mudlark Mysteries.

Written by award winning author, Kate Wiseman, it is historical fiction at its best. Suitable for readers from 9 and upwards.

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My Review:-This is Book One in 'The Mudlark Mystery Series.' Since the death of both their parents,  Joe feels that it's up to him to protect and keep an eye out for Edie as much as he could. They had to make money in what ever way they could, mudlarking in the Thames, London was the best way they knew. Joe finds what at first he thought was a pig, but it wasn't. It was something that was going to change their lives forever. What could this be?

 The book was a fast read, with a few twists that you'll not expect. My granddaughter is 9-years-old and there was a few things I had to explain to her, but a part from that we enjoyed the book.