by Rea Keech | Feb 28, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Popular Novels, Rea's Reviews, Reviews of Maryland Writers
Immersed in Two Cultures Review by Rea Keech The story is set in England and Greece about five years after the Greek war of independence from the Ottoman Empire. Helena’s Greek mother is dead, and she has been raised as a proper English girl by her English father. But...
by Rea Keech | Feb 7, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Historical Fiction, Rea's Reviews, Reviews of Maryland Writers
Clash of Clans Review by Rea Keech Tribal or clan warfare is still a major type of fighting that goes on in the world today. Campbell Ogilvy at the Battle of Arbroath is a historical novel depicting a feudal rivalry between clans in medieval Scotland. By examining the...
by Rea Keech | Jan 31, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Rea's Reviews, Reviews of Maryland Writers, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Longing for a Lost Faith Review by Rea Keech Mud is a dystopian fantasy apparently inspired by stories of descent into the underworld such as in the Orpheus myths and passages of the Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid, as well as stories of the fall from heaven as in the Old...
by Rea Keech | Jan 27, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Popular Novels, Rea's Reviews, Reviews of Maryland Writers
Passing Review by Rea Keech The cruelty and absurdity of racism in the American South haunts the lives of characters in Sawyer’s novel, which traces a family from the late 19th century through 1970. Hank, whose family lives on the “back side of town,” feels this...
by Rea Keech | Jan 25, 2017 | All Book Reviews, Crime, Rea's Reviews, Reviews of Maryland Writers
More Puzzle Than Mystery Review by Rea Keech True Death, on the surface, is a police investigation story, but it goes beyond that. The internal struggles and conflicts of the main characters become the focus of a story more about love, grief, compassion, and...
