jbronderbookreviews

The Policewoman by Justin Roberts

Narcoterrorism wreaks havoc on the world as drug cartels operate as dominating, murderous dictatorships. The powerful Irish Drug Cartel has set up drug manufacturing plants around the world and they will kill anyone who gets in their way. Sarah is an ambitious policewoman from an antiterrorist unit. She’s also smart, beautiful, and extremely good at her job, which is why she is assigned to an Interpol Incident Response Team in Manchester, set up to find and stop The Cartel. Alongside colleagues from the United Kingdom’s SAS, she must quickly learn new Close Quarters Battle tactics and apply them to a vengeful and threatening battlefield. Sarah’s investigation appears to be going well until the fight turns personal. She must now struggle to save her friends, family, and even herself. Spanning the globe with a keen knowledge of special forces tactics and some genuinely shocking twists, this book warns of a bloody, drug-addled future we may soon face.

Amazon     Barnes and Noble     Goodreads

Author’s Bio

Justin W.M. Roberts was born in London, son of a British Army General, and grew up in Hong Kong, Germany, and England. After graduating from Hull university with a degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Psychology, he continued traveling and living Europe, Africa, and Asia.

He currently lives in Indonesia where he is an analyst of political affairs and an active promoter of secular humanism.

Authors of military thrillers are welcome to PM him for book reviews.

Website     Facebook     Twitter

My Review

5 stars

Sarah Michelle Dharmawan works in the special forces in Indonesia. Because of her training and experiences she is asked to help out a special Interpol team that is looking into an Irish drug cartel that is setting up in Ireland, England, and Indonesia. It seems the cartel is filled with former British military that are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the cartel running. Sarah is about to have a crash course training with her new team to be able to fight the cartel people. But at the same time she has found someone that she cares for in Michael. But this is not really an environment to start a relationship in.

I loved all of the training and fighting in this book. You can tell that Justin Roberts has some real life training. I just love books and movies with realistic action. Truth be told, my all-time favorite part of the book was when Sarah meets everyone and they are going to issue her a weapon and she shows that she brought her own. YEAH! A woman after my own heart.

This is a great story that will keep you on your toes. It doesn’t spare details which just makes it so much more believable and realistic. I admit that the first part of the book dragged a little for me as we got to know everyone and got the setting built. After that things start flying and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough or wait to finish at another time.

This is a great story and one that I recommend reading. It’s a great read and an amazing debut. Justin Roberts is an author to keep an eye on.

I received The Policewoman from the author for free. This has in no way influenced my opinion of this book.

Read Full Post »

Pearls of Daily Life – Short Stories and Poems on Self-Discovery by Antonia Loschner

In the hurly-burly of daily life, all too often, the Self happens to get lost. However, with its overall knowledge of our needs and strengths, it would by far be the best personal advisor we can have. This collection of short stories and poems invites a journey of discovery. Diverse but amicable characters are experiencing the joy of rediscovering their Self in manifold situations of everyday life. A pocket book for small breaks in-between: to explore, reflect, dream, chuckle and relax.

Amazon     Barnes and Noble     Goodreads

Author’s Bio

Hello!

I am a socio-cultural anthropologist and certified mediator working as an international life and career coach for life transitions. Since I know from my professional and personal experiences that finding one’s Self and considering one’s needs and strengths is the key to a fulfilling and happy life, my fiction and non-fiction writing revolves around those topics. Especially our introvert, intuitive and creative personality aspects are often neglected in a fast-paced, money-oriented world and might like some more involvement. Therefore my Bookshelves present books of people whose works allow us to experience ourselves emotionally or let us understand even better the human mind. I absolutely recommend all those books, always provided that they are read reflectively.

All the best!
Antonia

Website

My Review

5 stars

Our lives are really busy. We rush through home life to get to a hectic work life. Rush to get all of the tasks in work done in a day then rush back home to get food made, the family organized, and prepare for the next day. It’s easy to lose our sense of self in this jumble we call life and it’s easy to let outside events affect us. Even the miscommunication with those we love can throw us for a loop. Things like these make us feel bitter and like there is nothing for us in this life.

But simply making time for ourselves, doing something we enjoy, and sharing with others our passions can make a difference in our lives. This short book is a collection of poems and stories about that. How can we take a moment and change it for the better? How important is something you do or who you spend your time with? What are you willing to do to make yourself or someone else happy?

It’s easy to forget about the little things that mean so much to all of us. This book is a great way to remind ourselves to do something for us, to learn how important it is to take time for ourselves, and how simple things like this make our lives so much easier.

I admit that I’m not really a poetry person. But I really liked how this short book made a point of how important you are and how we need to spend time with ourselves to really enjoy life. This is a great little book and one I strongly recommend reading. It will surprise you.

I received Pearls of Daily Life from the author for free. This has in no way influenced my opinion of this book.

Read Full Post »