Serafina and the Psycho Sous-Chef (Serafina's, #4) by Marie Treanor

If you like the other books in the Serafina series, you will enjoy this one as well. This book features Linnie, who has no memory past a month before who is living in a house that is being investigated by Serafina's because it is haunted and when Sera discovers during the investigation that Linnie is also linked to a missing child case that she is working on and learns that her vampire friend Phil recently rescued Linnie from some unscrupulous men, having recognized her from seeing her photo in a mysterious lab where he was brought when he was kidnapped, the mystery is only beginning. Toss in a psycho Sous-Chef, who I imagine will be featured in the next book in the series along with a torrid and unusual romance between Linnie and Phil and a few glimpses of the mysterious founder and you have another fantastic book in this funny and sexy mystery series. I received this book free to review from Netgalley.

Mind Games (Mindjack Origins #1) by Susan Kaye Quinn

This is a very, very, very short story. In fact, that sentence was almost longer than the story. I really don't think it is worth paying for. It is like a short chapter in a book. If you like the Mindjack series, you will enjoy this short story about Raf and how he has had a crush on Kira for a long time. But it is a very short "story". I received this book free to review from Netgalley.                  

The Darkling by R.B. Chesterton

This is a classic scary horror story like people would tell around the campfire. Twenty one year old Mimi is a governess for a wealthy family and things are going well until the family takes in Annie, a 16 year old orphan with amnesia. Shortly after her arrival, the family's own 16 year old daughter, Margo, disappears. Mimi sees a strange creature and finds claw marks and is convinced that Annie is evil and is behind all of the bad things that begin happening once she arrives. I did not really like Mimi's character very much. I received this book free to review from Netgalley.

City of the Sun by Juliana Maio

Set in Cairo in 1941, this is a historical romance war novel. The romance blooms between Maya and Mickey, who are both hiding the truth about their identities for different reasons. Maya is a Jewish refugee who is trying to get to Palestine with her father and her brother. Mickey is an American journalist who is hired as a spy to find a Jewish scientist and while his job starts out interesting, it later becomes dangerous and deadly. To me, the book started out really slow and I had a hard time getting into it. I did find the historical facts about Egypt during that time period interesting and I enjoyed the romance. I received this book free to review from Netgalley.

Wednesdays in the Tower (Castle Glower #2) by Jessica Day George

I would have given this book 5 stars, because it is a great book, but it is a short book that ends with a cliffhanger. I do not like that. It would be better to just write the whole thing as one book than to end a book like that. Really annoying.
So, in this book, Princess Celie is entrusted with an egg by the castle which prevents others from knowing about it. When it hatches into a griffen, which Celie cares for, the castle hides it as well from most people. As Celie and her brother Bran and their friend Pogue try to figure out what griffens have to do with the castle, the mystery unfolds and they try to avoid the evil seeming magician Arkwright. Lovely book, great story, ends in dreadful cliffhanger.

The Book of Maggie Bradstreet by Gretchen Gibbs

This is a well written historical novel set near Salem during the witch trials. Based on truth, this fiction story tells the tale of 13 year old Maggie Bradstreet, who tells her story of her life during the infamous witch trials. The story is riveting and I could not put it down. I received this book free to review from Netgalley.

Everyone Prays: Celebrating Faith Around the World by Alexis York Lumbard ( Author), Alireza Sadeghian (Illustrator)

This is a nice, inclusive book about religion for young children.  It shows people who participate in a wide variety of religions praying from Jews, Christians and Muslims, to Buddhists, Maasai, and Native Americans.  I like that the book is very multi-cultural and accepting of all religions, but, by stating that "everyone" prays, it leaves out the children who are raised in households that do not pray.  It might be more inclusive if it said something like many people pray.