![]() The Fourth Tier starts out with Demba, of the city Kaz, under a beautiful sky which really shows the author’s strong suit of visual description. This is a dark fantasy filled with sorrow, conflict, and a vast cast of characters. The work is heavily driven by dialogue, and there is a formalness around it that really gives the feel you are in another world or far away land. Be prepared to look both death and undeath in its face as these characters face the underworld head on. The underworld holds many secrets that the characters must uncover. The tasks are not for the faint of heart. We at NeoLeaf Press give this book our Silver Recommendation and rate it 4 out of 5 stars. To purchase this novel you can go HERE
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![]() Faith is set in the near futuristic 2042 in a world of competing AI’s and advanced tech. Timothy Bult starts the reader out with Kenner Ford and don’t forget Cortana, a fun spitfire of an AI which Bult put the perfect amount of character into. Bult artfully shows the reader that it’s a near future, while later reaffirming it. Through the story Bult introduces Faith, along with a sprinkling of love and cyber-attacks that will draw you to the edge of you seat. Along with her, there are many other characters that makes up this epic sci-fi, all intricately woven together. Faith has beautiful imagery and is a deep world. Bult writes with a good balance between narrative, description, and dialogue. The story is an epic sci-fi with great story detail and great characters. We at NeoLeaf Press give this book our Gold Recommendation and rate it 5 out of 5 stars. To learn more about the author click HERE
![]() Simon starts you out with a nameless loveless woman that the author portrays through narrative foreshadowing. What you end up with is the result of two different types of predators with entirely different desires. Julia is a man hunter. And she’s willing to go after her prize no matter the danger. Alex Bowman is cool, too good to be true, and the suave type with a dark alternative motive. Despite the warning signs, Julia plays her game to hook this 10/10 man, specifically manipulating everything she can to be around him. She starts to regret her choice when she reveals to Alex that she is in the law program at the University of Montana. His reaction should have been a warning sign, but after some smooth-talking Julia concludes he’s still a man worth perusing. Until the bitter end… Simon weaves the story together with dialogue and narrative focusing on character interaction. Although better setting description and increasing relatability of the characters would benefit the book, Simon does well at portraying two separate people with following their agenda’s and weaving a dark and suspenseful tale. We at NeoLeaf Press give this book our Bronze Recommendation and rate it 4 out of 5 stars. To purchase this novel you can go here HERE
![]() Tony Brunal depicts a dangerous and devastated, yet united, after war world. With snowstorms, collapsed cities, and ever-changing weather, the book moves you through the feeling of utter loss to a bright light that there may be hope. This present tense novel is filled with beautiful and moving imagery which gives you goose bumps at times. The beginning starts with a resemblance to a M. Night Shyamalan story line, but quickly moves into what feels like a prequel novel before a grand space adventure. As Time Narrows takes you through the story like a movie, setting great detail, but not getting too close to any one character. There is a dusting of typos and formatting errors, but nothing that takes away from the overall story and quality of the book. As Time Narrows makes you think of what a destroyed world would really be like, and lets you feel the desperate struggles to save humanity. We at NeoLeaf Press give this book our Bronze Recommendation and rate it 4 out of 5 stars. To purchase this novel you can go here HERE
![]() This character study of a man approaching the end of a long life with many regrets but no remorse is at times almost a stream of consciousness novel, other times an elegant soap opera with deep, believable characters. The novella begins on the occasion of his daughter’s wedding day, where Augie is surrounded by the women of his life. Author J.C. Everett uses great emotional imagery to paint strong portraits of these characters; their interactions and smart dialog often turn into adroit fencing matches. Despite this, it does take careful reading in some places to keep sense of the cast of characters. While the author often makes excellent use of the five senses in setting scenes, physical locations are never overly established; this is most decidedly a character-driven work. We at NeoLeaf Press give this book our Bronze Recommendation and rate it 4 out of 5 stars. To purchase this novel you can go here HERE
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