Reviews written by Margie Cortina

I truly wish that I had been able to read Hound Dog True as a child. Linda Urban's writing is sweet and refreshing, heartfelt and insightful - a book for all ages to read, experience and be inspired by. Mattie has one week to adjust before becoming...

I do love my fairy-tale stories and when I come across a retelling of not one fairy-tale, but a few of my favorites all entwined into one book - it is a must read for me! And because of that, I am going to have high expectations for it -...

All middle grade readers will definitely love this new series! Such a fun and quirky book that starts with us meeting our narrator, Derek the Ghost. We get to know a little about Derek and how/why he is a ghost... and then he introduces us to what we...

This book is like no other that I have read - the ability to 'slide' into someone else's mind and see what they are thinking, doing - kind of like 'walking in someone else's shoes' - is a brilliant story-line. Within the first few pages, we are...

A forbidden secret library. Adventure. A love triangle. Suspense. The quest to find the ingredients to the elixir of life... What an amazing prequel to Mary Shelley's classic, Frankenstein - Victor is your typical 15 year old teen boy, everything seems to be fun and...

Pretty Amy was not what I expected - and that is such a good thing! I expected the story to be lighter and fun, and again, I am so happy that I was wrong. Amy's story is not dark, it may be slightly depressing and sad -...

ReVamped is an action packed and intriguing page-turner of a story... a good mix of paranormal and mystery ! The story takes place in 2015, where vampires have already been accepted and live among us. Along with the current human President, there is also a Vampire...

I have to be honest, I had absolutely no idea as to what to expect from Elemental! But this greatly intrigued me... "Just because Ella can burn someone to the ground with her mind doesn't mean she should." For the last 10 years,...

At the very start of the story we get a peek of a couple, where one is trying to stay away from the other and the other is trying just as hard to be with that one... but I'll come back to the first chapter in a bit. ...