Review: Into the Dark by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Into the Dark Series: OutFoxing the Paranormal: Book Three Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 227 Pages Category: Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: When all is said and done, Into the Dark delivered something unique. If Cozy Horror isn't a thing, maybe this book just invented it. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →

2024: The Year in Reviews ~ Part I

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” ~ John Green, The Fault in Our Stars Cheers, my fellow readers, and welcome to the list of... Continue Reading →

Review: Avenger of Sins by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Avenger of Sins Series: SPECTR: Book 3.6 Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: JordanLHawk.com Length: 141 Pages Category: Paranormal Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The way Jordan L. Hawk has guided this series through heart-pounding fright and intrigue, then woven that with equally heart-palpitating romance, and then was so damn bold as to... Continue Reading →

Review: Lion’s Tale by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Lion's Tale Series: The Pride: Book Two Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 242 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Historical Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Found family and deep, abiding love is something Jordan L. Hawk does so brilliantly. It's a feature of his storytelling that never runs out of ways to... Continue Reading →

Review: Fever by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Fever Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: JordanLHawk.com Length: 241 Pages Category: Historical, Horror Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This is not a cozy story; it's claustrophobic, which is a feat unto itself. The vast and barren environment, nothing but sky and an eerie silence, closes in, and it didn't take much for my... Continue Reading →

2023: The Year in Reviews

If you're reading this, welcome, and Happy New Year 🎉🎇🎊 If the best you can say is you're glad 2023 is in the rearview mirror, well, give yourself a pat on the back for persevering. You made it through another year, and that's something worth acknowledging as an accomplishment in itself. Throughout the year, I've... Continue Reading →

Review: Unknown by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Unknown Series: Rath & Rune: Book Three Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 182 Pages Category: Historical, Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Widdershins is legendary for knowing its own. It's a place sorcerers, humans, and those who are not quite human call home, and a place where eldritch horrors visit their... Continue Reading →

Review: The Team by JL Raven

Title: The Team Author: JL Raven Publisher: Self-Published Length: 200 Pages Category: Psychological Thriller, Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Suspenseful and disturbing in only the best ways, The Team is a great psychological thriller that explores what may push someone to take an eye for an eye. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: The opportunity... Continue Reading →

Review: Rattling Bone by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Rattling Bone Series: Outfoxing the Paranormal: Book Two Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 167 Pages Category: Paranormal Mystery Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: As expected, Jordan L. Hawk writes the living daylights out of the ghost encounter scenes where the threats are palpable and the fear is justified. The havoc wreaked... Continue Reading →

Simply the Best ~ 2022 ~ The Year In Reviews and a Giveaway

Eleven years ago, on December 7, 2011, I claimed the domain The Novel Approach and posted my first review on the site for Hayden Thorne's evocative and gorgeous YA Fantasy Renfred's Masquerade. Though that wasn't the first review I'd ever written—I'd got my start a couple of years before that at two other (now long-gone)... Continue Reading →

Review: Deceiver of Minds by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Deceiver of Minds Series: SPECTR Series Three: Book Five Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 105 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: For fans of the SPECTR series, we know to anticipate the chaos and danger as well as the lovely teases at the end of each novella that... Continue Reading →

Review: The Forgotten Dead by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: The Forgotten Dead Series: OutFoxing the Paranormal: Book One Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 178 Pages Category: Paranormal, Transgender Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Few authors delve into the supernatural as thoroughly or compellingly as Jordan L. Hawk does, and this book has “please make me into a binge-watch” written... Continue Reading →

Review: Unseen by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Unseen Series: Rath & Rune: Book Two Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 234 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Jordan L. Hawk is such a master of the mystical, the way he pokes at the things that go bump in the night and makes them show themselves... Continue Reading →

Review: Blind Tiger by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Blind Tiger Series: The Pride: Book One Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 238 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Fantasy Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: Blind Tiger was one of my most anticipated novels of the year, and, as always, Jordan L. Hawk delivers a taut, suspenseful, and beautifully imagined story. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →

Review: Harvester of Bones by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Harvester of Bones Series: SPECTR Series 3: Book Four Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 86 Pages Category: Paranormal, Fantasy At a Glance: As we SPECTR series loyalists expect, Jordan L. Hawk once again digs into his big box of horrors and introduces us to an NHE that ties into the Louisiana setting... Continue Reading →

Review: Unhallowed by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Unhallowed Series: Rath & Rune: Book One Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 279 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Fantasy At a Glance: Unhallowed begins what is certain to be another excellent and action-packed series from Jordan L. Hawk. I'm one rejoicing reader right now, to be back in this widdershins world he's created.... Continue Reading →

Review: Seeker of Truth by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Seeker of Truth Series: SPECTR Series Three: Book Three Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: Novella/Short Novel Category: Urban Fantasy At a Glance: Adding a fresh spin on a series that now spans—if my count is correct—fourteen books is an impressive feat of storytelling, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from this author.... Continue Reading →

Review: Infernal Affairs by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Infernal Affairs Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 87 Pages Category: Fantasy At a Glance: Infernal Affairs offers readers a quick and entertaining read, and a great way to spend a couple of hours on a weekend afternoon. It is delightfully Jordan L. Hawk, which really says it all. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →

Simply the Best: Jules’ Fave Reads of 2019

Choosing a 'Best Of' list when it comes to books is hard. I read a lot of great books this year, and took something away from each of them. But, when it came to whittling down the list, there was a pretty clearcut selection that stood out. These are the books that gave me the... Continue Reading →

Review: Bringer of Night by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Bringer of Night Series: SPECTR Series Three: Book Two Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 103 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy At a Glance: The dry humor, the friendships and made family, the murder and mayhem, and the abundant imagination are all present and accounted for in Bringer of Night. It encompasses everything I... Continue Reading →

Review: Stalker of Shadows by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: Stalker of Shadows Series: SPECTR Series Three, Book One Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 129 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy At a Glance: This is yet another compelling installment in one of my all-time favorite Urban Fantasy serials. Jordan L. Hawk offers readers top-notch storytelling where reality and imagination commingle and converge with... Continue Reading →

Review: The Magician’s Angel by Jordan L. Hawk

Title: The Magician's Angel Series: The Christmas Angel Collection Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Length: 108 Pages Category: Historical, Holiday Romance At a Glance: The romance is sweet, the story entertaining, and the way in which the little Christmas angel ends up saving the day is quite magical. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Reviewed... Continue Reading →

Review: Devil Take Me by Jordan L. Hawk, TA Moore, Ginn Hale, C.S. Poe, Rhys Ford, and Jordan Castillo Price

Title: Devil Take Me Authors: Jordan L. Hawk, TA Moore, Ginn Hale, C.S. Poe, Rhys Ford, and Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 450 Pages Category: Horror, Paranormal At a Glance: 4.5 Stars overall, Devil Take Me is a wonderful anthology. Reviewed By: Jovan Blurb: Temptation lurks around every corner in worlds sometimes dark,... Continue Reading →

Devil Take Me Anthology Tour: A Guest Post by Jordan Castillo Price

We're so pleased to welcome author Jordan Castillo Price and the Devil Take Me anthology blog tour to The Novel Approach today! Jordan is touring the web with her fellow co-authors to tell readers about each of their own stories in the collection, so, without further ado, here's Jordan to tell us a bit about... Continue Reading →

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