Runila Reads

Title: The Cup and the Lip Author: Elizabeth Ferrars Series: N/A Release Date: 1975 Publisher: HarperCollins Rating: 4 stars

Favourite character: Peter Least favourite character: Kate

Mini-Review: Okay so this was amazing as usual. I love Elizabeth Ferrars books, her writing is just… ugh, I love it. My reason for it not being 5 stars is because of the ending. Not the reveal of the whodunnit, that shocked me. No the romance subplot that was never followed through on. I feel cheated.

Title: Beatrice the Bride Author: Kirsten Osbourne Series: Cowboys & Angels, 1 Release Date: October 2017 Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing Rating: 1.5 stars

Favourite character: Millie Least favourite character: Arthur

Mini-Review: Oh boy. This book was something else. So much happened in it and it was so awkwardly written. In the course of the first 12% of the book here's a quick summary of what happens: her parents die, we meet an angel, we have a cameo by the Grim Reaper, we meet bachelor #1 who ends up being the best guy for her to marry in the town but is actually giving her ultimatums, gaslighting and controlling her throughout the book. Not to mention that there are constant mentions throughout the book that women keep disappearing in the town. It's just all over the place and none of it flows properly. And the whole angel/Grim Reaper angle threw me off because I had no idea that there was going to be a paranormal/supernatural element to it. I know the series says Cowboys & Angels but I figured it meant Angels as in city women who don't belong in the Wild West. Whatever. I'm going to suffer through the rest of the series.

Title: Devil's Food Murder Author: Carol Durand, Summer Prescott Series: Frosted Love Cozy Mystery, 10 Release Date: June 2015 Publisher: Summer Prescott Books Rating: 3 stars

Favourite character: Echo Least favourite character: N/A (can't say without spoilering people)

Mini-Review: This was very character heavy with cozy romance vibes and very light on the murder, which is not why I read mysteries, but it is what it is. The

Title: Raiders From the Sea Author: Lois Walfrid Johnson Series: Viking Quest, 1 Release Date: August 2003 Publisher: Moody Publishers Rating: 1.5 stars

Favourite character: I didn't care enough about the characters Least favourite character: Once again, didn't care

Mini-Review: This was… annoying. Very preachy, not enough Vikings and too much inaccuracies to how faith in God and prayer actually works. You don't just tell God you want to forgive something and it immediately disperses, it's a process. Also not enough pillaging for a Viking book.

Title: Iron Man: The Best Defense Writer(s): Robin Laws; John Jackson Miller Illustrator(s): Robert Teranishi; Jorge Lucas Issues: 70-83 (how I read it at least) Rating: 3 stars

Favourite character: Tony Stark Least favourite character: Sonny Burch

Mini-Review: This was… wild. Got to finally read about Sonny Burch, Walton Goggins character in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), didn't realize he was a character originating in the comics. I was pleased the little amount of Rumiko in it, I'm not a big Rumiko fan. And I just want to know who thought it would be a good idea to make Tony Stark the Secretary of Defense.