Dreaming Big
  • Home
    • Staff
    • Members Only
  • Contact
  • Our Books
    • Non Fiction
    • Fiction
    • Poetry
    • Children's Books
    • Audio Books
  • Coming Soon
  • Blog
  • Opportunities
    • Call For Submissions
    • Submissions Guidelines
    • FAQ
  • Gifts and More

Fiction Book Review for ‘Lavabull: A Superhero Novel’ by Piers Anthony and J.R. Rain

8/26/2016

0 Comments

 
Fiction Book Review for ‘Lavabull: A Superhero Novel’ by Piers Anthony and J.R. Rain
 
ABOUT THE BOOK: He’s half man and half bull. She’s half woman and half lava. Their lives are about to collide.

Carl Gray was a rodeo clown before he was fused by lightning with a bull named El Diablo. He became a half-bull, half-man superhero, complete with horns and a tail.

Lavender is a native islander—her mother is lava and her father is human. As a half-human, she can read their minds. As a half-lava creature, she can change her shape and her temperature at will—and she’s definitely one red-hot young lady!

When Lavender learns about the half-bull, half man, she must have him! She heads to Arizona to meet Carl, who uses his superhero powers to help humankind. But mostly he drinks way too much. Lavender offers to become his girlfriend, but he’s got to clean up his act—she also insists he start charging fees for his superhero services.

When the world receives a threat from a criminal mastermind named Villainous—who threatens to destroy all primates, including the human race—the Secretary of Defense requests their help. He informs Lavender and Carl that all over the world, separate species have begun merging into powerful new creatures with human intelligence and animal strengths. With his horns of destruction and her intense heat and ability to shape lava, can Carl and Lavender thwart the most evil master plot the world has ever faced? What will it take to find the madman behind the threat? And, what will it take to shut down his unusual weapons of mass destruction before it’s too late? As the danger increases, so does their passion, but will the heat of imminent danger eclipse their growing fire for each other? And, can these two unlikely misfits join forces to save the human race?

LAVABULL, A Superhero Novel, is a collaboration from bestselling authors Piers Anthony and J.R. Rain. This is their seventh novel collaboration.

MY REVIEW: 4 stars. I do a lot of book reviews, and I get a lot of free books because of this, but I actually bought this one simply because I love all of Piers Anthony’s writing and collect all of his work. I didn’t have this one on my shelf yet.

I haven’t read anything by J.R. Rain other than some of the collaborations between the two of them, so I don’t have a basis of comparison of how the writing in this book might be the same as or different from the work he does on his own. I am very familiar with Piers Anthony’s style, however, and his touch is definitely all over Lavabull. The male humor and quirky wit that every fan has come to love and expect from this author is all over it.

The only reason for a 4 star rating instead of 5 is something that might seem minor to a lot of people, but bothered me enough to point it out. The front cover is very nicely done and attractive. However, the back cover and spine don’t fit in with the professional quality of the front. The color is not a match, the typeface is awkward, and seems like an afterthought. Worse, the spine doesn’t have anything on it at all. No title, no author name – nothing.  Maybe in this day and age of internet shopping, the spine and the back didn’t seem important because when someone shops online, they won’t see it anyway. If this were on a bookstore shelf, it would be something that might influence a potential buyer. When this is on my shelf at home as part of my collection, I won’t know what book it is without anything on the spine, so I actually wrote the title on the spine with a Sharpie.

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    January 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    June 2021
    April 2021
    February 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Picture
    Challenge Participant
    Parajunkee Design
    I review for BookLook Bloggers
    Professional Reader
    Book Reviewer Sign Up

    1888PressRelease
    YA Bound Book Tours

Services

Ask A Therapist
Blog
Our Books
Coming Soon

Company

About Us
Staff
​

Support

Contact
FAQ

Find and follow us on social media 
© COPYRIGHT 2015. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.