Face the Fire by Michele Sims
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another solid book. Miles I really like this character
Lil Pharaoh seems like a big trouble maker always causing a scene. I liked the elements of paranormal and magic ascpet atr really well demonstrated in this book. You can tell resreach has been done.
Face the Fire by Michele Sims
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the 5th book in this paranormal romance series, although each can be read as a standalone. I had previously read the 3rd book in this series although I was unaware of this when I started reading, only to realise that I had read about these characters before.
I really enjoyed reading about Miles (Ari) and Bella again. Things have moved on a great deal since I last read about them and they are now the proud parents of twins who also have the same unusual power that their father has.
This book mainly revolves around their professional relationship with rap singer Pharoah, who in turn causes some conflict within their marriage. I was not a fan of Pharoah although I enjoyed reading about him and the troubles that he caused. He certainly was an entertaining character.
The author does a great job of writing an entertaining story that keeps the reader engaged, with a few twists and turns thrown in that I definitely didn’t see coming.
I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to others.
Face the Fire by Michele Sims
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Well, it’s been an adventure with this series. Miles and Bella have a few more adventures in this, book 5 of the series. The twins have been born. They are doing well with their music business. Haunting and tragic mishaps happen. Mysteries abound, adventure happens and tragedy occurs. Will Miles and Bella survive? Will their love be enough to overcome everything? This book gripped me and had me on an emotional roller coaster. Holy smokes, I’m not quite ready for it to be over. It’s one of my favorite series. I truly recommend this series to any suspense lovers. Give it a shot. Surprised me around many corners. Thank you, author, for a wonderful book adventure. I hope to read more of your books.
Face the Fire by Michele Sims
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was my first time reading anything by this gifted author, I am honesty quite hooked. The characters, the overall story, there was so much I loved, I would probably be writing a long time if I put all my feelings into words haha. I loved the flow, the story itself was a mystery with its own level of suspense! I will defiantly be reading the other books in the series by this author, they truly have amazed my mind in a good way!
I always have beena big fan of paranormal. This one struck my interest though on a new level. It was not just paranormal mixed with fantasy. I personally loved how the story with Miles and his paranormal ability with fire. I did not expect that at first glance. It made him a interesting character from the start. What really added to his make of being interest was his personality though. We all have our dark side right/ how dark is that side really to achieve what we want most in life? Bella was wonderful as well. She was very family orientated which I loved. I loved how she was career driven, and yet always made time for her husband and her kids. Put the whole family together and I will say I loved how supportive they all were of one another, strong family, loved that aspect! The characters were written very well and the story was very engaging, and I could not put this one down, as said I will be reading the prior books for sure!
The story itself really kept me hooked as well! That would be the work of this wonderful author, they knew how to keep the story flowing at a good pace, not too quick and certainly not to slow. They kept the reader as myself interested and wanting to know more of what would happen and what could happen next. I was in a lot of suspense and edge of my seat as I read, the book was a trill ride for me and I honestly could not get enough! Loved this book and its a must read for sure with no doubt!
As have said, this was a gripping amazing read. I loved the author and they gave gained a new stalker now haha. I loved this book and I think the rest of the series prior will be just as amazing! I do highly recommend this author and this book, as well as this series, wonderful on all ends, not ones to be passed up and that’s a fact. Highly recommend, this is something you truly will enjoy to your heart’s content!
Face the Fire by Michele Sims
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is an author that I have enjoyed reading from the first book I have picked up from her. Coupled with her writing skills and her attention to details make her stories hard to put down and entertaining to read. This book is no different. This is a paranormal romance story that is full of fantasy and magic. I enjoyed being pulled into the story by the characters who brought the story to life on each page. This is a fast paced story about love and betrayal. It brings suspense and twists and turns that you don’t want to miss. Miles and Bella are about to find out what the price is to success as they put not only themselves in danger but those they love as well. This is a really great story that you don’t want to miss. I highly recommend this book.
Review by @bjwagner
A Moore Affair by Michele Sims
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a lovely short sweet read. Bella and Miles are trying to find a balance between private life and outside life. A balance that many find hard to achieve. I would highly recommend reading this series in order. I adore Bella she is such an assessment of the series.
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Michele Sims is the “author-ego” of Deanna McNeil and creator of the Moore Family Saga. She loves writing hot love stories and women’s fiction with multigenerational characters. She is the recipient of the 2019 RSJ Debut Author Award, the 2018 RSJ Aspiring Author Award, and first runner up in the Introvert Press Poetry Contest for February 2018. She is a member of LRWA, in Charleston, SC.
34. She lives in South Carolina with her husband who has been her soulmate and greatest cheerleader. She is the proud mother of two adult sons and the auntie to many loved ones. When she’s not writing, she’s trying to remember the importance of exercise, travelling, listening to different genres of music, and observing the wonders of life on this marvelous planet. She has worked on several collaboration projects and plans to work with other authors in the future.
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Act II. Playing with Fire by Michele Sims
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Act I: Seed On Fire by Michele Sims
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Family Saga the introduction to the series. I throughly enjoyed this book it’s full of romance, twist and thrills soir keeps you on your toes. They embrace upon a journey that wasn’t expected. I loved how the story flowed. I enjoyed the elements of changed whilst becoming a family
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
This book is an account of what any African American family may have, and likely did, face through the years. Through the use of family letters, the reader has a brief understanding of how things have changed and improved from generations ago. The book was impactful but also a quick read because I didn’t want to put it down. I felt like I had a brief glimpse into a family’s personal history during troubling times. Ultimately this book shows the progress we’ve made, which does not negate what still needs to come.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I loved the way the author wove the stories of U.S. black history into personal journal entries through generations of a family. The book included historic moments and public figures, and offered several events I hadn’t previously learned about. The storytelling manner made the factual information easier to digest and feel less like a history lesson. I found it interesting to read about the events from the perspective of both children and adults, which helped really weave an intricate tapestry full of emotion. Having read gruesome accounts of slavery, I appreciated gaining a bit more knowledge of modern black history and how the weight of the past has been carried through generations.
Reviewed by @wendywary
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Great story, revelant to our tone of the world. The story allowed me to see from a very raw perspective.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is an amazing retelling of important moments in American history from a personal stand point. I felt my heart ache and pull as I was reading the realities of some of these people.
The grandiose these of slavery could not have been described in a better way than through these accounts/stories from each person.
It made one understand and feel their personal experiences that you just dont get from reading a history book.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Amari is a young Africa- American man dealing with the grief of losing his beloved grandmother two weeks before, he misses the stories of her life that she used to tell and now regrets that he didn’t listen to her more and pay more attention, he can still see her in his minds eye and misses her so much so that when he agrees to help to pack his grandmothers belongings up, he is dreading it, but he goes anyway and as he is folding her clothes, he hears someone shout that they found a box of letters, some of them are really old and some of them are more modern. It turns out that these letters are stories, passed down from generation to generation, stories of times past told by the person who lived them, they are the stories which his grandma told them, so when he asks to keep them, everyone readily agrees and Amari cannot wait to read them and learn more.
The first letter is from a woman called Sallie who was a slave on a plantation in Tennessee in the 1860’s, it tells of her first memories and the experiences she went through as a slave, as well as the transition between that and becoming citizens when slavery is abolished. The next story and from is her daughter Isabelle who talks about life in Chicago in the 1920’s where segregation between the races still exists and the troubles it caused between them, as well as the societal upheaval as people fought for equality. Lisa is the next generation of this family to speak and she continues with the fight against segregation and inequality in New York, specifically focussing on school life from the point of view of a child of 5 years old and the rise of Martin Luther King and how his speeches inspired those who lived at the time. Jessica is next with her experiences at college in Atlanta 1990 and how multicultural and interesting life was talking to people from around the world and learning about their lives at the same time as experiencing the changes in her own and finally it is the turn of Amari and their feelings around the events of modern day America.
This collection of stories tells the story of African-Americans from their point of view, not those of the history books, it is emotional, compelling and interesting throughout and inspires you to think about life and how much it has both changed and remained the same, it is thought provoking and well worth a read.
Reviewed by @roxsannel
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a really beautifully written book about one person’s family history. I love how the history was written in letters given down the generations.
It follows a family’s history from being slaves to white people to the first black president. The story is interesting and really opens your eyes to what people had to go through in the past when things were all against them just because of the colour of their skin.
It was a captivating read that I really enjoyed.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Manifested Dreams was a really good read! However, this book was a little difficult to read as a white woman. There were snippets of history sprinkled throughout this short novel that I never learned about at school. Reading this book really made me realize all of the privilege I actually have. I highly encourage everyone (especially non people of color) to read this, to maybe gain some insight into the struggles people of color have faced and continue to face everyday. My only complaint was the flow. I feel like the letters could have flowed and segued better throughout. But this was a very interesting and informing read. I’m glad I picked this one up and learned from it.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson was a short but impactful read. In 46 short pages I felt sorrow, joy, fear, happiness and so much more. Dr. Johnson shared journal entries from her family that began in the 1860s. In their stories, I was amazed by how much wasn’t taught in school and ended up finding myself looking up significant events that occurred. I hope to see more from her as I couldn’t put Manifested Dreams down.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Manifested Dreams by Dr Yvonne Johnson is a wonderful complex story and one that will make your heart ache. It is stories of African-American history throughout generations. But it is not just storying it is an education. A lot of passion and heart and soul has gone into this book, and it shows in Yvonne’s writing. It is like leaving a legacy and a record of events to allow word to remain alive for others to keep long into the future. It is original and it is thought provoking that will take you on life’s journey. This inspiring story is short and quick, but it packs a punch. I wish it were longer.
Reviewed by @jennadb
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Nothing teaches you REAL history like the stories passed down from REAL people. In this book, Dr. Yvonne Johnson compiles letters of real life experiences through generations of one family. It was eye opening and tugged deep down in my soul. There are still many problems in our country when it comes to racism, many problems that have existed for years on end. It’s heartbreaking to know that people still experience today some of what their ancestors experienced all those years ago. These stories also told of the bravery and triumphs of many over the years. This is definitely an eye opening book that everyone should take the time to read!
Review by @nrl0522
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Book Review: Manifested Dreams
Author: Yvonne Johnson
Four Stars
This is a very short book of letters written through the years from members of an African-American family. Describing their experiences with being persons of color and their treatment. It starts with a girl who was an owned slave then continues through the years up to present day when Barack Obama was elected president and their reactions and hopes when that came about.
Very interesting read. I did learn quite a bit about some of the experiences that were had by people of a different race and culture.
KLH
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Manifested Dreams by Dr. Yvonne L. Johnson
Four Stars
Manifested Dreams is a short story by Dr. Yvonne L. Johnson. This is the first book I have read by Dr. Johnson, and I’m looking forward to reading more from this author. This was an intriguing and interesting perspective of history, stories told through letters from the past and discussing current issues. These were thought provoking issues on slavery and racism, and the differences and similarities in generations past and present. It was something different for me to read, but I really enjoyed the different perspectives. I look forward to reading more by this author.
Review by @sunbarn
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
While it is an extremely short story, it felt like it went much faster than I would have ever expected. Short stories are hard for me to get into because they do go by so fast but when I heard about this book I felt like I absolutely needed to read it. Amari loses her grandma, someone she was incredibly close to and has to come to terms with what that loss really means and how to overcome the loss. It is a fantastic way to find a new author to fall in absolute love with, and I highly recommend it. When it comes down to it, this is what I recommend most people to do; is to read a short story or collected short story of an author. I am really looking forward to more from Yvonne Johnson in the future and will be keeping an eye on them to scoop them up immediately.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the first book that I have read by this author and I was blown away. I love a good historical book but she exceeded all my expectations. This is a small book but don’t be fooled. This book will leave a huge impact in your heart. I started to read this story and I was hooked from the first page. I had a lot of different emotions run through me while reading this book. I can’t wait to see what this author will write next.
Amari is so sad that her grandmother passed away. She misses all the stories she used to tell her about where her family came from. Amari was so happy when she received a box full of letters from her past. She started reading the letters right away and she couldn’t believe how hard her ancestors fought to be free. Amari finds out the hard and good times they went through. Will Amari get comfort from these stories and feel closer to her grandma or will she feel like she never knew her at all?
Review by @heatherbass
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I will be honest I am not usually a short story reader but this book was wonderful! I loved how the author presented the different perspectives and experiences of reach generation in an easy to read but very informative way. Everyone should read these stories to learn about and remember those in history who came before us and strived to make the world a better place.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
5 Stars
Manifested Dreams by Dr. Yvonne Johnson
Manifested Dreams by Dr. Yvonne Johnson is an emotional short story about several generations of African American family members and all they went through. although this is a very short read I found myself lost in pages. I could feel the emotions that they were feeling. My heart broke for them. As sad as it is Racism is still very real and it seems its growing in every area and it breaks my heart. I highly recommend reading this story.I definitely learned a thing or two. I look forward to reading more from this Author.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Every family has a storyteller.
Finding out how ones family pass down stories through the years is very interesting. Because how is one person suppose to remember all the happenings of the past without writing it down?
In Manifested Dreams it talks about the aftermath of one families grandmother that has passed. While cleaning out the house they find the stash of all past stories hidden away!
Listening to the stories of the past told from their first hand point of view was inspiring.
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book truly is a journey. I loved how that Author has this story with different character’s POV via letters that are found by Amari when his grandmother passes away. You go through a history of slavery, Red Summer of 1919, Martin Luther King Jr march and his assassination, Rodney King and 44th President of the United State, Barack Obama. Each generation has a story to tell in these letters of these different historical events. I really embraced every word of this book and it is truly a great read. My Favorite line in the book that I loved was “We all have a little Dr. King in us, even you.” Well Done Author Yvonne Johnson!!!
Manifested Dreams by Yvonne Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This original story by Dr. Yvonne Johnson is a fascinating, emotional and thought provoking novel. ‘Manifested Dreams’ “chronicles the history of an African-American family through several generations living in a radically divisive America”. The story is told via letters which Amari is reading, the box of letters was found in his beloved grandma’s belongings after she had died. Amari loved listening to his grandma tell him stories from their past and when he discovers these letters he realises it is where the stories come from. Each letter is written by a different person in a different generation and explores the world around them and how they live at that time. Sallie who was born as a slave to slave parents on the Davies Plantation in Tennessee writes about how it was like to live as an African-American in the 1860s. The next letter is from her daughter Isabelle who talks about what life was like in the 1920s. The following letters explore the lives of Lisa, Jessica, and lastly Amari, who is reading the letters. As a whole the letters and the stories in them “presents the life of African-Americans throughout history” and looks at how each generation has dealt with racial inequities.
The storyline is unique and had me gripped from the start, however I did find the story a bit slow to start with and hard to get into. It took me a while to get used to the authors style of writing and the story being told via letters, but once I did I was hooked. I definitely recommend sticking with the book although it’s not an easy read. The author obviously is very knowledgeable and at times the history facts do get in the way of the natural flow of the story however, her descriptive narrative really brings the settings and characters to life. It is the characters and their individual stories that kept me turning the pages eager to learn about their lives. I like how the story ends as it begins with Amari talking about his memories of his grandma. A historical note from the author would have been interesting at the end maybe. This engaging and touching novel took me on a journey along with Amari and his ancestors and it also took me on an emotional rollercoaster. Although not an epic in pages it is an epic in storytelling and I recommend that everyone read it and learn about African-American history.
