Reviews
DRAWING DOWN THE MOON REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Story of Wicca Today
November 28, 2022 – Verified Purchase/ ‘Drawing Down the Moon’
Su Egner tells a great story of how a brilliant mid-western woman (Kit) studies the history of Wicca – and how it’s disciplines give her the courage and strength she needs to save the lives of children. And to earn the absolute respect of her family and community. Remember, Wicca has a universal rule: “Do No Harm”. Having a great witch as a family friend would be a very good idea….
ICE FLIGHT REVIEWS
Reviewed by Jane Susan MacCarter
It’s both comforting and inspiring to read ICE FLIGHT, a book where the Cool Guys turn out to be the Science Nerds (and not the Snarky Characters, as they are in too many nihilistic novels). This novel kept me reading and reading to its highly satisfying and inspiring conclusion!
I’m truly LOVING the fascinating science factoids throughout this book… the many new words (new to me, anyway) like sastrugi, jumbo ittai, Russell’s Gletcher (a glacier that advances 82 feet a YEAR, astonishing and downright frightening in many ways)… as well as new fun facts like the literal ‘inner heating’ of a very cold glacier… and the 10 polar bears who trapped a group of scientists in Russia for two weeks (true story, I’m assuming?)
Glad to hear a corroboration of my own opinion about black bears, that they’ve become more like juvenile delinquents these days due to many factors. (I remember hearing, back in my younger days: “Oh, don’t worry about coming upon black bears in the woods, because they are more afraid of YOU than you are of them.” But not so anymore…. )
I didn’t know that immersion in ice could cause human mummification either…. well, except for the Ice Man of northern Italy, found along a high alpine ridge where old snow had melted away. It was very poignant reading about the child sacrifices among the Inca in ancient days (the capachocha)… also, very fun reading about ‘swing’ dogs and ‘wheel’ dogs…
I’m also glad to read the most BALANCED view of climate change I’ve seen in ages… so very refreshing to read and agree with.
ICE FLIGHT is a novel that satisfies on many enjoyable levels. Try it, you’ll definitely enjoy it, and feel good about Life (and yourself) at its conclusion.
DESTINATION UNKNOWN REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars Susan
Carolyn / Reviewed on January 22, 2020
Verified Purchase – Destination Unknown (Souls on Board Book 6)
Always good reading. Certainly surprise ending, as I was expecting the movie being made to have the focus. Looking forward to your next.
CHEMISTRY FOR REVENGE REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Kindle Customer / Reviewed on October 17, 2021
Chemistry For Revenge Verified Purchase
I liked the characters in this book and their quest for new insights into solving mysteries by the use of chemistry. References to Minnesota locales and landmarks was appreciated, and I liked the use of females in important investigative positions. Lucy Ruediger was a delight. Egner uses her experience as a reporter in writing a good story; I’ll look for more from her.
GROUNDSTOPPED REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Susan’s books.
Sheree Frazier / Reviewed on January 29, 2021
Groundstopped Verified Purchase
I like the short chapters. I can get in at least one chapter before I fall asleep. Looking forward to the next book.
5.0 out of 5 stars Casey, Bonnie, Bertie, and Kit are at it again…
Michele Reviewed on July 6, 2013
Groundstopped Verified Purchase
OMG – started Ground Stopped this morning and couldn’t put it down. Just finished – I love Casey (and Max), Bonnie, Bertie and Kit. Agent Krahl is a wonderful example of what an FBI agent should be. Thank you for allowing me to be among the first to disappear in to your books. I live the stories as I’m reading them. These books all should be movies on the Hallmark Channel.
As always, I can’t wait until the next book…
July 14, 2013 By S. Welch. Another Brilliant Susan Egner Novel. Susan Egner has created another splendid book, `Ground Stopped’, a novel in the spirit of her other books, that will greatly entertain you and it will teach you many things.
Thought One: Ms Egner is a world class writer of interpersonal dialogue. Her core characters (brought forward from her novel `Souls On Board’) vividly portray their distinct personalities with every dialogue exchange. And many of their interactions are an absolute hoot.
Thought Two: `Ground Stopped’ continues the brilliant line of thinking Ms Egner began in her novel, `Scotoma’. In `Ground Stopped’, Ms Egner leads the reader to see into the inner hearts of an international group of men and women who try to escape a culture that doesn’t permit escape, even though they themselves cannot see the reasons or the consequences of their actions. And it gives the reader a clear view of the authentic roots of a culture that we in the United States need to understand.
Thought Three: `Ground Stopped’ clearly displays the power of women (and men), who are over 60 years old, to actively pursue vigorous careers and lives that profoundly benefit society.
Susan Egner is a truly gifted thinker and writer. `Ground Stopped’ will teach you a lot, while it greatly entertains you. It is a non-stop read.
July 5, 2013 By Michele – Orlando. Casey, Bonnie, Bertie, and Kit are at it again… A wonderful sequel to Souls on Board, the girls are developing into amazing detectives. I could not put the book down and read it in one day. The intrique built and the topic is very relevant. My heart was really racing by the last several chapters of the book. I wait in anticipation of each and every release of Su’s books. Tell your friends!
SUN COMPASS REVIEWS
April 6, 2013 By Michele – Orlando. I continue to be awed by your writing style – I can actually see, smell and hear your words come to life. I love snuggling with a cup of hot tea, our Golden and your books. I am transported to the locations in your books and feel like I’m part of the story. I lose track of time and anything going on around me while I’m immersed in the story.
August 30, 2013 By Courtney Cardwell. This is a great story. I enjoyed meeting the new characters Libby and Ella and was engrossed in their story from page one. After reading about the Monarch migration I felt as though I had experienced it myself and also feel compelled to go and experience this amazing phenomenon. Ms. Egner creates characters with such depth and her stories take twists and turns that are a pleasant surprise to the reader. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book.
BENEATH THE SLEEPING GIANT REVIEWS
April 6, 2013 By Michele – Orlando. This book was one that I had to slow down and savor. There was something wonderful about the story – historical, personal, multi-layered that demanded that I read every word with intention. I loved the cultural layers and the deep, unending love revealed. Susan Egner never ceases to amaze me with the breadth of her writing abilities to take me along on her story telling journeys.
May 15, 2013 by Lois – Minneapolis. A gripping story about past and present relationships between natives and newcomers … with some local history thrown in … the descriptions of the topography of the area make visual treks through the story very real … emotions played out in the story’s action are also very real and carry you along with each character’s thoughts … the author does a superb job of keeping the reader in suspense to the end.
OUT OF FOCUS REVIEWS
February 3, 2013 By punkinv. Good read with a twisty plot. I … hope she continues to produce. I look forward to her other books.
February 3, 2013 By Michele Pavlacka. This was intense, edge of my seat intense, and I had to focus on every word to stay with the speed and complexity of the story. Written so well I couldn’t put it down. Morgan Grey is a woman who steps up in every way. This book will be a great read for men and women alike. I can’t wait to recommend yet another Su Egner book to my friends.
March 23, 2013 by Debra Seymour. What an exciting book! This would make a great movie!
September 28, 2013 by David Burks (Airline Pilot). The main character, Morgan Grey is everything that you would ever want in a mom,. wife, daughter and friend….then her world gets turned upside down. After the characters are exposed, this book keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. This book could be somewhat of a combination between a John Grisham suspense combined with a CSI show.
February 2, 2013 by Deb Ahlrich. I really enjoyed this riveting page turner!! I’ve downloaded Souls on Board to read next!!!! Highly recommend for any suspense/mystery reader!
MURANO LIGHT REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars – A window to life
Barbara J. Duell / Reviewed on October 7, 2021
Susan Egner opens the window, allowing her readers to share the journey one must make to totally understand what life offers if one has the courage to look beyond the many panes that can distort and cloud the path leading to truth.
Murano Light was one such journey. Ms. Egner offers her reader insight- a sense of place where one feels the mist, the nature of the sea, sometime inviting, other times violent, unforgiving. Also a look into the cost of relationships, the naked truth that one must search beyond the mist, past denial until it all becomes clear.
February 18, 2013 By Mary Logue. This is a wonderfully written … woman’s fantasy, a compelling story of a successful businesswoman in love with a married man. She rents a lighthouse on an island in Lake Superior for a year to write a book and in the end she finds herself.
February 21, 2013 By Michele Pavlacka. Su, you write a wonderful murder-mystery. I was on the edge of my seat the entire book. I love your multifaceted writing voice. With Murano Light, I cuddled in my recliner with a cup of hot green tea and savored each page. With Chemistry for Revenge I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Very different books and I loved them both.
March 23, 2013 by Debra Seymour. Lot’s of moving parts and really makes you think.
April 6, 2013 by Michele. This may be my favorite Susan Egner book. The story was profound, the characters were people I wanted to know and the location was one that I want to live in. I love Bates and her story and was hoping that this was the first of a series…and low and behold – Sun Compass comes along. I am holding my breath until #3 is released. Hurry please.
SCOTOMA REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars First Susan Egner…
Carolyn / Verified Purchase Scotoma
Reviewed on April 25, 2014
A wonderful exiting story that I could not put down. Cannot wait to get the rest of Susan’s books. Recommending to my friend as Corky Allen is his daughter’s name.
July 10, 2013 By M. L. Soud. Informational and Intriguing. The characters in Susan Egner’s book, Scotoma, become your friends and neighbors. The way she weaves information about abusive relationships into the story is enlightening. But make sure you have plenty of time when you get to the last four or five chapters of the book, because you will not be able to put it down until you finish the entire novel.
October 8, 2012 By S. Welch. In Scotoma, author Susan Egner, once again, brings the reader right into the heart of critical social issues through a truly gripping novel. Her choice of title is the key: “Scotoma (Greek for darkness) is an alteration in the field of vision consisting of a diminished or entirely degenerated area of visual acuity that is surrounded by a field of relatively normal vision. The term “scotoma” is also used in psychology to refer to an individual’s inability to perceive personality traits in themselves that are obvious to others.” Susan Egner locates this novel in contemporary, affluent, mid western society. In Egner’s brilliant story, we discover how women – and sometimes men – and sometimes children – repeat the same life choice mistakes, over and over, because they are unable to admit (or see) that they have to know their own proclivities, to make choices and to experience consequences that only they can learn to recognize and control. The principal character in this drama, Courtney Allen (Corky), by contrast, is a talented thirty eight year old woman who can see with clarity into the behavior of herself and others and takes amazing steps to intervene in behalf of her children and others in her society. Corky … practically defines excellence in contemporary mature womanhood; about as powerfully as Katniss Everdeen in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games defines optimal teen age womanhood in an alternate reality. But Scotoma is about real people, and it is about the US today….. Just read it. Susan Egner is a highly skilled author who tells you a great story – and teaches you a profound lesson.
Feb. 22, 2013 Michele Pavlacka. Wow! I am a mystery – Patterson, Cornwell kind of reader and this book was riveting. Absolutely on par with anything I’ve read before. I was in this story from the first page to the last word. This story was so fun and heart racing to read. I loved it.
July 10, 2013 by Bobbi. The chaeacters in Susan Egner’s book, Scotoma, become your friends and neighbors. The way she weaves information about abusive relationships into the story is enlightening. But make sure you have plenty of time when you get to the last four or five chapters of the book, because you will not be able to put it down until you finish the entire novel.
September 6, 2012 by Michele. I just finished Scotoma…I am a mystery – Patterson, Cornwell kind of reader and this book was riveting. Please tell me you have other titles available. This one felt like there was some of you on every page. I loved it.
SOULS ON BOARD REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Kindle Customer / Reviewed on October 10, 2021
Souls Onboard Verified Purchase
Love Egner’s writing – it’s interesting and concise with great character development. She’s good with detail and knows how to create suspense. SOB is entertaining and well-written, and I’ll be a follower from here on. I like the little tidbits about the responsibilities of flight attendants, and have a new appreciation for them. Good work!
5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
Sheree Frazier / Reviewed on January 12, 2021
Souls on Board Verified Purchase
I enjoyed the book very much. Being from Minnesota makes the book more interesting and fun to read about familiar places. I will definitely read more of Susan Egner’s books.
5.0 out of 5 stars I didn’t expect this…
Michele / Reviewed on April 6, 2013
Souls on Board Verified Purchase
This was a really fun book to read. I could actually see myself as one of the curious, adventurous, capable, and ‘got your back’ women working feverishly together to solve this mystery. I loved all the characters. Susan writes with such detail that you can close your eyes and see her stories.
March 3, 2013 By Anonymous. Great read! A wonderful story that as a mystery was not obvious like most are. You can tell the author did her research, so it was much easier to believe. Entertaining and humorous, this book is a story to remember.
March 11, 2013 by Barbara Burrets. I downloaded; “Souls…..” Very cool! … I thought the line about the captain replacing bulbs was particularly funny.
March 23, 2013 by Debra Seymour. Great book!
March 28, 2013 by Hubert Lee. Hey, just finished reading “Souls On Board.” … I’m a Sci-fi and fantasy fan with a scattering interest in military/adventure series. I do read other genres, including mystery, though not often. I am very impressed with this book. It was a very easy read. By “easy,” I mean the story flowed smoothly and kept my interest throughout its entirety. I was surprised at how well developed the characters were for the short length of this book. It conveyed realism in today’s world in a way that allows us to enjoy a story through the safety of fiction. Even though this story is finished, I hope and can’t wait for another one to follow….
July 31, 2013 by bdp47. Quite enjoyable. Following the interests and tastes of Casey, I could imagine my wife becoming a flight attendant – as in the themes, flowers, wines and interests were completely familiar to me. I liked the plot and characters. I definitely recommend this one.
October 24, 2013 by Nancy Wright. Susan, I have read Souls on Board, Out of Focus, Scotoma, Chemistry for Revenge, Still have Beneath the Sleeping Giant, Murano Light and Sun Compass and look forward to reading them. What I have loved about each book is that it is a page turner and also such different subjects. Have found each of them to be very interesting.
January 5, 2014 by Pamela J. Youngman. It was very interesting to see the airlines from the crew perspective. The story line was captivating. I may have found a new author to follow.
July 27, 2015 by patience. Learned so much- Su paints a visual picture that allows you to be a part of the story – looking forward to next book in the series.
August 14, 2020 by Bruce. believable characters, exciting setting, paranormal experience, powerful and memorable conclusion – ENJOY!
FLIGHT INTO OBLIVION REVIEWS
January 16, 2014. Michelle-Orlando. An Amazing Story Within the Story. Wow – Susan pulled me in and didn’t let me go until the last page. Casey, Max, Bonnie, Berti, Kit and Agent Krahl make an amazing team. I love them all and want to be part of their circle. This book was a huge surprise as it wasn’t just about the characters that I’ve come to know but the topic of human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children. This is an important global issue and Su shines a bright light on the it and its ugliness. She also brings this topic to a personal level where is becomes apparent that we all have a responsibility and we can all make a difference. I love this series and can’t wait for the next installment of Casey and her posse.
