Naka Jackson

About Naka Jackson

I'm a Literature Postgrad student in NYC, teaching and studying, working towards a broader understanding of English written word.

Review: Masque: Choices by Caridad Martin

Masque:ChoicesBilled as a “fresh retelling” of the classic book The Phanton of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Caridad Martin has tapped into the public domain treasure trove and settled on adding to the overflowing list of Phantom “adaptations” available online.

It’s a given that any  book that retells a classic story must be incredibly different from the original in order to be acceptable as a work of the author. With Masque:Choices, it’s hard to really say that this has been achieved with the overall plot as such, but certainly the style and writing itself is lively and entertaining, adding […]

2015-01-09T02:34:02+02:00January 9th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: The Arrow by Maureen O’Leary

The Arrow by Maureen O'LearyBased on an old Gaelic myth, The Arrow is about Fynn Kildare, one of two daughters of Saint Brigid, a “Divine” goddess with miraculous powers of healing. As a teenager, Fynn lived with her family on a centuries-old fortress of Brigid’s Keep, out in the ocean, off the coast of the town of St. Cocha, using her healing magic on the sick and weary who were able to travel to them. When a patient turned out to be a trap set by a witch, Fynn realized and – too late to draw back – becomes infected with a demon virus […]

2015-02-02T09:08:19+02:00January 7th, 2015|Categories: Lead Story|Tags: |

Is Marketing Now More Important Than Your Book’s Content?

With a slew of self-styled “marketing gurus” with all sales guns pointing to the vulnerable self-published author, who’s to be trusted in this newly-grown jungle of book “experts”?  And now Chelsea Peretti is doing book signings without a book. Is this a trend for marketing over content? Does it actually matter if your book is good quality or not? SPR’s Naka Jackson, a lit postgrad, decided to take a look at the people behind the top five guides on Amazon today to see if their own advice is selling their own novels.

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2014-11-15T02:42:29+02:00November 14th, 2014|Categories: Features|

Review: On The Money by Tariq Saleim

On The MoneyOn The Money by Tariq Saleim is a thoughtful story with an interesting theme: The power and balance of money. What is it that makes those from affluent backgrounds take so much for granted, while others work so hard and get nowhere in life? What happens when you have more money than you could possibly need?

Asad starts his day in the slums of Lahore, Pakistan, and inadvertently stops a kidnapping, but is attacked and left for dead. The two young women he saved, Samia and Natasha, decide to take him in. Lucky for Asad, Salman, Samia’s father is a […]

2014-10-21T11:32:03+02:00October 21st, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

His Father’s Footsteps by Enrico Downer

His Father's Footsteps by Enrico Downer

“How far would you walk in your father’s footsteps to find the one who killed him?”

“To the ends of the earth,” he answered.

And the fire in his eyes said he meant every word.

It’s 1958 and Mark Maynard’s Barbados home life is shattered by grief when he receives a letter reporting that his father has been murdered in New York, USA. Vowing to find the killer with his family’s tearful blessing he takes to the streets of a country that doesn’t respect him nor the unmarried man of color that was gunned down.

It doesn’t take long for […]

2014-08-14T16:25:42+02:00August 14th, 2014|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

Review: Wounded by Ben Burgess Jr

Wounded ReviewSet in New York City, headliner stripper Samantha is a player – and she’s gay, beautiful, black and out. Seducing women all around her is her main pleasure in life, whether they are straight, bi or gay. But she can’t forget the abuse from childhood that rules her sexuality.

Dancing on stage felt second nature to me. As a child, I was forced to do so many horrible acts that dancing with my clothes off as a profession felt natural.

This very erotic women’s fiction is written by a man, Ben Burgess Jr, author of Monster, which told […]

2019-01-22T05:39:33+02:00August 7th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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