Friday, March 28, 2025

Cate Callahan, Releasing Sugar: A Guide To Changing Your Perspective on Sweets


Title: Releasing Sugar: A Guide To Changing Your Perspective on Sweets

Author: Cate Callahan

Rating: Five Siren Stones

Genre: Self-Help, Inspiration

Keywords: Sugar, Sweets, Inspiration, Reflection

Page Count: 85          

ISBN E-Book: Amazon Digital Services, LLC

Price: $3.99

Publisher: Self-Published

Buy-Link: Buy Here

Reviewer: Stacey Krug 

 Blurb/Summary:

What if letting go of sugar was the first step toward living the life you’ve always dreamed of?

In Releasing Sugar, Cate Callahan takes you on a witty, heart-led journey to reclaim your health by leaving sugar behind. Through playful humor, quirky illustrations, and a fresh perspective, this book helps you see sugar for what it really is—an obstacle standing in the way of your best self.
Packed with powerful insight and glimpses into your healthiest future, Releasing Sugar is more than a guide to dietary change—it’s an inspiring roadmap to self-love and personal transformation. It offers tips, strategies, and mindset shifts to help propel you onto a wellness path that allows you to embrace a vibrant life filled with energy, creativity, and joy. Whether it’s the way you celebrate, cope with stress, or nourish yourself, Callahan guides you in making choices that align with your dreams and values.
This book is your invitation to reimagine your relationship with food, your body, and your world. By letting go of sugar, you open space for all the possibilities and creativity waiting to flourish inside of you. Get ready to transform, heal, and inspire those around you—one bittersweet decision at a time.
In this playful, yet powerful guide to living a life that truly nourishes from the inside out, you’ll discover the following:

·         How sugar is working against your body and the life you aspire to live

·         Cultivating self-love is an essential part of your nutritional journey

·         How to acknowledge the grief that comes with a dietary transformation

·         The immeasurable impact your healing has on your community

·         How to cultivate a mindset that embraces sustainable health and peace

·         How your relationship with food reflects your relationship with yourself and life

·         Tapping into your creativity is a powerful tool in overcoming cravings and addiction

·         Truly enjoyable ways to track your progress

·         How to reimagine the way you celebrate, show love, and socially connect

·         Tips and strategies for coping with stress, peer pressure, and other obstacles

·         Invitations to reflect on your journey and take actionable steps to heal

Let Releasing Sugar help you let go of the cravings you cling to so that you can invite peace and balance into your life.

Review:

If you are looking to kick your sugar habit or change your diet to more whole foods, then this book would be an excellent addition to your journey.

Cate Callahan draws on her own experience and scientific research, provided in the bibliography, to help inspire and guide others to live healthy and happy. This is an easy read with plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor to lighten the serious subject of getting healthy for the long term.

The author provides numerous examples and ideas to help break out of unhealthy habits and hold yourself accountable. Cate Callahan also provides a chance to reflect and see how these new ideas can fit into your life.

This was an enjoyable and informational read.

Dakota Cassidy: The Accidental Detectives: Tell Me It’s Murder Without Telling Me It’s Murder (An Accidental Detective Mystery Book 2)

Title: The Accidental Detectives: Tell Me It’s Murder Without Telling Me It’s Murder (An Accidental Detective Mystery Book 2) 
Author: Dakota Cassidy

Rating: Four and A Half Siren Stones

 

Genre: Paranormal Mystery

Keywords: Werewolf, Demon, Witch, Vampire, Zombie, OOPs, Man Servant, Mystery, The Accidentals

Page Count: 175          

ISBN E-Book: Amazon Digital Services, LLC

Price: $4.99

Publisher: Self-Published

Buy-Link: Buy it here

Reviewer: Stacey Krug  

Blurb/Summary:

Marty Flaherty here: Half human, half werewolf, aaall girl and proud of it.

First, let me say, we’re not exactly great at this detective gig. Sherlock Holmes wouldn’t be out of a job because we’re on the scene.

But while In the midst of trying to choose our next case to solve and learning from the mistakes we made with our last investigation, my fifteen-year-old daughter Hollis makes a plea we can’t turn our backs on.
Her best friend, Charmaine Ellis needs our help.

Charmaine's father’s been accused of murdering their house manager’s daughter. Ronald Ellis, guardian of everything werewolf, overseer of ancient were artifacts, is accused of killing Zinnia Hutchins.
A sweet, thoughtful young woman who grew up in the Ellis household—a young woman Ronald once considered a daughter.

The madness in all of this?

He fully admits he’s whodunnit!

That’s right, he makes no bones about the fact that he’s the killer. Loud and proud, Ronald confesses to killing a beautiful young woman. The catch? He can’t remember a single thing about the morning he allegedly murdered Zinnia.
Due to the archaic inefficiency of the were council police, and their deep desire to keep all matters werewolf deeply hidden from the human world, Ronald asks us to help him investigate what happened that morning, even if it means he truly did murder a woman he considered family.

So we jump in both feet and this time, with a hefty list of suspects on our side, but as we dig deeper we find secrets none of us expected, proving murder in the paranormal world is a tricky game of cat and mouse!

Review:

I love that each book in this new series is from a different POV. Book 2 is from Marty Flaherty’s POV and has much to do with the were society. Readers are treated to a teenage Hollis, Marty’s daughter, and we get to see the relationships that have been built over time. Hollis has two aunties that love her like their own. It is apparent that those bonds were forged over time and experiences. Hollis doesn’t hesitate to ask for help for her friend.

The suspected murderer and victim are part of the were community, so we get more insight on their workings. They have some crazy artifacts that should not fall into the wrong hands. Book two is straight forward with some obvious and a couple not so obvious plot twists. It’s also a fairly clean read because Nina is not the protagonist.

Tell Me It’s Murder Without Telling Me It’s Murder has great characters and is a fun read.