Book Review: The Enhanced League by C. S. Boyack #Book #Review #Recommended #Reading

Goodreads Synopsis

The Enhanced league is a collection of short stories and anthems centered around a year in a fictional baseball league. It has a slight science fiction background. This league has a lot more pomp than you might be used to, and nobody seems to care if the players use performance enhancing drugs.

Stories involve existing heroes, up and comers, and falling stars. While there are the obvious stories that take place on the field of play, there are also human interest stories that take place around the baseball gyrations. These stories involve scouting, trades, ruthless business decisions, and even relationships.

I enjoyed researching and bringing you The Enhanced League, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 

My review

An enjoyable read, and a different one for me. I can’t say that I am a baseball fan but reading The Enhanced League by C.S. Boyack does make you feel as if you are immersed in the world of Baseball. C. S. Boyack achieves this by writing engaging characters, adding a touch of humour and superb descriptions of the intricacies of the game itself, and the characters who live, breathe baseball, plus the use of devices, or drugs to create ‘enhanced’ players.

An interesting concept for a story.

My rating: 4 stars

I recommend this particularly for baseball and sport fans and to those who enjoy well crafted human interest storytelling.

I look forward to reading more from C.S. Boyack. This is the first book I have read from him and I am pleased to say it was an engaging read. I believe to date he has written 17 books.

The Enhanced League

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Links:

C. S. Boyack’s blog: https://coldhandboyack.wordpress.com/

C. S. Boyack offers interesting interview possibilities on his Lisa Burton Radio show:

https://coldhandboyack.wordpress.com/lisa-burton-radio/

Social Media Links

Authors Website: https://atomic-temporary-67364188.wpcomstaging.com
Twitter: @Marjorie_Mallon and @curseof_time
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17064826.M_J_Mallon

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Marje @ Kyrosmagica

Hi. Welcome to my blog: M J Mallon - Kyrosmagica Publishing. A blog about magic, books, writing, laughter, and much more! I'm a YA fantasy author, poet and reviewer. My first YA fantasy novel The Curse of Time - Book 1 - Bloodstone is set in Cambridge and Book 2 - Golden Healer is now out too. As well as this, I have contributed to several anthologies, created my own with some amazing international writers, bloggers and creatives during the pandemic: This Is Lockdown and written two poetry collections: Lockdown Innit Poems About Absurdity & Mr. Sagittarius Poetry and Prose. I write book reviews on my blog and on Goodreads, book bub and on my bookstagram. I have a penchant for travel and have relatives in far flung places, Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore, (my birthplace.) I grew up in in Bonnie Scotland, in Edinburgh, and now live in Cambridge. I love sunny, hot places, particularly Rome, Venice, Portugal, Barcelona, and I forgot to mention the sun drenched beaches of the Caribbean, how could I? I am lucky to have been blessed with two lovely daughters and a husband who I fondly refer to in this blog as my black sheep. Family joke! With my passion for travel, culture, beautiful beaches, good food, books, theatre, writing, and humour, I hope to keep you entertained. I'm loving every minute of this creative journey, please join me.

42 thoughts on “Book Review: The Enhanced League by C. S. Boyack #Book #Review #Recommended #Reading”

  3. I don’t like baseball as much as football or hockey, but I do enjoy a game or two in the summer (even though my poor Pirates are usually in last place). That said, this book—to me—was so much more than a story about baseball. I loved the spectacle of the sport he created, but what really captured me was the characters. I thought they were rich and well developed, and I enjoyed seeing how all the arcs progressed. I also enjoyed the vignettes between chapters very much.

    So nice seeing this book spotlighted here. It deserves an audience.

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    1. I agree, it is so nice to highlight Craig’s work. I’ve been meaning to read his novels for some time now. Every now and then I step outside my usual read: fantasy, to try something new. It’s great to read a wide range of genres and styles. Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment Staci. Awesome. 🙂

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  6. Reblogged this on Entertaining Stories and commented:
    It’s looking like a banner day for me. Not only is there a great post up about Serang, there is also this one about The Enhanced League. Give Marje a visit and check out her site while you’re there. She’s had characters on Lisa Burton Radio, and is a nice person all around. If you’re lamenting the baseball season, like I am, Enhanced League might be the balm you need right now.

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  8. I’m not a huge baseball fan, either, but am intrigued by the concept of this one of Craig’s. I have it waiting on my kindle with a bunch of his other books. *sigh* I’ll get to them. 🙂 Hope you’re well.

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  9. It’s been a while since I’ve read this one. It was so inventive and clever. I’m not a huge baseball fan (a game here or there), but I was riveted by The Enhanced League. I especially loved the back-and-forth with the announcers. So much fun!

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  11. I’ve only read two of Craig’s books, Marje, (he writes them faster than I can keep up – lol). I do like his humor, zany characters, and fast pace. I’m not much of a baseball fan either, so will probably stick to some of his other ones before getting to this one. Thanks for the review. 🙂

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  16. I’m not a huge fan of baseball either, so it’s good to know that you don’t have to be in order to enjoy this book. Great review, Marje. Congrats to Craig! He’s so creative. 😀 xo

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