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Book Review: The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons Author: Barbara Mariconda Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Pages: Hardcover; 224 Release Date: October 2, 2012 Source: Library ————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Those who enjoy a feisty female lead, and a read with ample adventure. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N An enchanted flute that vibrates when danger is near, sparkling mist that unlocks a drawer of family secrets, and a bookcase that expands to conceal her hiding place—these are the bits of magic Lucy…
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Book Review: Angelopolis
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Angelopolis * Series: Angeology #2 Author: Danielle Trussoni Publisher: Viking Adult Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: March 26, 2013 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Genre: Paranormal Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Both fans of the first book, and newcomers! This one reads just fine as a standalone. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A decade has passed since Verlaine saw Evangeline alight from the Brooklyn Bridge, the sight of her new wings a betrayal that haunts him still. Now an elite angel hunter for the Society of Angelology,…
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Book Review: Earth-Sim
Media Type: Print Book Title: Earth-Sim Author: Jade Kerrion Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 207 Release Date: February 2, 2013 Source: Author ——————————————————– Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Those who adore an intelligently written and enjoyable Sci Fi novel. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Jem Moran has a reputation to prove and a secret to protect. The prestigious world simulation program seems the answer to both her problems, but only if she can succeed in spite of her partner, Kir Davos, and the uncooperative human beings who populate her…
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Book Review: Owlet
Media Type: Ebook Title: Owlet *Series: Society of Feathers #1 Author: Emma Michaels Publisher: Tribute Books Pages: Ebook; 138 Release Date: October 13, 2012 Source: Author —————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy the paranormal genre but are looking for something a little different. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Somewhere between falling and flying… there is a girl. Iris has a secret. She lost her memory eight years ago and never told a living soul. After an asthma attack one night she finds…
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Book Review: The Demi Monde: Winter
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Demi Monde *Series: The Demi Monde Saga Author: Rod Rees Publisher: Quercus Publishing Pages: Hardcover; 522 Release Date: January 1, 2011 Source: Publisher ————————————————- Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of down and dirty science fiction mixed with steampunk. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N EXPERIENCE THE ULTIMATE IN VIRTUAL REALITY. The Demi-Monde is the most advanced computer simulation ever devised. Created to prepare soldiers for the nightmarish reality of urban warfare, it is a virtual world locked in eternal civil war.…
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Book Review: The Culling
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Culling * Series: The Torch Keeper #1 Author: Steven Dos Santos Publisher: Flux Pages: Paperback; 421 Release Date: March 8, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————————— Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of gritty dystopian fiction with strong characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Recruitment Day is here…if you fail, a loved one will die… For Lucian “Lucky” Spark, Recruitment Day means the Establishment, a totalitarian government, will force him to become one of five Recruits competing to join the ruthless Imposer task force.…
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Book Review: Escape Theory
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Escape Theory Author: Margaux Froley Publisher: Soho Teen Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: March 12, 2013 Source: Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Drug use, Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers that enjoy a good contemporary, shrouded in mystery, and are okay with a little grit in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sixteen-year-old Devon Mackintosh has always felt like an outsider at Keaton, the prestigious California boarding school perched above the Pacific. As long as she’s not fitting in, Devon figures she might as…
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Book Review: Edge of the Falls
Media Type: Ebook Title: Edge of the Falls * Series: After the Fall #1 Author: Nazarea Andrews Publisher: Andrews-Hale Pages: Ebook; 300 Release Date: March 12, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good paranormal romance with a dystopian twist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sabah always knew where she belonged—with Berg—and what was expected of her—to care for the other children the Mistress took in. But when a ban-wolf saves her life, things begin to change. Arjun isn’t like…
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Book Review: Keeper of the Black Stones
Media Type: Print Book Title: Keeper of the Black Stones * Series: Stone Ends, Book 1 Author: P.T. McHugh Publisher: Glass House Press Pages: Paperback; 369 Release Date: February 26, 2013 Source: Publisher —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone! Especially readers who genuinely enjoy a romp through history. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Awkward in his own skin, shy around girls and worried about anything and everything, Jason Evans is just like a million other teenage boys in high school, with one very large exception:…
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Book Review: Fallen
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fallen Author: Laury Falter Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 272 Release Date: April 1, 2009 Source: Author ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy paranormal romance with an angel focus Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Fallen – the first book in the Guardian Trilogy… Maggie is unaware of the terrifying fate that awaits her. It isn’t until she lands in New Orleans for a full year at a private high school and her unknown enemies find her does she realize that her…