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    Book Review: Strangelets

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Strangelets Author: Michelle Gagon Publisher: Soho Teen Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: April 9, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy psychological thrillers mixed with a little science fiction Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N 17-year-old Sophie lies on her deathbed in California, awaiting the inevitable loss of her battle with cancer… 17-year-old Declan stares down two armed thugs in a back alley in Galway, Ireland… 17-year-old Anat attempts to traverse a booby-trapped tunnel between Israel and Egypt……

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    Book Review: Bad Mouth

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Bad Mouth Author: Angela McCallister Publisher: Entangled: Covet Pages: Ebook; 247 Release Date: May 20, 2013 Source: Publisher ——————————————– Genre: Romance / Paranormal Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love paranormal romance and sexy, bad-mouthed male leads! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon After her ex-husband’s obsession with vampires, Valerie Craig is on a mission to stop transformations. Of all vampires, Kade Rollins is the worst of the worst, but when multiple murders plague Seattle, Val is forced to enlist his aid. Kade’s crude wit and seductive nature…

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    Book Review: The Eternity Cure

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Eternity Cure    *Series: Blood of Eden #2 Author: Julie Kagawa Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Hardcover; 446 Release Date: April 30, 2013 Source: NetGalley —————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a new take on the vampire genre. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and…

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    Book Review: Game

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Game    *Series: Jasper Dent #2 Author: Barry Lyga Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 528 Release Date: April 16, 2013 Source: Library ———————————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers with a strong stomach who don’t mind darker reads. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Billy grinned. “Oh, New York,” he whispered. “We’re gonna have so much fun.” I Hunt Killers introduced the world to Jazz, the son of history’s most infamous serial killer, Billy Dent. In an effort to prove…

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    Book Review: The Trickster’s Totem

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Trickster’s Totem    * Series: Relics of Mysticus Author: H.B. Bolton Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 226 Release Date: April 15, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good adventure story with young protagonists Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Life has returned to normal for fourteen-year-old Evan and his older sister, Claire. That is until Dunkle, a clever but stinky little imp, pays an unexpected visit to their school. He has come to take the siblings…

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    Book Review: Tristis Manor

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Tristis Manor    * Series: Novella in The Never Chronicles Author: J.R. Wagner Publisher: Solomon Claw Publishing Pages: Ebook; 107 Release Date: March 20, 2013 Source: NetGalley ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence, Tough Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are okay with tough issues in their reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Margaret lives in a constant state of fear. Fear of her mother, whose constant state of anger and unwillingness to speak of Margaret’s past have long since pushed Margaret away. Fear of disappointing her…

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    Book Review: The Rules for Disappearing

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Rules for Disappearing Author: Ashley Elston Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: May 14, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of quick moving novels with vivid characters and true to life situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N She’s been six different people in six different places: Madeline in Ohio, Isabelle in Missouri, Olivia in Kentucky . . . But now that she’s been transplanted to rural Louisiana, she has decided that this fake identity will…

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    Book Review: First Born

    Media Type: Print Book Title: First Born    *Series: Lily Moore #1 Author: Tricia Zoeller Publisher: Blue Portal Press LLC Pages: Not specified. Release Date: May 6, 2013 Source: Author —————————————————— Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are fans of the Urban Fantasy genre, and enjoy tough female characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When twenty-six-year-old graphic designer Lily Moore shapeshifts for the first time, Atlanta police detectives consult wildlife experts to sort through the bizarre forensic evidence she leaves in her wake. Her traumatic transformation coincides…

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    Book Review: Forbidden Sister

    Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Forbidden Sister    *Series: The Forbidden #1 Author: V.C. Andrews Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: Paperback; 432 Release Date: February 26, 2103 Source: Publisher ———————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence and Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy V.C. Andrews as an author, and books with tougher subjects. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Emmie Wilcox, the younger daughter of Norton and Vivian Wilcox, was seven, her father, frustrated with his older daughter Roxanne’s misbehavior and defiance, told her to get out. At…

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    Book Review: New Lands

    Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: New Lands    * Series: The Chronicles of Egg #2 Author: Geoff Rodkey Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: May 2, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series, as well as readers who love a good adventure story! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N After a narrow escape from Deadweather Island, Egg and his slightly deranged partner Guts head for the remote New Lands. They’re in search of the lost Okalu tribe, who hold…