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Book Review: Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
Media Type: Print Book Title: Pieces of Her Author: Karin Slaughter Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 496 Release Date: May 21, 2019 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ————————————————– Genre: Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow burn thrillers with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The #1 internationally bestselling author returns with a new novel in the vein of the New York Times bestsellers Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter—a story even more electrifying, provocative, and suspenseful than anything she’s written before. What if the person you thought you knew best turns…
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Book Review: I Spy the Boy Next Door by Samantha Armstrong
Media Type: ebook (ARC) Title: I Spy the Boy Next Door Author: Samantha Armstrong Publisher: Self published Pages: 346 paperback Publication date: May 25th 2019 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance Source: Xpresso Book Tours/Author —————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language/Topics HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a coming of age story with a surprise ending. Add it: Goodreads / Amazon Four p.m. spy sessions are the highlight of Mallory Taylor’s day. Observing the boy next door—one with a body and an attitude to match—has her perched beside her window so often it can’t be healthy. When she finally convinces her…
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Book Review: The Bone Charmer by Breeana Shields
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Bone Charmer Author: Breeana Shields Publisher: Page Street Kids Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 21, 2019 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy “sliding doors” stories with vivid characters and settings. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In Saskia’s world, bones are the source of all power. They tell the future, reveal the past, and expose secrets in the present. Each village has a designated seer who performs readings for the townsfolk, and in Midwood, the…
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Book Review: The Pumpkin War by Cathleen Young
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Pumpkin War Author: Cathleen Young Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Pages: Hardcover; 192 Release Date: May 21, 2019 Source: Publisher —————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a sweet story about real family and friend relationships. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Former best friends compete to see who can grow the biggest pumpkin and win the annual giant pumpkin race on the lake. A great pick for fans of Half a Chance and Gertie’s Leap to Greatness. At the end…
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Book Review: As Silver is to the Moon by R. A. Watt
Media Type: ebook ARC Title: As Silver Is to the Moon Author: R. A. Watt Publisher: TER Publishing Pages: 313 Publication date: April 28th 2019 Source: Xpresso Book Tours/Author Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult —————————————————– Content Screening: Some violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for an interesting coming of age paranormal story. Add it: Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble New school. First love. A psychotic werewolf that wanted me dead. And it was only week one in Santa Isadora. For fifteen-year-old Teavan Laurent and his older sister Suzanne, Santa Isadora seemed like a sleepy and idyllic California town to finish…
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Book Review: Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak Author: Adi Alsaid Publisher: Inkyard Press Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: April 30, 2019 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher —————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a refreshing look at teenage love. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The summer after senior year is not going as eighteen-year-old Lu Charles expected: after her longtime boyfriend unexpectedly breaks up with her, Lu can’t write a single word, despite the fact that her college scholarship is…
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Book Review: Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley
Media Type: Print Book Title: Deposing Nathan Author: Zack Smedley Publisher: Page Street Publishing Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 7, 2019 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher —————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language/Topics HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Literally everyone. This book is so important, and it needs to be in all the hands. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N For sixteen years, Nate was the perfect son—the product of a no-nonsense upbringing and deep spiritual faith. Then he met Cam, who pushed him to break rules, dream, and accept himself. Conflicted, Nate…
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Book Review: Last Things by Jacqueline West
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Last Things Author: Jacqueline West Publisher: Greenwillow Books Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: May 7, 2019 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ——————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love dark, atmospheric stories that keep you guessing right up until the end. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N When strange things start happening to local music idol Anders Thorson, everyone blames his number-one-fan, Thea. But is she out to hurt him? Or protect him? High school senior Anders Thorson is unusually gifted. His band,…
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Book Review: The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Devouring Gray Author: Christine Lynn Herman Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: April 2, 2019 Source: Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories that are dark and atmospheric. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Branches and stones, daggers and bones, They locked the Beast away. After the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn’t: They belong to one of the…
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Book Review: The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Invited Author: Jennifer McMahon Publisher: Doubleday Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: April 30, 2019 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————— Genre: Paranormal Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a slightly spooky mystery with a historical feel. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don’t simply move into a haunted house,…