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Book Review: Realm by Alexandrea Weis
Media Type: Print Book Title: Realm Author: Alexandrea Weis Publisher: Vesuvian Books Pages: Paperback; 397 Release Date: May 14, 2019 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher ——————————————— Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy history told from a different perspective. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Based on a true story. When her homeland is conquered by the mighty Alexander the Great, Roxana—the daughter of a mere chieftain—is torn from her simple life and thrown into a world of war and intrigue. Terrified, the sixteen-year-old girl of renowned beauty is…
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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: Monster Hunter International (MHI #1) by Larry Correia
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Monster Hunter International * Series: MHI #1 Author: Larry Correia Publisher: Audible Audio Narrator: Oliver Wyman Run Length: 24 hours Release Date: March 15, 2011 Source: Purchased ———————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love action packed, rollicking adventures! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Monsters are real. And some people kill them for a living. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business, and Owen Zastava Pitt — CPA, average guy, and survivor of a brutal supernatural attack —…
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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,…
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Book Review: Semiosis (Semiosis Duology #1) by Sue Burke
Media Type: Print Book Title: Semiosis * Series: Semiosis Duology #1 Author: Sue Burke Publisher: Tor Books Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: February 6, 2018 Source: Publisher —————————————- Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy science fiction rife with survival, and with deep roots to nature. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In this character driven novel of first contact by debut author Sue Burke, human survival hinges on an bizarre alliance. Only mutual communication can forge an alliance with the planet’s sentient species and prove that mammals are…
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Book Spotlight: The Chef’s Secret by Crystal King
Good morning lovely bookworms, and happy Friday to boot! If you’re even 1/16 as happy as I am that this week has finally come to end, I’m sending you a giant mental hug. Whew. This week was rough. On the bright side, I get to end it with a stellar spotlight, of a book that I’m wholly intrigued over. Want to join me? The Chef’s Secret by Crystal King Adult fiction, Historical Fiction Atria/Simon & Schuster 352 pages Release date: Feb 12, 2019 Rated R (for a couple of explicit, but loving, sex scenes (no abuse or rape) and minor…
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Graphic Novel Review: Bone Parish, Volume 1 by Cullen Bunn
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Bone Parish, Volume 1 * Series: Bone Parish Author: Cullen Bunn Publisher: BOOM! Studios Pages: Paperback; 112 Release Date: May 7, 2019 Source: NetGalley ————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Graphic novel readers who are looking for something with dark, science fiction elements. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A necromantic horror series about an upstart crime family trafficking in a new designer drug that’s just hit the market made from the ashes of the dead. A new drug is sweeping through the streets of…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: EVO by Diane May
Title: EVO Author: Diane May Publication date: July 23rd 2018 Genres: Adult, Thriller A covert CIA operation that involves genetic engineering. A serial killer nicknamed “The Hypnotist”. And the most terrifying threat humanity has to face. What if someone could take complete control over your mind? And what if that someone was a serial killer? Discover EVO, a gripping crime thriller that reviewers and readers describe as “spellbinding”, “high-energy” and “impossible to put down”. Langley, Virginia, twenty years earlier: John Blake, a CIA special agent, stumbles upon an illegal genetic experiment within the agency, conducted on unborn babies and officially…
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Book Review: Renegade Heart (Renegades #1) by Lissa Lynn Thomas
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Renegade Heart *Series: Renegades Book 1 Author: Lissa Lynn Thomas Publisher: Self-Published Pages: Ebook; 147 Release Date: February 5, 2018 Source: Author ——————————————– Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy more realistic romance, with tough characters and sweet romance. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Raif Montgomery, lead singer of Renegades, the area’s most popular band, isn’t like other guys. When he gets left at the altar by a woman most men would kill to have, he finds himself more relieved than heartbroken. Things take another twisted…
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Book Review: A Slice of Magic by A.G. Mayes
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: A Slice of Magic Author: A.G. Mayes Publisher: HarperImpulse Pages: Print; 234 Release Date: January 25, 2019 Source: NetGalley / Publisher —————————————- Genre: Cozy Mystery / Magical Realism HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quick, sweet reads with quirky characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Susanna Daniels has spent over twenty years wondering why her beloved Aunt Erma disappeared from her life. When Aunt Erma leaves a voicemail asking for help at her pie shop, Susanna thinks she’s finally going to get the answers she’s been…