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Book Review: Hardwired by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Hardwired Author: Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie Publisher: Flux Pages: paperback; 240 Release Date: November 8, 2015 Source: Publisher/Netgalley ———————————————– Genre: Teens/YA Suspense Content Screening: Some violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a strong male lead in a not so distant dystopian future. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes When Lucas tested positive for the warrior gene—a genetic abnormality believed to predispose humans to violence—he was shipped off to the Bake Shop, an impregnable government facility. There, he underwent a battery of psychological tests aimed at making him crack. Now, labeled safe to return to normal life, he’s ready to…
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ARC Review: Winterkill by Kate A. Boorman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Winterkill Author: Kate A. Boorman Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: September 9, 2014 Source: NetGalley ———————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy rich, atmospheric writing with a desolate setting to match. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Emmeline knows she’s not supposed to explore the woods outside her settlement. The enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there, attacking at night and keeping them isolated in an unfamiliar land with merciless winters. Living with the shame of her grandmother’s…
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Book Review: Unwept (The Nightbirds #1) by Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Unwept *Series: The Nightbirds #1 Authors: Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman Publisher: Tor Books Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: July 1, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books set in alternate worlds and are okay with open endings. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Gamin, Maine, is a remote seaside town where everyone seems to know Ellis Harkington better than she knows herself—but she doesn’t remember any of them. Unknown events have robbed Ellis of her memory.…
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ARC Review: Uninvited
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Uninvited (Uninvited #1) Author: Sophie Jordan Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: January 28, 2014 Source: Edelweiss/Publisher ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Any readers who like books that are quick moving, and have a psychological edge to them. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / BookLikes The Scarlet Letter meets Minority Report in bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s chilling new novel about a teenage girl who is ostracized when her genetic test proves she’s destined to become a murderer. When Davy Hamilton’s tests come…