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Book Spotlight + Guest Post: Forest’s Heir by Ley Hayley
Another wonderful book spotlight for you today my friends! Best of all, it’s paired with a guest post from Ley Hayley herself. Are you a fan of Fantasy? You’ll want to check this one out. Seventeen year old Rosalind Rowan was born a princess, the apple of her father’s eye. She loves the thick forests and lush meadows of the Forested Land. She is sometimes selfish and reckless, but she is also kind and loves fearlessly. Rosalind–who is known to everyone but the Queen as Rose–is desperately in love with Gavin Ashford, the dashing and intriguing son of an important…
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Book Review: The Enchantress of Lynniah
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Enchantress of Lynniah *Series: The Enchantress of Lynniah #1 Author: A.L. Bawden Publisher: Self-Published Pages: Kindle Edition, 286 Release Date: November 11, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fun and quick moving fantasy stories. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Have you ever come across a vain, impetuous little creature called a Mandie, and had to quickly dodge one of her poisonous darts? Or, have you ever imagined having to sing to a fruit to get…
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Book Review: Perfect Ruin
Media Type: Print Book Title: Perfect Ruin * Series: The Internment Chronicles #1 Author: Lauren DeStefano Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 356 Release Date: October 1, 2013 Source: Library ——————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy gorgeous writing and seriously wonderful characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N On Internment, the floating island in the clouds where 16-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives, getting too close to the edge can lead to madness. Even though Morgan’s older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan…
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Author Interview + Giveaway: Scion of the Sun by Nicola Marsh
Happy Thankful Thursday my friends! Whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving today, or not, I hope you have an utterly fabulous day! To aid in that, I’m happy to be featuring Nicola Marsh and Scion of the Sun today! Looking for your next read? Love Fantasy reads? Well then, you may have just found your new favorite read. When she least expects it, sixteen-year old Holly Burton’s unremarkable life is shaken to the core. A vision of the mother Holly never knew leaves her questioning everything she believes. Eager for answers, Holly enrolls at a boarding school for highly gifted students in Wolfebane,…
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Book Review: Pendomus
Media Type: Ebook Title: Pendomus *Series: Pendomus Chronicles #1 Author: Carissa Andrews Publisher: Self-published Release Date: October 10, 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories filled with action and adventure. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Humanity has colonized on the tidally locked planet Pendomus. Residing between extreme heat and frigid cold is the complex known as the Helix. Within lies a highly sophisticated society functioning solely on humans fulfilling their life’s purpose as determined by their natural aptitudes and daily brain…
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Book Review: Scorched
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Scorched *Series: Scorched #1 Author: Mari Mancusi Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: September 3, 2013 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love action and adventure mixed with dragons! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes Trinity Don’t leave me here… It starts with a whisper. At first Trinity thinks she’s going crazy. It wouldn’t be a big surprise—her grandpa firmly believes there’s a genuine dragon egg in their dusty little West Texas town. But this…
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Book Review: The Grotto Under the Tree
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Grotto Under the Tree Author: John A. Theo Jr. Publisher: Astrea Press Pages: Ebook; 139 Release Date: February 15, 2013 Source: CBB Book Promotions ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who enjoy short and sweet fantasy reads Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Sebastian and Sara mistakenly descend into a mystical land where elves, mermaids, gnomes and other mythological creatures live. The two discover they have stumbled into an ancient battle between these fair folk and evil creatures called the…
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Book Review: Vicious
Media Type: Print Book Title: Vicious Author: V.E. Schwab Publisher: Tor Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: September 24, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————— Genre: Fantasy / Paranormal Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Seriously, everyone. Get out there and get a copy of this book. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes A masterful, twisted tale of ambition, jealousy, betrayal, and superpowers, set in a near-future world. Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior…
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Audio Book Review: Zoe & Zak and the Ghost Leopard
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Zoe & Zak and the Ghost Leopard * Series: Zoe & Zak Adventures #1 Author: Lars Guignard Narrator: Bailey S. Carson Publisher: Fantastic Press Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 7 hours and 20 minutes Source: CBB Book Promotions ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Young readers who love action and adventure! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon Introducing book 1 of the new kids’ adventure books from best-selling author Lars Guignard: Zoe and Zak are lost in exotic India, where gods and magic still exist. Before they can find their way home, they just…
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Book Review: Rose
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Rose *Series: Rose #1 Author: Holly Webb Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: September 3, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories filled with lessons, magic, and adventure. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes Rose isn’t like the other orphans at St Bridget’s Home for Abandoned Girls. Instead of dreaming of getting adopted by loving, wealthy parents, Rose wants to get a job and be independent. She doesn’t need anyone but herself.…