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Book Review: The Waking Dark
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Waking Dark Author: Robin Wasserman Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: September 10, 2013 Release Date: Hardcover; 464 Source: Library ————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are okay with dark, disturbing reads. This features plenty of violence. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes They called it the killing day. Twelve people dead, all in the space of a few hours. Five murderers: neighbors, relatives, friends. All of them so normal. All of them seemingly harmless. All of them now dead by…
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Book Review: The Rule of Three
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Rule of Three Author: Eric Walters Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Pages: Hardcover; 405 Release Date: January 21, 2014 Source: Library —————————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy more realistic fiction, and well-written characters Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes One shocking afternoon, computers around the globe shut down in a viral catastrophe. At sixteen-year-old Adam Daley’s high school, the problem first seems to be a typical electrical outage, until students discover that cell phones are down, municipal utilities are failing, and…
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Book Review: The Polaris Uprising
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Polaris Uprising *Series: Polaris #1 Author: Jennifer Ibarra Publisher: Tiwala Books Pages: Paperback; 328 Release Date: October 30, 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoying strong female characters, and hidden secrets. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon In less than seven years, eighteen-year-old Ryla Jensen will succeed her father as the president of Neress, a nation where all citizens are cared for from the moment they’re born. Fed, sheltered, even educated—every need of theirs is met. The only price…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Resurrection by Laury Falter
Ready for another book blitz, featuring another amazing book? Sure you are! This time it’s all about Resurrection by Laury Falter. A post apocalyptic world plagued by a contagious infection? Yup, that’s what you’ll find between these pages. The second and final installment in the two-book series, Apocalypse Chronicles… a dystopian romance about five high school seniors who set out to cure an apocalyptic world of a contagious infection. Bestselling author Laury Falter finishes off this two-part series–a dystopian romance filled with an electrifying plot, a powerful romance, and unexpected twists. Find it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes He laughed…
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ARC Review: Burn (Pure #3)
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Burn * Series: Pure #3 Author: Julianna Baggott Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Pages: Kindle; 432 Release Date: February 4, 2014 Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of gritty, dystopian fiction with vivid characters and situations. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Inside the Dome, Patridge has taken his father’s place as leader of the Pures. His struggle has led him here, intent upon bringing down the Dome from the inside, with the help of a secret resistance force. But things…
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Audio Book Review: Fuse (Pure #2)
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Fuse *Series: Pure #2′ Author: Julianna Baggott Narrators: Khristine Hvam, Casey Holloway, Kevin T. Collins, Pierce Cravens Publisher: Hachette Audio Format: MP3 Download Duration: 16 hours and 44 minutes Source: Library Download ——————————————————————– Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes We want our son returned. This girl is proof that we can save you all. If you ignore our plea, we will kill our hostages one at a time. To be a Pure is to be perfect, untouched by Detonations…
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Book Review: A Life of Death
Media Type: Ebook Title: A Life of Death Author: Weston Kincade Publisher: Self-published Pages: Serial Novel Release Date: June 8, 2011 Source: Author ———————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who can deal with intense child abuse scenes, and other tough issues while reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Alex Drummond is a troubled high school senior with a checkered past, a broken home, and a surprising ability. When he touches items that murder victims held in their final moments, Alex relives the events in gruesome detail, seeing…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: The Appeal of Evil by Pembroke Sinclair
Here’s another book blitz for all of you, and this one looks amazing! Katie wants to invest her heart and soul in love, but she may lose both to Hell. Katie, a senior in high school, is torn between loving the “good” guy, her childhood friend Wes who makes promises he doesn’t keep and abandons her when she needs him the most, and the “bad” guy, the new kid at school Josh who is also a real demon from Hell. Katie wants someone who pays attention to her and puts her first, but what is she willing to give up…
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Book Review: The Obsidian Pebble
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Obsidian Pebble Author: Rhys A. Jones Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: October 29, 2013 Source: Author ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fast paced mysteries, with fun and intelligent characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N 11-year old Oz Chambers lives in a haunted house (Penwurt). His mother wants to move, but Oz would rather do double algebra (yuck) every day for twelve months than leave. Where others see spooky, Oz sees wonder and mystery and aching…
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Book Review: Heartbeat
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Heartbeat Author: Elizabeth Scott Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: January 28, 2014 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy Elizabeth Scott! This book embodies everything readers love about her. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Life. Death. And…Love? Emma would give anything to talk to her mother one last time. Tell her about her slipping grades, her anger with her stepfather, and the boy with the bad reputation who might be the only one Emma can be…