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Book Review: Lumiere by Jacqueline Garlick
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Lumiere Author: Jacqueline Garlick Series: The Illumination Paradox #1 Publisher: Skyscape Pages: Kindle; 402 Release Date: August 11, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy steampunk adventures and mystery stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Even in a land of eternal twilight, secrets can’t stay in the dark forever. Seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth has only one hope left: finding her late father’s most prized invention, the Illuminator. It’s been missing since the day of the mysterious flash—a day that saw…
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Book Review: The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Dead House Author: Dawn Kurtagich Publisher: Little Brown, BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 432 Release Date: September 15, 2015 Source: NetGalley ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a slow burn, and prefer their stories less gory and more haunting. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Welcome to the Dead House. Three students: dead. Carly Johnson: vanished without a trace. Two decades have passed since an inferno swept through Elmbridge High, claiming the lives of three teenagers and causing one student, Carly Johnson, to…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Gifted (The Hayven Series) by J.A. George
Happy Friday, my favorite bookish people! Yes, you’ve made it through the week. The weekend awaits and, if you’re like me, you’re probably planning on spending it doing some reading. So, let me take a moment to put a new book on your radar! Amazon | Goodreads ***** Today, the spotlight is on J.A. George and her novel, Gifted from The Hayven Series. If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you probably know that I’m a sucker for Fantasy. Better still, a book that has a gifted, or extra special, main character always catches my eye!…
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Cover Love: Blood in the Water by Tash McAdam
Happy Saturday ladies and gents! I’m a big fan of Glass House Press, and all the things they do. Their authors are amazing, and so I always rush to give them any promotional space they ask for. Plus, I can’t deny I’m a sucker for a good cover. Are you ready for some cover love? ================================================================== Glass House Press is proud – and slightly giddy – to announce Tash McAdam’s latest YA Fantasy novella, BLOOD IN THE WATER – the first in the Warp Weavers series! BLOOD IN THE WATER is Glass House’s first book by a queer author, and…
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Book Review: Siren’s Fury (Storm Siren #2) by Mary Weber
Media Type: Ebook Title: Siren’s Fury Series: Storm Siren #2 Author: Mary Weber Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: Publisher ————————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoyed the first book in the series and are looking for a follow up. Add it on: Goodreads | BookLikes | Amazon “I thrust my hand toward the sky as my voice begs the Elemental inside me to waken and rise. But it’s no use. The curse I’ve spent my entire life abhorring—the thing I trained so…
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Book Spotlight + Giveaway: In An Instant by Janae Mitchell
Today I have the honor of helping Janae Mitchell share her brand new release, In An Instant. For those of you out there who enjoy contemporary romance, this might be right up your alley! Sixteen year old Emersyn Moore spends her summer days working part-time in a book store, enjoying her next read, and hanging out with her best friend, Brianna. She also spends a lot of time admiring Brianna’s older brother, Kaden, who has made it clear that he sees Emersyn as nothing more than a sister. Emersyn concedes to her sisterly role, keeping her feelings to herself, as…
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Graphic Novel Review: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona
Title: Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal Author: G. Willow Wilson Illustrator: Adrian Alphona Publisher: Marvel Pages: Trade Paperback; 120 Recommended Age Group: 13+ Release Date: October 28, 2014 Source: Library Marvel Comics presents the all-new Ms. Marvel, the groundbreaking heroine that has become an international sensation! Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City – until she is suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the all-new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! As Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Fabled by Vanessa K. Eccles
Good morning, and happy end to your week, my bookish friends! Before I say anything else about the book that’s in the spotlight today, let’s all take a minute to sigh in contentment over the gorgeous cover. Okay? Get ready. Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Rowena thinks the Grimm’s infamous podcasts are simply another teen fad until she finds herself trapped in a land of nightmarish storybook characters. She tries desperately to flee Mezzanine and return home, but Dresdem, Mezzanine’s wicked monarch, plans to use Rowena’s access to her world to bring dark magic and absolute rule into Georgia and…
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Book Review: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Author: Jennifer E. Smith Publisher: Poppy Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: January 2, 2012 Source: NetGalley ——————————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sweet romance coupled with a bittersweet teenage life. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Four minutes changes everything. Hadley Sullivan 17 misses her flight at JFK airport, is late to her father’s second wedding in London with never-met stepmother. Hadley meets the perfect boy. Oliver is British, sits in her row. A long…
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Book Review: Hold Me Like a Breath by Tiffany Schmidt
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Hold Me Like a Breath Author: Tiffany Schmidt Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 19, 2015 Source: FFBC Blog Tours / Publisher —————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love their romance with a background of intrigue. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Penelope Landlow has grown up with the knowledge that almost anything can be bought or sold—including body parts. She’s the daughter of one of the three crime families that control the black market for organ transplants. Penelope’s surrounded by all…