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Book Review: And Darkness Waits: When Fear Descends Into Madness by C.K. Post
Media Type: Ebook Title: And Darkness Waits: When Fear Descends Into Madness Author: C.K. Post Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 190 Release Date: August 1, 2016 Source: Author —————————————————————————— Genre: Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love unreliable narrators and books with plenty of twists. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A successful horror author, Jeffrey Newman has everything money can buy. The world doesn’t know about his bouts with depression, his frequent nightmares, the darkness that weaves through him or the crushing burden of guilt he has carried for most of his…
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Book Review: Kings or Pawns (The Kings #1) by J.J. Sherwood
Media Type: Ebook Title: Kings or Pawns *Series: The Kings Book 1 Author: J.J. Sherwood Publisher: Silver Helm Pages: Paperback; 383 Release Date: October 1, 2015 Source: Author ——————————————————- Genre: Epic Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy their Fantasy with a good dose of political intrigue. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The first book in JJ Sherwood’s Steps of Power epic fantasy series. The Kings, Book I: Kings or Pawns is a political intrigue that spirals into an action and adventure series as the final events unfold. 8,994 P.E.—The…
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Book Review: Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold by Iain Reading
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold Series: Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series Author: Iain Reading Publisher: Self Pages: ebook; 326 Release Date: November 30, 2012 Source: Author ————————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a fun adventure book with a bit of education. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes This first book of the Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series introduces Kitty Hawk, an intrepid teenage pilot with her own De Havilland Beaver seaplane and a nose for mystery and intrigue. A cross between Amelia Earhart, Nancy Drew and Pippi Longstocking, Kitty is a…
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Book Review: The Sea Crystal and Other Weird Tales by Susan Berliner
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Sea Crystal and Other Weird Tales Author: Susan Berliner Publisher: SRB Books Pages: Kindle; 160 Release Date: April 3, 2016 Source: Author ———————————————————– Genre: Short Stories HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy suspenseful tales with a very paranormal twist. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Welcome to Susan Berliner’s world. It’s a place where strange things—both good and bad—happen. Meet some of the inhabitants: * Doreen. It’s time for her wedding—but where is everyone? (Doreen’s Wedding) * Neal. The face he sees in the mirror is no longer…
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Book Review: Dark Dreams and Dead Things (Dead Things #2) by Martina McAtee
Media Type: Ebook Title: Dark Dreams and Dead Things *Series: Dead Things #2 Author: Martina McAtee Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 540 Release Date: June 21, 2016 Source: YA Bound Book Tours / Author —————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy richly written paranormal series. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes 17-year-old November Lonergan spent her whole life feeling like an outsider. She was right. She’s a reaper like her mother; like her two cousins, Kai and Tristin. The supernatural world believes they are part of a…
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Book Blitz + Giveaway: Lavender in Bloom by Lily Velez
Good morning, darling bookish people! Are you on the hunt for a swoon-worthy, historical romance? Look no further, Lily Velez has you covered with Lavender in Bloom. Lavender in Bloom Lily Velez Publication date: July 25th 2016 Genres: Historical, Romance, Young Adult It’s the year 1802 in Avignon, France… Noah Capet has spent most of his young life living simple and unvaried days in the hushed countryside of southern France. Quiet, reserved, and diffident, his preference for existing is to do so in solitude, keeping to himself both in town and on his family’s farm—a predilection that’s altogether disrupted when…
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Book Review: The Voyage to Magical North by Claire Fayers
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Voyage to Magical North Author: Claire Fayers Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR) Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: July 5, 2016 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Magical mischief HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy magical romps, filled with pirates and mischief! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Twelve-year-old Brine Seaborne is a girl with a past–if only she could remember what it is. Found alone in a rowboat as a child, clutching a shard of the rare starshell needed for spell-casting, she’s spent…
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Book Review: The Killer In Me by Margot Harrison
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Killer In Me Author: Margot Harrison Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: July 12, 2016 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ————————————————– Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good, tense read with vividly written characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Seventeen-year-old Nina Barrows knows all about the Thief. She’s intimately familiar with his hunting methods: how he stalks and kills at random, how he disposes of his victims’ bodies in an abandoned mine in the deepest, most desolate part of a…
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Book Review: Smash & Grab by Amy Christine Parker
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Smash & Grab Author: Amy Christine Parker Publisher: Random House BFYR Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: July 19, 2016 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ————————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence; Intense Action HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love action packed stories with the perfect amount of chemistry. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes LEXI is a rich girl who loves a good rush. Whether it’s motorcycle racing or BASE jumping off a building in downtown Los Angeles, the only times she feels alive are when she and her…
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Book Review: Tea Cups and Carnage by Lynn Cahoon
Media Type: Ebook Title: Tea Cups and Carnage Series: A Tourist Trap Mystery #7 Author: Lynn Cahoon Publisher: Lyrical Underground Pages: 194 Release Date: June 7, 2016 Source: Netgalley ———————————————– Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy the series Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The kettle’s about to boil over . . . The quaint coastal town of South Cove, California, is all abuzz about the opening of a new specialty shop, Tea Hee. But as Coffee, Books, and More owner Jill Gardner is about to find out, there’s nothing cozy about murder . . .Shop owner Kathi Corbin says she came to South Cove…