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Book Review: Monster Hunter International (MHI #1) by Larry Correia
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Monster Hunter International * Series: MHI #1 Author: Larry Correia Publisher: Audible Audio Narrator: Oliver Wyman Run Length: 24 hours Release Date: March 15, 2011 Source: Purchased ———————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love action packed, rollicking adventures! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Monsters are real. And some people kill them for a living. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business, and Owen Zastava Pitt — CPA, average guy, and survivor of a brutal supernatural attack —…
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Book Review: The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Devouring Gray Author: Christine Lynn Herman Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: April 2, 2019 Source: Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories that are dark and atmospheric. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Branches and stones, daggers and bones, They locked the Beast away. After the death of her sister, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn’t: They belong to one of the…
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Book Review: The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Invited Author: Jennifer McMahon Publisher: Doubleday Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: April 30, 2019 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————— Genre: Paranormal Thriller / Mystery HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a slightly spooky mystery with a historical feel. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don’t simply move into a haunted house,…
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Book Review: Lovestruck by Kate Watson
Title: Lovestruck Author: Kate Watson Publisher: Flux Pages: Paperback; 300 Release Date: April 2, 2019 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy lighter reads with great messages. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Sixteen-year-old cupid-in-training Kali is in an Olympus-sized mountain of trouble. Rule number one in arrow-toting matchmaking: don’t stick yourself. But accidents happen, and Kali instantly falls hard for her indie rock, bass-playing target, Benicio. The God of Love is going to kill her. Even if he is her dad. Being…
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Graphic Novel Review: Operatic by Kyo Maclear
Title: Operatic Author: Kyo Maclear Illustrator: Byron Eggenschwiler Publisher: Groundwood Books Pages: Hardcover; 160 Recommended Age Group: Upper MG/YA Release Date: April 2, 2019 Source: NetGalley / Publisher It’s almost the end of middle school, and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music class assignment. The class learns about a different style of music each day, from hip-hop to metal to disco, but it’s hard for Charlie to concentrate when she can’t stop noticing her classmate Emile, or wondering about Luka, who hasn’t been to school in weeks. On top of everything, she has been talked into…
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Book Review: We Rule the Night by Clarie Eliza Bartlett
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: We Rule The Night Author: Claire Eliza Bartlett Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: April 2, 2019 Source: Publisher / FFBC Tours ————————————————————- Content Screening: Violence, Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love stories with realistic characters, facing impossible odds. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Two girls use forbidden magic to fly and fight–for their country and for themselves–in this riveting debut that’s part Shadow and Bone, part Code Name Verity. Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war…
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Book Review: Semiosis (Semiosis Duology #1) by Sue Burke
Media Type: Print Book Title: Semiosis * Series: Semiosis Duology #1 Author: Sue Burke Publisher: Tor Books Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: February 6, 2018 Source: Publisher —————————————- Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy science fiction rife with survival, and with deep roots to nature. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In this character driven novel of first contact by debut author Sue Burke, human survival hinges on an bizarre alliance. Only mutual communication can forge an alliance with the planet’s sentient species and prove that mammals are…
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Book Review: Hitched by Britni Hill
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Hitched Series: Western Palm series Author: Britni Hill Publisher: Self Pages: Paperback; 99 Release Date: March 18, 2019 Source: Author ————————————————— Genre: New Adult Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy happily ever afters. Grab it: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo Western Palm University brought them together, making them a family. Tess and Blake stuck together and headed straight toward their happily ever after. They have everything they need and can’t imagine wanting more. Does that mean they’ve reached the end of their story? Jason stood up to his father. He made all the right choices for…
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Book Review: Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Sky Without Stars Series: System Divine Book 1 Authors: Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: Hardcover; 592 Release Date: March 26, 2019 Source: Publisher / FFBC Tours ————————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy retellings with vivid characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A thief. An officer. A guardian. Three strangers, one shared destiny . . . When the Last Days came, the planet of Laterre promised hope. A new life for a wealthy French family and their descendants.…
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Book Review: Off Planet by Aileen Erin
Title: Off Planet Author: Aileen Erin Publisher: Ink Monster LLC Pages: 350, paperback Publication date: March 19, 2019 Source: Author/Xpresso Book Tours —————————————— Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a strong heroine and are interested in finishing a series. From USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen Erin Maite Martinez has always yearned for more than waitressing in a greasy diner on the polluted ruins of planet Earth. Hiding her special abilities is a full-time job on its own, even with the government distracted by the mysterious alien race – the Aunare. When a SpaceTech officer gets handsy with her,…