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Book Review: The Bone Charmer by Breeana Shields
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Bone Charmer Author: Breeana Shields Publisher: Page Street Kids Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 21, 2019 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy “sliding doors” stories with vivid characters and settings. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In Saskia’s world, bones are the source of all power. They tell the future, reveal the past, and expose secrets in the present. Each village has a designated seer who performs readings for the townsfolk, and in Midwood, the…
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Book Review: The Pumpkin War by Cathleen Young
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Pumpkin War Author: Cathleen Young Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Pages: Hardcover; 192 Release Date: May 21, 2019 Source: Publisher —————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a sweet story about real family and friend relationships. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Former best friends compete to see who can grow the biggest pumpkin and win the annual giant pumpkin race on the lake. A great pick for fans of Half a Chance and Gertie’s Leap to Greatness. At the end…
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Book Review: As Silver is to the Moon by R. A. Watt
Media Type: ebook ARC Title: As Silver Is to the Moon Author: R. A. Watt Publisher: TER Publishing Pages: 313 Publication date: April 28th 2019 Source: Xpresso Book Tours/Author Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult —————————————————– Content Screening: Some violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for an interesting coming of age paranormal story. Add it: Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble New school. First love. A psychotic werewolf that wanted me dead. And it was only week one in Santa Isadora. For fifteen-year-old Teavan Laurent and his older sister Suzanne, Santa Isadora seemed like a sleepy and idyllic California town to finish…
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Book Review: Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak Author: Adi Alsaid Publisher: Inkyard Press Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: April 30, 2019 Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher —————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a refreshing look at teenage love. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The summer after senior year is not going as eighteen-year-old Lu Charles expected: after her longtime boyfriend unexpectedly breaks up with her, Lu can’t write a single word, despite the fact that her college scholarship is…
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Book Review: Deposing Nathan by Zack Smedley
Media Type: Print Book Title: Deposing Nathan Author: Zack Smedley Publisher: Page Street Publishing Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 7, 2019 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher —————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language/Topics HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Literally everyone. This book is so important, and it needs to be in all the hands. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N For sixteen years, Nate was the perfect son—the product of a no-nonsense upbringing and deep spiritual faith. Then he met Cam, who pushed him to break rules, dream, and accept himself. Conflicted, Nate…
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Book Review: Last Things by Jacqueline West
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Last Things Author: Jacqueline West Publisher: Greenwillow Books Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: May 7, 2019 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ——————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love dark, atmospheric stories that keep you guessing right up until the end. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N When strange things start happening to local music idol Anders Thorson, everyone blames his number-one-fan, Thea. But is she out to hurt him? Or protect him? High school senior Anders Thorson is unusually gifted. His band,…
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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…