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Book Review: The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Little Shop of Found Things Author: Paula Brackston Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Pages: Hardcover; 307 Release Date: October 16, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ———————————————– Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy more of a cozy historical fiction feeling. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N A new series about a young woman whose connection to antiques takes her on a magical adventure, reminiscent of Outlander New York Times bestselling author of The Witch’s Daughter Paula Brackston returns to her trademark blend of magic and…
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Book Review: Fountain Dead by Theresa Braun
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fountain Dead Author: Theresa Braun Publisher: Unnerving Pages: Kindle; 187 Release Date: November 20, 2018 Source: Author ——————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence, Adult Language HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy horror in a YA setting. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Mark is uprooted from his home and high school in the Twin Cities and forced to move with his family into a Victorian in Nowhere-ville. Busy with the relocation and fitting in, Mark’s parents don’t see what’s unfolding around them—the way rooms and left behind objects seem alive with…
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Book Review: The Color of Lies by C.J. Lyons
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Color Of Lies Author: CJ Lyons Publisher: Blink Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: November 6, 2018 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ——————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy YA mysteries with diverse characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons comes The Color of Lies, a world drenched in color and mystery. High school senior Ella Cleary has always been good at reading people. Her family has a rare medical condition called…
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Book Review: Girl at the Grave by Teri Bailey Black
Media Type: Ebook Title: Girl at the Grave Author: Teri Bailey Black Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: August 7, 2018 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow moving, but well executed mixes of historical fiction and fantasy. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Valentine has spent years trying to outrun her mother’s legacy. But small towns have long memories, and when a new string of murders occurs, all signs point to the daughter of a murderer. Only one…
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Book Review: Implanted by Lauren C. Teffeau
Media Type: Ebook Title: Implanted Author: Lauren C. Teffeau Publisher: Angry Robot Pages: Paperback; 400 Release Date: August 7, 2018 Source: Author ————————————— Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quick moving science fiction with compelling characters! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The data stored in her blood can save a city on the brink… or destroy it, in this gripping cyberpunk thriller. When college student Emery Driscoll is blackmailed into being a courier for a clandestine organisation, she’s cut off from the neural implant community which binds the…
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Book Review: The Scythian Trials by Elizabeth Isaacs
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Scythian Trials Author: Elizabeth Isaacs Publisher: Vesuvian Books Pages: Paperback; 372 Release Date: October 23, 2018 Source: TLC Book Tours / Author —————————————— Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fast paced stories with plenty of twists. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Descendants of the Amazons, the Scythians work alongside prominent governments but answer to no one. Warriors living on the fringe of civilization, they live by one credo: Strength through Equality. Power through Knowledge. Nya Thalestris is the brightest Scythian of…
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Book Review: The Point by John Dixon
Media Type: ebook Title: The Point Author: John Dixon Publisher: Del Rey Pages: paperback, 320 Release Date: August 7, 2018 Source: Netgalley ——————————————— Genre: Sci-fi Fantasy HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy science fiction stories similar to X-Men. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Scarlett Winter has always been an outsider, and not only because she’s a hardcore daredevil and born troublemaker–she has been hiding superhuman powers she doesn’t yet understand. Now she’s been recruited by a secret West Point unit for cadets with extraordinary abilities. Scarlett and her fellow students are learning to hone their skills, from telekinetic combat to running recon missions through…
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Book Review: Begone the Raggedy Witches by Celine Kiernan
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Begone the Raggedy Witches Author: Celine Kiernan Publisher: Candlewick Press Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: September 11, 2018 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————- Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers of all ages who love a good story about family, filled to the brim with magic. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N When witches kidnap her dad, Mup is swept up in a wild tide of magic that carries her to another world. Can she reunite her family and find her way back? On the night…
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Book Review: Inconvenient Wife by Natasha Boyd
Media Type: ebook Title: Inconvenient Wife Author: Natasha Boyd Publisher: Self Pages: paperback, 260 Release Date: June 28, 2018 Source: Purchased ——————————————— Genre: Contemporary Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy friends to lovers stories with a lot of build. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N All Beau Montgomery, one of Charleston’s most eligible bachelors, wants to do is build boats. He has no interest in marriage whatsoever … until it means he might not get his inheritance and he can kiss his boat building dreams goodbye. But the hungry hordes of Charleston debutantes looking to score a Montgomery scare him sh*tless. Gwen has loved Beau Montgomery…
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Book Review: Yeled Tov by Daniel M. Jaffe
Media Type: Print Book Title: Yeled Tov Author: Daniel M. Jaffe Publisher: Lethe Press Pages: Paperback; 320 Release Date: May 12, 2018 Source: TLC Book Tours / Author ——————————————— Content Screening: Brief Sexual Acts, Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who want a well-written glimpse into the life of a 1970’s LGBTQ young man. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon 1974 and Jake Stein wants to be a good Jewish boy, but he finds himself struggling to reconcile his traditional beliefs and his strong faith in God with his growing attraction to other…