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Book Review: Taking a Gamble by Britni Hill
Media Type: Ebook Title: Taking a Gamble Author: Britni Hill Publisher: Self Published Pages: ebook, 134 Release Date: June 6, 2017 Source: Author ——————————————– Genres: New Adult Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a lighthearted romance Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon Who knew a weekend in Vegas could change everything about your life? Not me. I went to there to get married. Kind of. That was the plan. Until it wasn’t anymore. I had the perfect dress, an awesome venue, and my closest friends with me. What was missing? My groom. That’s right. He bailed. It’s all going to be okay. Some things are…
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Book Review: Nahia by Patricia Bossano
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Nahia Author: Patricia Bossano Publisher: WaterBearer Press Pages: Paperback; 261 Release Date: March 2017 Source: Author ————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of stories filled with fae and mischief. (Buy Links to Be Added) Like most teenagers, Nahia is a rebellious faery princess who struggles with satisfying her own desires over what’s best for her loved ones. Following her heart in pursuit of the man she loves, Nahia hides her true identity as a faery in order to enter the human dimension. After giving…
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Book Review: Grace and the Fever by Zan Romanoff
Media Type: Ebook Title: Grace and the Fever Author: Zan Romanoff Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pages: hardcover, 352 Release Date: May 16, 2017 Source: Author/Penguin Random House ——————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy coming of age stories and have ever loved a boy band Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl meets Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty in this contemporary YA about what it means to be a fan—and what it means to be a friend—when your whole world is in flux. In middle school, everyone was a Fever Dream fan. Now, a few weeks after her high school graduation, Grace Thomas…
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Book Review: Seeds of Eden by A.P. Watson
Media Type: Ebook Title: Seeds of Eden Series: The Concilium #1 Author: A.P Watson Publisher: 1st Ride Enterprises Pages: ebook, 338 Release Date: January 25, 2017 Source: Author/Xpresso Tours ——————————————– Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, RomanceContent Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy horror, romance and an interesting take on religious figures. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon/ Barnes & Noble Visions of decapitated corpses, pools of blood, and a masked executioner have haunted Evey for as long as she can remember. Torn between a life in the waking world and dreams of the dead, she realizes her normal existence is nothing more than an illusion.…
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Book Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Media Type: Print Book Title: American Gods *Series: American Gods #1 Author: Neil Gaiman Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; TV Tie-In; 792 Release Date: March 28, 2017 Source: HarperCollins / TLC Book Tours ————————————————— Genre: Urban Fantasy / Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love rich, deep stories with mythology to spare. Fans of Gaiman! Add it on: Goodreads | HarperCollins | Amazon | B&N First published in 2001, here is the New York Times bestselling novel that became an instant classic and was hailed by USA Today as “a powerful, searing force…
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Book Review: Lemons by Melissa Savage
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Lemons Author: Melissa Savage Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 236 Release Date: May 2, 2017 Source: Publisher ——————————————————– Content Screening: Dealing with loss. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quirky characters, and stories that have amazing messages. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Fans of Kate DiCamillo’s Flora & Ulysses and Katherine Applegate’s Crenshaw will fall in love with this charming adventure story about a girl learning to accept her new life, her quirky detective neighbor, and their epic search for Bigfoot. Lemonade Liberty…
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Book Review: The Door in the Alley (The Explorers #1) by Adrienne Kress
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Door in the Alley (The Explorers #1) Author: Adrienne Kress Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: April 25, 2017 Source: Publisher ———————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy smart, fast-paced stories with fascinating characters! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Featuring a mysterious society, a secretive past, and a pig in a teeny hat, “The Explorers: The Door in the Alley” is the first book in a new series for fans of “The Name of…
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Graphic Novel Review: 5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior by Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: 5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior * Series: 5 Worlds #1 Author: Mark Siegel and Alexis Siegel Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: May 2, 2017 Source: Publisher —————————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Middle Grade readers who love action, and stories with a lot of heart. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Amulet, Kazu Kibuishi, hails this first book in this groundbreaking sci-fi/fantasy adventure series as a magical journey,…
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Book Review: The Things They’ve Taken by Katie McElhenney
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Things They’ve Taken Author: Katie McElhenney Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: Kindle; 278 Release Date: May 1, 2017 Source: YAReads Blog Tours / Publisher ——————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking paranormal reads that feature family bonds. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N All Lo Campbell wants is to be a normal teenager—to go to one high school, live in one place, and have one real friend. Instead, she travels the country with her mother, chasing the unknown, the “what else”…
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Book Review: The Dressmaker’s Secret by Kellyn Roth
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Dressmaker’s Secret *Series: The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, Book I Author: Kellyn Roth Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 205 Release Date: January 9, 2016 Source: Author —————————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a historically based read, with a little romance. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon London, England, 1870 It comes to the attention of curious eight-year-old Alice Chattoway that her father is seemingly nonexistent. After realizing that his absence is making her mother unhappy, Alice becomes determined to find…