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Book Review: The Perfect Bargain (Entangled Lovestruck) by Jessa McAdams
Media Type: ebook (ARC) Title: The Perfect Bargain Author: Jessa McAdams Publisher: Entangled Lovestruck Pages: ebook, 179 Release Date: June 30, 2015 Source: Netgalley/Publisher ——————————————- Content Screening: Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Romance readers who enjoy a man in a kilt Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes American lass seeks brawny Scot…As if being newly single isn’t brutal enough, Sloane Chatfield’s friends are getting obnoxious about setting her up. When Sloane insists she’s waiting for a certain sexy fictional Highlander to come along, her friends surprise her with a trip to Scotland to find her a new boyfriend. She’d rather have a root canal. But if…
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Book Review: Awakened (Resilient #2) by Patricia Vanasse
Media Type: Ebook Title: Awakened Series: Resilient #2 Author: Patricia Vanasse Publisher: Pants on Fire Press Pages: Paperback; 317 Release Date: July 2015 Source: CBB Book Promotions ————————————————- Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy strong female protagonists and lots of action. Add it on: Goodreads | BookLikes Under the control of The Agency, a secret, governmental organization that created genetically engineered teens who posses a combination of extraordinary abilities, Adam is serving the purpose for which he was created while his girlfriend, Livia fights to save him. Manipulated to forget his…
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Book Review: Don’t Ever Change by M. Beth Bloom
Media Type: Ebook Title: Don’t Ever Change Author: M. Beth Bloom Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Paperback; 368 Release Date: July 7, 2015 Source: FFBC Book Tours ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy true to life characters, and stream of consciousness in their books. Add it on: BookLikes | Amazon | Goodreads | B&N Eva has always wanted to write a modern classic—one that actually appeals to her generation. The only problem is that she has realized she can’t “write what she knows” because she hasn’tyet begun to live. So before…
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Book Review: Bridesmaid Blues by Boone Brux
Media Type: ebook (ARC) Title: Bridesmaid Blues Author: Boone Brux Publisher: Entangled Lovestruck Pages: Paperback, 152 Release Date: June 30, 2015 Source: Netgalley/PUYB ——————————————- Content Screening: Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a light, fun read Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes A wedding. An ex. And a secret. Maid-of-Honor Dani Brown can handle anything that comes her way when it comes to her best friend’s wedding. That is, until the bride asks for a huge favor-Dani needs to distract the best man, who happens to be Dani’s ex. The ex she has fantasized dismembering for a year now. The ex she’ll…
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Book Review: We Are Watching (Mindshare #1) by M. Stephen Stewart
Media Type: Ebook Title: We Are Watching Series: Mindshare Book #1 Author: M. Stephen Stewart Publisher: Primrose Publishing LLC Pages: Print; 405 Release Date: December 16, 2014 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy science fiction and aren’t afraid to explore deep concepts. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Henry Malone’s childhood was shattered by the unexplained suicide of his father. Now a teenager, his days are spent studying to become a Neural Implant Technician for Planetary Link Corporation, helping them maintain an iron grip over…
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Book Review: Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Every Last Word Author: Tamara Ireland Stone Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: June 16, 2016 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who want to delve deep into a character with Purely-Obsessive OCD. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that…
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Book Review: Siren’s Fury (Storm Siren #2) by Mary Weber
Media Type: Ebook Title: Siren’s Fury Series: Storm Siren #2 Author: Mary Weber Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: June 2, 2015 Source: Publisher ————————————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoyed the first book in the series and are looking for a follow up. Add it on: Goodreads | BookLikes | Amazon “I thrust my hand toward the sky as my voice begs the Elemental inside me to waken and rise. But it’s no use. The curse I’ve spent my entire life abhorring—the thing I trained so…
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Graphic Novel Review: Ms. Marvel, Volume 2: Generation Why
Title: Ms. Marvel, Volume 2: Generation Why Author: G. Willow Wilson Illustrator: Adrian Alphona Publisher: Marvel Pages: Trade Paperback; 136 Recommended Age Group: 13+ Release Date: April 7, 2015 Source: Library Who is the Inventor, and what does he want with the all-new Ms. Marvel and all her friends? Maybe Wolverine can help! Kamala may be fan-girling out when her favorite (okay maybe Top Five) super hero shows up, but that won’t stop her from protecting her hometown. Then, Kamala crosses paths with Inhumanity for the first time – by meeting the royal dog, Lockjaw! Every girl wants a puppy,…
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Book Review: Backward Compatible by Sarah Daltry & Pete Clark
Media Type: ebook Title: Backward Compatible Author: Sarah Daltry & Pete Clark Publisher: Self Pages: Paperback, 314 Release Date: December 10, 2013 Source: Author ——————————————- Content Screening: Strong Language and some Sexual Situations HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are into video game culture and sarcasm Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Not too long ago, in a town that, depending on your current location, is either not super far or actually quite close… It is a time of chaotic hormones. Two nerdy gents home for winter break have discovered a female gamer at a midnight release. During the break, the gamer trio manages to reveal the game’s…
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Book Review: Station Eleven: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel
Media Type: Print Book Title: Station Eleven: A Novel Author: Emily St. John Mandel Publisher: Knopf Pages: Hardcover; 352 Release Date: September 4, 2014 Source: Library ——————————————- Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who want a new take on a post-apocalyptic world. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything…