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ARC Review: Meeting His Match by Katee Robert
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Meeting His Match Author: Katee Robert Publisher: Entangled: Lovestruck Pages: Ebook; 157 Release Date: July 21, 2014 Source: Publisher =============================== Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy character driven romance with remarkably well built characters! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes When New York matchmaker Addison St. Claire is tasked with matching her best friend’s new brother-in-law, she almost refuses. But the sexy southern CEO turns out to be a challenge she can’t resist, because if anyone needs to meet his soul mate, it’s this man. And…
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ARC Review: Blackout by Tim Curran
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Blackout Author: Tim Curran Publisher: DarkFuse Pages: Ebook; 234 Release Date: August 19, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher =================================== Genre: Science Fiction / Horror HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a dark, atmospheric novella that flies by. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes In the midst of a beautiful summer, in a perfectly American suburban middle-class neighborhood, a faraway evil is lurking, waiting to strike the unsuspecting residents. First come the flashing lights, then the heavy rains, high winds, and finally a total blackout. But that’s only…
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Book Review: Unwept (The Nightbirds #1) by Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Unwept *Series: The Nightbirds #1 Authors: Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman Publisher: Tor Books Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: July 1, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books set in alternate worlds and are okay with open endings. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Gamin, Maine, is a remote seaside town where everyone seems to know Ellis Harkington better than she knows herself—but she doesn’t remember any of them. Unknown events have robbed Ellis of her memory.…
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Book Review: Death’s Academy by Michael Bast
Media Type: Paperback Title: Death’s Academy Author: Michael Bast Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing Pages: Paperback; 249 Release Date: January 14, 2014 Source: Author —————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy exciting adventures that mix a little bit of scary with a whole lot of fun! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes The Death’s Academy entrance exam for Midnight Smith is quickly approaching. There’s just one problem: Midnight is the worst exam taker the academy has ever seen. If Midnight wants to ever step foot inside the school, he’ll…
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Book Review: Antigoddess (Goddess Wars #1) by Kendare Blake
Media Type: Print Book Title: Antigoddess *Series: Goddess War #1 Author: Kendare Blake Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: September 10, 2013 Source: Library ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy Greek Mythology with a new twist! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Old Gods never die… Or so Athena thought. But then the feathers started sprouting beneath her skin, invading her lungs like a strange cancer, and Hermes showed up with a fever eating away his flesh. So much for living a quiet eternity…
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Book Review: Chase Tinker and the House of Secrets by Malia Ann Haberman
Media Type: Ebook Title: Chase Tinker and the House of Secrets *Series: Chase Tinker #2 Author: Malia Ann Haberman Publisher: Crossroad Press Pages: Kindle; 224 Release Date: January 2, 2014 Source: Author ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love magic and mystery. Or those who want to continue on with this series. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes In Chase Tinker’s world, magic, lies and secrets can be a lethal combination… After spending the summer at his grandfather’s gigantic, incredibly magical house, thirteen-year-old Chase Tinker thought things…
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Book Review: Chase Tinker and the House of Magic (Chase Tinker #1) by Malia Ann Haberman
Media Type: Ebook Title: Chase Tinker and the House of Magic *Series: Chase Tinker #1 Author: Malia Ann Haberman Publisher: Crossroad Press Pages: Kindle; 248 Release Date: August 13, 2012 Source: Author ————————————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love stories filled with magic and brave heroes/heroines. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes In Chase Tinker’s world, magic, lies and secrets can be a lethal combination… Thirteen-year-old Chase Tinker can’t understand why he has the power to move things with his mind. Besides that, his dad has been…
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Audio Book Review: These Broken Stars (Starbound #1) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Media Type: Audio BookTitle: These Broken Stars * Series: Starbound #1Author: Amie Kaufman, Meagan SpoonerNarrator: Christine Holloway, Johnathan McClainPublisher: Disney HyperionFormat: MP3 DownloadLength: 11 hours and 15 minutesSource: Library———————————————Content Screening: Mild ViolenceHDB Rating: 5 Keys to My HeartRecommended to: Fans of romance and science fiction blended together in a beautiful way. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes It’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes…
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Book Review: Fires of Man (Psionic Earth #1) by Dan Levinson
Media Type: Ebook Title: Fires of Man *Series: Psionic Earth #1 Author: Dan Levinson Publisher: Jolly Fish Press Pages: Paperback; 400 Release Date: June 17, 2014 Source: Author ————————————————— Genre: Science Fiction HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love sweeping science fiction with memorable characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Supposedly, the war between Calchis and Orion ended decades ago. But upon reporting to an isolated Orion army base for basic training, Private Stockton Finn learns the war still rages, only the weapons have changed—most disturbingly of all, Finn has been…
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Audio Book Review: Landry Park by Bethany Hagen
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Landry Park Author: Bethany Hagen Narrator: Leslie Bellair Publisher: Penguin Audio Format: MP3 CD Length: 7 hours 50 minutes Source: Library ——————————————— Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of dystopian fiction, science fiction and historical romance! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Downton Abbey meets The Selection in this dystopian tale of love and betrayal In a fragmented future United States ruled by the lavish gentry, seventeen-year-old Madeline Landry dreams of going to the university. Unfortunately, gentry decorum and her domineering father won’t allow that.…