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Book Review: Eversea
Media Type: Ebook Title: Eversea * Series: Eversea #1 Author: Natasha Boyd Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 358 Release Date: June 4, 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ———————————————- Genre: Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy quick, fun reads with well built characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes An orphaned, small-town, southern girl, held hostage by responsibility and self-doubt. A Hollywood A-list mega-star, on the run from his latest scandal and with everything to lose. A chance encounter that leads to an unlikely arrangement and epic love affair that will change…
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Book Review: The Secret of Isobel Key
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Secret of Isobel Key Author: Jen McConnel Publisher: Bloomsbury Spark Pages: Ebook; 220 Release Date: December 2013 Source: Xpresso Book Tours ——————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Key to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy shorter stories that span continents and time periods. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Lou is in the middle of a quarter-life crisis. Fresh out of college, she’s unemployed and unsure of herself. But when she gets the chance to escape to Scotland with her best friend, it could be the answer to her…
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Audio Book Review: Fuse (Pure #2)
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Fuse *Series: Pure #2′ Author: Julianna Baggott Narrators: Khristine Hvam, Casey Holloway, Kevin T. Collins, Pierce Cravens Publisher: Hachette Audio Format: MP3 Download Duration: 16 hours and 44 minutes Source: Library Download ——————————————————————– Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Everyone. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes We want our son returned. This girl is proof that we can save you all. If you ignore our plea, we will kill our hostages one at a time. To be a Pure is to be perfect, untouched by Detonations…
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Book Review: What the Dark Brings
Media Type: Ebook Title: What the Dark Brings Author: Edward Lorn Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 145 Release Date: October 17, 2012 Source: Author ————————————————- Genre: Horror / Short Story Collections HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a mix of stories full of both horror and hope. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Follow Edward Lorn out of the light and into the darkest recesses of his mind. What the Dark Brings is a collection of 19 short stories, beginning with “Literary Sweets”, a tender jaunt into Christmastime that proves all is not…
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Book Review: A Life of Death
Media Type: Ebook Title: A Life of Death Author: Weston Kincade Publisher: Self-published Pages: Serial Novel Release Date: June 8, 2011 Source: Author ———————————————————– Content Screening: Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who can deal with intense child abuse scenes, and other tough issues while reading. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Alex Drummond is a troubled high school senior with a checkered past, a broken home, and a surprising ability. When he touches items that murder victims held in their final moments, Alex relives the events in gruesome detail, seeing…
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Book Review: The Obsidian Pebble
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Obsidian Pebble Author: Rhys A. Jones Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: October 29, 2013 Source: Author ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy fast paced mysteries, with fun and intelligent characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / B&N 11-year old Oz Chambers lives in a haunted house (Penwurt). His mother wants to move, but Oz would rather do double algebra (yuck) every day for twelve months than leave. Where others see spooky, Oz sees wonder and mystery and aching…
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Book Review: Heartbeat
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Heartbeat Author: Elizabeth Scott Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: January 28, 2014 Source: NetGalley ————————————————– Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy Elizabeth Scott! This book embodies everything readers love about her. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Life. Death. And…Love? Emma would give anything to talk to her mother one last time. Tell her about her slipping grades, her anger with her stepfather, and the boy with the bad reputation who might be the only one Emma can be…
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Book Review: Silent City
Media Type: Ebook Title: Silent City Author: Alex Segura Publisher: Codorus Press Pages: Paperback; 160 Release Date: October 29, 2013 Source: Publisher ——————————————————– Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who don’t mind slow moving thrillers, and tough to love main characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Pete Fernandez is a mess. He’s on the brink of being fired from his middle-management newspaper job. His fiancée has up and left him. Now, after the sudden death of his father, he’s back in his hometown of Miami, slowly drinking himself into oblivion. But when…
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Book Review: If You Find Me
Media Type: Print Book Title: If You Find Me Author: Emily Murdoch Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: March 26, 2013 Source: Library ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence; Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy true to life reads, with strong characters and tough situations Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes There are some things you can’t leave behind… A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the…
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Book Review: Bold
Media Type: Print Book Title: Bold Author: Julia Swift & Andrew Landis Publisher: Self-published Pages: Kindle; 174 Release Date: July 4, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy contemporary romance Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Sasha, a shy, 15-year-old girl who hides from the world, almost dies in a car crash and vows that if she survives, she will be bold and live life to the fullest. Her newfound courage is tested when she meets Will, who just moved to her Air Force…