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Book Review: The Vincent Boys
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Vincent Boys *Series: The Vincent Boys #1 Author: Abbi Glines Publisher: Simon Pulse Pages: Paperback; 288 Release Date: October 30, 2012 Source: Amazon —————————————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Sexual Situations; Adult Language —————————————————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy contemporary romance, with some sass! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Ashton is getting tired of being good, of impressing her parents and playing ideal girlfriend to Sawyer Vincent. Sawyer is perfect, a regular Prince Charming, but when he leaves town for…
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Book Review: Splintered
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Splintered Author: A.G. Howard Publisher: Amulet Books Pages: Hardcover; 384 Release Date: January 1, 2013 Source: NetGalley ————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ————————————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy retellings of classic stories and are okay with a little oddness! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that…
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Book Review: Embers in a Dark Frost
Media Type: Ebook Title: Embers in a Dark Frost Author: Kelly Keaton Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 185 Release Date: November 8, 2012 Source: Author ———————————————– Genre: Paranormal Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a strong female character and world building. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The Fire Breathers have come. The Underworld calls. A choice must be made… With her feared half blood and flame-colored hair, DEIRA D’ANU is a constant reminder of human betrayal and the war that claimed the light from Innis Fail. Now, darkness and…
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Audio Book Review: Magic Strikes
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Magic Strikes * Series: Kate Daniels #3 Author: Ilona Andrews Narrator: Renee Raudman Publisher: Tantor Media Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 10 hours and 50 minutes Source: Library Download ———————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series! Seriously, if you’re not hooked now I just don’t know what to tell you. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with. And in…
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Book Review: Wild About You
Media Type: Ebook Title: Wild About You * Series: Love At Stake #13 Author: Kerrelyn Sparks Publisher: Avon Books Pages: MMP; 384 Release Date: November 27, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ————————————————— Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Paranormal Romance ————————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Both readers of the series and newbies! Lovers of a great paranormal romance novel. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Handsome Howard…Hunky Howard…Hot Howard… It’s not every day that Elsa Bjornberg feels delicate, not when she hosts a home renovation show where she can effortlessly demolish…
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Book Review: Mystic City
Media Type: Print Book Title: Mystic City * Series: Mystic City #1 Author: Theo Lawrence Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: Hardcover; 416 Release Date: October 9, 2012 Source: Library ——————————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love vivid stories set in futuristic societies. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Aria Rose, youngest scion of one of Mystic City’s two ruling rival families, finds herself betrothed to Thomas Foster, the son of her parents’ sworn enemies. The union of…
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Book Review: Above Ground
Media Type: Ebook Title: Above Ground Author: A.M. Harte Publisher: 1889 Labs Ltd. Pages: Paperback; 342 Release Date: October 31, 2012 Source: Author ———————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence ———————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a dystopian/fantasy mix and are ready to explore a new world. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon The first glimpse of sun may be her last. When Lilith Gray goes above ground for the first time, she hardly expects to stay there — much less be trapped on the surface with no way home. Hunted by…
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Audio Book Review: Magic Burns
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Magic Burns *Series: Kate Daniels #2 Author: Ilona Andrews Narrator: Renee Raudman Publisher: Tantor Media Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 9 hours and 38 minutes Source: Library Download ———————————————- Genre: Urban Fantasy HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series! It just keeps getting better and better. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Down in Atlanta, tempers-and temperatures-are about to flare… As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb…
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Book Review: These Things Happen
Media Type: Print Book Title: These Things Happen Author: Richard Kramer Publisher: Unbridled Books Pages: Hardcover; 272 Release Date: November 7, 2012 Source: TLC Book Tours ———————————————— Genre: Contemporary Fiction HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories with great characters and a solid plot. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A domestic story told in numerous original and endearing voices. The story opens with Wesley, a tenth grader, and involves his two sets of parents (the mom and her second husband, a very thoughtful doctor; and the father who has become…
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Book Review: Snowblind
Media Type: Ebook Title: Snowblind Author: Michael McBride Publisher: Delirium Books Pages: Ebook; 212 Release Date: November 14, 2012 Source: NetGalley ————————————————- Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Horror ————————————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of horror who are okay with violence. Readers who love a good plot twist! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / DarkFuse They come at night. Forward. A stranger staggers out of the wilderness under the cover of a blizzard and stumbles into a diner full of people. He collapses in the entryway, unzips his jacket, and allows the object hidden…