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Book Review: The Secret of Spruce Knoll
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Secret of Spruce Knoll Author: Heather McCorkle Publisher: Abbott Press Pages: Paperback; 252 Release Date: August 15, 2011 Source: Author ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy paranormal aspects, and a quick romance. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N It’s hard enough being a teenager under normal circumstances; imagine being orphaned, sent to live with an unfamiliar aunt—and learning that there really is magic in the world. Following the tragic death of…
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Book Review: In the Forests of the Night
Media Type: Print Book Title: In The Forests of the Night (Goblin Wars #2) Author: Kersten Hamilton Publisher: Clarion Books Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: Oct 3, 2011 Source: Publisher —————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence —————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Lovers of a good fantasy story with lovable, memorable characters. Other books in the series: Tyger, Tyger (Goblin Wars #1) Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N The battle against goblinkind continues . . . but which side will Teagan be on? Teagan, Finn, and…
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Book Review: Spellbound
Media Type: Print Book Title: Spellbound Author: Cara Lynn Schultz Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 324 Release Date: June 28, 2011 Source: NetGalley ——————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note. ——————————— HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Those looking for a sweet, simple, story. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / B&N / Amazon Life hasn’t been easy on sixteen-year-old Emma Connor, so a new start in New York may be just the change she needs. But the posh Upper East Side prep school she has to attend? Not so much.…
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Book Review: A Beautiful Dark
Media Type: Print Book Title: A Beautiful Dark Author: Jocelyn Davies Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: September 27, 2011 Source: NetGalley ======================= Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart On the night of Skye’s seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites–like fire and ice–Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is fair and aloof. Their sudden appearance sends Skye’s life into a tailspin. She has no idea what they want, or why they seem to follow her every move–only that their presence coincides with a flurry of…
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Book Review: Everblue
Media Type: Print Book Title: Everblue Author: Brenda Pandos Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing Pages: Paperback; 304 Release Date: July 30, 2011 Source: Author ——————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Nothing of note ——————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Mermaid enthusiasts, readers looking for a new twist on mermaids, romance lovers Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Best friends share everything with each other. Or do they? Seventeen-year-old Ashlyn Frances Lanski is tired of her boring, single life. Spending time with her best friend Tatiana, dreaming about kissing Tatiana’s…
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Book Review: Shattered Souls
Media Type: Print Book Title: Shattered Souls Author: Mary Lindsey Publisher: Philomel/Penguin Pages: Hardcover; 336 Release Date: December 8, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild violence ———————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: EVERYONE! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N A thrilling debut story of death, love, destiny and danger Lenzi hears voices and has visions – gravestones, floods, a boy with steel gray eyes. Her boyfriend, Zak, can’t help, and everything keeps getting louder and more intense. Then Lenzi meets Alden, the boy from…
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Book Review: Half-Blood
Media Type: Print Book Title: Half-Blood Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Publisher: Spencer Hill Press Pages: Paperback; 281 Release Date: October 18, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Teen Drinking, Sexual Undertones, Mild Violence ———————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: People who adore butt-kicking heroines and are tired of love triangles! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi-pure-bloods-have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals-well, not so much. Half-bloods only have…
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Book Review: Eon’s Door
Media Type: Ebook Title: Eon’s Door Author: J.G. McKenney Publisher: Self-published Pages: Ebook; 316 Release Date: July 10, 2011 Source: Author ——————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Fantasy Violence ——————————- HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommend for: Lovers of Fantasy Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Eon’s Door should not be open. Two thousand years after three clans flee the world of humans through Eon’s Door to find sanctuary in a realm called Erla, a prophecy left to them by the ancient race that created the tree portal is coming…
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Book Review: Wherever You Go
Media Type: Print Book Title: Wherever You Go Author: Joan Leegant Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pages: Paperback; 272 Release Date: July 25, 2011 Source: TLC Book Tours ——————————– Intended Reading Group: Adult Genre: Fiction/Religious Fiction ——————————– HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended for: Those who enjoy religious based stories full of trials, tribulations and redemption. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N Yona Stern has traveled from New York to Israel to make amends with her estranged sister, a stoic ideologue and mother of five who has dedicated herself to the radical West…
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Book Review: Vanish
Media Type: Print Book Title: Vanish Author: Sophie Jordan Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: September 6, 2011 Source: Publisher ———————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended for: Lovers of Firelight, Dragons and Paranormal Romance Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Librarything / Amazon / B&N To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse,…