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Book Review: After the Flood by Kassandra Montag
Media Type: Print BookTitle: After The FloodAuthor: Kassandra MontagPublisher: William MorrowPages: Hardcover; 432Release Date: September 3, 2019Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours Genre: Science Fiction/DystopianHDB Rating: 3* Recommended to: Readers who love slow burn books that deal excellently with climate change as an end of the world scenario. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | HarperCollins An inventive and riveting epic saga, After the Flood signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent. A little more than a century from now, our world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, rising floodwaters have obliterated America’s great coastal cities…
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Book Review: Realm of Knights by Jennifer Anne Davis
Title: The Realm of KnightsAuthor: Jennifer Anne DavisSeries: Knights of the Realm: Book OnePublisher: Reign Publishing Publication date: September 10, 2019Pages: paperback, 268Source: Xpresso Book Tours/AuthorGenres: Fantasy, Young Adult HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy exciting fantasy stories with interesting characters Reid has spent her whole life pretending to be a man so she can inherit her father’s estate, but when a chance encounter threatens to expose her lie, she is forced to risk everything. In the kingdom of Marsden, women are subservient to men and land can only pass from father to son. So when…
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Book Review: The Body Painter by Pepper Winters
Title: The Body Painter Author: Pepper Winters Series: (Master of Trickery Duet #1)Publisher:Publication date: August 20th 2019Pages: paperback, 300Source: Xpresso Book Tours/AuthorGenres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Suspense Content Screening: Rape, violence, death. HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy tempestuous characters and cliff hanger endings. “Must be slim, able to stand for long periods of time, and be impervious to the cold.” The headline caught my attention. “Hours are negotiable, pay is minimal, clothing absolutely forbidden.” The second line piqued my curiosity. “Able to hold your bladder and tongue, refrain from opinions or suggestions, and be the perfect…
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Book Review: The Fire Unseen by Andrew C. Jaxson
Media Type: EbookTitle: The Dark UnseenSeries: Unseen Series #1Author: Andrew C JaxsonPublisher: SelfPages: kindle edition; 345Release Date: November 28, 2017Source: Author Content Screeninig: Death, violenceHDB Rating: 5 Keys to My HeartRecommended to: Readers who enjoy supernatural stories that leave you on the edge of your seat. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon Every town has secrets. This one could end the world. Sixteen-year-old Ari Carpenter should be dead. Instead, her impossible survival has exposed a dangerous global conspiracy. When her small-town home is attacked by supernatural creatures, Ari has only one choice: join the secret, super-powered war and fight back. But Ari soon discovers that she’s more important than she thinks, and her…
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Book Review: All The Bad Apples by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Media Type: Print Book (ARC)Title: All The Bad ApplesAuthor: Moïra Fowley-DoylePublisher: Kathy Dawson BooksPages: Hardcover; 320Release Date: August 27, 2019Source: Publisher / FFBC Tours Content Screening: Mild Violence; Adult Language HDB Rating: 5* Recommended to: Everyone. Seriously. This book is a beautiful work of art. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N The day after the funeral all our mourning clothes hung out on the line like sleeping bats. ‘This will be really embarrassing,’ I kept saying to my family, ‘when she shows up at the door in a week or two.’ When Deena’s wild and mysterious sister Mandy…
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Book Review: The Dark Unseen by Andrew C Jaxson
Media Type: ebookTitle: The Dark UnseenSeries: Prequel to the Unseen SeriesAuthor: Andrew C JaxsonPublisher: SelfPages: kindle edition; 78Release Date: October 13, 2017Source: Author Content Screeninig: Death, violenceHDB Rating: 5Recommended to: Readers who enjoy dark foreboding stories with twists Add it on:Goodreads | Amazon Hud and his friends are camping in the mountains to celebrate finishing school. Tonight, he can finally make his move on the girl he’s been in love with for four long years. But something lurks in the darkness, something Hud has encountered before and can’t quite remember. When tragedy strikes the night turns to chaos, and Hud makes a terrifying and world-shattering discovery. As the teens run for…
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Book Review: The Chocolate Maker’s Wife by Karen Brooks
Media Type: Print Book (ARC)Title: The Chocolate Maker’s WifeAuthor: Karen BrooksPublisher: William Morrow PaperbacksPages: Paperback; 608Release Date: August 20, 2019Source: TLC Book Tours / Publisher Genre: Historical Fiction / RomanceHDB Rating: 3*Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories that feature strong women in other time periods. Add it on:Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | HarperCollins Australian bestselling novelist Karen Brooks rewrites women back into history with this breathtaking novel set in 17th century London—a lush, fascinating story of the beautiful woman who is drawn into a world of riches, power, intrigue…and chocolate. Damnation has never been so sweet… Rosamund Tomkins, the…
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Book Review: Parting Shadows by Kate Sheeran Swed
Media Type: ebook (ARC)Title: Parting Shadows* Series: Toccata System #1Author: Kate Sheeran SwedPublisher: Spells and Spaceships PressPages: Paperback; 150Release Date: July 9, 2019Source: Author————————————————-Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy sci-fi and the intrigue of artificial intelligence’s understanding of human emotions Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N Raised by a heartsick AI, she’s programmed to kill. And desperate to flee. After growing up on an isolated space station, Astra dreams of solid ground. But with an AI guardian plugged into her head–and her nervous system–it’s not like she’s flush with choices. In fact, she’s got just one: use her training to carry out the…
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Book Review: Smoke and Key by Kelsey Sutton
Media Type: Ebook (ARC)Title: Smoke and KeyAuthor: Kelsey SuttonPublisher: Entangled TeenPages: Paperback; 304Release Date: April 2, 2019Source: NetGalley Content Screening: Mild ViolenceHDB Rating: 3*Recommended to: Readers who enjoy slow burn stories. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon A sound awakens her. There’s darkness all around. And then she’s falling… She has no idea who or where she is. Or why she’s dead. The only clue to her identity hangs around her neck: a single rusted key. This is how she and the others receive their names—from whatever belongings they had when they fell out of their graves. Under is a…
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Book Review: Remember Me by Chelsea Bobulski
Media Type: Ebook (ARC)Title: Remember MeAuthor: Chelsea BobulskiPublisher: Feiwel and FriendsPages: Kindle; 256Release Date: August 6, 2019Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher Content Screening: ViolenceHDB Rating: 4*Recommended to: Readers who love a good, chilling story. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N In this eerie and suspenseful YA, a teen girl discovers what connects her to the hotel she calls home as horrifying visions lead her to the truth. Nell Martin is moving again, this time to the Winslow Grand Hotel, built in 1878. As Nell is settling in, strange things begin to happen. Doors lock of their own accord,…