• Book Blitzes/Promo Posts,  Book Reviews

    Book Review: Return to The Secret Garden

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Return to the Secret Garden Author: Holly Webb Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 240 Release Date: November 1, 2016 Source: Edelweiss / Publisher ———————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note! HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who loved The Secret Garden, or who want to share this new chapter with their little ones! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N It’s 1939, and the occupants of the Craven Home for Orphaned Children have been evacuated to Misselthwaite Hall, a fancy manor in the English countryside, to escape the Blitz. Emmie would…

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    Book Spotlight + Giveaway: Return to the Secret Garden by Holly Webb

    Apologies for the radio silence, all. It’s been a rocky couple of weeks here at HDB headquarters, and unfortunately that means blogging takes a back seat. Rest assured that we haven’t gone anywhere for good though! You’re stuck with us, and our bookish ramblings. Now then, on to the spotlight book of the day! Before you run screaming from my incessant gushing, let me very simply say that this is a book that I was really excited for. I’m sure many of us grew up walking the halls of Misselthwaite Manor with Mary, and have a soft spot in our heart for Dickon.…

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    Book Review: Rose and the Lost Princess

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Rose and the Lost Princess    *Series: Rose #2 Author: Holly Webb Publisher: Sourcebooks Pages: Paperback; 256 Release Date: April 1, 2014 Source: Publisher ——————————————- Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love witty young heroines and stories filled with plenty of magic! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Now an apprentice magician, Rose is asked to help find a very special missing person Turning the worn pages of her spell book, Rose can’t believe how much her life has changed. Once a poor…

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    Book Review: Rose

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Rose    *Series: Rose #1 Author: Holly Webb Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: September 3, 2013 Source: NetGalley ———————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy stories filled with lessons, magic, and adventure. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes Rose isn’t like the other orphans at St Bridget’s Home for Abandoned Girls. Instead of dreaming of getting adopted by loving, wealthy parents, Rose wants to get a job and be independent. She doesn’t need anyone but herself.…

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    Magical Powers: A guest post by Holly Webb

    I’m happy to be hosting Holly Web’s Rose on tour today! I’m a huge fan of Middle Grade books filled with magic, mayhem, and plucky young heroines. That’s why I knew that I’d be reading Rose! Rose isn’t like the other orphans at St Bridget’s Home for Abandoned Girls. Instead of dreaming of getting adopted by loving, wealthy parents, Rose wants to get a job and be independent. She doesn’t need anyone but herself. She finds her escape working as a maid for Mr. Fountain, an alchemist. Unable to ignore the magic that flows throughout the grand residence, Rose realizes that…