Book Review: Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus

by Ann Jacobus

My review: 4 of 5 stars

Romancing the Dark in the City of Light desperately needed a break in the sun and so did I while reading it. Dealing with teen depression, alcoholism, and suicide, this book reaches into some dark places. Summer Barnes, the main character, somehow
Book Review: Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus

Book Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

My review: 5 of 5 stars

For a few days now, I"ve been living inside the head of a teenaged boy. I won"t lie. It was fairly disgusting in there. Foul language, sexual thoughts, gross images, and plenty of snarky comments. While Greg Gaines, the narrator, the "me," in Me and Earl and the Dying
Book Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Best Friends Forever Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Best Friends... Forever? by Krysten Lindsay Hager

Landry Albright hopes the new year will start off in an amazing way—instead she has to deal with more frenemy issues, boy drama, and having most of her best friends make the cheerleading squad without her. Suddenly, it seems like all anyone c
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Spell for Sophia Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Spell for Sophia

Sophia Perez-Hidalgo’s survival depends upon her mastering magic and the supernatural before her lawless parents and their vengeful boss catch up to her. How far must she flee to escape them forever? Sophia runs until she’s out of stolen money, then…Fate delivers her into ...
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Book Review: The Banks of Certain Rivers by Jon Harrison

Update: Due to be released in paperback on September 23, 2014 with new cover!

 

by Jon Harrison
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I was surprised by the depth, the tension, and the complexity of this novel. It starts off with a business trip, but somehow the author creates a sense of ...
Book Review: The Banks of Certain Rivers by Jon Harrison

Son of War, Daughter of Chaos Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Son of War, Daughter of Chaos

Aislynn is accustomed to watching for the enemy. Her parents instructed her from the time she was young to look for the signs: people with greater than normal strength, eyes that can glow green, and have the ability to jump long distances. Over the years, ...
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Book Review: Tell the Wolves I"m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

by Carol Rifka Brunt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Immediately arresting with fascinating characters. I particularly related because it was set in 1987 when I was in high school. The fourteen-year-old narrator is excellent but unreliable because of her immature and limited viewpoint. The eighties ...
Book Review: Tell the Wolves I"m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Book Reviews: Splintered and Unhinged by A.G. Howard

Splintered: Splintered Book One

My Review: 4.5 of 5 Stars

Sometimes a book IS as good as its cover! This re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland grabs the reader from the first with the main character, Alyssa, skewering chatty bugs for her art. The pace slows a bit from there, but picks up ...
Book Reviews: Splintered and Unhinged by A.G. Howard

Guest Post: Margo Bond Collins about her book Fairy, Texas

Character Name: Josh Bevington
Book Title: Fairy, Texas
Release Date: February 1, 2014

Today Josh Bevington, a character in Fairy, Texas, stops by to chat!

Thank you for coming to chat with us today. Why do you think Margo Bond Collins chose you to represent her?
Margo was driving ...
Guest Post: Margo Bond Collins about her book Fairy, Texas

Book Review: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

My review: 5 of 5 stars

Do you remember your first love? The intensity? The drama? The obsession? Eleanor and Park is the story of two misfit teens who grow to love each other almost accidentally. Their love for each other becomes a living, breathing ...
Book Review: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Rook Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Could you be the monster to save who you love?

Two women, separated by generations, must leave what they know to start a new life. Seventeen-year-old Kate"s senior year is ruined when she"s moved from the only home she"s ever known. After an isolating month alone in her apartment, school ...
Rook Book Blast and $50 Giveaway

Book Review: If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

by Emily Murdoch
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Based on the description, cover, and title, I expected a suspenseful novel. It wasn"t. After the first couple of pages, I realized that I was reading a story of abuse and neglect. The abuse is described in detail, so although this is a book ...
Book Review: If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch