2017

Walking Barefoot

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Walking Barefoot by Grace Coleman (2017)
-eARC Review-

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Fiction | Science Fiction | (TV-14)
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

“Set in a futuristic London in a world ravaged by war, Walking Barefoot explores the life of Will, past and present. The cocksure eighteen year old who, in a bid to find himself, goes travelling and the city-living adult, who despite his well paid job, upper quadrant apartment and sexy girlfriend, struggles to be happy. When nightmares begin to haunt his sleeping and waking life Will is unsure whether he is suffering from the illness that killed his father or being led by unseen forces to uncover a city-wide conspiracy. As his paranoia heightens he must ask himself – is he willing to lose himself to find the truth?”
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Blood Rose Rebellion

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Blood Rose Rebellion (Blood Rose Rebellion #1) by Rosalyn Eves (2017)
-ARC Review-

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YA Fiction | Historical | Magical Realism
4.5 stars
Blurb:

“Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden is barred from society by a defect of blood. Though her family is part of the Luminate, powerful users of magic, she is Barren, unable to perform the simplest spells. Anna would do anything to belong. But her fate takes another course when, after inadvertently breaking her sister’s debutante spell—an important chance for a highborn young woman to show her prowess with magic—Anna finds herself exiled to her family’s once powerful but now crumbling native Hungary.  Continue reading →

Blog Tour | True North

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I’m so happy to have been invited to participate in this blog tour for L.E. Sterling’s new book, TRUE NORTH. It’s the second in the True Born series and I was really excited to have the opportunity to read it! It’s been so hard to keep this post under wraps but I’m glad I’m allowed to share it with you all now.

If you haven’t read True Born (book #1) then I’ll post some info on that first.
Keep scrolling for my review on True North (book #2), more about the author, an international Giveaway, and other exciting tour stops!  Continue reading →

Who Am I? Tag

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Jess from @jbelkbooks opened this tag up to everyone and it looked like fun so I decided, why not? This tag includes a series of tests that dig into who you are and how you operate (e.g. Myer-Briggs, Left/Right Brain, learning preference, blood type, Hogwarts House, and others). I invite anyone who wants to participate to go ahead! 🙂
(Note: each test is linked in the section’s title)  Continue reading →

The Rapid Fire Book Tag

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Thank you Inge @ The Belgian Reviewer for tagging me to take on this post! It was a lot of fun to put together (I tried my best to spit out answers and not think about it but some of these were hard to do that with!)  Continue reading →

The Amarant

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The Amarant by Tricia Barr (2017)
-NetGalley Review-

The Amarant

Teen Fiction | Paranormal: Vampires
2 Stars
Blurb:

“A fictional world brought to life, a dark romance that promises eternity, and a secret that threatens to end it all. Crimson Wilkinson is a teenage girl who, having survived a dark childhood, finds her escape in reading a popular vampire series.  Continue reading →

Caraval

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Caraval (Caraval #1) by Stephanie Garber (2017)

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YA Fiction | Fantasy
2.5 StarsBlurb:

“Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over.

But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.  Continue reading →

The Girl with the Red Balloon

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The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke (2017)
-eARC Review-

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YA Fiction | Historical Fantasy
3.5 Stars
Blurb:

“When sixteen-year-old Ellie Baum accidentally time-travels via red balloon to 1988 East Berlin, she’s caught up in a conspiracy of history and magic. She meets members of an underground guild in East Berlin who use balloons and magic to help people escape over the Wall—but even to the balloon makers, Ellie’s time travel is a mystery. When it becomes clear that someone is using dark magic to change history, Ellie must risk everything—including her only way home—to stop the process.”
–Goodreads

Expected Publication Date: September 01, 2017  Continue reading →

BRN #13: Querying Agents

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I’ve written a book (or two…or three). But I’m talking about the one that’s been through edits, revisions, and beta-readers. It’s YA. It’s Sci-Fi/Fantasy. And the few people who’ve read it assure me it’s good. But I tend not to trust the opinions of family and friends. Well…even if they lied and it’s terrible, at least I like it. I’m proud of it. I completed a task most people don’t even dare to attempt.

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But now what? Well personally I’d love to land an agent and score a sweet book deal. There’s something annoyingly validating about having a stranger choose to pluck your book from anonymity and make it their job to have it shine. But it’s what I want and there seem to be rules and so off I go. Step one: Query Letter. Gross. Continue reading →

The Sunshine Blogger Award

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Thank you Ryann the Reader for nominating me! I loved reading your fun answers (: To those of you who haven’t checked out her blog before you should definitely stop by!

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