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Book Review: A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

September 27, 2018 by motifink

The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she’s trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew. Life in real-world Atlanta isn’t always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But when Alice’s handsome and mysterious mentor […]

Categories: Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Retellings, Young Adult • Tags: african american author, alice in wonderland, Arc, book review, fantasy, Imprint, NetGalley Review, retelling, young adult

Book Review: The Woman Trapped in the Dark by J.D. Mason

September 19, 2018 by motifink

Abby Rhodes and Jordan Gatewood have fought a long battle to be together. People disparaged their relationship. Enemies tried to tear them apart. Now, Abby is looking to settle in to a life of married bliss. But sometimes the greatest threat stems from the person you trust the most… Now Abby is being hunted. Taken prisoner. Held captive. And Jordan’s dark and murky past holds the key to her escape…- Amazon If you haven’t read the first two books in […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Romance, St. Martin's Griffin • Tags: Arc, book review, NetGalley Review, romance, suspense

Book Review: My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma

August 14, 2018 by motifink

Winnie Mehta was never really convinced that Raj was her soulmate, but their love was written in the stars. Literally, a pandit predicted Winnie would find the love of her life before her 18th birthday, and Raj meets all of the qualifications. Which is why Winnie is shocked to return from her summer at film camp to find her boyfriend of three years hooking up with Jenny Dickens. Worse, Raj is crowned chair of the student film festival, a spot […]

Categories: NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Realistic, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, Contemporary, Crown BFYR, My So-Called Bollywood Life, NetGalley Review, Nisha Sharma, young adult

Book Review: Under Dark Waters by Bernadette Calonego

July 20, 2018 by motifink

Driven by lingering pain and grief, historian Sonya Werner leaves her home in Switzerland to travel across the world. Officially, she’s tracking down the German author Else Seel, who had left Berlin in the 1920s to marry a Canadian trapper and homestead in the wild woods of British Columbia. But the real reason for her trip is much more difficult to face: three years before, her husband took off to this part of the world on one of his usual […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Mystery, NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: AmazonCrossing, Arc, Bernadette Calonego, book review, fiction, mystery, NetGalley Review, Under Dark Waters

Book Review: Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge by Lisa Jensen

May 10, 2018 by motifink

They say Château Beaumont is cursed. But servant-girl Lucie can’t believe such foolishness about handsome Jean-Loup Christian Henri LeNoir, Chevalier de Beaumont, master of the estate. But when the chevalier’s cruelty is revealed, Lucie vows to see him suffer. A wisewoman grants her wish, with a spell that transforms Jean-Loup into monstrous-looking Beast, reflecting the monster he is inside. But Beast is nothing like the chevalier. Jean-Loup would never patiently tend his roses; Jean-Loup would never attempt poetry; Jean-Loup would […]

Categories: NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pretty Covers, Retellings, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge, book review, Candlewick Press, fairy tales, Lisa Jensen, NetGalley Review, retelling, romance

Emotional Read: Standing Sideways by J. Lynn Bailey

March 22, 2018 by motifink

When Livia Stone suddenly loses her twin brother, Jasper, she must learn to navigate her new life alone. As she faces tragedy and starts down a road toward self-destruction, Daniel enters Livia’s life—at a moment when she needs it most. Standing Sideways is a poignant, relevant, and touching story of survival, courage, and compassion that will have readers crying, laughing, and most of all, debating the issues affecting the lives of parents and teens alike on a journey of hope […]

Categories: NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pretty Covers, Realistic, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, Contemporary, emotional read, J. House Publishing, J. Lynn Bailey, NetGalley Review, Standing Sideways, ya

Book Tour: Phoenix Fire by S.D. Grimm

March 19, 2018 by motifink

After spending her life in foster care, Ava has finally found home. But all it takes is a chance encounter with hot nerd Wyatt Wilcox for it to unravel. Now, things are starting to change. First, the flashes of memories slowly creeping in. Memories of other lives, lives that Wyatt is somehow in. Then, the healing. Any cut? Gone. But when Cade and Nick show up, claiming to be her brothers, things get even weirder. They tell her she’s a […]

Categories: entangled teen, Pretty Covers, Romance, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, book tour, fantasy, NetGalley Review, Phoenix Fire, romance, S.D. Grimm, ya

Book Review: Seeker by Arwen Elys Dayton

March 5, 2018 by motifink

The night Quin Kincaid takes her Oath, she will become what she has trained to be her entire life. She will become a Seeker. This is her legacy, and it is an honor. As a Seeker, Quin will fight beside her two closest companions, Shinobu and John, to protect the weak and the wronged. Together they will stand for light in a shadowy world. And she’ll be with the boy she loves–who’s also her best friend. But the night Quin […]

Categories: Fantasy, NetGalley, Uncategorized • Tags: Arc, Arwen Elys Dayton, book review, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Seeker

Book Review: You Own Me by Mary Catherine Gebhard

January 23, 2018 by motifink

Lennox is on the run from her ex-boyfriend. She had to drop everything, tell no one, and move to a new town, alone. She expected to be lonely, she expected to be afraid, but she never expected to meet a man named Vic who drove her crazy with lust and anger and called her “Lenny.” If it’s at all possible, Vic is more twisted than the man she ran away from. She should ignore him, but they’re drawn to each […]

Categories: NetGalley, NetGalley Review • Tags: Arc, book review, Mary Catherine Gebhard, NetGalley Review, You Own Me

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