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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

Book Review: #Prettyboy Must Die by Kimberly Reid

January 2, 2018 by motifink

When Peter Smith’s classmate snaps a picture of him during a late night run at the track, Peter thinks he might be in trouble. When she posts that photo–along with the caption, “See the Pretty Boy Run,”–Peter knows he’s in trouble. But when hostiles drop through the ceiling of his 6th period Chem Class, Peter’s pretty sure his trouble just became a national emergency. Because he’s not really Peter Smith. He’s Jake Morrow, former foster-kid turned CIA operative. After a […]

Categories: Mystery, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Realistic, Tor Teen, Young Adult • Tags: #Prettyboy Must Die, Arc, book review, Kimberly Reid, mystery, NetGalley Review, spy, Tor Teen, ya

Book Review: The Tiger’s Watch (Ashes of Gold #1) by Julia Ember

October 3, 2017 by motifink

Sixteen-year-old Tashi has spent their life training as a inhabitor, a soldier who spies and kills using a bonded animal. When the capital falls after a brutal siege, Tashi flees to a remote monastery to hide. But the invading army turns the monastery into a hospital, and Tashi catches the eye of Xian, the regiment’s fearless young commander. Tashi spies on Xian’s every move. In front of his men, Xian seems dangerous, even sadistic, but Tashi discovers a more vulnerable […]

Categories: NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Romance, Young Adult • Tags: (Ashes of Gold #1), Arc, bisexual, book review, fantasy, glbt, Harmony Ink Press, julia ember, NetGalley Review, pansexual, romance, the tiger's watch, ya

Book Review: The Changeling by Victor LaValle

August 8, 2017 by motifink

Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Paranormal, Realistic • Tags: adult, Arc, black author, fiction, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, paranormal, realistic fiction, Spiegel & Grau, The Changeling, urban fantasy, Victor LaValle

Late Night Reads: Corliss (The Girls of Spindrift #1) by V.C. Andrews

June 29, 2017 by motifink

Corliss is not like other girls at her Los Angeles high school. Incredibly intelligent, shy, and a loner, she has difficultly in fitting in. What’s worse, a clique of girls is out to get her after she refuses to take drugs with them, leading to a violent confrontation. When Corliss is unknowingly drugged, her entire life is turned upside down and no one—not even the handsome valedictorian who had agreed to go out with her—looks at her the same way. […]

Categories: NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pocket Star, Realistic, Young Adult • Tags: (The Girls of Spindrift #1), book review, Corliss, late night reads, NetGalley Review, novella, Pocket Star, V.C. Andrews

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