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2019 Cover Love

January 28, 2019 by motifink

Although it is still early in 2019, I am falling over the covers of these soon to be released books. Beyond the fact that these books look gorgeous and will look absolutely stunning on my bookshelf, they sound fantastic. My hype for these books are real ^_^ Advertisements

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Pretty Covers, Young Adult • Tags: 2019 new releases, Black Berry & Wild Rose, Dealing in Dreams, I Wanna Be Where You Are, pretty covers, Queenie, The Binding, The Tenth Girl, Wicked Fox

The Minis

October 11, 2018 by motifink

These Precious Scars by Emily Suvada is the background information you didn’t know you needed until you read it. Listed as the 0.5 to the This Mortal Coil series it provides a quick story about how the kids came to be who we know and love. Does it add to the overall story? Not really. But it fills the time; not only the “I need a quick read in between reads” but the time in between books. Because This Cruel […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Minis, Pretty Covers, Young Adult • Tags: A Curious Tale of the In-Between, adult, Capture, City of Ghosts, fantasy, historical fiction, middle schoolers, paranormal, pretty covers, The Legacy, Those precious scars, ya

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Book Review: The Door That Lead to Where by Sally Gardner

November 10, 2016 by motifink

AJ Flynn has just failed all of his exams but one. Considered a failure by his mother and at 17 years old, he believes there is no hope for him. When he receives a job as a junior clerk at a law firm, he believes there is a future for him. While working, he finds a key with his name on it and that key leads to 1830. With the help of his two best friends, AJ goes to explore and […]

Categories: Children, children's, Delacorte Press, Fantasy, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Young Adult • Tags: Arc, book review, Delacorte Press, fantasy, NetGalley Review, pretty covers, Sally Gardner, The Door That Lead to Where, time travel

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Book Review: A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry

April 13, 2016 by motifink

17 year old Lucas lives mainland but stays with his Father, hotel developer, in Puerto Rico in the summer. So the stories about the cursed girl, Isabel, is nothing new to him. For years, Señoras have spoken about the girl with the green skin that eats poison to stay alive and can kill you with one touch. Children send letters asking her to grant them wishes. Nothing but childish play. But when he begins receiving messages with his wishes crossed […]

Categories: Algonquin Young Readers, Fantasy, Magic, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pretty Covers, Young Adult • Tags: A Fierce and Subtle Poison, Algonquin Young Readers, book review, Contemporary, fantasy, magic, NetGalley, new author, pretty covers, Puerto Rico, samantha mabry, ya

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Book Review: The Vanishing Throne (The Falconer #2) by Elizabeth May

February 17, 2016 by motifink

Aileana Kameron disappeared through a portal, while fighting for her life and the world she loves. When she awakes she finds that she is trapped by the evil Lonnrach. Unable to escape , no matter how hard she tries, Aileana is tortured to the point of delusion. When she cannot take it any longer, she is saved by the last person she can think of and she enters a destroyed Edinburgh that is on a shaky truce with the Fae. […]

Categories: Chronicle Books, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Magic, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Pretty Covers, Romance, Young Adult • Tags: (The Falconer #2), Arc, book review, disappointment, Elizabeth May, fae, fairies, fantasy, historical fiction, magic, NetGalley Review, pretty covers, romance, The Vanishing Throne, ya

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Year in Review: Pretty Covers But That’s About It

December 31, 2014 by motifink

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Erotica, Horror, Magic, Pretty Covers • Tags: bad books, book review, okay books, pretty covers, year in review

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Year in Review: Pretty Covers

December 29, 2014 by motifink

Categories: Children, Horror, Magic, Mystery, Pretty Covers, Young Adult • Tags: 2014, book covers, horror, magic, pretty covers, ya, year in review

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NetGalley Review: Head Over Heart (The Mannequin Series #1) by Olivia Besse

October 19, 2014 by motifink

Elodie Marais is a 19-year-old model from a small town in love with the fame and the fashion. As her modeling career grows, Elodie has the attention of two men but each will give her a different path . . that she may not be ready for. All I can say is wow. This was not a good book. I picked it up because the cover is beautiful and the title is great. What I didn’t like about the book […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Erotica, NetGalley, Pretty Covers • Tags: (The Mannequin Series #1), book review, booooooooo, Head Over Heart, kindle, NetGalley Review, Olivia Besse, pretty covers

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2019 Cover Love

The Minis

Book Review: The Door That Lead to Where by Sally Gardner

Book Review: A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry

Book Review: The Vanishing Throne (The Falconer #2) by Elizabeth May

Year in Review: Pretty Covers But That’s About It

Year in Review: Pretty Covers

NetGalley Review: Head Over Heart (The Mannequin Series #1) by Olivia Besse