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The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau: Book Review & Giveaway

Children
The Testing

Joelle Charbonneau is an established author of adult mysteries, so The Testing is her first YA novel. I had already read an advance copy of it, and knew what I thought of it when I got word from the publisher that they were sending me a printed copy. When it got here, I was so [...]

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The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa: Can a Cure Be Found?

Fantasy & Supernatural
The Eternity Cure

Last year we reviewed The Immortal Rules, a novel that blew me away, by bestselling author Julie Kagawa. A link to it is at the end of this review. I’ve been counting the days until The Eternity Cure, Book #2 in the Blood of Eden series, was published. Let me just cut to the chase and [...]

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Stung by Bethany Wiggins: Could a Vaccine Lead to This?

Fiction
Stung

Okay, confession time. I’m allergic to bees, so they kind of give me the heebie-jeebies. Maybe that’s one of the reasons I was immediately drawn to the book cover for Stung by Bethany Wiggins. Then I read the publisher’s brief description and knew I wanted to read it. This is a dystopian, post-apocalyptic YA novel [...]

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Black Feathers by Joseph D’Lacey: Book Review & Giveaway

Events
Black Feathers

Award-winning author Joseph D’Lacey is probably best known for his horror novels. With Black Feathers, Volume One of The Black Dawn duology, he brings us a post-apocalyptic novel that is a 21st century environmental cautionary tale, with roots strong in myth and folklore. Still, D’Lacey’s horror fans shouldn’t be dismayed since he has not forgotten [...]

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The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda: Book Review & Giveaway

Events
The Hunt

Normally we only review books which are close to their original publication date; however, every once in a while we run across a book that just begs to be reviewed even though it’s been out for a while. The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda is one of those books. It came out in hardcover in 2012 [...]

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Domino Falls by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due: Freak Day Is Here

Fiction
Domino Falls

When I saw the book cover for Domino Falls by two award-winning authors, Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due, I thought it might be a vampire novel. When I read the publisher’s extremely short description, I realized it was going to be much more interesting than that. What I didn’t realize until I had finished reading [...]

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