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Early Review: Reboot by Amy Tintera

May 042013

Early Review: Reboot by Amy Tintera Book 1 in Reboot Series Book provided by Edelweiss and Harper Teen Release Date: May 7, 2013 Synopsis from Goodreads: Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, and less emotional. The longer Reboots are dead, the less human they are when they return. Wren 178 is the deadliest Reboot in the Republic of Texas. Now seventeen years old, she serves as a soldier for HARC (Human Advancement and Repopulation Corporation). Wren’s favorite part of the [ Read More of this Review ]

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Early Review: Moonset by Scott Tracey

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Mar 152013

Moonset by Scott Tracey Book #1 in The Legacy of Moonset Genre: YA Urban Fantasy Publication Date: 8 April 2013 ARC Provided by Netgalley and Flux Synopsis from Goodreads: Justin Daggett, his trouble-making sister, and their three orphan-witch friends have gotten themselves kicked out of high school. Again. Now they’ve ended up in Carrow Mills, New York, the town where their parents—members of the terrorist witch organization known as Moonset—began their evil experiments with the dark arts one generation ago. When the siblings are accused of unleashing black magic on the town, Justin fights to prove their innocence. But tracking [ Read More of this Review ]

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Read with Caution: Beautiful Bastard and Primal Law

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Feb 062013

Read with Caution: Beautiful Bastard and Primal Law

Today’s “Read With Caution” features two different books in two different genres: Beautiful Bastard, a popular Twilight fan fiction previously known online as ‘The Office” and Primal Law, the first book in the “Alpha Pack” Paranormal Romance series. Read the Badass reviews to find out why you should proceed carefully with these books. Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren Book 1 in Beautiful Bastard series Release Date: February 12, 2013 Book provided by Edelweiss and Gallery Books Synopsis from Goodreads: An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling. Discover the story that garnered more than two [ Read More of this Review ]

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New Release Review: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

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Nov 112012

New Release Review: Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor Book #2 – Daughter of Smoke and Bone Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy Audiobook narrated by Khristine Hvam Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love and dared to imagine a world free of bloodshed and war. This is not that world. Art student and monster’s apprentice Karou finally has the answers she has always sought. She knows who she is—and what she is. But with this knowledge comes another truth she would give anything to undo: She loved the enemy and he betrayed her, and a world suffered [ Read More of this Review ]

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Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

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Nov 062012

Review: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Book #1 – Daughter of Smoke and Bone Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Audiobook narrated by Khristine Hvam D.G.’s Rating – 5 skulls: A This book is the beginning of a journey…a journey through the essence of hope and pain, full of wonderful imagery and a seemingly whimsical combination of words that envelopes you strongly and doesn’t let you go. The story is almost epic in its scope, seemingly simple while slowly transforming into mistakes as old as time: enmity that evolves into a never-ending war. We’ve experienced this story so many times [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: Off the Grid (Monkeewrench #6) by PJ Tracy

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Aug 302012

ARC Review: Off the Grid (Monkeewrench #6) by PJ Tracy

Off the Grid (Monkeewrench #6) by PJ Tracy *review copy of e-book received from edelweis and the publisher* Rating: 3 Stars/Grade B- Blurb: Regina’s Review: Monkeewrench is one of my favorite lite murder mystery series. It is funny, has engaging characters that I care about and which actually change over the course of the books, and the mysteries are not overly gruesome but are interesting. The series is written by a mother daughter team and typically most books are situated in Minnesota or northern Wisconsin. Being from the midwest, I love the setting. I can relate to it. Off the Grid is a book that I read, [ Read More of this Review ]

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Review: Far North by Marcel Theroux

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Jul 162012

Far North by Marcel Theroux 5 out of 5 Stars/Grade A Blurb: You know that Tom Hanks movie, Cast Away, the one where Hank’s character is stranded on an island alone and everyone on the plane with him that crashed is dead? He has a few reminders from civilization, undelivered packages, some toys – a volleyball. Now imagine that he never got off the island and imagine that it was really really cold. Now imagine that he met some slavers and what happened after that was not pleasant. Then imagine that he met some opportunists who do anything to control [ Read More of this Review ]

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Review: Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor

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Jan 212012

Review: Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor

Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor and Illustrated by Jim Di Bartolo Audio book borrowed from library Print book borrowed from library Regina’s Review: 5 Stars/Grade A++ Lips Touch Three Times is a compilation of three novellas written by Laini Taylor and illustrated by her husband, Jim DiBartolo. The novellas defy a neat and easy categorization. The main female character in each book is a young adult, a young teenage girl. Each novella takes place in an urban locale but shortly in to the text there is a breakaway to an other world. The novellas are [ Read More of this Review ]

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Quick Review: Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler

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Nov 022011

Quick Review: Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler

E-Galley received via NetGalley, thanks to Dell Publishing. Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler Shadow Force Series #4 Erika’s Quick Review: Grade: B-/C+ Night moves is better romantically than In the Air Tonight was, at least for me. However, that being said, I didn’t find a real connection between Teddie and Kell. I think Stephanie Tyler excels at writing suspense and action, fight sequences and red herrings, but the last few books I’ve read from the Shadow Force Series have left me not feeling the love between the hero and heroine of the story. Teddie witnessed her family [ Read More of this Review ]

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Review: In the Air Tonight by Stephanie Tyler

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Oct 272011

Review: In the Air Tonight by Stephanie Tyler

In the Air Tonight by Stephanie Tyler Shadow Force book Three I purchased this novel from Amazon Erika’s Review Grade: C When ER nurse Paige Grayson get’s attacked at the hospital just two weeks after she is notified that her brother Gray died in combat, she seeks answers, and solace in the Catskill mountains with Mace. Her brothers teammate in the Delta Force. Mace is battling demons of his own. Tortured for three weeks along with the rest of his team at the hands of DMH (Dead Mans Hand), he is on leave, running his bar and aiding Caleb {Cael} [ Read More of this Review ]

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Reviews: Lie with Me and Promises in the Dark by Stephanie Tyler

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Aug 032011

Reviews: Lie with Me and Promises in the Dark by Stephanie Tyler

Lie with me by Stephanie Tyler Book one of the Shadow Force Series My Review: Grade B Rating Both the Heroine and Hero were likable enough, and are kindred spirits in loneliness. The heroine recently had a kidney transplant, and has had on going issues since her teens, and the hero was framed for murder and imprisoned when he was just a lad. I liked them together, they complimented each other nicely. They have sex on their first meeting and fall in love in three days. <sigh> I really hate that plot device, and really, [ Read More of this Review ]

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Midnight Fear by Leslie Tentler

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Jun 022011

ARC provided by NETGALLEY, release date July 26th, 2011. Grade : B+ It was a great suspense thriller with a side of romance. Reid Novak is an FBI Profiler, and on the hunt for a serial killer. We open the novel with a standoff between Killer and FBI and what happens haunts Reid in the future. Setting things in motion. I liked Reid, but he was too hot and cold at times. Although it fit with his life and job. Caitlyn Cahill is the sister of the serial killer. She loses not only her family, friends, and her fiancee, but [ Read More of this Review ]

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