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Early Review: Binding Agreement (Just One Night Part 3)

May 062013

Early Review: Binding Agreement – Just One Night Part 3 by Kyra Davis Book 3 in Just One Night series Release date: May 20, 2013 Book provided by Edelweiss and Pocket Star Synopsis from Edelweiss: Part 3 of the Just One Night series. One wild night in a Vegas hotel changed everything for Kasie. Sleeping with a powerful, sexy stranger made her rethink her impending marriage, and a whole lot more. As her affair threatens her job and the sexy billionaire Robert Dade becomes more controlling, Kasie has to figure out if her passion is leading her down a path [ Read More of this Review ]

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New Release Review: Vengeance Bound by Justina Ireland

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Apr 092013

New Release Review: Vengeance Bound by Justina Ireland

Vengeance Bound by Justina Ireland Genre: YA Urban Fantasy Publication Date: 2 April 2013 ARC Provided by Edelweiss and Simon & Schuster Synopsis from Goodreads: The Goddess Test meets Dexter in an edgy, compelling debut about one teen’s quest for revenge… no matter how far it takes her. Cory Graff is not alone in her head. Bound to a deal of desperation made when she was a child, Cory’s mind houses the Furies—the hawk and the serpent—lingering always, waiting for her to satisfy their bloodlust. After escaping the asylum where she was trapped for years, Cory knows how to keep the Furies quiet. [ Read More of this Review ]

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Early Review: The Loop by Shandy Lawson

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Apr 092013

The Loop by Shandy Lawson Genre: YA Thriller Publication Date: 30 April 2013 ARC Received from Netgalley and Disney-Hyperion Synopsis from Goodreads: Ben and Maggie have met, fallen in love, and died together countless times. Over the course of two pivotal days—both the best and worst of their lives—they struggle again and again to resist the pull of fate and the force of time itself. With each failure, they return to the beginning of their end, a wild road trip that brings them to the scene of their own murders and into the hands of the man destined to kill them. As [ Read More of this Review ]

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Read with Caution: Matched Series by Ally Condie

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Apr 032013

Read with Caution: Matched Series by Ally Condie

IN THE SOCIETY, OFFICIALS DECIDE. WHO YOU LOVE. WHERE YOU WORK. WHEN YOU DIE. Breaking free from its pristine confines, Cassia embarks on an epic journey to protect the power of choice and the meaning of true love. D.G.’s Series Rating: 2.5 skulls = C I struggled with the rating for each book of this young adult dystopian series. Although parts were very moving and the language is really poetic, Ms. Condie has problems with pacing and plot development. I can best describe this series as “moments of brilliance surrounded by hours of boredom.” In Matched, Cassia lives in a Society where [ Read More of this Review ]

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Lover At Last!!!!!!!! (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11 ) by J.R. Ward

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Mar 302013

Lover At Last!!!!!!!! (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11 ) by J.R. Ward *e-book purchased from Amazon* Regina’s Rating: 3 stars/Grade C Book Summary: Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has finally found an identity as one of the most brutal fighters in the war against the Lessening Society. But his life is not complete. Even as the prospect of having a family of his own seems to be within reach, he is empty on the inside, his heart given to another…. Blay, after years of unrequited [ Read More of this Review ]

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Early Review: You Know What You Have To Do by Bonnie Shimko

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Mar 172013

Early Review: You Know What You Have To Do by Bonnie Shimko

You Know What You Have To Do by Bonnie Shimko Genre: YA Thriller Publication Date: 5 March 2013 ARC Provided by Netgalley and Amazon Children’s Publishing Synopsis from Goodreads: This quirky, appealing YA novel turns formulaic teen fiction on its head as funny, feisty fifteen year-old Mary-Magdalene Feigenbaum (otherwise known as Maggie) suddenly faces more than the usual typical YA concerns: a voice in her head that is telling her to kill people. Not just anyone—each time the target is someone who has done something terrible to a person Maggie cares for. You know what you have to do, the [ Read More of this Review ]

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Genre Book Showdown: Emilie and the Hollow World vs Spellbinding

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Mar 132013

Genre Book Showdown: Emilie and the Hollow World vs Spellbinding

This month I read two standalone, YA fantasies that skew toward a younger audience and today they meet in the Genre Book Showdown. Who will take home the win? Will it be Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells, a steampunk-infused fantasy set in a land at the center of the Earth? Or will it be Spellbinding by Maya Gold which threads the people and stories of Salem into an all-new world of witches? Read on to see who is declared the victor! Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: 2 April 2013 ARC [ Read More of this Review ]

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Early YA Mini Reviews: The Holders, Wasteland, Pretty Girl-13, & The Nightmare Affair

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Feb 262013

Early YA Mini Reviews: The Holders, Wasteland, Pretty Girl-13, & The Nightmare Affair

YA releases abound in March and this month I am featuring four debut novels. The Holders by Julianna Scott is a YA urban fantasy about children with special powers. Wasteland is a YA dystopia from the writing team of Susan Kim and Lawrence Klavan. Pretty Girl-13 is a YA contemporary with mystery/thriller/crime aspects by Liz Coley. Finally, The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett is a YA fantasy set at the creepy Arkwell Academy. The Holders by Julianna Scott Book #1 in the Holders series Genre: YA Urban Fantasy Publication Date: 5 March 2013 ARC Provided by Netgalley and Strange Chemistry Synopsis [ Read More of this Review ]

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Genre Book Showdown: Dance of Shadows vs Dancing in the Dark

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Feb 132013

Genre Book Showdown: Dance of Shadows vs Dancing in the Dark

February 2013 marks the release of two very different YA novels that are both set around the world of ballet. Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black is a paranormal mystery set in a high-pressure, elite dance academy environment while Dancing in the Dark by Robyn Bavati is a contemporary novel set in the ultra-conservative Haredi Jewish community. Both of these novels work the world of ballet and the beauty of dance throughout their plotlines, but I can only recommend one of them to you Badass readers. Read on to see which novel wins this ballet-based showdown! Dance of Shadows [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Mini Reviews: Season of the Wolf, Trickster, The Dinner, and The Best of All Possible Worlds

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Jan 282013

ARC Mini Reviews: Season of the Wolf, Trickster, The Dinner, and The Best of All Possible Worlds

February will see the release of some very eclectic new books from both the smaller and larger publishing houses and today I am bringing you four mini reviews from four very different books – a mystery/thriller, an urban fantasy, a contemporary fiction, and a science fiction romance. Season of the Wolf by Jeffrey J. Mariotte Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: 26 Feb 2013 ARC Provided by Netgalley and DarkFuse Synopsis from Goodreads: When Alex Converse, heir to a coal company fortune, visits Silver Gap, Colorado to make an environmentally themed documentary film, he’s hoping to change some minds and to soothe his own [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: Dualed by Elsie Chapman

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Jan 232013

Dualed by Elsie Chapman Book #1 in the Dualed series Publication Date: 26 Feb 2013 ARC Provided by Netgalley and Random House Synopsis from Goodreads: You or your Alt? Only one will survive. The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. Everyone has a genetic Alternate—a twin raised by another family—and citizens must prove their worth by eliminating their Alts before their twentieth birthday. Survival means advanced schooling, a good job, marriage—life. Fifteen-year-old West Grayer has trained as a fighter, preparing for the day when her assignment arrives and she will have one [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: Hooked by Liz Fichera

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Jan 142013

Hooked by Liz Fichera Book #1 – Hooked Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Interracial, Sports Romance Publication Date: Jan 29, 2013 Book provided by NetGalley and HarlequinTEEN When Native American Fredricka ‘Fred’ Oday is invited to become the only girl on the school’s golf team, she can’t say no. This is an opportunity to shine, win a scholarship and go to university, something no one in her family has done. But Fred’s presence on the team isn’t exactly welcome — especially not to rich golden boy Ryan Berenger, whose best friend was kicked off the team to make a spot [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: The Uninvited by Liz Jensen

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Dec 192012

The Uninvited by Liz Jensen Publication Date: 8 Jan 2013 ARC Provided by Netgalley and Bloomsbury USA Synopsis from Goodreads: A seven-year-old girl puts a nail gun to her grandmother’s neck and fires. An isolated incident, say the experts. The experts are wrong. Across the world, children are killing their families. Is violence contagious? As chilling murders by children grip the country, anthropologist Hesketh Lock has his own mystery to solve: a bizarre scandal in the Taiwan timber industry. Hesketh has never been good at relationships: Asperger’s Syndrome has seen to that. But he does have a talent for spotting behavioral [ Read More of this Review ]

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Review: Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks

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Dec 172012

Review: Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks

Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks Book #1 – The Montgomerys and Armstrongs Genres: Historical Romance, Highlanders Audiobook narrated by Kirsten Potter Never Seduce a Scot features a remarkable woman whose rare gift teaches a gruff Scottish warrior how to listen with his heart. Eveline Armstrong is fiercely loved and protected by her powerful clan, but outsiders consider her “touched.” Beautiful, fey, with a level, intent gaze, she doesn’t speak. No one, not even her family, knows that she cannot hear. Content with her life of seclusion, Eveline has taught herself to read lips and allows the outside world [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review – On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

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Dec 112012

ARC Review: On Dublin Street by Samantha Young Release date: December 25, 2012 Book provided by Edelweiss and NAL Paperback Synopsis from Goodreads: Jocelyn Butler has been hiding from her past for years. But all her secrets are about to be laid bare… Four years ago, Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working well—until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core. [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Mini Reviews: Undeadly, Stray Souls, and Blood Bond

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Nov 262012

ARC Mini Reviews: Undeadly, Stray Souls, and Blood Bond

You know how sometimes you get so excited when the new ARCs are released that you just have to request them all… but then you have to find enough time to read and review them? That’s the boat I found myself in this month, so to catch up, I’m sharing three mini reviews about the ARCs I most recently read. Undeadly by Michele Vail Book #1 in the Reaper Diaries series Publication Date: 27 Nov 2012 ARC Provided by Netgalley and Harlequin Teen Synopsis from Goodreads: The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then [ Read More of this Review ]

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New Release Review: Iced by Karen Marie Moning

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Nov 092012

New Release Review: Iced by Karen Marie Moning

Iced by Karen Marie Moning Book #6 in the Fever series Publication Date: 30 Oct 2012 Synopsis from Goodreads: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning comes the first book in her hotly anticipated new urban paranormal trilogy, set in the world of her blockbuster Fever series. The year is 1 AWC—After the Wall Crash. The Fae are free and hunting us. It’s a war zone out there, and no two days are alike. I’m Dani O’Malley, the chaos-filled streets of Dublin are my home, and there’s no place I’d rather be. Dani “Mega” O’Malley plays by her own [ Read More of this Review ]

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Review: An Apple for the Creature Edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner

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Oct 292012

Review: An Apple for the Creature Edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner

An Apple for the Creature Edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner Publication Date: 4 September 2012 Book Borrowed from Local Library Christal’s Review – 3 Skulls – C+ The anthologies edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner combine top authors from many different genres with a specific paranormal theme. This time the theme was school and it produced some unique and interesting stories. I think these anthologies are some of the best in paranormal fiction, but this one didn’t quite hit the mark for me. There were some truly exceptional stories in this volume, but they were outnumbered by the less [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel

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Sep 272012

ARC Review: Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel

Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel Book 2 in Gone With the Respiration series Release Date: September 25, 2012 Book provided by NetGalley and Random House Genre: Young Adult, Steampunk AH’s Review – 3 Skulls – C+ “You’re a zombie. If you’re not missing body parts, you’re doing it wrong.” Dearly, Beloved continues the story of our plucky heroine Nora Dearly. Nora lives in New London, Nicaragua, the capital of New Victoria. The book is set in the future, a future that embraced Victorian culture and societal standards. Oh – there are zombies in this book. Sentient, talking, tofu-eating zombies. You [ Read More of this Review ]

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ARC Review: Hanging by a Thread by Sophie Littlefield

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Sep 102012

ARC Review: Hanging by a Thread by Sophie Littlefield Book provided by NetGalley and Random House Release Date: September 11, 2012 AH’s Review – 3 Stars – C+ I was quite excited to get an advance reader copy of Hanging by a Thread. I loved Sophie Littlefield’s Aftertime series and I have her other books on my bloated to-read list as well. While I liked Hanging by a Thread, it was a bit disappointing for me. Perhaps it was because it was nothing at all like Aftertime. Perhaps it was because it was a young adult book and some of [ Read More of this Review ]

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