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I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in August 2012. A fast-paced thriller that is a one-sitting read! Enjoy! Everything Emma Thompson owns fits in a suitcase she moves … Continue reading Chosen (The Chosen #1) by Denise Grover Swank @DeniseMSwank #SegueSaturday #fantasy #paranormal #romance
Dragons. Right. Teenage girls don’t believe in fairy tales, and sixteen-year old Elena Watkins was no different.Until the night a fairy tale killed her father.Now Elena’s in a new world, and a new school. The cutest guy around may be an evil dragon, a Prince wants Elena’s heart, and a long dead sorcerer may be … Continue reading Firebolt (The Dragonian #1) by Adrienne Woods @erichb3 #bookreview #YAfiction #fantasy #romance #dragons #magic
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in December 2012 and have been a big fan of Robin McKinley since. I remember this book surprised and enchanted me because … Continue reading Sunshine by @robinmckinley #SegueSaturday #bookreview #fantasy #vampires #humor
Sorceress, enchantress, deceiver, murderer—I’ve been called all those and more, some that might make you blush. Lucky for me, I couldn’t care less what people think about me. I’ve had my sights set on one thing for the last thousand years, and that’s all that matters. I’ll do whatever it takes to find the cauldron, even … Continue reading Midnight’s End (The Fae Games #5) by Jill Ramsower @JRamsower #giveaway #bookreview #booktour #fantasy #romance
I started my book review blog in 2009 and I have read so many outstanding books that I wanted to share them again with my followers on #SegueSaturday. I first posted this review in October 2009. Another short review, but an unforgettable story. Enjoy! They snatched the girl off her tire swing in the backyard … Continue reading #SegueSaturday Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1) by Maggie Stiefvater @mstiefvater #bookreview #yafiction #werewolves #shapeshifters
Publication Date: January 2016 Genre: Fairytale Retelling/ Historical Fantasy/ Romance For four years, Princess Aurora of Rhone--Rose to her friends--has searched the world for a way to break the curse placed on her by Magdalina, the wicked ruler of the fairies at war with her kingdom. Under the curse, Rose is doomed to die on … Continue reading Beauty’s Curse (Once Upon a Princess Book 1) by C.S. Johnson @C_S_Johnson13 #giveaway #booktour #bookreview #fantasy #romance #yafiction
When Veronica lost the love of her life in a horrible accident she was sure he was gone forever, and she would never love again. Then, five years later she meets her own tragic demise leading her back to the man she loves, but, with an unexpected twist...Imagine waking up to discover that the life … Continue reading Enlightened by Billie Kowalewski @Enlightened31 #voraciousreadersonly #fantasy #YAfiction #paranormal #souls
Publication Day: 24 June 2018 ISBN: B07F1BBP5X Pages: 368 Category: Fiction, Genre: Fantasy/Paranormal, Vampires, Series ABOUT THIS BOOK The last thing Sgt. Paulie Zahn expects when she wakes up in a strange hospital is to be told that a Rogue Vampire bit her. Worse, she must cope with the inexplicable changes her body's going through she's stronger, faster, … Continue reading #BookReview: Paulie Zahn Vampire Huntress (The Purloined Pint Series Book 2) by E.M. Sørensen @bookhubauthors #vampires
Publication Day: 1 September 2018 [Kindle] Publisher: Book Liftoff ISBN: 9781947946415 Pages: 344 Category: Fiction, Genre: Romance / Fantasy ABOUT THIS BOOK A beautiful witch with a violent past forms an unlikely love affair with a compassionate young doctor...until she fears she may end up killing him. Tressalayne is a member of a murderous witches' coven. An attack … Continue reading #BookReview: The Janus Witch by Michael Scott Clifton @michaelsclifton
This great war of our time has indeed been terrible, and I am still struck with its horrors, waking up in the night sweating. Kevin Hearne, author of The Iron Druid Chronicles gives us a tale told by Fintan, Bard of the Poet Goddess Kaelin. A fleet of Bone Giants, tall, thin people with bone armor … Continue reading Book Review: Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne (Kindle eBook)
Eila Walker is in danger. She and her guardian, Mae, moved to Eila's ancestral home in Cape Cod after a mystery donor purchased it for her. Little did Eila know that this charitable act would alter her seemingly normal life forever. After a near death experience of being pushed into the bay and almost being … Continue reading Book Review: Undertow (Book 1) by K.R. Conway (9780989776394)
From the author of the Paper Magician Series comes a tale about dairymaid, Matrona Vitsin, who lives a dull life in a small village that never changes. She is betrothed to Feodor Popov, who is not attentive, nor as demonstrative as she feels a husband-to-be should be, and wants more. In fact, the only person … Continue reading Book Review: The Fifth Doll by Charlie N. Holmberg (9781477806104)
Welcome to my blog! I’m excited to present Tessa Stockton's new book Wind's Aria. Book Summary: Elected as the Songstress, Aria takes her place on the sacred platform to sing before every dawn. As long as she does so, peace and abundant life belong to her people. One morning, amidst a strange wind that brings … Continue reading Virtual Book Review Tour and Giveaway: Wind’s Aria by Tessa Stockton
"Gods don't grow well in America." Shadow was learning this first hand. Being Mr. Wednesday's hired minion wasn't as cut and dried as he had thought, but where else would he go? He was just released from prison because his wife had died in a car accident with her lover. His new life was full … Continue reading Book review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman (9780060836252) Audiobook
How many witches does it take to make a family? Lauren finds out the hard way. A successful realtor in Chicago with a knack for finding the right home for the right client, Lauren finds herself thrown into an online Witches Chat Room filled with crazy women who are convinced she is a witch. Little … Continue reading Book review: A Modern Witch by Deborah Geary (9781937041038)
In Britain's Dark Ages, Marcus ap Iorwerth is a master spy and swordmaster who manipulates kings, warlords and the church to keep his family and his people safe as well as saving Britain as a whole. Claerwen, Marcus's wife, has the sight and what she sees haunts her every day as she tries to decipher … Continue reading Book review: A Land Beyond Ravens by Kathleen Cunningham Guler (9780966037166)
Sadie felt like an outcast at school. She didn't fit in. No one believed her when she thought her mother was still alive and had not died in a car accident. She just had this feeling... Enter her 13th birthday and her whole world transforms into magic, witches, gnomes and pure evil. You see Sadie … Continue reading Book review: Any Witch Way by Annastaysia Savage (9781936564033)
I have to admit the beginning of this book was very confusing, but as I read more, I started to understand the supernatural element of the novel. There were characters you loved such as Meridia, an only child who thought she was unloved and others you despised such as Eva the evil mother-in-law who wanted … Continue reading Book Review: Of Bees and Mist: A Novel by Erick Setiawan (1416596240)