I know you guys are probably pretty tired of hearing me sing the praises of Goodreads Deals, or just mentioning them in every. single. post. But some of us are on a budget, so I appreciate the fact that Goodreads is appealing to my thriftiness. Anyway, this book came up in an e-mail from Goodreads … Continue reading Play Dead by Anne Frasier
So this was another of those Goodreads Deals that I bought where the premise sounded super intriguing. Hope Walton, described as "fragile" in the synopsis for this book, left reeling after the death of her mother, decides to spend her summer in Scotland. Here she discovers that her mother was part of a group of … Continue reading Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor
#SPOILERALERT Which means I will be discussing various details that are NOT #SPOILERFREE Okay, so I found this book via Goodreads Deals a couple of months ago and the synopsis sounded vaguely interesting and something akin to "The horror of the serial murders by the Countess Bathory told in her own words...Were the serial murders … Continue reading The Countess by Rebecca Johns
Oh man, this was another of those books where the premise and synopsis sounded so promising, but the author just could not deliver. Although I will admit that the majority of my review comes from my extreme dislike of the over-dramatized writing that this author used. I understand that her target audience is teens and … Continue reading The Curse: Touch of Eternity by Emily Bold
I have to say, I couldn't really get in to this story. I don't know if that is because it's marketed as YA and I'm nearing 30 (shhh), or if it was just lackluster storytelling. I really liked the premise of this story, you know, people that are born at exactly midnight have the ability … Continue reading The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
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