Review: Love Story

Title: Love StorySeries: NoGenre: New Adult- ContemporaryAuthor: Jennifer EcholsPublisher: MTV BooksRelease Date: July 19, 2011Book: Galley grab “She’s writing about him. he’s writing about her. And everybody is reading between the lines.. For Erin Blackwell, majoring in creative writing at the New York City college of her dreams is more than a chance to fulfill her ambitions–it’s her ticket away from the tragic memories that shadow her family’s racehorse farm in Kentucky. But when she refuses to major in business and take over the farm herself someday, her grandmother gives Erin’s college tuition and promised inheritance to their maddeningly handsome stable boy, Hunter Allen. Now Erin has to win an internship and work...

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Review: Where She Went

Title: Where She WentSeries: If I Stay # 2Genre: Young Adult-ContemporaryAuthor: Gayle FormanPublisher: DuttonRelease Date: April 5, 2011Book: Bought “It’s been three years since the devastating accident … three years since Mia walked out of Adam’s life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Julliard’s rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia’s home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future – and each other. Told from Adam’s point of view in the spare, lyrical prose that...

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Review: Raw Blue

Title: Raw BlueSeries: NoGenre: Young Adult-ContemporaryAuthor: Kirsty EagarPublisher: Penguin Books AustraliaRelease Date: June 29, 2009Book: Won “Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly café. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing … and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago. Then she meets Ryan and Carly has to decide … Will she let the past bury her? Or can she let go of her anger and shame, and find the courage to be happy?” This book is awesome! So awesome that I can not find the right words to describe this book. This book had so many emotions and so many good characters that I fell in love with it quickly. It also hurt to read the...

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Review: The Quest for Nadine’s Soul

Title: Logic of Demons: The Quest For Nadine’s SoulSeries: NoGenre: New Adult/Adult -FantasyAuthor: H.A. GoodmanPublisher: Author HouseRelease Date: July 14, 2010Book: Sent by author  “What would you do if the love of your life was murdered by a deranged killer? Would you become a vigilante and seek retribution? And would this revenge affect those you care for in the afterlife? LOGIC OF DEMONS The Quest for Nadine’s Soul takes you on a journey inside the psyches of men and women forced to deal with the spiritual consequences of their decisions. Through the lives of a demon, two Angels, and a mysterious teenage girl, a plethora of politically and socially relevant issues ranging from the roots of genocide and sex trafficking to child conscription...

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Review: Purpose

Title: PurposeSeries: Soul Savers # 2Genre: New Adult- FantasyAuthor: Kristie CookPublisher: Ang’dora ProductionsRelease Date: December 15, 2010Book: ARC sent by author “Lost in despair, Alexis teeters on the edge of an abyss, her lifeline of hope fraying into a thin thread. If it snaps, she’ll plunge into complete darkness. With the help of her son and her writing, she’s been able to hold on. Until now. Erratic impulses, disturbing delusions and her own demonic blood threaten her sanity. When she’s forced to choose between hanging onto hope or letting go to serve her Amadis purposes, she faces a decision with inconceivable sacrifices. Alexis runs to the one place she thinks will provide answers, only to find herself at the center of another battle of...

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Review: Laney

Title: LaneySeries: The Brookehaven Vampires # 1Genre: Young Adult-ParanormalAuthor: Joann l. Martin SowlesPublisher: Brookehaven PublishingRelease Date: Oct 30, 2010Book: FC sent by Author “In a small college town in Northern California, Laney Alexander leads a regular, uneventful life–that is, until the charming and alluring Oliver Knight enters her world. Who is this gorgeous and mysterious stranger? Or, rather, what is he? As Laney’s sophomore year of college begins, so does an unbelievable adventure–including a love she didn’t know she longed for. She soon learns that Oliver is not ordinary, nor is the rest of his family, including a sister who openly hates her and a brother who will stop at nothing for revenge. As she fights for her life, and Oliver’s...

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