Drowning Instinct
@ilsajbick
Release date: Februray 2012
There are stories where the girl gets her prince, and they live happily ever after. (This is not one of those stories.)
Jenna Lord’s first sixteen years were not exactly a fairytale. Her father is a controlling psycho and her mother is a drunk. She used to count on...
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Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Reviewed by Ciara Ní Ghabhann
Also known as Let Me In, this novel is a very dark coming-of-age novel set in 1980s Sweden.
It tells the tale of Oskar, a 12- year- old boy who is bullied awfully at school. One day, he happens to meet Eli, a girl the same age as him. Gradually, they...
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Full Dark, No Stars, by Stephen King
reviewed by Megsly
First off, I’m an avid reader of all things Stephen King. I love him. I worship his words and fall in love with his imagery. The man can command language in such a way that a 20 page short story sucks me in, drags me away from real life, and leaves me so satisfied that...
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The Passage, by Justin Cronin
reviewed by Megsly
It seems like in today’s literary world, we’re completely wrapped up in the romanticized vampire…ya know, Edward, Stefan, Damon, Lestat…the ever sexy Carpathian men, Wrath and Zsadist and their entire orgy-worthy brotherhood (just the mention of the...
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Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
reviewed by Saluki
If you asked me five people, living or dead, that I would want to sit down and share a meal with, Abraham Lincoln would be at the top of my list. So, when I saw that Seth Grahame-Smith had written a book about him as a vampire hunter, I knew it was something...
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Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts, by Laura Benedict
reviewed by SusanAshlea
What goes around comes around…
You reap what you sow…
Never have those phrases been more true than in Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts, the second novel by author Laura Benedict. This book tells the story of 3 friends – Alice, Del and Roxanne...
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Isabella Moon, by Laura Benedict
Reviewed by SusanAshlea
I picked up Isabella Moon because the author is local I like to support local artists. Since it’s paranormal fiction, I knew I could get into it, and it’s set in Kentucky, which isn’t far from where I live. I ordered the book from Amazon.com and waited...
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Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, by Amanda Grange
reviewed by Saluki
Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange is a sequel of sorts to Pride and Prejudice. While it isn’t necessary to read Pride and Prejudice first, if you haven’t read it yet, I highly suggest that you do.
The author begins the story with the joint wedding of Mr. Darcy to...
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