Reckoning, by Lili St. Crow Book 5 – Strange Angel Series Reviewed by Saluki If you have been keeping up with my book reviews, you know that I’ve had mixed feelings about this series. There has been enough to keep me interested in the books to keep me wanting to read them, but the series has also provided me more...
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Last Breath, by Rachel Caine Book 11 – Morganville Vampire series Reviewed by Saluki With her boss preoccupied researching the Founder Houses in Morganville, student Claire Danvers is left to her own devices when she learns that three vampires have vanished without a trace. She soon discovers that the last person seen with...
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Drink Deep, by Chloe Neill Book 5, Chicagoland Vampire series Reviewed by Saluki After the curve ball Chloe Neill threw us in the last book in the series, Hard Bitten, I was desperate for this book to come out. I wasn’t sure how the author would deal with Ethan’s death. Killing off such a pivotal character from...
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The Hidden, by Jessica Verday Book 3 in The Hollows Trilogy Reviewed by Saluki The Hidden is the final book in Jessica Verday’s The Hollows Trilogy. If you’ve read my reviews of The Haunted and The Hollow you know that I have mixed feelings about this series. There are certainly aspects of the first books that I...
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The Dead and The Gone, by Susan Beth Pfeffer The Last Survivors, book 2 reviewed by Sue Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event–an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion...
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Ashfall, by Mike Mullin reviewed by Sue Fifteen-year-old Alex is home alone when the supervolcano under Yellowstone erupts. His town collapses into a nightmare of darkness, ash, and violence, forcing him to flee. He begins a harrowing trek in search of his parents and sister, who were visiting relatives 140 miles away. Along the...
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Life as we knew it, by Susan Beth Pfeffer The Last Survivors Series, book 2 reviewed by Sue It’s almost the end of Miranda’s sophomore year in high school, and her journal reflects the busy life of a typical teenager: conversations with friends, fights with mom, and fervent hopes for a driver’s license....
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Reading Level: Young Adult Pages: 332 pages Book 1 My Blood Approves Reviewed by Onyxhikari Seventeen-year-old Alice Bonham’s life feels out of control after she meets Jack. With his fondness for pink Chuck Taylors and New Wave hits aside, Jack’s unlike anyone she’s ever met. Then she meets his brother, Peter. His...
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Reading Level: Young Adult Pages: 318 pages Book 2 Fateful Series Reviewed by Onyxhikari The Fateful Trilogy continues with Fractured. No, it’s not called Fractured because Ethan and Danielle break up…in case you were wondering. They had thought they’d escaped most of the danger surrounding them, when in truth they’ve...
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Forever, by Maggie Stiefvater Book 3 – Wolves of Mercy Falls Reviewed by Saluki Forever is the last book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy. I’ve been looking forward to reading this book for some time. I loved Shiver and Linger and have been wondering how the author was going to wrap up the series. Well, with this...
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I’m happy to report that since the last time I wrote for this column, I acquired a bookshelf. It’s small and practically full already, but it makes me happy to walk by it and see even a small selection of my books. There’s still plenty of room to stack books on top of the shelf, so I have plans to utilize that...
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Lost in Time by Melissa De La Cruz Book 6 – Blue Bloods series Reviewed by Saluki Lost in Time is the latest installment of the Blue Bloods series by author Melissa De La Cruz. Before I get into discussing the book, I want to urge any of you who have not read her series of short stories, Bloody Valentine, to do that now. It...
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