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Short-Straw Bride is the newest inspirational historical romance from Karen Witemeyer. Twelve years ago the now twenty-two year old Meredith Hayes fell in love. Or, at least she felt like she did. Perhaps now she’d call it a youthful crush – but it’s sure stayed with her. She’d always been warned about the dangerous, reclusive Archer boys. They never left their land and guarded it with guns and vicious guard dogs. Yet when she braved crossing the boundary to retrieve her lunch bucket and got herself in a painful situation – Travis Archer saved the day, with an unexpected kindness in his eyes. That’s why all these years later, though she hasn’t seen neither hide nor hair of him since, Meredith knows that she must warn him of the threat to Archer land. She overheard her intended fiancé (not intended by her) plotting to burn the Archer’s off their land to force them into selling. So, propriety be damned! Meredith can’t let that happen! But when her worthy cause turns into a po...

The White Glove War is the second Magnolia League book, a paranormal series, written by Katie Crouch and Grady Hendrix. As this is the second book in a series, you know what I’m going to say don’t you? If you haven’t read The Magnolia League , you should not read this review as it will contain inevitable spoilers. You can check out my review of The Magnolia League here instead. Now, if you HAVE read The Magnolia League , feel free to continue reading… Being a member of Savannah’s Magnolia League has never been so dangerous. The beauty, money, popularity of its youngest members might look envy-worthy, but those spells, potions, and conjures from the Buzzard family come with a price. When Hayes, one of the nicest girls in the Magnolia League who struggles to meet expectations of her bossy grandmother and boozy mom, starts to be followed by some thing – something that feels inherently evil – she realizes that magic can’t fix everything. She’s in danger. They all are. Me...

The Alchemyst is the first in the YA fantasy adventure series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott. I know I’m late to this series. Very late. But the fact that the sixth and final novel in the series, The Enchantress , recently came out that my long-held interest in the series came to a head. So, here I am! I’ll be getting caught up on this series, one book a month until I get to The Enchantress ! Let’s be honest: As much as a bibliophile wants to be able to read every book as it comes out, it just ain’t possible! ;) And maybe you also happen to one of the few book lovers’ that hasn’t had a chance to dive into this series yet – so, let’s learn a little more about it… Opinion to follow, of course! Sophie and Josh Newman, fifteen-year-old twins, have been enjoying their summer in San Francisco. Sophie’s working at a cute café right across the street from her brother who’s working as an assistant at a slightly eccentric bookstore owned by Nick Fleming, s...

Twice Upon a Time: Sleeping Beauty, the One Who Took the Really Long Nap is the second middlegrade fairy-tale retelling by Wendy Mass. Princess Rose has grown up under constant supervision. After all, when she was just a tiny baby in a crib she was cursed by a cranky old fairy – therefore all sharp objects have been banished from the kingdom. Of course… that doesn’t mean she won’t still get pricked, does it? Yep. Being a princess isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The Prince hasn’t had the easiest time of it either. He’s never been properly named because his mother the Queen has some ogre blood and he had the misfortune of being born on the second Thursday of the month. Let’s just say… it was a close call. So though The Prince survived his birth, the oddness of his family has left him rather lonely. But his walks in the woods are a comfort. That’s where he finds a hidden castle. One that looks exactly like the one he lives in, but not camouflaged by leaves. He’s determined...

Dying to Read is a humorous mystery novel, and the first in the Cate Kinkaid Files, by Lorena McCourtney. Out of work longer than she expected, a messily broken engagement, nearing that dreaded “30” and a really bad haircut are what bring Cate Kinkaid to accept a temporary job from her PI uncle. She has absolutely no experience in the world of private investigating – and no instincts that she’s aware of (or else how would she have ended up in her current life situation). But her uncle assures her that all she’ll be doing is routine, unexciting, uncomplicated assignments until she can find work elsewhere. Cate’s first task sounds simple enough: find out whether a certain woman named Willow lives at a certain address. No biggie. Even Cate should be able to complete that job successfully. But when she arrives at said address, a fairly spooky looking old Victorian, she discovers a rather snarky group of ravenous mystery novel lovers quite disgruntled at having their book group mee...

Rapture is the fourth and final book in the YA angel fantasy Fallen series by Lauren Kate. Happy TGIF! Today I'm providing you TWO reviews! Occasionally this is gonna happen - and today is one of those days! As always (feel like I’m saying this a lot lately – lots of sequels this year!), don’t read this review if you haven’t read the three previous books. It’ll only cause spoilers and possibly influence your opinion of the earlier novels. Instead, read my review of Fallen here , Torment here , and Passion here . Then there was that little in-between book called Fallen in Love , which I reviewed here . Now, if you are all caught up with the series, feel free to continue and find out what my thoughts were as this popular series came to a close… It seems like a lot of us have felt the Fallen quartet has gone off track. Passion was still good for me, but none of the books ever were as good as Fallen was, in my opinion. Like some other series (for example The Maze Ru...

The Chamber in the Sky is the fourth and final book in M. T. Anderson’s amazing sci-fi/fantasy Norumbegan Quartet . If you haven’t read the other books in this series, please check out my reviews of The Game of Sunken Places , The Suburb Beyond the Stars , and The Empire of Gut and Bone . Read the books in order, and I’ll be surprised if you won’t be scrambling for book four like I was! But, please, PLEASE don’t ruin it by reading this review! So, check out M. T. Anderson’s awesome novels and come back on Friday for a TGIF double-review! Last warning to avert your eyes if you haven’t read books 1 through 3… All right! Very little synopsis will be found here, as I don’t want to even kinda spoil your own enjoyment of The Chamber in the Sky . Childhood friends Brian and Gregory are on their way to find someone who can help them stop the Thusser invasion of Earth. The privileged, fluffy-brained Norumbegan’s refuse to believe they’re in any danger, even as Brian and Gregory see ...