Book Review: A Shadow of Light

A Shadow of Light, by Bella Forrest (A Shade of Vampire #4). A few hours later, just before the sun was about to rise, I was sitting in the submarine that would take me back to The Shade. I wanted to feel excitement about my return to the island that had been my home for centuries,...

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Book Review: Christian Nation

Christian Nation, by Frederic C. Rich. Here are the facts. I was a lawyer and then a fighter for the secular side in the Holy War that ended in 2020 following the siege of Manhattan. Like so many others, I earned my release from three years of rehabilitation on Governors Island...

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Book Review: Rock and a Hard Place

Rock and a Hard Place (The Jamieson Collection, #1) by Angie Stanton. Only Peter could turn the violent scars from a devastating accident into something beautiful. He was the sweetest person she'd ever met. Without another word, he lifted first one hand and then the other...

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Book Review: Frozen (Heart of Dread #1)

Frozen (Heart of Dread #1),  by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston. The voice in her head was the reason her eyes were not brown or gray. Her clear tiger eyes - hazel-green with the golden pupils - that told the world she carried a mark on her skin, one...

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Review and GIVEAWAY: How to Discipline Your Vampire

How to Discipline Your Vampire, by Mina Vaughn. "I think I have one you'll like, if I may," he said politely. I must be dreaming. "Proceed," I said, both anticipating and dreading what was going to come from his lips next. Please don't be a student scene ... "I'm a vampire...

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GIVEAWAY: win a $40 Incredibundles gift card, ends 9/22

In July, I took part in a giveaway where you had the chance to win a year's worth of books, toys, and diapers from Incredibundles. Now I have a follow-up giveaway, but it's not a group contest: you can win a $40 gift card towards any of their products! IncrediBundles.com,...

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Review and GIVEAWAY: Hallows Haven, ends 9/21

Hallows Haven, by Melissa Brodsky and Nicole Madison. When she was finally able to gain control of the erratic shifting by envisioning and holding onto a mental picture of who she was, she reemerged. But not really, not completely. Her Drivel 11th-grade self would never be...

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Heart of the Vampire (Vanderlind Castle #2)

Heart of the Vampire, by Gayla Twist. "But his death was not my fault," I repeated. "He caused his own death. I just happened to be there." "That doesn't matter," she insisted. "You are a human, and someone must pay." "That's so unfair," I insisted. My legs were trembling,...

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We Need to Talk About Kevin

We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver. It's still difficult for me to venture into public. You would think, in a country that so famously has "no sense of history," as Europeans claim, that I might cash in on America's famous amnesia. No such luck. No one in this "community"...

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