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Book Blitz: The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
By | On May 10,21 | 0 Comment
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

Title: The Midnight Lie (The Midnight Lie, #1)
Author: Marie Rutkoski
Genre: Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance, Young Adult
Release Date: 11 May 2021

Summary:

Set in the world of the New York Times–bestselling Winner’s Trilogy, Marie Rutkoski’s The Midnight Lie is an epic LGBTQ romantic fantasy about learning to free ourselves from the lies others tell us―and the lies we tell ourselves.

Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences.

Nirrim keeps her head down, and a dangerous secret close to her chest.

But then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away, who whispers rumors that the High Kith possess magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. But to do that, Nirrim must surrender her old life. She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted.

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Academy Romance, Book Reviews, YA Fantasy, YA Reverse Harem, YA Romance

Book Review: Stone and Secret by Evangeline Anderson

Stone and Secret by Evangeline Anderson
Stone and Secret by Evangeline Anderson
By | On May 09,21 | 0 Comment
Stone and Secret by Evangeline Anderson
Stone and Secret by Evangeline Anderson

Title: Stone and Secret (Nocturne Academy #3)
Author: Evangeline Anderson
Genre: Fantasy YA
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Stone and Secret is my first Nocturne Academy novel, and I am ashamed I’ve not read the series already!

Emma Plunkett is the white bread of young ladies. She’s the average of unforgettable, you just saw her, and you don’t remember it. She’s trying her best to survive the meanest of Nocturne Academy because even white bread has to deal with mold. Emma’s mold? That would be Morganna Starchild, beast of a Fae, mean girl gone wild.  

Emma thinks she’s pulled the short straw when lined up to be lab partners with one of the most unfortunate looking students in school, Bran O’Connor. It seems like one more thing for which Morganna to snipe at her, but she quickly finds herself seeing more in Bran than what is on the surface. This is good because soon, she finds herself needing some help getting out of a sitch that is skin deep. 

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Book Blitz, Book It, YA Romance, YA Sci-fi

Book Blitz: Retaliation by Haley Cavanagh

Retaliation by Haley Cavanagh
Retaliation by Haley Cavanagh
By | On April 20,21 | 0 Comment
Retaliation by Haley Cavanagh
Retaliation by Haley Cavanagh

Title: Retaliation (The Oceanstone Initiative #2)
Author: Haley Cavanagh
Genre: YA Sci-Fi Romance
Release Date: 27 Decemeber 2019

Summary:

One doctor, one alien lover, one botanist, and one engineer on a desperate mission to save earth from human destruction.

Sakota saved Astraeus and her friends from certain death, but in doing so, she gained the attention of the Oreck, who will stop at nothing to destroy everything in their path.

With their ship severely damaged, Sakota and her crew land on a nearby planet and seek sanctuary while they make repairs to return home. But nothing on this perfect planet is as it appears, and Sakota soon learns they’ve traded one danger for another.

Hunted and targeted, will Sakota be able to carry out her mission, or will everyone she cares about be destroyed?

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Book Reviews, Coming of Age, High School Romance, YA Romance

Book Review: Wallflower by Cookie O’Gorman

Wallflower by Cookie O'Gorman
Wallflower by Cookie O'Gorman
By | On March 26,21 | 0 Comment
Wallflower by Cookie O'Gorman
Wallflower by Cookie O’Gorman

Title: Wallflower
Author: Cookie O’Gorman
Genre: YA Romance
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Dare Frost is just the sort of book boyfriend I needed this week. 

When Viola Kent says she likes being under the radar, she means it. She doesn’t want to be part of the crowd, and in the spotlight, she means it. And when she says she doesn’t need any more friends, she means it. So color her furious when she finds her father is trying to manipulate the school playboy and sports star to be her new best friend. Just because her dad is his coach doesn’t mean that Dare owes him the favor of feeling bad for Viola with him. 

Fear Viola once she discovers her dad’s duplicity. Because now the manipulated becomes the manipulator, and her ideas include using Dare to show her dad his idea was terrible, by pretending Dare is her new boyfriend. 

Oh, but Dare is an incredible boyfriend, and Viola is so lucky. She just hit the lottery. He is one in a million. I personally would trade all the other men I read about this week for Dare in a second and he was one of seven. #LetsKeepDare

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Book Reviews, Contemporary Romance, Giveaways, YA Fiction, YA Romance

Book Review: Dog Girl by Gabi Justice

Dog Girl by Gabi Justice
Dog Girl by Gabi Justice
By | On March 10,21 | 0 Comment
Dog Girl by Gabi Justice
Dog Girl by Gabi Justice

Title: Dog Girl
Author: Gabi Justice
Genre: YA, Contemporary, Fiction
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Oh, the triggering elements in this book are couched well in the story of a girl who is bullied and suffering anxiety due to the trauma of losing her father as a young girl. 

Kendall Shepherd is in a rough headspace. Her social anxiety has her so paralyzed that she’s taken solace in the company of the dogs she works to rescue and rehabilitate. Peter, her imaginary friend, also known as her anxiety disorder, is a constant automatic negative thought factory. She must struggle with him through all things great and small. Worse is he really has crushed her confidence to the point where real people’s motivations are suspect at best. Dogs are constant and love unconditionally.

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Book It, Interviews, Sports Romance, YA Fiction, YA Romance

Interview: L.A. Cotton’s Rixon Raiders Play This or That?

Rixon Raiders: The Collection by L.A. Cotton
Rixon Raiders: The Collection by L.A. Cotton
By | On February 15,21 | 0 Comment
Rixon Raiders: The Collection by L.A. Cotton
Rixon Raiders: The Collection by L.A. Cotton

And last but not least. This or That. Anyone can answer any of these, or more than one can chime in at the same time. 

Pumpkin Spice or Vanilla 

Asher: I don’t get pumpkin spice it tastes like crap
*The others nod in agreement*

Deadpool or Captain America 

Jason: Neither
Cameron: Captain all the way. Who doesn’t want to be a superhero
Asher: Deadpool is a superhero
Cameron: Is he really though? 
Jason: Jesus, the two of you are f*^%ing idiots

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Book It, Giveaways, Interviews, Sports Romance, YA Fiction, YA Romance

Interview: L.A. Cotton’s Rixon Raiders Play Tell Me A Secret, Tell Me A Lie

Rixon Raiders: The Collection by L.A. Cotton
Rixon Raiders: The Collection by L.A. Cotton
By | On February 08,21 | 0 Comment
Rixon Raiders: The Collection by L.A. Cotton
Rixon Raiders: The Collection by L.A. Cotton

This game is ‘Tell Me a Secret, Tell Me a Lie.’ It’s just what it sounds like. I give a prompt, and you, the character, gets to determine if you want to hint a secret or lie: one or the other.

Tell me a secret about the last lie you told your partner or Tell me a lie you told your partner to keep that secret. 

*Asher explodes with laughter*
Asher: Tell her where Felicity thinks you are today man.
Jason: F%^$ off
Cameron: You lied to her? 
Jason: I didn’t… it’s not… I may have extended the truth but only because I knew she’d want to come

Tell me a secret you can’t tell your bestie or Tell me a lie you just told your parents. 

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Book It, Giveaways, Interviews, Sports Romance, YA Fiction, YA Romance

Interview: L.A. Cotton’s Rixon Raiders Play Would You Rather?

Rixon Raiders Giveaway
Rixon Raiders Giveaway
By | On February 01,21 | 5 Comments
Rixon Raiders Giveaway
Rixon Raiders Giveaway

Would you rather hear your parents do the deed or put up with Khloe hitting on the guys again? 

Jason: What the actual f*#%? Why would you ask that?
Asher: *retches* You’re triggering some serious shit here, I hope you know that.
Cameron: No way, you heard them go at it?
Asher: Dude, not cool!
Jason: Seriously, can we move on? I just can’t…

Would you rather wake up and find you had three-inch-long eyelashes or go to bed without lips? 

Asher: Oh my god, where are you getting these questions? *explodes with laughter* 

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Book Reviews, High School Romance, Sports Romance, YA Fiction, YA Romance

Book Review: In The Penalty Box by Kelly Anne Blount & Lynn Rush

In The Penalty Box by Kelly Anne Blount & Lynn Rush
In The Penalty Box by Kelly Anne Blount & Lynn Rush
By | On January 28,21 | 1 Comment
In The Penalty Box by Kelly Anne Blount & Lynn Rush
In The Penalty Box by Kelly Anne Blount & Lynn Rush

Title: In The Penalty Box
Author: Kelly Anne Blount & Lynn Rush
Genre: YA Sports Romance
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Toe Pick.

I’m old enough for that to be romantic and adorable before reading Kelly Anne Blount’s and Lynn Rush’s In The Penalty Box.

After a horrendous injury, Willow Covington is home nursing her wounds. She’s doing what she can to work her way back to the Olympic Figure Skating Team she was on before getting hurt. It just isn’t going well. Going to open ice time at the local ice rinks is giving her practice and keeping her sane.

Puck Head.

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