tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68094091197033541382024-03-17T18:22:23.738-04:00 Tara's Book AddictionI have a serious book addiction! Book Reviews, Book Hauls, and more!Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-27533754526392886582024-03-17T18:21:00.001-04:002024-03-17T18:21:44.391-04:00Book Reviews: Book, Beast and Crow + Under This Red Rock <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi0jOrDRDxKAwAVsAuGkLtn5JFMt1vbaadLqPinThGsfj7GP8RioTAw5tUHJMthNUFzvO8LjKQSmLxQ89a7AzDDo8Nkd0aE-XFKEPLle3tvkNXTxZ1POZ_ozBXYPe_h2OtoBSZlXgzn5xEC3Jb-D5xgOa4_06KDsW7sYI5ZAAm7rQZqP0SWfO9_uQv8Y/s1890/Mini%20Reviews.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1890" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi0jOrDRDxKAwAVsAuGkLtn5JFMt1vbaadLqPinThGsfj7GP8RioTAw5tUHJMthNUFzvO8LjKQSmLxQ89a7AzDDo8Nkd0aE-XFKEPLle3tvkNXTxZ1POZ_ozBXYPe_h2OtoBSZlXgzn5xEC3Jb-D5xgOa4_06KDsW7sYI5ZAAm7rQZqP0SWfO9_uQv8Y/w400-h320/Mini%20Reviews.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Check out my thoughts on these 2 young adult books below!</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">*eARCs provided by the publisher via NetGalley for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. I am an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate so I may receive a small commission (at no cost to you) if you make a purchase through one of my links</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_jgiguX9SGVUtYi9rY8nwrr4gyxeX9B280wQ38rHQRhM9mNYffPnr18azy3ESvQwK8idlCNZ72zLOpOe3_9we8zrcwDxXsPmzUpSs1p2Usjzzp7uJsz0EljzvRaO4Vo3bqWI5pMVUwecnB5R89fhEt8y81ospj_VP888R0jjITiQAEWxGmdKr_w8LlE/s1000/IMG_7986.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_jgiguX9SGVUtYi9rY8nwrr4gyxeX9B280wQ38rHQRhM9mNYffPnr18azy3ESvQwK8idlCNZ72zLOpOe3_9we8zrcwDxXsPmzUpSs1p2Usjzzp7uJsz0EljzvRaO4Vo3bqWI5pMVUwecnB5R89fhEt8y81ospj_VP888R0jjITiQAEWxGmdKr_w8LlE/s320/IMG_7986.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><b>Book, Beast, and Crow</b><div><b>By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15193866.Elizabeth_Byrne" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Byrne</a></b></div><div><b>Pub Date: March 12, 2024 (Quill Tree Books)</b></div><div><b>Genre: YA Fantasy</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>🔗Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176823289-book-beast-and-crow?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=snnzQaqVfm&rank=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/bce9e179-3c47-4de4-a72b-d2a39cd9e49f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StoryGraph</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/4cjtulO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9780062484789" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a> </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>✍️Also by this author: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29601533-the-grave-keepers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Grave Keepers</a></i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>▪️Synopsis:</b></div><blockquote>Anna Kellogg has always felt different. Growing up in Hartwood, New Jersey—where frequent disappearances are attributed to an urban-legend-like beast who dwells in the walled-in swamp at the center of town—can have that effect on people. But for Anna, it’s more than that. Since she was a child, she’s been plagued by “episodes” where she sees things others can’t see. Feeling different is one thing, but actually being different is another. If it weren’t for her best friend, Olivia, Anna’s not sure where she’d fit in.<br /><br />But any hopes of having a normal senior year come to a halt when Olivia is attacked in the woods, bitten, and left for dead by a whirling cyclone of claws, fur, and teeth. Though Olivia survives, a sinister entity makes it clear that the mark had been set on Anna…and the miss has set in motion a catastrophic shift that will change Anna and her friends’ lives forever.<br /><br />With dashes of mythology, fantasy, and suspense, this genre-bending novel from Elizabeth Byrne will leave readers breathless.</blockquote><div><p><br /></p><p><b>My Thoughts:</b></p>This book took me forever to read. I found it interesting as I was reading it, but it took me forever to get through. I thought the story was fine, but nothing spectacular. <br /><br />I would say this is definitely more of a fantasy than a horror story. I didn’t think any part of the book was scary. There’s an alternate world/reality, banshees, talking animals, and beasts. The alternate world had a Narnia-like feel to it.<br /><br />I liked the friend group in this story, and I especially liked the strong friendship between Anna and Olivia. I enjoy stories that feature female friendships. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I felt the ending was a nice and satisfying conclusion. Overall, this was a decent read that I would recommend to fans of YA fantasy.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">_______________________</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNat58cReypG9qcfdiqlbUvlSV3F-gAh_4uoaWVe-Vd7FGqcWEGU0zhoA672j00mer9gXjeHfcjELy7m6TF6CvnBFX6CrSSAvOdhTky4diCXiLd4mFlxdCsudfbT_E3CiMdq3uruiY-Jz_SlWw8Rv-dCJFrHsgTjhD-PkatX1wFg92gxwWATX9sq_qo0/s1000/IMG_7985.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="662" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNat58cReypG9qcfdiqlbUvlSV3F-gAh_4uoaWVe-Vd7FGqcWEGU0zhoA672j00mer9gXjeHfcjELy7m6TF6CvnBFX6CrSSAvOdhTky4diCXiLd4mFlxdCsudfbT_E3CiMdq3uruiY-Jz_SlWw8Rv-dCJFrHsgTjhD-PkatX1wFg92gxwWATX9sq_qo0/s320/IMG_7985.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><b>Under This Red Rock</b></div><div><b>By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5351825.Mindy_McGinnis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mindy McGinnis</a></b></div><div><b>Pub Date: March 19, 2024 (Katherine Tegen Books)</b></div><div><b>Genre: YA Mystery/Thriller</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>⚠️Check out content warnings <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f46c9b6e-6686-4a5a-a2f2-61008cbdae0a/content_warnings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>🔗Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156477842-under-this-red-rock?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f46c9b6e-6686-4a5a-a2f2-61008cbdae0a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StoryGraph</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3IDOVjU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9780063230415" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>✍️Also by this author: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60636428-a-long-stretch-of-bad-days" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Long Stretch of Bad Days</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53487133-the-initial-insult" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Initial Insult</a> </i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>▪️Synopsis:</b></div><blockquote>Neely’s monsters don’t always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in her closet, and the disembodied voice that shadows her every move become louder, she knows she’s in trouble.<br /><br />With a history of mental illness in her family, and the suicide of her older brother heavy on her mind, Neely takes a job as a tour guide in the one place her monsters can’t follow—the caverns. There she can find peace. There she can pretend to be normal. There . . . she meets Mila.<br /><br />Mila is everything Neely isn’t—beautiful, strong, and confident. As the two become closer, Neely’s innocent crush grows into something more. When a midnight staff party exposes Neely to drugs, she follows Mila’s lead . . . only to have her hallucinations escalate.<br /><br />When Mila is found brutally murdered in the caverns, Neely has to admit that her memories of that night are vague at best. With her monsters now out in the open, and her grip on reality slipping, Neely must figure out who killed Mila . . . and face the possibility that it might have been her.</blockquote><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>My Thoughts:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div>The two words I would use to describe this book are dark and disturbing. In “Under This Red Rock”, McGinnis tackles mental illness, SA, suicide, trauma, death, grief, murder, and the darker side of human nature. I love McGinnis’s writing and I’m always excited when she releases a new book. Her writing is so unique and immersive, and her characters are raw and complex. <br /><br />This was a dark and bleak read that left me feeling sad. There are so many heavy topics explored and it was hard to read certain parts. I thought Neely was an interesting main character, the ultimate unreliable narrator. She has an undiagnosed mental illness where she has auditory and visual hallucinations. She often has a distorted sense of reality. Could she have been responsible for her new friend’s death? The murder mystery in this book kept me guessing until the end.<br /><br />This wasn’t my all time favorite book by McGinnis, but I would still recommend it to YA mystery lovers. If you liked McGinnis’s other books, you’ll most likely enjoy this one.<div><b><br /></b><p style="text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️⭐️💫</p><p style="text-align: center;">____________________</p><div><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Thanks For Reading!</strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong></p><ul class="wp-block-social-links aligncenter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); clear: both; color: #222222; 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All 3 books are available on March 5, 2024.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;">*eARCs provided by the publisher via NetGalley for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. I am an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate so I may receive a small commission (at no cost to you) if you make a purchase through one of my links</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZtiji9vD4HgEoaP7W1xIH69arMnkWPtKIl40v010EbR8QLdKglP-iJDZYNlDTuqs6AVK4Q1ic727eMnnFbzy01ZmVYZwm1nLQ87px5swyM8dzasa6DTUwv-yz7_jQ-fYl7q-ONnwP196bmUdy6xeTSF7ySPKOQVeb_D0GGEZbI2aca_3aXVOCGZooTU/s279/IMG_7919.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="180" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZtiji9vD4HgEoaP7W1xIH69arMnkWPtKIl40v010EbR8QLdKglP-iJDZYNlDTuqs6AVK4Q1ic727eMnnFbzy01ZmVYZwm1nLQ87px5swyM8dzasa6DTUwv-yz7_jQ-fYl7q-ONnwP196bmUdy6xeTSF7ySPKOQVeb_D0GGEZbI2aca_3aXVOCGZooTU/s1600/IMG_7919.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><b>The Devil and Mrs. Davenport</b><div><b>By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21248655.Paulette_Kennedy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paulette Kennedy</a></b></div><div><b>Pub Date: March 5, 2024 (Lake Union Publishing)</b></div><div><b>Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Mystery</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>⚠️Check out content warnings <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2f8b94e6-f48f-4c0a-8071-17e3d929a27e/content_warnings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>🔗Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162505604-the-devil-and-mrs-davenport?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2f8b94e6-f48f-4c0a-8071-17e3d929a27e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StoryGraph</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/49UCSdF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9781662514883" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>✍️Also by this author: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60864419-the-witch-of-tin-mountain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Witch of Tin Mountain</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57394655-parting-the-veil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parting the Veil</a></i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>▪️Synopsis:<br /></b><blockquote>The first day of autumn brought the fever, and with the fever came the voices.<br />Missouri, 1955. Loretta Davenport has led an isolated life as a young mother and a wife to Pete, an ambitious assistant professor at a Bible college. They’re the picture of domestic tranquillity—until a local girl is murdered and Loretta begins receiving messages from beyond. Pete dismisses them as delusions of a fevered female imagination. Loretta knows they’re real—and frightening. Defying Pete’s demands, Loretta finds an encouraging supporter in parapsychologist Dr. Curtis Hansen. He sees a woman with a rare gift, more blessing than curse.<br />With Dr. Hansen’s help, Loretta’s life opens up to an empowering new purpose. But for Pete, the God-fearing image he’s worked so hard to cultivate is under threat. No longer in control of his dutiful wife, he sees the Devil at work. As Loretta’s powers grow stronger and the pleading spirits beckon, Pete is determined to deliver his wife from evil. To solve the mysteries of the dead, Loretta must first save herself.</blockquote><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>My Thoughts:</b></p><b>The Devil and Mrs. Davenport revolves around a seemingly content 1950s housewife whose life turns chaotic when she starts having visions of a murdered girl. As if life wasn’t scary enough for a woman back then, the main character in this story starts to experience terrifying visions, all while enduring physical and emotional abuse from her husband. There were parts in this story that made me so angry. The way Loretta was treated by her husband and society was horrible. I thought Loretta was a strong and likable character. It was hard at times to read about what she had to experience. <br /><br />I definitely recommend this book, especially to lovers of historical fiction and paranormal fiction. I loved the author’s writing and I can’t wait to read more of her books.</b><p style="text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>____________________</b></p></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeeCrzAjX70NmR3U2jG0eeexVcFGZbAtomnZKnsPRWekYPMDPFmQtdq8agDPie18Nw24n2O9wyUqjfAO55MKdl65sjaS1vpBWTs2Uxg-pU4feGCONl8uCEej-OPLleZiuTitlNTR_1QDbZkGl2gnXjGIojqo9BWLm0Nvwots0bsZ3R_GeF2vRHoThO2c/s1924/IMG_7975.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1924" data-original-width="1290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjeeCrzAjX70NmR3U2jG0eeexVcFGZbAtomnZKnsPRWekYPMDPFmQtdq8agDPie18Nw24n2O9wyUqjfAO55MKdl65sjaS1vpBWTs2Uxg-pU4feGCONl8uCEej-OPLleZiuTitlNTR_1QDbZkGl2gnXjGIojqo9BWLm0Nvwots0bsZ3R_GeF2vRHoThO2c/s320/IMG_7975.jpeg" width="215" /></a></div><b>Listen For The Lie</b></div><div><b>By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5768611.Amy_Tintera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Tintera</a></b></div><div><b>Pub Date: March 5, 2024 (Celadon Books)</b></div><div><b>Genre: Mystery, Thriller</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>⚠️Check out content warnings <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c0da6215-f192-4f84-956f-b7103dfc395f/content_warnings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>🔗Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127279000-listen-for-the-lie?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=UY8damW0AX&rank=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c0da6215-f192-4f84-956f-b7103dfc395f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StoryGraph</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3TkPsgY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9781250880314" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>✍️Also by this author: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44891020-all-these-monsters" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All These Monsters</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26074185-ruined" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruined</a></i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>▪️Synopsis:</b></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><blockquote>After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.<br /><br />But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it</blockquote><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>My Thoughts:</b></p><b>This was an extremely interesting mystery thriller. I loved the podcast element and I definitely want to listen to the audiobook version soon. I think this will be an entertaining audiobook.</b></div><div><b> <br />The mystery was compelling and I had a fun time trying to figure everything out. I liked the main character, but I loved the MC’s grandmother (she was hilarious!). There were some things that I predicted but other moments that I did not see coming.</b></div><div><b> <br />I definitely recommend this book, especially to mystery/thriller lovers. I look forward to reading more from this author.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>______________________</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnN9Rg6SpON9Fmi172gGMO1QQBrgBwB6Ga7W77ojT0V56C0YASG7-LXdB9lAxE1fQIRQ75xs44NdLElmtja642lj-sB5xcAKGCm7RoQZkxNekMWD6ZA1MNjw1TPae7sTrBtX9rArpvSf_U0bwhng29Fea4hUyHLDDfVL9yzAaYTiiAkkCpFWpDFwPnDM/s1966/IMG_7976.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1966" data-original-width="1290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnN9Rg6SpON9Fmi172gGMO1QQBrgBwB6Ga7W77ojT0V56C0YASG7-LXdB9lAxE1fQIRQ75xs44NdLElmtja642lj-sB5xcAKGCm7RoQZkxNekMWD6ZA1MNjw1TPae7sTrBtX9rArpvSf_U0bwhng29Fea4hUyHLDDfVL9yzAaYTiiAkkCpFWpDFwPnDM/s320/IMG_7976.jpeg" width="210" /></a></div>One Last Breath</b></div><div><b>By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21109906.Ginny_Myers_Sain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ginny Myers Sain</a></b></div><div><b>Pub Date: March 5, 2024 (G.P. Putnam Sons Books for Young Readers)</b></div><div><b>Genre: YA Mystery, Thriller</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>⚠️Check out content warnings <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/51fdf29c-582a-46ad-9000-99bfb8a6680b/content_warnings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>🔗Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174156090-one-last-breath?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Nt7kBsyW2J&rank=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/51fdf29c-582a-46ad-9000-99bfb8a6680b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StoryGraph</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/49y95HU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9780593625453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>✍️Also by this author: </b><b><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56913189-dark-and-shallow-lies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dark and Shallow Lies</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60092567-secrets-so-deep" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Secrets So Deep</a></i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>▪️Synopsis:</b></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><blockquote>Mount Orange, Florida, is famous for two things. <br /><br />The spectre of Bailey and Celeste's murders cast a permanent darkness over sunny Mount Orange. Tru has always lived in that shadow. Sometimes, it seems like she knows the long-dead Bailey, feels the dead girl in her bones. Now she's supposed to head to FSU in the fall with her boyfriend, but those unsolved murders - and the death of her own sister - invade her every thought. It’s only in the shadowy deep, 100 feet below the surface of Hidden Glen Springs, that she can breathe. <br /><br />When a strange girl named Rio rolls into town, hell-bent on figuring out who killed Bailey and Celeste, Tru can't resist entangling herself in the thrill of solving the decades old mystery any more than she can resist her familiar, aching attraction to Rio.<br /><br />As the summer heat ignites, so does the spark between Tru and Rio...along with their other-worldy connection to Bailey and Celeste. But when someone begins stalking them, the girls become convinced the killer is back in town. And if they keep digging into the past, Tru and Rio know this time, it could be their blood that makes the springs run red.</blockquote><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>My Thoughts:</b></div><div><br /></div><b>I am bummed that I didn’t like this book. The premise sounded so good, but this story just fell flat for me. The mystery was pretty interesting in the beginning, but I guessed who the killer was early on in the story. I didn’t feel a connection to any of the characters and I just didn’t care what happened to any of them by end of the book. There was a heavy focus on the main character’s romantic relationships and I couldn’t care less about that stuff. There were some supernatural elements which I loved and I wish there were more of those moments in the story. </b><div><b><br />If you enjoy young adult mystery thrillers, you might like this book, but this book was not for me.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️</div><div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">___________</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Thanks For Reading!</strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rdPt8b5YIGgPFeT8XGTFyNJ30IeNxSGdOB99sqyXaiMMOPCNr_gnqE_RSfE8rpmVavJ598C9lSqvF_eM8TaUTsDQFwo8tQVbGawrQKzn_TeKzjE5YyH76jbGYSMfVNrYA5njv8Vy74_F5TPsYJmBH6B17nrhTMBeZoYdv0GOpd7Lm3pJGlvoU-Bafpk/s780/bumps%20in%20the%20night%20tour%20banner.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="780" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rdPt8b5YIGgPFeT8XGTFyNJ30IeNxSGdOB99sqyXaiMMOPCNr_gnqE_RSfE8rpmVavJ598C9lSqvF_eM8TaUTsDQFwo8tQVbGawrQKzn_TeKzjE5YyH76jbGYSMfVNrYA5njv8Vy74_F5TPsYJmBH6B17nrhTMBeZoYdv0GOpd7Lm3pJGlvoU-Bafpk/w400-h165/bumps%20in%20the%20night%20tour%20banner.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Welcome to my stop on the book tour for Bumps In The Night by Amalie Howard, organized by TBR and Beyond Book Tours (<a href="https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/">https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/</a>). Check out the book’s synopsis below!<p>*Thank you, TBR and Beyond Book Tours and Delacorte Press for the finished copy of this book for the tour.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq52hDs3ZlB28ccx1bfMMWbm62NTNs_MbNOlTDDYJqmP9uNxBxFqlptQReY9scYx20Lcq6THUUT9nCR-U0eCWFDSoyaXXPWr4ZezJd5glneLVl3i6CdCSLzuICmg5QRUi096nGVr3ohvpENvdp9BC5oiFR7oEzmSlDrjqbnp2uOtvURvZJgpBSshdJ_uc/s2048/bumps%20in%20the%20night.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq52hDs3ZlB28ccx1bfMMWbm62NTNs_MbNOlTDDYJqmP9uNxBxFqlptQReY9scYx20Lcq6THUUT9nCR-U0eCWFDSoyaXXPWr4ZezJd5glneLVl3i6CdCSLzuICmg5QRUi096nGVr3ohvpENvdp9BC5oiFR7oEzmSlDrjqbnp2uOtvURvZJgpBSshdJ_uc/s320/bumps%20in%20the%20night.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><b>Bumps In The Night</b><div><b>by Amalie Howard</b></div><div><b>Pub Date: February 20, 2024 (Delacorte Press)</b></div><div><b>Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy/Horror<br /></b><p><b>Book Links:</b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157981720" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bumps-Night-Amalie-Howard/dp/0593645871/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bumps-in-the-night-amalie-howard/1143523561" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/bumps-in-the-night-amalie-howard/20100333" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL9L5aXOJC0NVrSMVHABXAdnxd6LMj7zWkVxqThRo19F0-z8cSC7fFU84sft1rs3oHYpF3WvWn_EDQawxKtOjI3ehwLSKusXlZaBRQsy954DWZb93I4qabXkMcIHGfSnkXD_zUiaz-3mFZg9b7Qh9bIuVPdBeABeFuNOpLKXR6jvo6MCz84Ve4Om6cOc/s1800/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="1800" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnL9L5aXOJC0NVrSMVHABXAdnxd6LMj7zWkVxqThRo19F0-z8cSC7fFU84sft1rs3oHYpF3WvWn_EDQawxKtOjI3ehwLSKusXlZaBRQsy954DWZb93I4qabXkMcIHGfSnkXD_zUiaz-3mFZg9b7Qh9bIuVPdBeABeFuNOpLKXR6jvo6MCz84Ve4Om6cOc/s320/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><blockquote>The middle grade horror debut from USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard in which a girl stays with her grandmother in Trinidad for the summer and discovers that she comes from a long line of witches.<br /><br />Thirteen-year-old Darika Lovelace is in big trouble. The kind of trouble that means she’s being sent off to her grandmother in the Caribbean. She should be grateful, but instead she’s angry. Angry at her dad and step-mom for sending her away for an entire summer. Angry at her mom who went away and never came back.<br /><br />But the island is definitely not what she remembers! The minute she steps off the plane, strange things start happening, including being stalked by a baby iguana. When she meets a ragtag group of children on her Granny’s estate, she knows they are not what they seem, but after they promise to take her to her long-lost mom, she leaps at the chance.<br /><br />Thrust into an incredible adventure involving strange monsters, a supernatural silk cotton tree, and a mysterious maze, soon the truth about her unique magical roots comes to light. She’s the island’s only hope, but unless she learns to believe in magic, all will be lost.</blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvjQApF-mzanpQy2y_mUXvUjg4UPQJP736nV2LmlvMoicgo0QPk6-bG7L-qduv02IUjzn71csmfR52z73VFbMn9zUfeLQhyphenhyphen0sU3SXr6AhcS05p9lD8Ik4Sov1JVUKGCKaXTxigXNDgJLH-EdUh0rnLTsPbKcEm2aHxqPUataQpfzVc6R6TiGTlQIAFYQ/s1800/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="1800" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvjQApF-mzanpQy2y_mUXvUjg4UPQJP736nV2LmlvMoicgo0QPk6-bG7L-qduv02IUjzn71csmfR52z73VFbMn9zUfeLQhyphenhyphen0sU3SXr6AhcS05p9lD8Ik4Sov1JVUKGCKaXTxigXNDgJLH-EdUh0rnLTsPbKcEm2aHxqPUataQpfzVc6R6TiGTlQIAFYQ/s320/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsj_4TXZeJybtKjE07-fhn_U1TQZKYxH0hqpIx6vsvnwUcyWSCAbD45RHnjCvtMxWYtbysA7oaIYHM2aLMSRVRUfM51_1c7rvlvNWrouESrhRhLPyfQeQ76h_oAhlObN1o44obUaHEIu7IMwlHQcyoSmuDuo4Iip43UlX-svj3w-68S2fsCXMoVngdw4/s266/amalie%20howard.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="177" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsj_4TXZeJybtKjE07-fhn_U1TQZKYxH0hqpIx6vsvnwUcyWSCAbD45RHnjCvtMxWYtbysA7oaIYHM2aLMSRVRUfM51_1c7rvlvNWrouESrhRhLPyfQeQ76h_oAhlObN1o44obUaHEIu7IMwlHQcyoSmuDuo4Iip43UlX-svj3w-68S2fsCXMoVngdw4/s1600/amalie%20howard.jpeg" width="177" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>AMALIE HOWARD is a USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling novelist. Always Be My Duchess was one of Cosmopolitan’s 30 Best Romance Books of 2022 and The Beast of Beswick was one of Oprah Daily’s 24 Best Historical Romance Novels to Read. She is also the author of several award-winning young adult novels. A Caribbean-born AAPI writer, her books have been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, and Seventeen Magazine. When she’s not writing, she can usually be found reading, being the president of her one-woman Harley Davidson motorcycle club, or power-napping. She lives in Colorado with her family.<p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://amaliehoward.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/amaliehoward" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amaliehoward/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4693312" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmalieHowardAuthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Follow the Tour: </b></span><a href="https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/12/29/tour-schedule-bumps-in-the-night-by-amalie-howard/" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/12/29/tour-schedule-bumps-in-the-night-by-amalie-howard/</span></a></div><p></p></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-9911929398836363722024-02-20T00:25:00.004-05:002024-02-20T00:28:11.868-05:00Book Reviews: The Bad Ones + My Throat an Open Grave<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGV7k4ojUuZdKj1Yd52OezvBU6jACm-qq5hX84REtGktvDNK-MX8mdNfO7P8O3KbYndoXXoN1AbMrmxf8JgjUz2pPk6qp5SRf07wQXxT04Ag-Kt7RTFqq_oNFkMgDH1FTwfprG9QARTx_yPTFE1_v62_LB9teB3yipkxV3Tmn2hvyHfRWsWNfb77410GQ/s1890/Mini%20Reviews.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1890" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGV7k4ojUuZdKj1Yd52OezvBU6jACm-qq5hX84REtGktvDNK-MX8mdNfO7P8O3KbYndoXXoN1AbMrmxf8JgjUz2pPk6qp5SRf07wQXxT04Ag-Kt7RTFqq_oNFkMgDH1FTwfprG9QARTx_yPTFE1_v62_LB9teB3yipkxV3Tmn2hvyHfRWsWNfb77410GQ/w400-h320/Mini%20Reviews.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>I recently read The Bad Ones and My Throat an Open Grave. Check out my thoughts on these two young adult horror/fantasies below. Spoiler alert: these were just average reads for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>*eARCs provided by the publisher via NetGalley for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. I am an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate so I may receive a small commission (at no cost to you) if you make a purchase through one of my links</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRzsxf-rVpEDPp_RfGOp5-ataE63PjjViMhLlnSMbqXKU48g1r6FUFo9GNg6LOXyisXS8zvL4dYvnhdzxp3hB5D-teftoyY08CpwPQd-vS1fe49tv2zcaw578pJM569vIfXI29f_Szro_RKesduf8UoWopj7uQMYDMdI1acnB64eAgHhJ28HqUr2bdGg/s630/IMG_7930.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="408" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRRzsxf-rVpEDPp_RfGOp5-ataE63PjjViMhLlnSMbqXKU48g1r6FUFo9GNg6LOXyisXS8zvL4dYvnhdzxp3hB5D-teftoyY08CpwPQd-vS1fe49tv2zcaw578pJM569vIfXI29f_Szro_RKesduf8UoWopj7uQMYDMdI1acnB64eAgHhJ28HqUr2bdGg/s320/IMG_7930.jpeg" width="207" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Bad Ones</span></b><div><b>By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8384949.Melissa_Albert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Melissa Albert</a></b></div><div><b>Pub Date: February 20, 2024 (Flatiron Books)</b></div><div><b>Genre: YA Fantasy, Horror</b></div><div><b>Setting: Illinois, small town, present day</b></div><div><b>*Check out content warnings <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9800ff0f-9330-4e36-82fd-fe8eab95a5e5/content_warnings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><br /></b><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65211848-the-bad-ones?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=55eJsEtc8j&rank=4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9800ff0f-9330-4e36-82fd-fe8eab95a5e5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StoryGraph</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/42J9YLg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9781250894892" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Also by this author: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34275232-the-hazel-wood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hazel Wood</a>; <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724863-our-crooked-hearts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Crooked Hearts</a></i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Blurb (Goodreads):</b></div><blockquote>In the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town. Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local folklore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games...</blockquote><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Review:</b></p><p><b>I read Melissa Albert’s Hazel Wood series a while back and I liked those books so I was excited to read her latest young adult fantasy. I was really intrigued by the premise of this book- four people vanish from the same small town in one night, </b><b>the main character’s best friend is one of the people that goes missing, and </b><b>there’s this strange town lore involving a creepy childhood game. It sounded like a book I would really enjoy. While I did like Albert’s writing, I thought the story was not that memorable. To be honest, I read this a month ago and I don’t remember much about it. I do remember I was left with many questions by the end and I was not a fan of the ending. Also, the characters seemed really young. I think younger teens would enjoy this book. Unfortunately, this book was not for me.</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>⭐️⭐️⭐️</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>______________</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dA2Dc4MTAuHsrR73BWGBSsoGOZLu_Vi_E9SD8kwzbrhSrS0OAmnypw5urcC1o0JCojjuo55kxuPhvqcYmYAQOUXGlmNdQ-j9e9GTpifTh_LDD_bHe-ONGvszIrluucVPIjYdasOe4AnzCZk2JeW2wdeXGHYJf8iC4g-bX8MtXfrzxCFWWbXEc1X6Zks/s271/IMG_7931.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="186" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dA2Dc4MTAuHsrR73BWGBSsoGOZLu_Vi_E9SD8kwzbrhSrS0OAmnypw5urcC1o0JCojjuo55kxuPhvqcYmYAQOUXGlmNdQ-j9e9GTpifTh_LDD_bHe-ONGvszIrluucVPIjYdasOe4AnzCZk2JeW2wdeXGHYJf8iC4g-bX8MtXfrzxCFWWbXEc1X6Zks/s1600/IMG_7931.jpeg" width="186" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>My Throat an Open Grave</b></span><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><b>By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17672189.Tori_Bovalino" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tori Bovalino</a></b></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><b>Pub Date: February 20, 2024 (Page Street)</b></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><b>Genre: YA Fantasy, Folk Horror </b></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><b>Setting: Pennsylvania small town, present day</b></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><b>*Check out content warnings <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/49fb261e-2e4a-41bf-8931-ffb3013b77ee/content_warnings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><br /></b></span><p><b>Book Links: </b></p><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61386936-my-throat-an-open-grave?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=02bnmklqZt&rank=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/49fb261e-2e4a-41bf-8931-ffb3013b77ee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StoryGraph</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3ORbTHY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9781645679301" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></p><p><b>Also by this author: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54860344-the-devil-makes-three" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Devil Makes Three</a>; <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724694-not-good-for-maidens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Not Good For Maidens</a></i></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Book Blurb (Goodreads):</b></p><blockquote>Labyrinth meets folk horror in this darkly romantic tale of a girl who wishes her baby brother away to the Lord of the Wood. Growing up in the small town of Winston, Pennsylvania feels like drowning. Leah goes to church every Sunday, works when she isn’t at school, and takes care of her baby brother, Owen. Like every girl in Winston, she tries to be right and good and holy. If she isn’t the Lord of the Wood will take her, and she’ll disappear like so many other girls before her.</blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Review:</b></p><p><b>This book started off strong. The main character, Leah’s, baby brother is kidnapped and taken by the Lord of the Wood. Leah has to get her brother back and no girl has ever returned once leaving the town. This small town is led by these religious zealots and the whole vibe of the town is creepy af. I was definitely getting <i>The Village</i> vibes in the beginning of this story. I was hoping this would be a mysterious, horror-filled book, but it ended up being way too romance/crush/googly-eyes heavy and I just didn’t care what happened to any of the characters by the end. There were some paranormal moments that I liked, but overall, this was a disappointing read for me. I do think a fantasy loving teen or fans of Labyrinth will devour this book though.</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>⭐️⭐️⭐️</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">___________</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Thanks For Reading!</strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>I recently won a giveaway for egalleys of <b>Island Witch </b>and <b>A Haunting in the Arctic</b>! Check out my mini reviews of these 2 Berkley titles below.</p><p>*eARCs provided by the publisher via NetGalley for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links. I am an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate so I may receive a small commission (at no cost to you) if you make a purchase through one of my links.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdSFHzcRb6nY-8vJDixXEXa0OG06qTEf_4sStI4G6jkfxAY7dFAqfOv9DGycFdrpSXR45nvhcJDIsYJxr_XhDFI3HG-pwZDJVnpAtWKWD4hhVWRts5S4lpVPGutUo2opnUFZgA4uSRTOF2fWqGUOG5WUBXadZotIw1wCy9eXXTRaTfmW3rqr6YglU46M/s385/3097BF54-A7C4-46EB-9DAA-305369330AC8.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdSFHzcRb6nY-8vJDixXEXa0OG06qTEf_4sStI4G6jkfxAY7dFAqfOv9DGycFdrpSXR45nvhcJDIsYJxr_XhDFI3HG-pwZDJVnpAtWKWD4hhVWRts5S4lpVPGutUo2opnUFZgA4uSRTOF2fWqGUOG5WUBXadZotIw1wCy9eXXTRaTfmW3rqr6YglU46M/w213-h320/3097BF54-A7C4-46EB-9DAA-305369330AC8.png" width="213" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Island Witch</span> </b><div><b>By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20764500.Amanda_Jayatissa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Jayatissa</a></b></div><div><b>Pub Date: February 20, 2024 (Berkley)</b></div><div><b>Genre: Gothic Horror, Historical Fiction</b></div><div><b>Setting: Sri Lanka, early 19th century </b></div><div><b>*Check out content warnings <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/34828191-6af7-46a9-aa9d-f3da492cdca5/content_warnings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157979441-island-witch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/34828191-6af7-46a9-aa9d-f3da492cdca5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StoryGraph</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/48rCp1o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9780593549261" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Also by this author: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55510715-my-sweet-girl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Sweet Girl</a>; <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60097417-you-re-invited" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You’re Invited </a></i><br /></b><p><b>Book Blurb (Goodreads):</b></p><blockquote>Inspired by Sri Lankan folklore, award-winning author Amanda Jayatissa turns her feverish, Gothic-tinged talents to late 19th century Sri Lanka where the daughter of a traditional demon-priest—relentlessly bullied by peers and accused of witchcraft herself—tries to solve the mysterious attacks that have been terrorizing her coastal village.</blockquote><p> </p><p><b>Review: </b></p><p>Island Witch sounded amazing and right up my alley, and also just look at that gorgeous cover. I was so excited to read this book, but this ended up being an average read for me. I’ll start with what I liked about this book: I loved the setting and the gothic vibes. The atmosphere was very foreboding and ominous. I thought the main character, Amara, was a pretty strong and interesting character. She definitely had to deal with a lot throughout the book. The mystery was intriguing and there were some paranormal moments that I liked. </p><p>Here’s what I didn’t like about this book: the story was slow moving and I felt like not much happened until later in the book. There were some horrible characters (mainly male characters) that I absolutely despised and there were parts in this story that made me so angry. This was a very bleak read with some brutal moments, so make sure to check out the trigger warnings before reading this one. </p><p>Overall, Island Witch was too slow paced and bleak for my liking, but I loved the gothic atmosphere. I would recommend this book to lovers of slower paced historical gothic fiction. </p><p style="text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️⭐️</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">___________</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhFq5oSJ_9B-4z4XKyGlaGUi1tFOewq6P_Jl_XUhpuJ8125NkQKQCvCn7qUdcUL21ftSAfTCKrhY6YCCqxWVTYUJqxPhcVJR0KptgiKOaKABDfmyhK0mV1PCicVDbxvLFUP9agGJd7cE68cld1IzicTpvGANVp3sIMtAR6CXfPLuP_exBi-iF_4YHJmI/s393/8DFDDC95-0AFA-4251-A8D9-CCC8B15C865A.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhFq5oSJ_9B-4z4XKyGlaGUi1tFOewq6P_Jl_XUhpuJ8125NkQKQCvCn7qUdcUL21ftSAfTCKrhY6YCCqxWVTYUJqxPhcVJR0KptgiKOaKABDfmyhK0mV1PCicVDbxvLFUP9agGJd7cE68cld1IzicTpvGANVp3sIMtAR6CXfPLuP_exBi-iF_4YHJmI/s320/8DFDDC95-0AFA-4251-A8D9-CCC8B15C865A.png" width="208" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">A Haunting in the Arctic </span></b></div><div><b>By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16582738.C_J_Cooke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C. J. Cooke</a></b></div><div><b>Pub Date: February 27, 2024</b></div><div><b>Genre: Gothic Horror, Historical Fiction</b></div><div><b>Setting: Off the Coast of Iceland, 1901 and Present Day</b></div><div><b>*Check out content warnings <a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1ead9038-ad65-4276-979f-3c330c34864e/content_warnings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/165938560-a-haunting-in-the-arctic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/49HpARt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9780593550205" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Also by this author: <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56808509-the-lighthouse-witches" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lighthouse Witches</a></i>; <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50996769-the-nesting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Nesting</a></i></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Blurb (Goodreads):</b></div><blockquote>A deserted shipwreck off the coast of Iceland holds terrors and dark secrets in this chilling horror novel from the author of The Lighthouse Witches.</blockquote><p> </p><p><b>Review:</b></p><p>A Haunting in the Arctic was a compelling and chilling read. I loved Cooke’s writing and I thought this was an intriguing gothic story that at times was hard to read. This story is told in two timelines following two women. In 1901, Nicky is abducted and forced to become the “selkie wife” to the depraved mariners aboard a whaling vessel headed to the Arctic. In present day, Dominique, an explorer, meets up with fellow explorers aboard an abandoned ship called the Ormen in the Arctic.</p><p>I loved the chilling atmosphere of the story. I just felt a sense of dread, feeling that something could happen at any moment. I liked reading from both timelines, but the 1901 timeline was very difficult to read since Nicky went through a lot of horrible experiences aboard the ship. Nicky was such a strong willed character but it was really hard reading from her perspective.</p><p>I guessed a big twist early on but there were other surprises that I didn’t foresee. I felt the ending was perfect and a great conclusion to the story. I look forward to reading more from Cooke.</p><p>I would recommend this book to lovers of historical fiction with paranormal elements. Definitely look up the trigger warnings before reading this one.</p><p style="text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p><p><br /></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">___________</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Thanks For Reading!</strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"></strong></p><ul class="wp-block-social-links aligncenter" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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Check out the book’s synopsis below!</p><p>*Thank you, TBR and Beyond Tours and Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers for the ARC copy of this book for the tour.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqMLfr9D6tHRfkv7E0afFokQNa6LcdwW8Kwjd7VO99My7QA4v9L1S-CVME7jqDoAFBJmQc_IPxYpwNOa-ncIInA4yloCOJuU_gAVQFUVLJSd_SVeq-Vb4306k8PvVAexwQlw9W69NO65NR8jwAgHrPdW4HLilroBnA86qmRErS9_XOoecGUIDdnDOIyc/s2117/dead%20things%20are%20closer%20than%20they%20appear.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2117" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqMLfr9D6tHRfkv7E0afFokQNa6LcdwW8Kwjd7VO99My7QA4v9L1S-CVME7jqDoAFBJmQc_IPxYpwNOa-ncIInA4yloCOJuU_gAVQFUVLJSd_SVeq-Vb4306k8PvVAexwQlw9W69NO65NR8jwAgHrPdW4HLilroBnA86qmRErS9_XOoecGUIDdnDOIyc/s320/dead%20things%20are%20closer%20than%20they%20appear.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><b>Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear</b><div><b>By Robin Wasley</b></div><div><b>Pub Date: February 13, 2024 (Simon & Schuster)</b></div><div><b>Genre: Young Adult Fantasy </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176442743" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Things-Closer-Than-Appear/dp/1665914602/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dead-things-are-closer-than-they-appear-robin-wasley/1143636136" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/dead-things-are-closer-than-they-appear-robin-wasley/20162990" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieBound</a><br /></b><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrluZVWqjSIalaf3bXBKnXPG9U4WRsqQ5zZ6B1gQLz5YhlZEEkms44WZYsA8zIv9bctnoqZBRHF6D1jpTVQBLqIcmPXQ7EFQc6e0oa2ZJ7VK8t630vSQbWr1TmGQk9ah25rQuS-s9YqPDlwsBcCfsyt4ZUhlHk18DaqINuNM1WMEZZWehy8gWGmvWozXU/s1800/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="1800" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrluZVWqjSIalaf3bXBKnXPG9U4WRsqQ5zZ6B1gQLz5YhlZEEkms44WZYsA8zIv9bctnoqZBRHF6D1jpTVQBLqIcmPXQ7EFQc6e0oa2ZJ7VK8t630vSQbWr1TmGQk9ah25rQuS-s9YqPDlwsBcCfsyt4ZUhlHk18DaqINuNM1WMEZZWehy8gWGmvWozXU/s320/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote>A painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse in this darkly atmospheric and sweepingly romantic novel perfect for fans of The Raven Boys , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and The Rest of Us Just Live Here .<br /><br />High school is hard enough to survive without an apocalypse to navigate.<br /><br />Sid Spencer has always been the most normal girl in her abnormal hometown, a tourist trap built over one of the fault lines that seal magic away from the world. Meanwhile, all Sid has to deal with is hair-ruining humidity, painful awkwardness, being one of four Asians in town, and her friends dumping her when they start dating each other—just days after one of the most humiliating romantic rejections faced by anyone, ever, in all of history.<br /><br />Then someone kills one of the Guardians who protect the seal. The earth rips open and unleashes the magic trapped inside. Monsters crawl from the ground, no one can enter or leave, and the man behind it all is roaming the streets with a gang of violent vigilantes. Suddenly, Sid’s life becomes a lot less ordinary. When she finds out her missing brother is involved, she joins the remaining Guardians, desperate to find him and close the fault line for good.<br /><br />Fighting through hordes of living corpses and uncontrollable growths of forest, Sid and a ragtag crew of would-be heroes are the only thing standing between their town and the end of the world as they know it. Between magic, murderers, and burgeoning crushes, Sid must survive being a perfectly normal girl caught in a perfectly abnormal apocalypse.<br /><br />Only—how can someone so ordinary make it in such an extraordinary world?</blockquote><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofPK0F9u2ydFjKh3SN5qooXe6TqeuKnYGDeCuFUZzsawcn4w133XmJy1pCPo-_LZZVg_Z_bLjg55RElqC9YclMMp4nd9sGD1E62NDSRotUlnMYixmhHBl0_zrumAxP-aouEfRcjmhc8qBy6gdGQlZeFfw2_MZy-wVSqoSiCuElUvYZ_mmzCVXX6-Fefs/s1800/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="1800" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofPK0F9u2ydFjKh3SN5qooXe6TqeuKnYGDeCuFUZzsawcn4w133XmJy1pCPo-_LZZVg_Z_bLjg55RElqC9YclMMp4nd9sGD1E62NDSRotUlnMYixmhHBl0_zrumAxP-aouEfRcjmhc8qBy6gdGQlZeFfw2_MZy-wVSqoSiCuElUvYZ_mmzCVXX6-Fefs/s320/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-kZdByYsZu6PiaPW8X8_0u_xGiyRVZxbn9SSPM1R-jeNvZR76T9zLXsxk6t58I6Vvw60u27qERTA8TBWb7gSsj7qhk1QB5bpUWBkt7Ru_oOm06KWU9gs1ezs38-wzJzyhjU7rbA8Xh1AfN1IBCmSJpo4lL9ZWeTmijt7mRXB2uCgDYweCsW-y8ZD0Sc/s266/robin%20wasley.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="200" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-kZdByYsZu6PiaPW8X8_0u_xGiyRVZxbn9SSPM1R-jeNvZR76T9zLXsxk6t58I6Vvw60u27qERTA8TBWb7gSsj7qhk1QB5bpUWBkt7Ru_oOm06KWU9gs1ezs38-wzJzyhjU7rbA8Xh1AfN1IBCmSJpo4lL9ZWeTmijt7mRXB2uCgDYweCsW-y8ZD0Sc/s1600/robin%20wasley.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Robin Wasley is a YA fantasy writer with a soft spot for orphans, found families, and funny girls with no special skills who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances. She grew up in a family of adoptees, never truly seeing herself reflected in the books she devoured. As an adult, when she saw an Asian American girl on the cover of a YA book for the first time, she cried.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.robinwasley.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/robinwasley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robinwasley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23432865" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></b> </div><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Follow The Tour:</span></b> <a href="https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/12/29/tour-schedule-dead-things-are-closer-than-they-appear-by-robin-wasley/" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/12/29/tour-schedule-dead-things-are-closer-than-they-appear-by-robin-wasley/</span></a></p></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-88906339328078453532023-10-29T13:58:00.002-04:002023-10-29T14:00:24.385-04:00🤡Review: There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjw5q1ut8GDYaC3nYdb_-9jVmaghAw8wX2VVtOQXmsybJimatcbdStkeHyeVWqFh6PhF7LwOFfWm0K3AVLih4hLpeoJG4R1_YvobS-Q295GK7g0UOUK5Aoicko-6S2D_jZ-ndFdUxkDgYA4L-G4lxED2jkP1ChV6ijWk1VPT5cERf0gFP2NWj9AalIwQ/s640/Werble-14026DD506.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjw5q1ut8GDYaC3nYdb_-9jVmaghAw8wX2VVtOQXmsybJimatcbdStkeHyeVWqFh6PhF7LwOFfWm0K3AVLih4hLpeoJG4R1_YvobS-Q295GK7g0UOUK5Aoicko-6S2D_jZ-ndFdUxkDgYA4L-G4lxED2jkP1ChV6ijWk1VPT5cERf0gFP2NWj9AalIwQ/w400-h400/Werble-14026DD506.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer<br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Genre: YA Horror<br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Source: eARC from the publisher via NetGalley + I received a finished copy from the publisher for a book tour. This review is based on the finished copy.<br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Book Links: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70917058-there-s-no-way-i-d-die-first" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3tTb8qh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/theres-no-way-id-die-first-lisa-springer/1142853191?ean=9780593643174" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9780593643174" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop.org<br /></a></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pub Date: September 5, 2023 (Delacorte Press)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><b><i>*This post contains affiliate links. I am an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate so I may make a small commission (at no cost to you) if you make a purchase through my links.</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpp_4K4aI3_zH3F7GaKHKzNrv4Qu6u03n2ySB1P73PI6t0di52-Lqu21LGFaM0LQlwsXEVQiPQs5faQKFyEndUzOzaSrN5g2t7ChoFmv7LawxgMzd_acrFVpbHDAfw2qw6f-bPStxyhR2tmyrusX3hLzUxUd42tOroOSTVewpnlz6_NVa9hz8d2or2_7E/s410/LZIJ1420%20(2).PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="410" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpp_4K4aI3_zH3F7GaKHKzNrv4Qu6u03n2ySB1P73PI6t0di52-Lqu21LGFaM0LQlwsXEVQiPQs5faQKFyEndUzOzaSrN5g2t7ChoFmv7LawxgMzd_acrFVpbHDAfw2qw6f-bPStxyhR2tmyrusX3hLzUxUd42tOroOSTVewpnlz6_NVa9hz8d2or2_7E/w260-h91/LZIJ1420%20(2).PNG" width="260" /></a></div></div><div><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;">Do you like scary teen movies? Do you like books that feel like you’re watching a scary teen movie? Then <b>There’s No Way I’d Die First</b> is the book for you!<br /> <br />I had so much fun reading this teen horror book. This was such a well done debut novel by <b>Lisa Springer</b>. It had all the slasher horror goodness that I love in horror books. There are some pretty gruesome parts in this book and I think you’ll love this one if you love slashers.<br /> <br />This book features a psychotic murderous clown, so beware if you have a fear of clowns like me! There are some terrifying clown scenes that made my fear even worse. Darn creepy clowns!</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>There’s No Way I’d Die First</b> is the perfect spooky season read. I loved the kick ass main character and the horror filled story. Definitely add this book to your tbr.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFHBQeC1pqHP2MXnR2DxxgdgsJ6FVUkgY6s8xHF-j1KTNyPAiYlA568Eg33N-ipJRwblUaL2j_z-gbPiRWJnuPHeYYZfhXiDhJyM3NU5yai3ChiNsUSX2l6Z64M3l2aZYFW_bNgSv5yW6m-If0c7RZ9Kou9-Y86z4aeZLCRYtHO5E9bpYpF881H-n4Y4/s283/FXGJ8550%20(2).PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="126" data-original-width="283" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFHBQeC1pqHP2MXnR2DxxgdgsJ6FVUkgY6s8xHF-j1KTNyPAiYlA568Eg33N-ipJRwblUaL2j_z-gbPiRWJnuPHeYYZfhXiDhJyM3NU5yai3ChiNsUSX2l6Z64M3l2aZYFW_bNgSv5yW6m-If0c7RZ9Kou9-Y86z4aeZLCRYtHO5E9bpYpF881H-n4Y4/w200-h90/FXGJ8550%20(2).PNG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A spine-tingling contemporary horror-comedy novel that follows a scary-movie buff as she hosts an elaborate Halloween bash but soon finds the festivities upended when she and her guests are forced to test their survival skills in a deadly game, from debut author Lisa Springer.<br /><br />Seventeen-year-old Noelle Layne knows horror. Every trope, every warning sign, every survival tactic. She even leads a successful movie club dedicated to the genre. Who better to throw the ultimate, most exclusive Halloween party on all of Long Island? <br /><br />With some of the top influencers in her school on the guest list, including gorgeous singer-songwriter Archer Mitchell, her popularity is bound to spike. She could really use the social boost for an upcoming brand expansion. Nothing is going to ruin this party. <br /><br />Except...maybe the low budget It clown she hired for a stirring round of tag. He axes one of her classmates. From the looks of his devilish grin and bag full of killer tricks, he's just getting started. <br /><br />A murderous clown is out for blood, but Noelle has been waiting her entire life to prove that she's a Final Girl.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">___________</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Thanks For Reading!</strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3479" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbvvzzr-ZXlfEBIoPFAP5Fk7rSQPX-J1umWqMYFQAINgohJI030pNVeYJFcjybNYmSbSTDeZD8uRytDFi3lWAylolZURzV2FruB2Qg-KKYGp1boGqUh09bLoHydDZaqF7noE7WulES0HTduF56y9rtDRFz0teBtesriqEFz_8SY_B5YWsEpWDBj5BLjo/w400-h348/3E40AB35-EA13-433D-B969-0DD25658BE95.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px;"><b><br /></b></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier;">The Night House by Jo Nesbø<br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier;">Pub Date: October 3, 2023 (Knopf)<br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier;">Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller<br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier;">Source: eARC via NetGalley and gifted copy from publisher for review<br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier;">Book Links: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106291410-the-night-house?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=m3zUpt84V1&rank=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3MjKmxo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-night-house-jo-nesbo/1142954328?ean=9780593537169" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9780593537169" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a></span></p><br /><b><i>*This post contains affiliate links. I am an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate so I may make a small commission (at no cost to you) if you make a purchase through my links.</i></b><br /><b><br /></b><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hBVeagu7ZFB2ysn7z9Vv2jyo3xcclhnU0gSZgKjY9ZPIVzKYfLdKGo1hnrWFC1y5Cyj4ikm1C9sF-yBRAfXN6dOTftex5DLIAS-ptbuftZ0KTa0jwuNUWMvbJLzjMdCa2VtyBmfJgli5lTQUbP3I-445AFcj_amtrcZp4dfQRKSVNVkyHP20vIu7pi4/s410/LZIJ1420%20(2).PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="410" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hBVeagu7ZFB2ysn7z9Vv2jyo3xcclhnU0gSZgKjY9ZPIVzKYfLdKGo1hnrWFC1y5Cyj4ikm1C9sF-yBRAfXN6dOTftex5DLIAS-ptbuftZ0KTa0jwuNUWMvbJLzjMdCa2VtyBmfJgli5lTQUbP3I-445AFcj_amtrcZp4dfQRKSVNVkyHP20vIu7pi4/w200-h70/LZIJ1420%20(2).PNG" width="200" /></a></div></div><br />This was such a strange book. I was drawn to <b>The Night House </b>because of the awesomely creepy cover. It’s such a great cover! The synopsis also had me intrigued. This was my first time reading a Jo Nesbø book. I found the writing was pretty good, but the story was very odd and I was not a fan of the ending. The story took a turn that I was not expecting.<div><br /></div><div>This story is split into three parts. The first part takes place when the main character, Richard, is young. I loved this first part. It was strange and eerie. It felt like a coming of age horror story. I don’t want to give too much away but the 2nd and 3rd parts are really wild and the story really takes a turn by the end.</div><div><br /></div><div>I would like to read more from this author since I enjoyed parts of this story. You might like <b>The Night House </b>if you like strange books with horror and fantasy elements and unreliable narrators.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️⭐️ </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iz84ybw_O0bFvz8Xe6r7CXBXqfnSJhzPUNKMKXcv1Ul_gWe1Aosz8BB0xDydjze8-b9tbPuucjXvKRp5oFJ4KxC_PLmxko65v6hDjCPA23Gcjh4ySsueKlMBZPE_XrFRM-N5UOxzxqc2qYvLLdvQeY7Be78Db4__sg9NWNgXyheIq3BO08IqGObIrHI/s283/FXGJ8550%20(2).PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="126" data-original-width="283" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iz84ybw_O0bFvz8Xe6r7CXBXqfnSJhzPUNKMKXcv1Ul_gWe1Aosz8BB0xDydjze8-b9tbPuucjXvKRp5oFJ4KxC_PLmxko65v6hDjCPA23Gcjh4ySsueKlMBZPE_XrFRM-N5UOxzxqc2qYvLLdvQeY7Be78Db4__sg9NWNgXyheIq3BO08IqGObIrHI/w176-h89/FXGJ8550%20(2).PNG" width="176" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote>In the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the new, angry boy is responsible for his disappearance. No one believes him when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into the receiver like something out of a horror movie. No one, that is, except Karen, a beguiling fellow outsider who encourages Richard to pursue clues the police refuse to investigate. He traces the number that Tom prank called from the phone booth to an abandoned house in the Black Mirror Wood. There he catches a glimpse of a terrifying face in the window. And then the voices begin to whisper in his ear . . .<br /><br /><i>You know who I am. She’s going to burn. The one you love is going to burn. There’s not a thing you can do about it.</i><br /><br />When another classmate disappears, Richard must find a way to prove his innocence–and preserve his sanity–as he grapples with the dark magic that is possessing Ballantyne and pursuing his destruction.<br /><br />Then again, Richard may not be the most reliable narrator of his own story . . .</blockquote><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">_____________</p><p> </p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Thanks For Reading!</strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Dut1kM6EeZ2ODxzIlAV-b44Wh7aYWBj1j-gaBbfwLXxfLq9HGThX4m7CJ3YswLR53qRqbqsrRjKwYoCRoIQKGv0Hb2uYcYPGuEOFE_90eXwoq1kdQFP-DAkPCMsUu5hIqEp_n4ARY2dCuP4iIwb526hR3upBpeO8J3ufzmt_p62kvfEE-4ycOEjdUwQ/s2999/7E385FC7-72E1-45CD-A393-C514DE5AA0ED.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2999" data-original-width="2999" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Dut1kM6EeZ2ODxzIlAV-b44Wh7aYWBj1j-gaBbfwLXxfLq9HGThX4m7CJ3YswLR53qRqbqsrRjKwYoCRoIQKGv0Hb2uYcYPGuEOFE_90eXwoq1kdQFP-DAkPCMsUu5hIqEp_n4ARY2dCuP4iIwb526hR3upBpeO8J3ufzmt_p62kvfEE-4ycOEjdUwQ/w400-h400/7E385FC7-72E1-45CD-A393-C514DE5AA0ED.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="entry-content" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: footnotes 0; margin: 1.5em 0px 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><i>*This post contains affiliate links. I am an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate so I may make a small commission (at no cost to you) if you make a purchase through my links.</i></b></p><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier;"><b>Nestlings by Nat Cassidy<br />Genre: Horror<br />Source: eARC from the publisher via NetGalley <br />Book Links: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65212029-nestlings">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/46Q4ijE">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/nestlings-nat-cassidy/1142827008?ean=9781250265258">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9781250265258" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier;"><b>Pub Date: October 31, 2023 (Tor Nightfire)</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mTvvNoEReYZESl_tnBL_WQ1-k1UmJXgN1qQSCC_ihQc2GQBsu20PrtqRzYQ5rs-I2N0DSdpXDFeilepxXhrvd1DP3XK-k9wu3Px-kLbBcYx-1-iOoO_U3KHaNq5xp3VS3aox1pvdIPuCeO8zrkQPboFiZVRhVhOD-wW1U1R5_TfURnjgg88e1WGtf9Q/s410/LZIJ1420%20(2).PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="410" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mTvvNoEReYZESl_tnBL_WQ1-k1UmJXgN1qQSCC_ihQc2GQBsu20PrtqRzYQ5rs-I2N0DSdpXDFeilepxXhrvd1DP3XK-k9wu3Px-kLbBcYx-1-iOoO_U3KHaNq5xp3VS3aox1pvdIPuCeO8zrkQPboFiZVRhVhOD-wW1U1R5_TfURnjgg88e1WGtf9Q/w200-h70/LZIJ1420%20(2).PNG" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><b style="font-size: 19px;">Nat Cassidy</b><span style="font-size: 19px;"> has done it again! He’s written another creepy, chilling, mysterious horror story that I thoroughly enjoyed. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">I loved Nat Cassidy’s book <b>Mary</b>, so I was so happy to get the chance to read <b>Nestlings</b> on NetGalley. This was such a chilling read and I definitely need to own a physical copy. This story felt like watching an episode of <i>American Horror</i> <i>Story</i> or <i>Creepshow</i>. There’s icky bug moments, an old, posh hotel with strange residents, <i>Rosemary’s Baby</i> vibes, and very creepy babies. I love Cassidy’s writing and his books are just so interesting and enjoyable. I also loved the author’s note at the end of the book. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">There’s always a deeper meaning to Cassidy’s books, and <b>Nestlings</b> tackles serious issues (that are mentioned in a note at the beginning of the book) and mixes in horror (and lots of disgusting bugs!).</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">I highly recommend <b>Nestlings</b>, especially if you are looking for a new horror book to read this year.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫</p><div class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px;"><figure class="aligncenter size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 0px auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-5896" data-attachment-id="5896" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="FXGJ8550 (2)" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=283" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=283" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png" data-orig-size="283,126" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/arc-review-wilder-girls-by-rory-power/fxgj8550-2/" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=150" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png 283w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Ana and Reid needed a lucky break.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling: with mobility, with her relationship with Reid, with resentment for her baby. That’s about to change with the words any New Yorker would love to hear―affordable housing lottery.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">They’ve won an apartment in the Deptford, one of Manhattan’s most revered buildings with beautiful vistas of Central Park and stunning architecture.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Reid dismisses disturbing events and Ana’s deep unease and paranoia as the price of living in New York―people are odd―but he can’t explain the needle-like bite marks on the baby.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">___________</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x51pSVCy6TfbSvy15Dq7Z60VLd_22zcEVIF7P5YnesR3pTk6G-rJoZMJJVzy7qrIxZpwrOS0ZPK4d7hsPzbT6xP5cZAvTi1XVT60bxLoaUK2ytUheqcRv12zW8Np65MzkM2lFRn3qlguZ-Uu7DFdrp2Ro4c-FIaWqod3BM521vpNkM7z0_Es2ODwNxA/s780/IMG_7536.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="780" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x51pSVCy6TfbSvy15Dq7Z60VLd_22zcEVIF7P5YnesR3pTk6G-rJoZMJJVzy7qrIxZpwrOS0ZPK4d7hsPzbT6xP5cZAvTi1XVT60bxLoaUK2ytUheqcRv12zW8Np65MzkM2lFRn3qlguZ-Uu7DFdrp2Ro4c-FIaWqod3BM521vpNkM7z0_Es2ODwNxA/w640-h264/IMG_7536.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Welcome to my stop on the book tour for <b>The Haunting</b> by <b>Natasha Preston</b>, organized by TBR and Beyond Book Tours. I’m so excited to read this YA horror book this month! The Haunting is available now. Check out the synopsis below and follow the tour at www.tbrandbeyondtours.com!</p><p>*Thank you TBR and Beyond Tours and Delacorte Press for the gifted copy of The Haunting and for having me on this tour.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbUhkDeqGBN9C8hwK3vi4UxSAajqdkJ3gv4_6K9D4913oQ1TWXLE51V4D-jskqcAOUZHiWFKKxA_JFdei1dqhqcWdf7eoYqvyn9OEnTeHPJ-AftOZLNFXnwbxILEZ0ocooSGHEnxBbg9GNmAgjl_YRqmK462PbivYycOK6OQSWlMOEZJpV9UV5A2Xp4c/s1500/IMG_7537.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbUhkDeqGBN9C8hwK3vi4UxSAajqdkJ3gv4_6K9D4913oQ1TWXLE51V4D-jskqcAOUZHiWFKKxA_JFdei1dqhqcWdf7eoYqvyn9OEnTeHPJ-AftOZLNFXnwbxILEZ0ocooSGHEnxBbg9GNmAgjl_YRqmK462PbivYycOK6OQSWlMOEZJpV9UV5A2Xp4c/s320/IMG_7537.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><b>The Haunting </b><div><b>by Natasha Preston</b></div><div><b>Pub Date: September 26, 2023 (Delacorte Press)</b></div><div><b>Genre: YA Horror </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75495009" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Haunting-Natasha-Preston/dp/0593481518/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-haunting-natasha-preston/1142888530" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-haunting-natasha-preston/19598470" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFST6LAzvSyZ6PpvXeb1EMk2ph4dndSE8LMuCfOkMqkm9MjGW_gtXPpXzX-xPg3wR4gjzvR9w4W1WlTG2Lv9-izSZonWuVJc37X1B2Lg_xKvUz4mBtvlSPOpeAxW9LchZzIvaGVxKdSfAZQrzebMgJDS0iGvXhiqxyeDcR1xLveYtAvpmUKcexk1ksCck/s1800/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="1800" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFST6LAzvSyZ6PpvXeb1EMk2ph4dndSE8LMuCfOkMqkm9MjGW_gtXPpXzX-xPg3wR4gjzvR9w4W1WlTG2Lv9-izSZonWuVJc37X1B2Lg_xKvUz4mBtvlSPOpeAxW9LchZzIvaGVxKdSfAZQrzebMgJDS0iGvXhiqxyeDcR1xLveYtAvpmUKcexk1ksCck/s320/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote><b>#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with another pulse-pounding, twisty read!</b><br /><br />Haunted by the past . . .<br /><br />Penny’s trying to forget about her ex, Nash. His father was arrested for the brutal murder of four teenagers on Devil’s Night last year. Penny’s parents have forbidden her to have anything to do with Nash or his family. It’s hard not to think of what happened as spooky season gets underway–but she’s trying.<br /><br />That stops when she goes to the Halloween store with her friends to find a costume. What she finds instead is ripped from a horror movie: a girl from school bleeding out on the floor of a dressing room. Stabbed.<br /><br />Is a copycat killer on the loose? The adults are saying no. But Penny knows better.</blockquote><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaA5xKGOlAwfBeWeF4ROPvjY2EaqLen0Fcnrh0Urp2msQZlyZq33eIYTN7ATXtizRQfCJWOZtpiC5XtBcYI8hjNK8d1MXnxwDaN_rbJg37pOu4FG8oxeB-164uTxl9yf5NJjgejLaNlE4B11nx5SjNpdVnRowV-IPhOwHe8mVi2H1E51ZSs2oQ0jzG6c/s1800/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="1800" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaA5xKGOlAwfBeWeF4ROPvjY2EaqLen0Fcnrh0Urp2msQZlyZq33eIYTN7ATXtizRQfCJWOZtpiC5XtBcYI8hjNK8d1MXnxwDaN_rbJg37pOu4FG8oxeB-164uTxl9yf5NJjgejLaNlE4B11nx5SjNpdVnRowV-IPhOwHe8mVi2H1E51ZSs2oQ0jzG6c/w282-h44/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifH3XjWNWH-MzNzEWar-uTS2JMl_qOhl5alXOBz410twxeIM0OWGE23u2wNXZjGCrsmXBTPUJYZrm98Qa9jKmcUvLdSa66CKND9uLINLSOhj7IZ5Erwx3CfAL-_BTUusGUTf36LjoJhwYFsjK5z2xXK9nJql4FG5wUWeC9rAkI-hRhNTRz4ekDqyHEsYk/s211/IMG_7538.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="200" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifH3XjWNWH-MzNzEWar-uTS2JMl_qOhl5alXOBz410twxeIM0OWGE23u2wNXZjGCrsmXBTPUJYZrm98Qa9jKmcUvLdSa66CKND9uLINLSOhj7IZ5Erwx3CfAL-_BTUusGUTf36LjoJhwYFsjK5z2xXK9nJql4FG5wUWeC9rAkI-hRhNTRz4ekDqyHEsYk/s1600/IMG_7538.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><b>Natasha Preston</b> is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of <i>The Cellar, The Cabin, Awake, You Will Be Mine, The Lost, The Twin, The Lake, The Fear,</i> and her latest, <i>The Island.</i> A UK native, she discovered her love of writing when she shared a story online—and hasn’t looked back. She enjoys writing romance, thrillers, gritty YA, and the occasional serial killer.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.natashapreston.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/AuthorNPreston" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/authornatashapreston/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6548349" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authornatashapreston/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></b> </div><div><br /></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-78847321422173876342023-10-13T11:49:00.002-04:002023-10-13T11:49:52.021-04:00Blog Tour: Hatchet Girls by Diana Rodriguez Wallach<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9c0IgrCDxPtXNT-hJvekNRye0eaOyr8a0lxI2RNC75MTJQkg-Fj_OVLOEkfAikDiMK5o5x_l5YlwPI9Jsjsqhi5IKWFxmji7WPYyoql6ql_Na9pssArZrOPOCbjBEm4qtgueSqiltd0ThCbS7bboWBia738g-W-9fje0IV4-QmVmLVYsQMw_yEj-M3Yo/s780/IMG_7471.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="780" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9c0IgrCDxPtXNT-hJvekNRye0eaOyr8a0lxI2RNC75MTJQkg-Fj_OVLOEkfAikDiMK5o5x_l5YlwPI9Jsjsqhi5IKWFxmji7WPYyoql6ql_Na9pssArZrOPOCbjBEm4qtgueSqiltd0ThCbS7bboWBia738g-W-9fje0IV4-QmVmLVYsQMw_yEj-M3Yo/w640-h264/IMG_7471.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to my stop on the book tour for Hatchet Girls by Diana Rodriguez Wallach, organized by TBR and Beyond Tours. Check out the synopsis below. Hatchet Girls is available now! </p><p>Thank you TBR and Beyond Tours and Delacorte Press for the gifted copy for this tour.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yH_wTnigUja0ICBpsTnYeOnel4bZ9KHsckQKr118OkAWQLxSdSlDQXTuqN9HmVk-bzWdSy3ZldxJIkr1Is3_EoW2YbUUBQ7MKoIGTqGp-62m3e34qvuJINORT2QtwC2DUr-PVzKESPY128k6DKybo1qlNjqeymrS1XcRI7I6vzvNnYudU5pCihj9GY8/s2550/IMG_7473.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yH_wTnigUja0ICBpsTnYeOnel4bZ9KHsckQKr118OkAWQLxSdSlDQXTuqN9HmVk-bzWdSy3ZldxJIkr1Is3_EoW2YbUUBQ7MKoIGTqGp-62m3e34qvuJINORT2QtwC2DUr-PVzKESPY128k6DKybo1qlNjqeymrS1XcRI7I6vzvNnYudU5pCihj9GY8/s320/IMG_7473.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><b>Hatchet Girls</b><div><b>by Diana Rodriguez Wallach</b></div><div><b>Publication Date: October 10, 2023 (Delacorte Press)</b></div><div><b>Genre: Young Adult Mystery, Horror</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Links:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60174897" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hatchet-Girls-Diana-Rodriguez-Wallach/dp/0593643410/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hatchet-girls-diana-rodriguez-wallach/1142929090" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/hatchet-girls-diana-rodriguez-wallach/19650639" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieBound</a> <br /></b><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsqv7L56nKiua2l1YgCqEExpURIqz3h4CJeCOiNlYVtRMsgCPYG7RYy2X3kQZtsWc5XSARiPYjoRPvUxk3Kr-4JggfJxwAqxEeaA6zu5FQbVPi2tKkXcPNL7aRcqZ450JfyofEKV7ZSsYT8PLo55r7TYF8CTaVZ34acZy6npU2qxXhf4eE3CMjmXspuI/s1800/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="1800" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsqv7L56nKiua2l1YgCqEExpURIqz3h4CJeCOiNlYVtRMsgCPYG7RYy2X3kQZtsWc5XSARiPYjoRPvUxk3Kr-4JggfJxwAqxEeaA6zu5FQbVPi2tKkXcPNL7aRcqZ450JfyofEKV7ZSsYT8PLo55r7TYF8CTaVZ34acZy6npU2qxXhf4eE3CMjmXspuI/s320/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p><blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">For fans of Kara Thomas and Courtney Summers comes a supernatural horror that reminds us family can be our saving grace–or our biggest curse. Set one-hundred years after the Borden murders, this propulsive thriller imagines what a similar trial might look like today.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">When the parents of the richest family in Fall River are found murdered by axe, the town is quick to blame newcomer Vik. It doesn’t help that he was caught standing over the bodies with blood on his hands and can’t remember anything about the night in question.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">But Vik’s sister, Tessa, knows that Vik would never be capable of such a gruesome crime. Haunted by the mistakes she made that led her family to Fall River in the first place, she sets out to prove her brother’s innocence.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Her search for answers will lead her into a sprawling, supposedly cursed forest, as well as the childhood home of Lizzie Borden—the original axe murderess of Fall River.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">Content Warning: </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Violence, mentions of murder, blood, grief, abuse</span></p></blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikT0uvBdLUNlQEuNaqZjFgRWGpSLpQKN8LEaEZjYQEPAe8X5BQ2ThoWAXWvA8yMHW1sPxNsv-Aq7Aqd05OIsrkKmySQ0dp-CT7OErKOMEuHylmKBbBk82WdcCiV5tnBXNWzQQ0pb54pSAawVVTc-E-OJQ0_VmoDgs7Fq-wF1meq9BrO6UyiGpW-CxS3C8/s1800/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="1800" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikT0uvBdLUNlQEuNaqZjFgRWGpSLpQKN8LEaEZjYQEPAe8X5BQ2ThoWAXWvA8yMHW1sPxNsv-Aq7Aqd05OIsrkKmySQ0dp-CT7OErKOMEuHylmKBbBk82WdcCiV5tnBXNWzQQ0pb54pSAawVVTc-E-OJQ0_VmoDgs7Fq-wF1meq9BrO6UyiGpW-CxS3C8/w258-h40/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" width="258" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW9krly3Nr8pgdUFNuqRvffQst1FgDsMCGpaJvKjX9av5tXdVXu1eDAWFq_LnZ5xINtHX-i8gEwUapNznr422BrCPseozXugkE9g5VjDSjKqLP3NL-I-iBf9rxiilVYsB19c8lRH2rQIy45c3gTr8MK_27ELv1kKdh9v8YNtYrfTKewAg58KY8jwlb_E/s225/IMG_7472.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcW9krly3Nr8pgdUFNuqRvffQst1FgDsMCGpaJvKjX9av5tXdVXu1eDAWFq_LnZ5xINtHX-i8gEwUapNznr422BrCPseozXugkE9g5VjDSjKqLP3NL-I-iBf9rxiilVYsB19c8lRH2rQIy45c3gTr8MK_27ELv1kKdh9v8YNtYrfTKewAg58KY8jwlb_E/w284-h320/IMG_7472.jpeg" width="284" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Diana Rodriguez Wallach is a multi-published author of young adult novels.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Her most recent, Small Town Monsters, is a YA Latinx horror novel that published in September 2021 through Random House’s Underlined imprint. Her next YA horror, Hatchet Girls, will publish in hardback in Fall 2023 through Random House’s Delacorte imprint.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Additionally, Diana is the author of the Anastasia Phoenix Series (Entangled Publishing), a trilogy of young adult spy thrillers. The first book in the series, Proof of Lies, has been optioned for film and was chosen as a finalist for the 2018 International Thriller Awards for Best Young Adult Novel. Additionally, Bustle listed her as one of the “Top Nine Latinx Authors to Read for Women’s History Month 2017,” and Paste named Proof of Lies one of the “Top 10 Best Young Adult Books for March 2017.”</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Diana is also the author of three YA contemporary Latina novels: Amor and Summer Secrets, Amigas and School Scandals, and Adios to All The Drama (Kensington Books). Amor and Summer Secrets placed second at the 2009 International Latino Book Awards for Best Young Adult Novel. She also penned a YA short-story collection entitled Mirror, Mirror (Buzz Books, 2013).</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.dianarodriguezwallach.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/dianarwallach" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dianawallachauthor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1404210" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dianarwallach/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Follow the Tour: </b> <a href="https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/09/01/tour-schedule-hatchet-girls-by-diana-rodriguez-wallach/" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/09/01/tour-schedule-hatchet-girls-by-diana-rodriguez-wallach/</span></a></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-40568265701929555562023-09-04T10:29:00.000-04:002023-09-04T10:29:35.099-04:00Blog Tour: There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZA8aTXSMHpsB6_iLtIgYJwIXYuKraHq4wLEAWA7l19xn2teCoKFP_bKaEchAQ8K1qIfPNjpTb6f4fO1a_3diUn-Yj5gt7J2rEFiU0-qKq2vwIrUZ_tZEDiGAqaKLcrwnts-YoPWYrvnFOSzKzREPlCDQ3vG-V4nj2PNLDsySHSvLns9sl5BtNWT_264/s780/IMG_7226.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="780" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZA8aTXSMHpsB6_iLtIgYJwIXYuKraHq4wLEAWA7l19xn2teCoKFP_bKaEchAQ8K1qIfPNjpTb6f4fO1a_3diUn-Yj5gt7J2rEFiU0-qKq2vwIrUZ_tZEDiGAqaKLcrwnts-YoPWYrvnFOSzKzREPlCDQ3vG-V4nj2PNLDsySHSvLns9sl5BtNWT_264/w400-h165/IMG_7226.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer, organized by TBR and Beyond Tours. Check out the synopsis of this young adult horror book below!</p><p>*Thank you TBR and Beyond Tours and Delacorte Press for the gifted copy and for having me on this tour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhat5iTH3Sf_D2qhh4IrAzDZOe8C3quxGXJjpFAlOTpL2Z71HTHubU0mYlNeEY_kU5wvbTyDbv2k66M6_QnzftcRP7gp9uiTvKT-birpr-30oIl5ejWL2_MmDo2r7sHMuJet8Iy2eHJjKQm2mn2rRJdG4vchm1voeDwi0Xz_0yeLsIxeBfbl-mx9Vzz6eI/s2550/IMG_7228.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhat5iTH3Sf_D2qhh4IrAzDZOe8C3quxGXJjpFAlOTpL2Z71HTHubU0mYlNeEY_kU5wvbTyDbv2k66M6_QnzftcRP7gp9uiTvKT-birpr-30oIl5ejWL2_MmDo2r7sHMuJet8Iy2eHJjKQm2mn2rRJdG4vchm1voeDwi0Xz_0yeLsIxeBfbl-mx9Vzz6eI/s320/IMG_7228.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><b>There’s No Way I’d Die First</b><div><b>by Lisa Springer</b></div><div><b>Pub Date: September 5, 2023 (Delacorte Press)</b></div><div><b>Genre: Young Adult Horror </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Links:</b></div><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60197241" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Theres-No-Way-Die-First/dp/0593643178/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/theres-no-way-id-die-first-lisa-springer/1142853191" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/there-s-no-way-i-d-die-first-lisa-springer/19574305" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieBound</a><div><br /></div><div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqot9pAKc2OmBXyaOZ8MyG_PzCGC_gk7eC7MPm4hS1AcXnPudXWjUUh4okQi-QwLRKgMGUEa7kI151jwUUOOps0VZ0OdEexqwDwj2R_YMjEZYAsYrBSViKPnSHB67cCcfjauSCPD-720wJxnnsNNzMUkhEfsBQUnVhZa9FhZsyg7fhdm48_-CtkEtyfE/s1800/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="1800" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqot9pAKc2OmBXyaOZ8MyG_PzCGC_gk7eC7MPm4hS1AcXnPudXWjUUh4okQi-QwLRKgMGUEa7kI151jwUUOOps0VZ0OdEexqwDwj2R_YMjEZYAsYrBSViKPnSHB67cCcfjauSCPD-720wJxnnsNNzMUkhEfsBQUnVhZa9FhZsyg7fhdm48_-CtkEtyfE/s320/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote><b></b><blockquote><b>Debut author Lisa Springer delivers a spine-tingling, contemporary horror that follows a scary movie buff as she hosts an elaborate Halloween bash on her family’s estate but soon finds the festivities upended when she and her guests are forced to test their survival skills in a deadly party game.</b><br /><br />Noelle Layne knows horror. Every trope, every warning sign, every survival tactic. She even leads a successful movie club dedicated to the genre. Thus, who better to throw the ultimate, most exclusive Halloween party on all of Long Island?<br /><br />And with the guest list including the coolest kids in her senior class, her popularity is bound to spike. Hopefully, enough to warrant an expansion into podcasting. Plus, the fact that attractive, singer-songwriter Archer Mitchell is coming is honestly the candy corn on top. Nothing is going to kill her party vibes.<br /><br />Except…maybe the low-budget It clown she hires to lead a classic round of tag. He’s supposed to be terrifying, though in a comforting, nostalgic way. Instead, the guy is giving major creeps. But maybe Noelle’s just that good at hosting?<br /><br />Her confidence is immediately rocked when the night’s entertainment axes one of her guests. And he’s not done yet. If an evil, murderous clown thinks life is a game, then Noelle is ready to play. She’s been waiting a long time to prove that she’s a Final Girl.<br /><br /><b><i>Content Warning</i>: </b>Murder, Blood, Clowns</blockquote></blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdesRcFec8LmlGQQWjlqO3jKi9w0dCLFWo5J_dGMxGn6UFXnOkqXXRbLsUSdIYSurbP8X8X8hKXki2Cd469C9d_jeRdjas4_Ta8rjp5tDoJGGInxSs-Kh3aZHCf5AjDpUkibdqfLLEXlliSyWUpVM4o5BW5-Xn4mJ9jBjq6Iizw7uIZtwUUoRE1x5EU0/s1800/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="1800" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdesRcFec8LmlGQQWjlqO3jKi9w0dCLFWo5J_dGMxGn6UFXnOkqXXRbLsUSdIYSurbP8X8X8hKXki2Cd469C9d_jeRdjas4_Ta8rjp5tDoJGGInxSs-Kh3aZHCf5AjDpUkibdqfLLEXlliSyWUpVM4o5BW5-Xn4mJ9jBjq6Iizw7uIZtwUUoRE1x5EU0/s320/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vNzRhBoQ9wRz2Nc32BIvu93MG8SzTE1XuNgjF-HSKfarW3yHzjDfGnE5mJHGI6fW1T6Kv9pcDHediHf2MmFasQg1xztcnZZW61rOX3CU3fNndsNeNXvEnykyU4VRvcHLY8WfvisOQrzP-37Chyqb81nhtKrgJyPq9WHVHn7YWxuboSj-Q4gu21N070U/s266/IMG_7227.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="177" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vNzRhBoQ9wRz2Nc32BIvu93MG8SzTE1XuNgjF-HSKfarW3yHzjDfGnE5mJHGI6fW1T6Kv9pcDHediHf2MmFasQg1xztcnZZW61rOX3CU3fNndsNeNXvEnykyU4VRvcHLY8WfvisOQrzP-37Chyqb81nhtKrgJyPq9WHVHn7YWxuboSj-Q4gu21N070U/s1600/IMG_7227.jpeg" width="177" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Growing up on the island of Barbados, Lisa has always loved books and storytelling. Bring on the adventure, the spooky and mysterious—she loves creating worlds readers can get lost in. When not writing, she’s probably reading or dreaming about the beach. She currently lives in New York City with her family.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lisaspringerbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/lspringerwrites" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lisaspringerwrites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1583905" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Follow the Tour:</b> <a href="https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/08/01/tour-schedule-there-is-no-way-id-die-first-by-lisa-springer/">https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/08/01/tour-schedule-there-is-no-way-id-die-first-by-lisa-springer/</a></div></b><div></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-34614091679065914782023-09-02T09:38:00.000-04:002023-09-02T09:38:16.407-04:00Blog Tour: Extra Normal by Kate Alice Marshall<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWDrMCM0RzGDxWKYqHkPj9BlaOKbM6q0zzL9b7GdPmXlpG6Fkyt6kcdMr4LSaeFgpt3d-gJpI_bHMtPy23kjrd1yG6oHunoP3zDY7cqSn1Bx1wntSYXqr-aXvjIcsiCTpmCE14o07eU6Y64WlPJJPmPl9ChgOF9myu477PLllY3taqjNIAnDowvLgqsg/s780/IMG_7225.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="780" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWDrMCM0RzGDxWKYqHkPj9BlaOKbM6q0zzL9b7GdPmXlpG6Fkyt6kcdMr4LSaeFgpt3d-gJpI_bHMtPy23kjrd1yG6oHunoP3zDY7cqSn1Bx1wntSYXqr-aXvjIcsiCTpmCE14o07eU6Y64WlPJJPmPl9ChgOF9myu477PLllY3taqjNIAnDowvLgqsg/w400-h165/IMG_7225.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Extra Normal by Kate Alice Marshall, organized by TBR and Beyond Tours. Check out the synopsis of this spooky middle grade book below!</p><p>*Thank you TBR and Beyond Tours and Viking Books For Young Readers for the gifted egalley and for having me on this tour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jtzB49sXQo9M8YypnzywIaWk3Ul-ESpmijYg1sNVe1Xb9yMeJhqvkenMSUhbA3NlUGJC2TfB6bAGHClBzgOTn_-5Xf5x_CQRSnzZE9FrEG0noUv1NZtjGK7Sx9U1KjIdmRqNdGYK6h5oax93zVt8U4OhOjLk6ZeCqynS1XsLCRGV6ssF87tJ7jEnoKg/s400/IMG_7219.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jtzB49sXQo9M8YypnzywIaWk3Ul-ESpmijYg1sNVe1Xb9yMeJhqvkenMSUhbA3NlUGJC2TfB6bAGHClBzgOTn_-5Xf5x_CQRSnzZE9FrEG0noUv1NZtjGK7Sx9U1KjIdmRqNdGYK6h5oax93zVt8U4OhOjLk6ZeCqynS1XsLCRGV6ssF87tJ7jEnoKg/s320/IMG_7219.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><b>Extra Normal</b><div><b>by Kate Alice Marshall </b></div><div><b>Pub Date: August 29, 2023 (Viking Books)</b></div><div><b>Genre: Middle Grade Horror </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Links:</b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63933652" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Normal-Kate-Alice-Marshall/dp/0593526457/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/extra-normal-kate-alice-marshall/1142778730" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/extra-normal-kate-alice-marshall/19684870" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></b></div><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWYdcrLK9j6WN9O4HQTRgRpHOao9fo3ji60yBDs1CAuUBmLcWqu8kJvyvJnPW7uFh_E1ej_YE_PpW_uNhEAlUKCwBPsNiaSpyoM58c7RxeqWx_EB-Bv9kbjWJ28QBMR3XfSXRjfA_Nd4MDV6ofeeLBldPAmIVyqLa6BkSwGW3POBNIgNw23u8anmlePM/s1800/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="1800" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWYdcrLK9j6WN9O4HQTRgRpHOao9fo3ji60yBDs1CAuUBmLcWqu8kJvyvJnPW7uFh_E1ej_YE_PpW_uNhEAlUKCwBPsNiaSpyoM58c7RxeqWx_EB-Bv9kbjWJ28QBMR3XfSXRjfA_Nd4MDV6ofeeLBldPAmIVyqLa6BkSwGW3POBNIgNw23u8anmlePM/s320/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p><blockquote><span class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">It’s hard to fight the supernatural when you’re naturally “un-super.” This chilling middle grade is perfect for fans of </span><span class="s4" style="font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">Stranger Things</span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;"> and </span><span class="s4" style="font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark</span><span class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">…even if they don’t have any special powers.</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;">Charlie Greer is nothing special—at least not compared to her adopted siblings. Her younger sister is a ghost. Her brother Mateo is a werewolf. Gideon is the product of seriously sketchy experiments that gave him telekinetic powers. Even her parents work for the Division of Extranormal Investigations tracking down all things supernatural, alien, and otherwise unusual.</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;">Charlie’s mom says </span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 21.6px;">her </span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;">superpower is maturity—which doesn’t really count. But what Charlie lacks in powers she makes up for by keeping the household running. Now, with her parents off on their first vacation in years, it’s up to her to take care of her siblings and make sure nothing disrupts the trip.</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;">But then the new </span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;">neighbors</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;"> arrive. The Weavers are a nice, normal couple. Too nice and too normal. And for some reason, they don’t seem to want Charlie to see inside their house. She’s certain they’re hiding something. Charlie has to uncover what’s going on with the Weavers and stop their plans—without letting Mom and Dad find out anything is wrong.</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px;"></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqqeQMf2zB9i5Ue02dahnDCJbtcbUoP3ryXxOtz1XtKGngVJQ5v-6LORbZwtJuVWi9sYd91uNZBaZOU0rTXtOXvGhz9BpgRSyPm99qWlNAQmLcPpQTGtFqIkRjRtX7-Th6txP3A-KoxCnX_koGikLVSck5l4K9yV9O4v-jcIR4GEnnJEUXT_BzcthmpQ/s1800/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="1800" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqqeQMf2zB9i5Ue02dahnDCJbtcbUoP3ryXxOtz1XtKGngVJQ5v-6LORbZwtJuVWi9sYd91uNZBaZOU0rTXtOXvGhz9BpgRSyPm99qWlNAQmLcPpQTGtFqIkRjRtX7-Th6txP3A-KoxCnX_koGikLVSck5l4K9yV9O4v-jcIR4GEnnJEUXT_BzcthmpQ/s320/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vaPM4XdVEm56mt0VsahlIMkWVU8r41-GPL68YulqHb15B22qbn4F1iUV_GmvW73lfEejzJWJmzhv9QeetD142NkdKaBO5ns4Z-czcjnaz-Kv4pMiYxtpN8_Us-uoFmN9SjiheFeYt7POfpIUv-U2Kuns6ic5EZ9baG5UICtp_jkWd32LZx_t3ZmDTIc/s200/IMG_7079.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="200" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vaPM4XdVEm56mt0VsahlIMkWVU8r41-GPL68YulqHb15B22qbn4F1iUV_GmvW73lfEejzJWJmzhv9QeetD142NkdKaBO5ns4Z-czcjnaz-Kv4pMiYxtpN8_Us-uoFmN9SjiheFeYt7POfpIUv-U2Kuns6ic5EZ9baG5UICtp_jkWd32LZx_t3ZmDTIc/s1600/IMG_7079.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Kate Alice Marshall is the author of young adult and middle grade novels, including I AM STILL ALIVE, RULES FOR VANISHING, and THIRTEENS. She lives outside of Seattle with her husband, two dogs named Vonnegut and Octavia, and two kids. They all conspire to keep her on her toes.<br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://katemarshallbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/kmarshallarts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kmarshallarts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17294875.Kate_Alice_Marshall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Follow the Tour: </b> </span><a href="https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/08/01/tour-schedule-extra-normal-by-kate-alice-marshall/" style="font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="s6" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/08/01/tour-schedule-extra-normal-by-kate-alice-marshall/</span></a></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-87886865450271721792023-08-28T07:06:00.000-04:002023-08-28T07:06:04.589-04:00Blog Tour: The Reunion by Kit Frick<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnv2o8OhARHCOLdrZSmhH7Kcz2jGxeT5MB3VG2bVZTonSBD9I12tewGi0EQs1A77KwReU7wVwSe5gq5VXTCSxi68EWnJarbRsEqSBn8m-K2wredOowadIQH6fTTy-amYA_k7idzTNqNIZ4M_cKy2c8Uot7BBKzrJi_dHocUso2mosxkNgzEuz2XNZIkNo/s6912/IMG_7218.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="6912" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnv2o8OhARHCOLdrZSmhH7Kcz2jGxeT5MB3VG2bVZTonSBD9I12tewGi0EQs1A77KwReU7wVwSe5gq5VXTCSxi68EWnJarbRsEqSBn8m-K2wredOowadIQH6fTTy-amYA_k7idzTNqNIZ4M_cKy2c8Uot7BBKzrJi_dHocUso2mosxkNgzEuz2XNZIkNo/w400-h200/IMG_7218.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for <b>The Reunion</b> by Kit Frick, organized by Turn the Page Tours. Check out the book’s synopsis and my thoughts on this young adult mystery/thriller below! <div><br /></div><div>The publisher is giving away 3 copies of The Reunion! Click <a href="https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1e4a114d87/?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to enter the giveaway. </div><div><br /></div><div>Follow the tour: <a href="https://turnthepagetours.com/the-reunion/">https://turnthepagetours.com/the-reunion/</a><div><br /></div><div>*Thank you Turn the Page Tours and Simon Teen for the gifted copy and for having me on this tour.</div><div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcQY3A40HT6VImVMCl609uJ0xIgMtlewS6yAGSjehG-DXpwGKwuBGfXEcBKrPbk1ezMuIzchhSY2aMw1D1wTZ7XM7j5S6OPo4LVW1AjTWx_TbBVeP75Q4q40QGFjjxH1viHllEGO9ei2p-3TISGMT05GU8egIHIM2WBASl2o2wiVDhh4yNLqxy9f7ViU/s400/IMG_7217.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="273" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcQY3A40HT6VImVMCl609uJ0xIgMtlewS6yAGSjehG-DXpwGKwuBGfXEcBKrPbk1ezMuIzchhSY2aMw1D1wTZ7XM7j5S6OPo4LVW1AjTWx_TbBVeP75Q4q40QGFjjxH1viHllEGO9ei2p-3TISGMT05GU8egIHIM2WBASl2o2wiVDhh4yNLqxy9f7ViU/s320/IMG_7217.jpeg" width="218" /></a></div><b>The Reunion </b><div><b>by Kit Frick</b></div><div><b>Pub Date: August 29, 2023 (Simon Teen)</b></div><div><b>Genre: YA Mystery/Thriller, Contemporary </b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Book Links: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101139182-the-reunion?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rS0cpi7aUq&rank=13" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Reunion-Kit-Frick/dp/1665921463" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-reunion-kit-frick/1143029868;jsessionid=12A558869E20208258EF4B3436CD15EC.prodny_store01-atgap17?ean=9781665921466&st=AFF&2sid=Simon%20&%20Schuster_7567305_NA&sourceId=AFFSimon%20&%20Schuster" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a>| <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-reunion-kit-frick/19730631?ean=9781665921466" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEDjNsJy-eonlELSLfVMJRwp91XrtRMuJ5o6x9ySLi9xLIhev3_L4eDXnbQJZVHo6aUngP3W3sJrNQZ-1_nW8M46iLyueWXpnkh2duSgZq5HZJMyWDrsPcZBHPabCc99bH3l-oh1PoYbLmc0K8benhNRDOwfaToYVQb7Iv0INAunQu35SQI_bVj3Sofc/s1800/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="1800" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEDjNsJy-eonlELSLfVMJRwp91XrtRMuJ5o6x9ySLi9xLIhev3_L4eDXnbQJZVHo6aUngP3W3sJrNQZ-1_nW8M46iLyueWXpnkh2duSgZq5HZJMyWDrsPcZBHPabCc99bH3l-oh1PoYbLmc0K8benhNRDOwfaToYVQb7Iv0INAunQu35SQI_bVj3Sofc/s320/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><blockquote><div>It’s been years since the fragmented Mayweather clan was all in one place, but the engagement of Addison and Mason’s mom to the dad of their future stepbrother, Theo, brings the whole family to sunny Cancún, Mexico, for winter break. Add cousin Natalia to the mix, and it doesn’t take long for tempers to fray and tensions to rise. A week of forced family “fun” reveals that everyone has something to hide, and as secrets bubble to the surface, no one is safe from the fallout. By the end of the week, one member of the reunion party will be dead—and everyone’s a suspect:<br /> The peacekeeper: Addison needs a better hiding place.<br /> The outsider: Theo just wants to mend fences.<br /> The romantic: Natalia doesn’t want to talk about the past.</div><div>The hothead: Mason needs to keep his temper under control.<br /><br /> It started as a week in paradise meant to bring them together. But the Mayweathers are about to learn the hard way that family bonding can be deadly.</div></blockquote><div><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV54c9JlWBCO-xf5IcFVzSrt8z367IStyRCCCuKTM4c-vhGnTBpg4XL62XYx6cW9-_lwdRrDiiHqTx4RH7vBUPCEGnQeuAGT5UBoMpCOLW3pKFwSt7xNB9coUs1w5WK1LKsscdK8Zu0mkeufg3z5Z7UijmrGRjqP0ZnEB7ImmwMzN_aFYM6W32QCprq_4/s1800/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="1800" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV54c9JlWBCO-xf5IcFVzSrt8z367IStyRCCCuKTM4c-vhGnTBpg4XL62XYx6cW9-_lwdRrDiiHqTx4RH7vBUPCEGnQeuAGT5UBoMpCOLW3pKFwSt7xNB9coUs1w5WK1LKsscdK8Zu0mkeufg3z5Z7UijmrGRjqP0ZnEB7ImmwMzN_aFYM6W32QCprq_4/s320/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Kit Frick is a MacDowell fellow and ITW Thriller Award finalist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from Syracuse University. She is the author of multiple thrillers including, for young adults, Before We Were Sorry (originally published as See All the Stars), All Eyes on Us, I Killed Zoe Spanos, Very Bad People, and The Reunion, and for adults, The Split. She is also the author of the poetry collection A Small Rising Up in the Lungs. Kit loves a good mystery but has only ever killed her characters. Honest. </div><div><span face="Lora, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #040404;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(4, 4, 4); font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Lora, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(4, 4, 4); color: #040404; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://kitfrick.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://instagram.com/kitfrick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> </span></div><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIh3tXA6UC9tEJ8kbjMX535G7bStpx0GkXtfeR5ZCp0AYB6ObOHHbkJims1XUbsEWWsNIRu3l9YSaDeRu2EzH3wrKMnZ41mYJKhRUoqlmhNfqUUPh30J9cFksrbpEd4JMd87GrsyLGm95z51hfnVweHC_-9WyxLcp8GyhrSD7oKovtZxHOexj1HI7Xsc/s1796/782197DE-2519-4814-A340-B0FD97010722.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="1796" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXIh3tXA6UC9tEJ8kbjMX535G7bStpx0GkXtfeR5ZCp0AYB6ObOHHbkJims1XUbsEWWsNIRu3l9YSaDeRu2EzH3wrKMnZ41mYJKhRUoqlmhNfqUUPh30J9cFksrbpEd4JMd87GrsyLGm95z51hfnVweHC_-9WyxLcp8GyhrSD7oKovtZxHOexj1HI7Xsc/s320/782197DE-2519-4814-A340-B0FD97010722.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Are you ready for a killer family reunion set at a posh Cancún resort? The latest YA mystery by Kit Frick was an intriguing whodunnit that kept me guessing until the very end. </div><div><br /></div><div>Told from multiple perspectives (of twins Addison & Mason, their cousin Natalia, and the twins’ soon to be stepbrother, Theo), <b>The Reunion</b> was a drama-fueled mystery that made me never want to attend a family reunion ever again. Talk about a dysfunctional family! The Mayweathers definitely needed some intensive family therapy. </div><div><br /></div><div>A lot happened in this story and it was sometimes hard to keep up with everything going on with the characters. There was plenty of family drama and sooo many secrets. I loved the mystery and I was surprised by the ending. </div><div><br /></div><div>I had a lot of fun reading this story. You should definitely read this book<b> </b>if you love YA murder mysteries. <b>The Reunion</b> was an immersive page-turner and I look forward to reading more from Kit Frick.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">⭐️⭐️⭐️💫</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p></p></div></div></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-57669923191080244532023-08-03T08:55:00.000-04:002023-08-03T08:55:16.740-04:00Blog Tour: A Tall Dark Trouble by Vanessa Montalban<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://turnthepagetours.com/" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="6912" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZy304zilThj0QCzF8LPDKzYLCxOmsIijYddrvfEnrQTaPBmIUREgghfzJt-WlKSXcDOFZSHd2ApxuRa34iioM5U8h7ErOfjAZgVMS1a1qJC5Go2cUEng9LlsPEE0cAzYHZLjIwi5T0BhlKSZhWPUqoOtiRAxWxgXIPHBa_bWv76BA7DPDtGz1yua498/w400-h200/IMG_7089.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Welcome to my stop on the <i style="font-weight: bold;">A Tall Dark Trouble </i>blog tour, organized by Turn The Page Tours. Check out my review and a link to a giveaway below, courtesy of TTPT’s Stacia!</p><p><i style="font-weight: bold;">*</i>Thank you Turn The Page Tours and Zando Publishing for the arc and finished copies of this book, and for having me on this tour!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJfGCH_izhv59sTEEHpaqdzzpXGXYn7YVckEVlgCJQEEFvsm3yQ7Uq3Vpfsrf04qvz_Fd9aczU2oaZ5LONahqMhV6eyjcZvLCRxODIA6P4Rmhjj-AauT9X_rz82fnnuGLxhU90XSeSmunYUD8WMLOXBuym-Ay9NVh7nViw0Jng7K2RU6UbcA5zKAyL4U/s2265/IMG_7090.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2265" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJfGCH_izhv59sTEEHpaqdzzpXGXYn7YVckEVlgCJQEEFvsm3yQ7Uq3Vpfsrf04qvz_Fd9aczU2oaZ5LONahqMhV6eyjcZvLCRxODIA6P4Rmhjj-AauT9X_rz82fnnuGLxhU90XSeSmunYUD8WMLOXBuym-Ay9NVh7nViw0Jng7K2RU6UbcA5zKAyL4U/s320/IMG_7090.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><b>A Tall Dark Trouble </b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>By Vanessa Montalban </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Publication Date: August 29, 2023 (Zando Publishing)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Genre: YA Contemporary, Magic, Fantasy <br /></b><p><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61069650-a-tall-dark-trouble?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=vrWsGDNUEq&rank=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tall-Dark-Trouble-Vanessa-Montalban/dp/1638930120/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=24CGJ3XJKF46&keywords=a+tall+dark+trouble+vanessa+montalban&qid=1691028809&sprefix=tall+dark+trouble%2Caps%2C4602&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-tall-dark-trouble-vanessa-montalban/1141756042?ean=9781638930129" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-tall-dark-trouble-vanessa-montalban/18639106?ean=9781638930129" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_hVc89Y2VWvs6OCxc86ennUHvhsA9x5ihQb_QieaHz2Ju4eCPUSldzzudcXbp9pfBvxg0-OM2B95A9qnv-INMC3ZfEKA-_5GRMwvMYPSJcoQwhy6-SWxEv5rAcYTitdG9YKDLg2LXvVR2sSTH-52znDk3QSrnhK_OPnLdHTjbFORf0kP4wPCiXNl5Ws/s1800/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="1800" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd_hVc89Y2VWvs6OCxc86ennUHvhsA9x5ihQb_QieaHz2Ju4eCPUSldzzudcXbp9pfBvxg0-OM2B95A9qnv-INMC3ZfEKA-_5GRMwvMYPSJcoQwhy6-SWxEv5rAcYTitdG9YKDLg2LXvVR2sSTH-52znDk3QSrnhK_OPnLdHTjbFORf0kP4wPCiXNl5Ws/s320/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><blockquote><p>Twin sisters Ofelia and Delfi know better than to get involved with magic. Their Mami has seen to that. After all, it was magic that cursed their family, turning love into poison. Romance is off the table for the Sanchez women. They’ve seen the curse take hold enough times to know how that road ends. And yet. Sometimes a girl catches feelings and just can’t help herself.</p><p>When Ofelia and Delfi begin having premonitions of a series of murders, the sisters know it is time to embrace their magical inheritance to get to the bottom of the mystery and save innocent lives. Teaming up with their best friend Ethan and with brooding detective-in- training Andres, the sisters set out to learn the truth. They just need to make sure Mami doesn’t find out what they’re up to.</p><p>Meanwhile, in 1980 Cuba, Anita struggles with a different magical conflict. Her mother, Mama Orti, is a bruja who belongs to a secret coven of elders and Anita knows she will be forced to join the coven herself one day. She sees no escape, though the thought of staying and letting this future claim her is terrifying. Ofelia, Delfi, and Anita’s stories collide as each woman steps into her power and embraces who she truly is, refusing to be subdued by any person, coven, or curse.</p><p>In this stunning YA contemporary fantasy, debut author Vanessa Montalban explores the interlocking struggles of three generations of women in one family. An unputdownable debut for anyone who roots for magic, sisterhood, and love.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EJS11AkJnjHJbBscdwJ7dBKFIbnXonat0_8oyxcoLkf6DPlKmJmMkHV-l6b0asR_eSowM4kdkeSX4SBkyS9O22mdjEtyVPLJ1SB1zNPEE9oNMV0ahQNuh8iJdSqGG2EyF3mQQtsv-t9uPhxmUG727Yao-A_JP2C5P7NTP9ylrsMhIN1l-H_XD1Q9D9w/s1796/782197DE-2519-4814-A340-B0FD97010722.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="1796" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EJS11AkJnjHJbBscdwJ7dBKFIbnXonat0_8oyxcoLkf6DPlKmJmMkHV-l6b0asR_eSowM4kdkeSX4SBkyS9O22mdjEtyVPLJ1SB1zNPEE9oNMV0ahQNuh8iJdSqGG2EyF3mQQtsv-t9uPhxmUG727Yao-A_JP2C5P7NTP9ylrsMhIN1l-H_XD1Q9D9w/s320/782197DE-2519-4814-A340-B0FD97010722.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><i style="font-weight: bold;">A Tall Dark Trouble </i>was a spellbinding and engaging read. </span>This story had all the witchy vibes that I adored! <span>I loved Vanessa Montalban’s writing and I really enjoyed this book. This story had magic, curses, romance, mystery, and murder. There were </span><span>dual timelines that followed the lives of twin sisters, Ofelia and Delfi in present day Miami, Florida, and Anita in 1980, during Castro’s regime in Cuba. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I loved the strong sisterly bond between Ofelia and Delfi. They were both such interesting and vibrant characters. I also loved the chapters that took place in the past and how everything tied together in the end. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I definitely recommend <b><i>A Tall Dark Trouble</i></b>! I look forward to reading Montalban’s next novel.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPUeK5_3qTMv62GYg3XIN1iJ_XIz3zRFR2GkB7juJXlssz5bli283hqapnVbOpfboRU3v-6-heK4EHxWKe9-Ts62B4vwmzrC3IBBQvZw73DOB0AxD2H2ChX_BPYij-MpPB7F4qpz5vsf7UyYOsAvldIxqd-GOgWj2kA8EAJ5g1fus_A3acw3c-BgJ_O4/s1800/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="1800" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPUeK5_3qTMv62GYg3XIN1iJ_XIz3zRFR2GkB7juJXlssz5bli283hqapnVbOpfboRU3v-6-heK4EHxWKe9-Ts62B4vwmzrC3IBBQvZw73DOB0AxD2H2ChX_BPYij-MpPB7F4qpz5vsf7UyYOsAvldIxqd-GOgWj2kA8EAJ5g1fus_A3acw3c-BgJ_O4/s320/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaf1FO1Bf5afKlhwpiXT7oO95EIJgyOr0qxpqtvwur78ARHzT9nWLDGD8dAAkCX5C-Mj94CdWsQI5moKgLu-Bi89Ti-9DGQtX79hAVmTksFJecGuPDOqD4BPLlgi4hVdG3u0-6_Dwpnm9yvYVFopj5hvmWErD99vg07ho6EiG_ux0TX57t5ThIGeelE1w/s180/IMG_7108.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="164" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaf1FO1Bf5afKlhwpiXT7oO95EIJgyOr0qxpqtvwur78ARHzT9nWLDGD8dAAkCX5C-Mj94CdWsQI5moKgLu-Bi89Ti-9DGQtX79hAVmTksFJecGuPDOqD4BPLlgi4hVdG3u0-6_Dwpnm9yvYVFopj5hvmWErD99vg07ho6EiG_ux0TX57t5ThIGeelE1w/s1600/IMG_7108.png" width="164" /></a></div><p>Fueled by the magic of espresso, Miami-born Vanessa Montalban channels her wanderlust for far-off worlds into writing young adult fiction. She’s a first-generation graduate from the University of Central Florida and is hard at work creating a collection of stories. She is represented by Danielle Burby of Mad Woman Literary and her work has appeared in Diabolical Plots and Entropy Magazine.<br /><br />*author photo and bio from author’s website: <a href="https://vanessamontalban.com/about">https://vanessamontalban.com/about</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Giveaway</span></b></div><br />There is a giveaway for one (1) ARC copy of A Tall Dark Trouble, courtesy of TTPT Stacia! (<a href="https://turnthepagetours.com/">https://turnthepagetours.com/</a>)<p></p><p>Click this link to enter the giveaway: <a href="https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1e4a114d80/?">https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1e4a114d80/?</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-32896037735747277902023-08-02T08:07:00.000-04:002023-08-02T08:07:13.788-04:00Blog Tour: The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2jGHuC7VA2RIm0wydV606CNidIWyA0zWi1THawnlXwU_PCTV60t2XzJtOT2PNVbUEYA5s6e1-DF0w4PWTCJss0QDIhzIcc8Q_xCt-rPKwPKxStjttJzGiCDawmYqDlMtGaF5QaEmRN2JjsFwSJlRTk6ENH-yUgHGgc1ZAquzQyu0Ji6-UgtMIqo4YdY/s780/IMG_7078.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="780" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2jGHuC7VA2RIm0wydV606CNidIWyA0zWi1THawnlXwU_PCTV60t2XzJtOT2PNVbUEYA5s6e1-DF0w4PWTCJss0QDIhzIcc8Q_xCt-rPKwPKxStjttJzGiCDawmYqDlMtGaF5QaEmRN2JjsFwSJlRTk6ENH-yUgHGgc1ZAquzQyu0Ji6-UgtMIqo4YdY/w640-h264/IMG_7078.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Welcome to my stop on the <b><i>The Narrow </i></b>blog tour, organized by TBR and Beyond Tours! <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Narrow </i>is the latest YA horror novel by Kate Alice Marshall. </p><p>Check out the book’s synopsis and my review below. <b><i>The Narrow </i></b>is available now!</p><p>*Thank you Viking Books/Penguin and TBR and Beyond Tours for the gifted eGalley and for having me on this tour!</p><span></span><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8nH1a_ACaZVPARwYJGBPOGpXIvDU0RTyg08RLLiFcXKqas1WPTAXTRdyRar-LkFYKhEcMUFCyacAfYmdLlVcGjGgoZOLfig-VDT0AzRk7j8Nc89d1fk6ZMGzofuNi1OacvKtnuIuFmgB2vWLEcRZa7NcTAiiMAxwaY6ZBDhkJE0Q79OxjoDQ3GwHaTE/s1000/IMG_7064.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="661" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8nH1a_ACaZVPARwYJGBPOGpXIvDU0RTyg08RLLiFcXKqas1WPTAXTRdyRar-LkFYKhEcMUFCyacAfYmdLlVcGjGgoZOLfig-VDT0AzRk7j8Nc89d1fk6ZMGzofuNi1OacvKtnuIuFmgB2vWLEcRZa7NcTAiiMAxwaY6ZBDhkJE0Q79OxjoDQ3GwHaTE/w265-h400/IMG_7064.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><span><b>The Narrow</b></span><div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b>by Kate Alice Marshall</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b>Publication Date: August 1, 2023 (Viking Books/Penguin)</b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b>Genre: Young Adult Horror </b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63242162" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Narrow-Kate-Alice-Marshall/dp/0593405145" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-narrow-kate-alice-marshall/1142610540" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-narrow-kate-alice-marshall/19082931" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></p></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #800180;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrN6clWvUEv3xr_FLuUYNeyGsnE7rqZSKL4e5z1mfb2AKCiff1N77wBK2cnrLC0vC2RiKySlgF063N8zmG7S5a4p8oXxlZJJTgdeJIgJ7ApkzliiNYnfqj-xs0Lq1TamS11GJvzO958K51FoMx-sDBG96WyaCXYCIL_AjsbLeBFNsjaxvDIfiEgRDGDA/s1800/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="1800" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrN6clWvUEv3xr_FLuUYNeyGsnE7rqZSKL4e5z1mfb2AKCiff1N77wBK2cnrLC0vC2RiKySlgF063N8zmG7S5a4p8oXxlZJJTgdeJIgJ7ApkzliiNYnfqj-xs0Lq1TamS11GJvzO958K51FoMx-sDBG96WyaCXYCIL_AjsbLeBFNsjaxvDIfiEgRDGDA/s320/D6558D4B-AC75-4FD7-A1B8-8E7559BB9C40.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p><blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">A ghost haunting her boarding school uncovers a teen girl’s best kept secrets in the Queen of Scream’s deliciously terrifying new novel.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></b></p></blockquote><blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Everyone has heard the story of the Narrow. The river that runs behind the Atwood School is only a few feet across and seemingly placid, but beneath the surface, the waters are deep and vicious. It’s said that no one who has fallen in has ever survived.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Eden White knows that isn’t true. Six years ago, she saw Delphine Fournier fall into the Narrow—and live.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Delphine now lives in careful isolation, sealed off from the world. Even a single drop of unpurified water could be deadly to her, and no one but Eden has any idea why. Eden has never told anyone what she saw or spoken to Delphine since, but now, unable to cover her tuition, she has to make a deal: her expenses will be paid in return for serving as a live-in companion to Delphine.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Eden finds herself drawn to the strange and mysterious girl, and the two of them begin to unravel each other’s secrets. Then Eden discovers what happened to the last girl who lived with Delphine: she was found half-drowned on dry land. Suddenly Eden is waking up to wet footprints tracking to the end of her bed, the sound of rain on the windows when the skies are clear, and a ghostly silhouette in her doorway. Something is haunting Delphine—and now it’s coming for Eden, too.</span></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p></blockquote><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8g0GVIhMR6ME1UeNcRQD4KLTmjTDclFujuvfTEdh6HWiHbqg4jiuxNHkzVj2X_VDW898OSJaqwd03PQPWRZWksLCAaKtYKvtqHEWAEnsR3mXj8zYUyNflLSdzSmwQbGT2qQ9zYo64pE36sbC4HimCES0OnStKLX4QawDIvHZRIOyb_zzLR12nGG7VIw/s1796/782197DE-2519-4814-A340-B0FD97010722.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="1796" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8g0GVIhMR6ME1UeNcRQD4KLTmjTDclFujuvfTEdh6HWiHbqg4jiuxNHkzVj2X_VDW898OSJaqwd03PQPWRZWksLCAaKtYKvtqHEWAEnsR3mXj8zYUyNflLSdzSmwQbGT2qQ9zYo64pE36sbC4HimCES0OnStKLX4QawDIvHZRIOyb_zzLR12nGG7VIw/s320/782197DE-2519-4814-A340-B0FD97010722.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><i>The Narrow</i></b> was a haunting and mysterious </span><span>read that I really enjoyed. Kate Alice Marshall knows how to create a spine-chilling story that will make you want to sleep with the lights on. This was such a quick read and I was so engrossed in this book that I finished it in two days (which is fast for me!). </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I loved the mystery and it kept me guessing until the end. There were some intense and heartbreaking moments throughout the book, and I thought the ending was perfect. </span><span>I definitely recommend this book, especially for fans of paranormal horror.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>CW: abuse, parental neglect, homophobia, violence </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBiHV1iBYPWv-CJrmH-J3sKj0L_RlLP8WEZwj5FxxxdJRGnIJ0KW1TUtZ7kSybx-ZPJNLOIqb0b7WPC74rDRPS4TgB-WNGUonKJDmGtPwuUSjYTw53e5Q3eRs9sfzDtOvDnUhdUry2-_dYTfc0LQ0mhDEBDVsiu3552pIOEOqxBV5ho9B2LxPB9zway0/s1800/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="1800" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBiHV1iBYPWv-CJrmH-J3sKj0L_RlLP8WEZwj5FxxxdJRGnIJ0KW1TUtZ7kSybx-ZPJNLOIqb0b7WPC74rDRPS4TgB-WNGUonKJDmGtPwuUSjYTw53e5Q3eRs9sfzDtOvDnUhdUry2-_dYTfc0LQ0mhDEBDVsiu3552pIOEOqxBV5ho9B2LxPB9zway0/s320/D64DC338-3DAC-4B2D-80AF-4BC62720F558.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXlvJCC4A0q2FP7mXcaHjuoWepaUaq5sieixrPkxvbIR7fnVQNQPfud7Gy6hw1UHV28-F77lFR5CeP8zHBnLiWwOKb-SI2u2_78XyvIDTOTcudNfpXXHiqQuW_VDm1HUGfd55Y7ObwJmuHvIuqfp4LsJeiNW0LlWzMcLzOwHCMtnMbM6sgD1J2aq14C4/s200/IMG_7079.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="164" data-original-width="200" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXlvJCC4A0q2FP7mXcaHjuoWepaUaq5sieixrPkxvbIR7fnVQNQPfud7Gy6hw1UHV28-F77lFR5CeP8zHBnLiWwOKb-SI2u2_78XyvIDTOTcudNfpXXHiqQuW_VDm1HUGfd55Y7ObwJmuHvIuqfp4LsJeiNW0LlWzMcLzOwHCMtnMbM6sgD1J2aq14C4/w320-h262/IMG_7079.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Kate Alice Marshall is the author of young adult and middle grade novels, including I AM STILL ALIVE, RULES FOR VANISHING, and THIRTEENS.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">She lives outside of Seattle with her husband, two dogs named Vonnegut and Octavia, and two kids. They all conspire to keep her on her toes.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><a href="https://katemarshallbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/kmarshallarts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kmarshallarts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17294875.Kate_Alice_Marshall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b>Follow the Tour!</b></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/06/26/tour-schedule-the-narrow-by-kate-alice-marshall/">https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/06/26/tour-schedule-the-narrow-by-kate-alice-marshall/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><b>Thanks for reading!</b></p></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-42448557889642178942023-06-20T09:41:00.000-04:002023-06-20T09:41:51.361-04:00Blog Tour: The Wicked Unseen by Gigi Griffis<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5GLrZ2iR7TG436DsGlkAjiLd8PL8XM_R7KeTWKVJyJV-LNUx9JnSYb8gewAxYlDWIfpXrGA22_chmdLOQM9i0L5Ka_NXBPeFaTgaRXXCXfkrOzyoeRM59EN_FxChOTxVqh-y6J8C5WCmU54IEMVJ4M5li2wz-u266CW7d6vWPV4IGdqYQyoxPHG4/s780/IMG_6663.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="780" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5GLrZ2iR7TG436DsGlkAjiLd8PL8XM_R7KeTWKVJyJV-LNUx9JnSYb8gewAxYlDWIfpXrGA22_chmdLOQM9i0L5Ka_NXBPeFaTgaRXXCXfkrOzyoeRM59EN_FxChOTxVqh-y6J8C5WCmU54IEMVJ4M5li2wz-u266CW7d6vWPV4IGdqYQyoxPHG4/w640-h264/IMG_6663.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Welcome to my stop on the <b>The Wicked Unseen</b> blog tour, organized by TBR and Beyond Tours. I look forward to reading this ya horror/mystery by Gigi Griffis!</p><p>Check out the book’s synopsis below. <b>The Wicked Unseen </b>is available now!</p><p>*Thank you Random House (Underlined) and TBR and Beyond Tours for the e-arc of this book and for having me on this tour!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7_XoxEu_achVVh1Yf4hunP8VTjDNdk9nSk9RMsyKHv3mvuMoJFXJblhOduZgWMIb5pcO2Jtsv4ZJyz3sb3HYii6AyuYb7XBTR92wYCPeZjWPfZxERcHFeoylzoZqhSWSsJyIAAFymTAlpH625JnejyzD8JMllk5drAuzPjGHZoGvH1aVpv1DUBGH/s2475/IMG_6664.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2475" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7_XoxEu_achVVh1Yf4hunP8VTjDNdk9nSk9RMsyKHv3mvuMoJFXJblhOduZgWMIb5pcO2Jtsv4ZJyz3sb3HYii6AyuYb7XBTR92wYCPeZjWPfZxERcHFeoylzoZqhSWSsJyIAAFymTAlpH625JnejyzD8JMllk5drAuzPjGHZoGvH1aVpv1DUBGH/s320/IMG_6664.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #800180;">The Wicked Unseen</span></b><div><b><span style="color: #800180;">By Gigi Griffis</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Publication Date: June 20, 2023 (Underlined)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Genre: Horror/Mystery, Young Adult </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61047493" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Unseen-Gigi-Griffis/dp/0593644107/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-wicked-unseen-gigi-griffis/1142297895" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wicked-unseen-gigi-griffis/19976018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdj0Q_X1fzMwtC7vh4sSIpaONEhkNTz4p6sdLWHst8zuBUmgCcnxAEDVWsGb0a17erPLWDZxVy9cgK2BYBXw5d00Jv9vlBUmizxLkMH7GwV4VGBoSzohcnKt5Y8GMfoa3t6BzIOSvvZGovjNi19LAoIhMgCTX0ixkq574Gy7QCDAY2FrU76qOQfCemgo/s333/52397A34-2FF5-410C-83CD-29C4AF580A4E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="333" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdj0Q_X1fzMwtC7vh4sSIpaONEhkNTz4p6sdLWHst8zuBUmgCcnxAEDVWsGb0a17erPLWDZxVy9cgK2BYBXw5d00Jv9vlBUmizxLkMH7GwV4VGBoSzohcnKt5Y8GMfoa3t6BzIOSvvZGovjNi19LAoIhMgCTX0ixkq574Gy7QCDAY2FrU76qOQfCemgo/w200-h113/52397A34-2FF5-410C-83CD-29C4AF580A4E.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">The new girl in town is having trouble fitting into a community that believes there’s a secret Satanic cult conducting rituals in the woods. When her crush goes missing, she starts to wonder if the town’s obsession with evil isn’t covering up something far worse. Perfect for fans of </span><span class="s4" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">Fear Street</span><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">!</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">To say sixteen-year-old Audre doesn’t fit in would be the understatement of the century. She’s a city kid who’s found herself in a rural town. The only girl at school who’d rather kiss a girl than a boy. Not to mention that the whole town believes there’s a secret Satanic cult conducting rituals in the nearby woods–and Audre is a born </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">skeptic</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">When the preacher’s daughter and Audre’s secret crush, Elle, goes missing on Halloween weekend, the town is quick to point fingers–in Audre’s direction. While they harass Audre’s family for being newcomers and nonbelievers, Audre realizes she might be the only person here who can find her friend.</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">The deeper she goes, though, the weirder it gets. What happened to Elle–and is the evil this town is hiding really what Audre thinks it is?</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">Content Warning: </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">satanic cult, racism, sexism, police brutality and mistreatment, abuse from religious officials</span></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p class="s3" style="line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5T3cZBXkZ5BWl8mmdTFaETzDSafv16OKH8uJ9hcPqz8mWX4eSS9I4JFVKI9kbuoVoyCfTWByREQAuT4iBNZRz5BPj-YFFA_WTACtwqJ2aU7kEgIveGN9hP51KIf06Ns4XBXGYK326vSFaupbMOHlfN4X3ss6bY2c8VvbsqFCmwItCwDVnRVp5KzTcerI/s487/87BAA94A-BE2A-4EB3-91B9-7B76E9E5D493.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="487" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5T3cZBXkZ5BWl8mmdTFaETzDSafv16OKH8uJ9hcPqz8mWX4eSS9I4JFVKI9kbuoVoyCfTWByREQAuT4iBNZRz5BPj-YFFA_WTACtwqJ2aU7kEgIveGN9hP51KIf06Ns4XBXGYK326vSFaupbMOHlfN4X3ss6bY2c8VvbsqFCmwItCwDVnRVp5KzTcerI/w200-h113/87BAA94A-BE2A-4EB3-91B9-7B76E9E5D493.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAj3jtqi1A5wiS9n45sxHp8MmCcw1-LGZjiVy4112jjoCyr8nzbpz-O9BpqJ8TAznhrbOk2c8kdyq7niQA2QI9_xZ-ra4D1331QO_tsoOG-HyPOR5Vl2ZMmC0d-PEMBas8XBhij51O3UDUnESUW5jSLLeIVM7rbl3vuOhpBJp4RXm7wdpFAd2rVIzs5U/s200/IMG_6665.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAj3jtqi1A5wiS9n45sxHp8MmCcw1-LGZjiVy4112jjoCyr8nzbpz-O9BpqJ8TAznhrbOk2c8kdyq7niQA2QI9_xZ-ra4D1331QO_tsoOG-HyPOR5Vl2ZMmC0d-PEMBas8XBhij51O3UDUnESUW5jSLLeIVM7rbl3vuOhpBJp4RXm7wdpFAd2rVIzs5U/s1600/IMG_6665.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Gigi </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Griffis</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> is the author of the creepy YA horror The Wicked Unseen (coming summer 2023!), We Are The Beasts (2024), and The Empress (as seen on Netflix), among other things. </span>She’s a sucker for little-known histories, “unlikable” female characters, and all things Europe. After almost ten years of semi-nomadic life, she now lives in Portugal with an opinionated Yorkie-mix named Luna and a fancy blender that cost more than her couch.</p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://gigigriffis.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/gigigriffis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gigi.griffis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6424929.Gigi_Griffis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gigigriffis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b></p><p class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.28; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Click <a href="https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2023/05/17/tour-schedule-the-wicked-unseen-by-gigi-griffis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to Follow the Tour!</b></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right;"><b>Thanks for reading!</b></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit;"><figure class="alignright size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: table; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6616" data-attachment-id="6616" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="image" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=187" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=187" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg" data-orig-size="187,151" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten/image-2/" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=150" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg 187w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure></div></div>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-4366701284229792572023-06-10T09:05:00.001-04:002023-06-10T09:05:44.494-04:00Blog Tour: Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLae4WPBoatZ7lbqKpWrOWg08bAFc3XtrE5Q4PpO659GNrf0xQVwVPcnQfBr0DxVf0xkS_1J59gFjm1NJUYJCs89_bIwueKehmGDxRYU_O9w9W3tMXyBit214vRjPf3xGZ1rypWFOJ62cpKIF_JXcVYa0bMCohdW6EscidTGE8Ki8BxLG82XW2HUM/s780/IMG_6661.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="780" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLae4WPBoatZ7lbqKpWrOWg08bAFc3XtrE5Q4PpO659GNrf0xQVwVPcnQfBr0DxVf0xkS_1J59gFjm1NJUYJCs89_bIwueKehmGDxRYU_O9w9W3tMXyBit214vRjPf3xGZ1rypWFOJ62cpKIF_JXcVYa0bMCohdW6EscidTGE8Ki8BxLG82XW2HUM/w640-h264/IMG_6661.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>Welcome to my stop on the <b>Some Shall Break</b> blog tour organized by TBR and Beyond Tours! <b>Some Shall Break </b>by <b>Ellie Marney </b>is the sequel to the thrilling young adult book, <b>None Shall Sleep</b>. I absolutely loved the first book in this series, so I can’t wait to read the sequel! </p><p>Check out the book’s synopsis below. <b>Some Shall Break</b> is available now!</p><p>*Thank you Little Brown Books for Young Readers and TBR and Beyond Tours for the complimentary finished copy of this book and for having me on this tour!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xTEQiV_RFnnE54CZbQyX0v5dLNUZ5kLrl0qMrVryKkIpszlkDXg0IOFEkLs2YUmv0C1vdEr2l-LCZHgldyWtkcaQmFwRdmUBZsco__ZXs4yeEzhtNVxarYjrc-LJK1BB-qZ76ZJKaN1XQGajSo8gUDuqY9ACKsygkw_M0dcW4WQ8xL_j_raJ_Qim/s2465/IMG_6660.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2465" data-original-width="1637" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7xTEQiV_RFnnE54CZbQyX0v5dLNUZ5kLrl0qMrVryKkIpszlkDXg0IOFEkLs2YUmv0C1vdEr2l-LCZHgldyWtkcaQmFwRdmUBZsco__ZXs4yeEzhtNVxarYjrc-LJK1BB-qZ76ZJKaN1XQGajSo8gUDuqY9ACKsygkw_M0dcW4WQ8xL_j_raJ_Qim/w213-h320/IMG_6660.png" width="213" /></a></div><p><b><span style="color: #800180;">Some Shall Break (None Shall Sleep #2)</span></b></p><p><b>By Ellie Marney</b></p><p><b>Genre: Young Adult Mystery/Thriller</b></p><p><b>Publication Date: June 6, 2023 (Little Brown for Young Readers)</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61141211" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> | <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Some-Shall-Break-Sleep-Sequence/dp/0316487716/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon</a> | <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/some-shall-break-ellie-marney/1142442497" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/some-shall-break/18946140" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indiebound</a></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xEPK2Wphx5rgX9xXi92xAYavkyHJWWq4rbaVnv6SQ_kPJL4abJF66s36_CmFgGcDmRaZ0pkx6f84Xa8jVvfZZ556XD9lSROUDt1R-t1eDarHu6MFrOWFijzlsub1gt9hfGHLGKKl_eBAzZCbhFBaiQ5TKH1hVnDaFJzXrOc60eNX7Con8BbejMDV/s333/52397A34-2FF5-410C-83CD-29C4AF580A4E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="333" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xEPK2Wphx5rgX9xXi92xAYavkyHJWWq4rbaVnv6SQ_kPJL4abJF66s36_CmFgGcDmRaZ0pkx6f84Xa8jVvfZZ556XD9lSROUDt1R-t1eDarHu6MFrOWFijzlsub1gt9hfGHLGKKl_eBAzZCbhFBaiQ5TKH1hVnDaFJzXrOc60eNX7Con8BbejMDV/w200-h113/52397A34-2FF5-410C-83CD-29C4AF580A4E.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">This sequel to the </span><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">New York Times</span><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;"> bestselling </span><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">None Shall Sleep </span><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">is an equally electrifying, chilling thriller that brings us back into the lives of junior FBI consultants Travis Bell and Emma Lewis with a new case that may unravel everything they’ve been working for.</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">After a harrowingly close contact with juvenile sociopath Simon Gutmunsson, junior FBI consultants Emma Lewis and Travis Bell went their separate ways: Emma rejected her Quantico offer and Travis stayed to train within a new unit of the FBI Behavioral Science division. But the unit’s latest case is feeling eerily familiar and Kristin Gutmunsson—Simon Gutmunsson’s eccentric twin—reaches out to Travis to send a warning: Emma is in peril.</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">When Travis and Kristin turn up evidence that points back to Daniel Huxton, the serial killer that Emma had escaped, things become more complicated. With a copycat on the loose, Emma returns to Quantico and is thrown back into her past traumas. Compelled to prevent more tragedy—even if it means putting herself in danger—Emma turns to Simon for help once again. But Simon is keeping secrets that could impact their entire investigation. Will the team be able to stop the Huxton copycat before time runs out for his next victims?</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.6px;">Content Warning: </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Murder, gore, trauma, sexual assault, sexism, violence, drug use, racism</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpXta20v_fHoJhCb-or8Qacs3C-jTjVaJKQRuJVSljxiU_bZQ619qTGKgtibrt6_ZNqRGkB_TpmwkpxG0Y5ufE0Y78Dl93_TgPMo9mSS6upN23z8EjqYMX8Wd_90DVloJKWKb4QwNOYhtI2PizMP4q_1ye3DtPvC9syA1HUoPXF9WK_Jb5rB1CbUc/s487/87BAA94A-BE2A-4EB3-91B9-7B76E9E5D493.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="487" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpXta20v_fHoJhCb-or8Qacs3C-jTjVaJKQRuJVSljxiU_bZQ619qTGKgtibrt6_ZNqRGkB_TpmwkpxG0Y5ufE0Y78Dl93_TgPMo9mSS6upN23z8EjqYMX8Wd_90DVloJKWKb4QwNOYhtI2PizMP4q_1ye3DtPvC9syA1HUoPXF9WK_Jb5rB1CbUc/w320-h124/87BAA94A-BE2A-4EB3-91B9-7B76E9E5D493.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VxqvJgDA-Yj70uFS2Tst3ttDOeZo7gyoa9sSAY3ZyRpjyKyXhO0B30hGoraT_0oopiBcoyU9JgODvFxaQXypTlYNf4AAGtGWvEua49WabCUT9CSP_hkwAdjBgM8KmSOp08FNNwpWbz21eri-RvDazxTDOvmf7Ra7ibG03Se_e4Y-N1eoDrzT8kgf/s275/IMG_6662.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VxqvJgDA-Yj70uFS2Tst3ttDOeZo7gyoa9sSAY3ZyRpjyKyXhO0B30hGoraT_0oopiBcoyU9JgODvFxaQXypTlYNf4AAGtGWvEua49WabCUT9CSP_hkwAdjBgM8KmSOp08FNNwpWbz21eri-RvDazxTDOvmf7Ra7ibG03Se_e4Y-N1eoDrzT8kgf/w320-h213/IMG_6662.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Ellie Marney is a NYT bestselling author of crime fiction. Her most recent book is </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60021194._The_Killing_Code"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">The Killing Code</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, and her other titles include the Aurealis-winning </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50358984._None_Shall_Sleep"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">None Shall Sleep</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, the Every series – starting with </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18080011.Every_Breath"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">Every Breath</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> – and the companion novel </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35298151._No_Limits"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">No Limits</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36524608.White_Night"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">White Night</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, and the Circus Hearts series, starting with </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40919048._Circus_Hearts_1"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">Circus Hearts 1</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">. Ellie’s next book, </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61141211.Some_Shall_Break"><span class="s4" style="color: #0563c1; line-height: 21.6px;">Some Shall Break</span></a><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, the sequel to None Shall Sleep, will be released June 2023.</span></p><p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Ellie’s books are published in eleven countries and have been optioned for television. 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Heather Parker is determined to give her daughters the life she never had—starting with horses. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">She signs them up for riding lessons at Rancho Santa Fe Equestrian, where horses are a lifestyle. Heather becomes a “Barn Mom,” part of a group of wealthy women who hang at the stables, drink wine, and prepare their daughters for competition. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">It’s not long before the Parker family is fully enmeshed in the horse world—from mean girl cliques to barn romance and dark secrets. With the end of summer horse show fast approaching, the pressure is on, and these mothers will stop at nothing to give their daughters everything they deserve. </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-family: "Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span face=""Proxima Nova", Montserrat, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915; font-size: 16px;">Before the summer is over, lies will turn lethal, accidents will happen, and someone will end up dead.”</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zQoO4XxmPGRf5uFDJfOsv7iItdyTkUL1E48P0j858gVuQH0IEmOKbecQF_q2RjtyJOJXDFwwHR-J8HIL2JyNSdXmRCuslDIJgknFvVXJFMLz0tXNXpZyIDFlnlstasM89Aipw97Tbjv-I8npPZdNFUqmt8Nzh8LVdYDfTghLO-GNOCU3CuCS__r6/s600/6B96AAEC-C511-44B8-8276-1CF561E758D5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="600" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zQoO4XxmPGRf5uFDJfOsv7iItdyTkUL1E48P0j858gVuQH0IEmOKbecQF_q2RjtyJOJXDFwwHR-J8HIL2JyNSdXmRCuslDIJgknFvVXJFMLz0tXNXpZyIDFlnlstasM89Aipw97Tbjv-I8npPZdNFUqmt8Nzh8LVdYDfTghLO-GNOCU3CuCS__r6/w400-h184/6B96AAEC-C511-44B8-8276-1CF561E758D5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><b>
GIRLS AND THEIR HORSES by Eliza Jane Brazier
Berkley Hardcover | On sale June 6, 2023
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<b>Excerpt</b> <br /><br />
Maple stepped into the cool shade of the breezeway. The horses stuck their heads over the doors and watched her. One noticed the carrots and whinnied. Then they all started whinnying, pacing around their stalls and tossing their heads. One even bucked and cantered a tight circle. They were freaking out. It was kind of scary. Maple had a sense, always, that something terrible was about to happen now. Right now. She called it prophecy; her therapist called it generalized anxiety disorder. "What are you doing?" A girl slipped out of a stall and into the aisleway.<br /><br />
She seemed older than Maple, but she was small and delicate. She was wearing a bright red coat, like a girl marked for death in a horror movie. But she had the face of the killer.<br /><br />
"You can't be here," the girl continued. "Didn't you read the signs?" She noticed the carrots. "Oh my God! Are you giving the horses carrots? Don't you know you can't do that? They could have Cushing's disease. Or bite you. I know this girl, and her mom got her finger bitten off by their horse, and the horse swallowed it. Seriously, I'm not fucking kidding."<br /><br />
Maple dropped the heavy bag on the ground. Her whole face burned. She wanted to run, but her legs felt weak. She was dizzy. She wished her mom were there.<br /><br />
Heather never seemed to be bothered by drama. In fact, she often seemed drawn to it. If there was a kerfuffle at a restaurant, if gunshots rang out, Heather drifted steadily toward it, clutching her purse and smiling benignly. Can I help?<br /><br />
"My mom-," Maple started.<br /><br />
"You need to leave," the girl said. "Seriously, you're actually trespassing. And why are you wearing riding clothes? It's Monday."<br /><br />
Maple burned up even more. She'd tried to warn her mother about this, when she had dressed Maple up like a doll.<br /><br />
A woman who must have been the other girl's mom appeared. She shared her daughter's red hair.<br /><br />
"What are you doing here?" she said. She also shared her attitude.<br /><br />
"My mom's here," Maple said, not answering the question. "I have to go get her." She took off like a lunatic toward the offices. She abandoned the carrots in the barn aisle.<br /><br />
"Hey!" the girl yelled after her. "You can't run around horses!"<br /><br />
Maple found her mom practically in the middle of breaking and entering. It would never have occurred to Heather that the office wasn’t hers to open.<br /><br />
"Why are you running?" Heather asked, trying a combination on the lock. "I was thinking I could write them a note. I think this is the main office. I've already left seven voice messages."<br /><br />
Heather had been trying to contact this barn since before the move. Instead of giving up, she got only more determined.<br /><br />
Maple was breathing hard. She was on the verge of tears. "They said we can't be here!" Her voice rose precipitously. "They said we're trespassing."<br /><br />
Heather perked up. "Who said that? Is someone here?"<br /><br />
Heather started in the direction Maple had come from, but then the red-haired woman appeared, matching daughter in tow. When she saw Heather, she smiled so fast it was like a quick draw in a shoot-out.<br /><br />
"Why, hello there!" Her eyes ran fast over Heather, like she was calculating the value of everything she saw-Heather herself included. "I'm Pamela and this is my daughter, Vida."<br /><br />
"I'm Heather. Parker. And this is my daughter Maple."<br /><br />
"I was just telling your sweet girl that unfortunately this barn isn't open to the public." Pamela was holding Vida's hand, their fingers laced, like they were best friends instead of mother and daughter.<br /><br />
"Oh, we're not the public," Heather said. They had been rich for a short amount of time, but Heather had adjusted beautifully. "We're here to sign up for riding lessons."<br /><br />
"It's Monday," Pamela said. "No one comes in on Mondays. And this isn't a lesson barn. They don't have school ponies or summer camps."<br /><br />
Heather stepped forward, crossed her arms neatly. Since she had become rich, Maple's mother had changed, although not completely. The root of what she had always been was still there. But she had become more herself.<br /><br />
"We just bought a house a mile from here," Heather said, as if that had anything to do with it.<br /><br />
But Maple could see Pamela's expression change. It softened a little, like the Parkers were closer to belonging not just there but everywhere.<br /><br />
"How lovely! That makes us neighbors," she said. "But I will warn you, this probably isn't the barn for you."<br /><br />
Maple knew the woman couldn't have tempted her mother more.<br /><br />
"There's a good riding school in Olivenhain. I can give you their number."<br /><br />
"No, thank you. I like this one. It's closer to our house. I want Maple to be able to walk to the barn if she wants to," Heather said. As if Maple would ever walk a mile. "Would you mind taking my number? Then you can pass it along to the owners for me. I've been trying to reach them."<br /><br />
"Kieran Flynn," Pamela said, like the name meant something to everyone. "He's the owner and the head trainer."<br /><br />
Pamela clearly didn't want to take her number, but Heather just waited. Pamela finally took out her phone. She typed Heather's number in quickly.<br /><br />
Then she added, "This is a show barn. Last year, we outperformed every barn at the Southern California International Horse Show. We demand total commitment to the program. We're a very tight community. You have to have your own horses, and your horses have to be in the training program. That means all of your rides are supervised by a trainer, and your horse is schooled by a Professional rider. It's really not a place for fun."<br /><br />
"Good," Heather said, taking Maple's hand like she was aping Pamela. "We don't want to have fun."<br /><br />
There was nothing Heather loved more than the word no.<br /><br />
<b>Excerpted from Girls and Their Horses by Eliza Jane Brazier Copyright © 2023 by Eliza Jane Brazier. Excerpted by permission of Berkley. All rights reserved</b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADgdoCwSaEnGkhqzjZ_M6r8HSPVAbvNn_mY-mKuuiCCZjcViJ8FZdFmsY_kPPsDKdMOycQ5Fncd-m7RxUdPYUIf6VJ4JIorQG3hIVpXPsU_KAd2u0PaIiZc64WGw3jrMw1gkzV7Qa6Nxo4I3llaoVEMTgghBi0mk38_rcdq4wK9zkJYTZh3Melcws/s487/87BAA94A-BE2A-4EB3-91B9-7B76E9E5D493.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="487" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADgdoCwSaEnGkhqzjZ_M6r8HSPVAbvNn_mY-mKuuiCCZjcViJ8FZdFmsY_kPPsDKdMOycQ5Fncd-m7RxUdPYUIf6VJ4JIorQG3hIVpXPsU_KAd2u0PaIiZc64WGw3jrMw1gkzV7Qa6Nxo4I3llaoVEMTgghBi0mk38_rcdq4wK9zkJYTZh3Melcws/w200-h113/87BAA94A-BE2A-4EB3-91B9-7B76E9E5D493.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvl9yosEoJnWK_fTMqjhQFla4OFmp7Th73ML89KlmEgNbp5OkjJFvy4JKmJRJ1_QbVskIMml1mjMEbvRViUQoazezSxFTqitgjDCpTuJ8oaIX5MzADavCsfCWBp6sJb-ZKObIi18xZ-NiEL-b9M9QWV6_Bw4qz9uWS9evChi2MWoaGaHSxDSU6VhBK/s450/IMG_6666.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="450" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvl9yosEoJnWK_fTMqjhQFla4OFmp7Th73ML89KlmEgNbp5OkjJFvy4JKmJRJ1_QbVskIMml1mjMEbvRViUQoazezSxFTqitgjDCpTuJ8oaIX5MzADavCsfCWBp6sJb-ZKObIi18xZ-NiEL-b9M9QWV6_Bw4qz9uWS9evChi2MWoaGaHSxDSU6VhBK/s320/IMG_6666.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>
Eliza Jane Brazier is an author, screenwriter, and journalist. Eliza entered the horse world at the age of 5 and has worked as a rider, horse trainer and riding instructor. She currently lives in California with her horse and dogs, where she is developing her books for television.
Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-61589615185171684122023-04-08T17:07:00.001-04:002023-04-08T17:17:08.857-04:00Mini Book Review: A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher <p><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1bDaycCLIsDZlSsjAQA1XuZLse5SS1Xlu" width="300" height="300" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; transform: rotate(0deg);"></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher </strong></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Publication Date: March 28, 2023 by Tor Nightfire</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Genre: Horror, Fantasy</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Pages: 256</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Source: eARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley for review </p><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit;"><figure class="aligncenter" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; display: table; clear: both;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60784409-a-house-with-good-bones" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(126, 95, 106); transition: all 100ms ease-in;"><img data-attachment-id="4574" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/add-to-goodreads-black-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg" data-orig-size="120,38" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="add to goodreads black.jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" alt="" class="wp-image-4574" width="120" height="38" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120&zoom=2 3x" scale="3" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom;"></a></figure></div><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; height: 1px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; max-width: 100px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit;"><figure class="aligncenter size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; display: table; clear: both;"><img data-attachment-id="5896" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/arc-review-wilder-girls-by-rory-power/fxgj8550-2/" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png" data-orig-size="283,126" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="FXGJ8550 (2)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=283" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=283" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=150" alt="" class="wp-image-5896" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png 283w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom;"></figure></div><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; quotes: "“" "”" "‘" "’"; border-left-width: 4px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding-left: 1.5em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Mom seems off.”</em></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Her brother’s words echo in Sam Montgomery’s ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">She brushes the thought away as she climbs the front steps. Sam’s excited for this rare extended visit, and looking forward to nights with just the two of them, drinking boxed wine, watching murder mystery shows, and guessing who the killer is long before the characters figure it out.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">But stepping inside, she quickly realizes home isn’t what it used to be. Gone is the warm, cluttered charm her mom is known for; now the walls are painted a sterile white. Her mom jumps at the smallest noises and looks over her shoulder even when she’s the only person in the room. And when Sam steps out back to clear her head, she finds a jar of teeth hidden beneath the magazine-worthy rose bushes, and vultures are circling the garden from above.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">To find out what’s got her mom so frightened in her own home, Sam will go digging for the truth. But some secrets are better left buried.</p></blockquote><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; height: 1px; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; max-width: 100px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit;"><figure class="aligncenter size-medium" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; display: table; clear: both;"><img data-attachment-id="5900" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/arc-review-wilder-girls-by-rory-power/lzij1420-2/" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png" data-orig-size="410,143" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="LZIJ1420 (2)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=410" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=300" alt="" class="wp-image-5900" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=300 300w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png 410w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom;"></figure></div><pre id="review-display" class="wp-block-preformatted has-background" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Courier 10 Pitch", Courier, monospace; font-size: 0.85em; background: rgb(225, 219, 235); line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1.6em; max-width: 100%; padding: 1.25em 2.375em; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Are you looking to read a book featuring magic, monsters, vultures, family secrets, and creepy grandmothers? Yes? Then you should definitely read the latest horror/fantasy from T. Kingfisher! Thank you Tor Nightfire and NetGalley for the eARC. I had a fun time reading T. Kingfisher’s latest book!<br style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sam Montgomery goes back to her childhood home in North Carolina to check on her mother, who has been acting quite strange lately. There are dark family secrets lurking in the old house on the quiet street. Can Sam uncover the shocking truth before it’s too late?<br style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;">T. Kingfisher has become an auto-buy author for me. I love her clever writing and immersive storytelling. A House With Good Bones is the perfect blend of horror, fantasy, and humor. I definitely recommend this one! I look forward to Kingfisher’s next book.</pre><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit;"><figure class="alignright size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 1em; display: table; float: right;"><img data-attachment-id="6616" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten/image-2/" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg" data-orig-size="187,151" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="image" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=187" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=187" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=150" alt="" class="wp-image-6616" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg 187w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Boneset & Feathers by Gwendolyn Kiste</span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Publication Date: November 3, 2020 by Broken Eye Books</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Genre: Horror, Fantasy</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Pages: 172</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Buy the Book</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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Thank you for supporting my blog.</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">*<a href="https://amzn.to/3t88TKf" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7e5f6a; transition: all 0.1s ease-in;" target="_blank">Amazon</a>|*<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9781940372570" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7e5f6a; transition: all 0.1s ease-in;" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Source: eARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley for review </p><div class="wp-block-image is-style-rounded" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54818801-boneset-feathers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1kXML8YsrS&rank=2" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7e5f6a; transition: all 0.1s ease-in;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4574" data-attachment-id="4574" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="add to goodreads black.jpg" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg" data-orig-size="120,38" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/add-to-goodreads-black-jpg/" height="38" scale="3" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120&zoom=2 3x" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 9999px; border-bottom-right-radius: 9999px; border-top-left-radius: 9999px; border-top-right-radius: 9999px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="120" /></a></figure></div><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-5896" data-attachment-id="5896" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="FXGJ8550 (2)" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=283" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=283" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png" data-orig-size="283,126" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/arc-review-wilder-girls-by-rory-power/fxgj8550-2/" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=150" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/fxgj8550-2.png 283w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></figure></div><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-left-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">You don’t know their fire is coming until it’s too late. That’s exactly the way the witchfinders like it. As an isolated enchantress, Odette knows this too well–she lost nearly her whole family to the last round of executions, barely escaping with her own life. All the magic she could conjure wasn’t enough to protect her mother and sister, a burden that leaves a despondent Odette practically wishing she’d burned with the rest.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Now it’s five years later, and as the last witch left from her village, Odette has exiled herself to the nearby woods where she’s sworn off all magic, hoping instead for quiet and for safety. But no witch has ever been permitted a peaceful life.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">It starts with crows tumbling out of the clouds and spectral voices on the wind that won’t leave her alone. Then there are those midnight visits to the graveyard that she can’t quite remember in the morning and the strange children following her everywhere she goes. Odette wants to forget magic, but her magic doesn’t want to forget her. Meanwhile, the former friends she left behind in the village are cowering together, hiding from the ghostly birds they believe she’s sent to torment them for abandoning her. But that’s only the beginning of their problems, as Odette soon discovers their worst nightmare is about to come true–the witchfinders are returning. And this time, the decree is clear: to burn the witch that got away.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">With the men drawing nearer to the village, Odette must face the whispers from the dead and confront her fear of her own growing power if she wants any chance of stopping the army of witchfinders determined to rid the countryside of magic once and for all.</p></blockquote><div class="wp-block-image is-style-rounded" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-medium" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6641" data-attachment-id="6641" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="79610892-cf8a-45f5-9618-9ebb3ab1c304-8460-0000057490085d31" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/79610892-cf8a-45f5-9618-9ebb3ab1c304-8460-0000057490085d31.gif?w=360" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/79610892-cf8a-45f5-9618-9ebb3ab1c304-8460-0000057490085d31.gif?w=225" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/79610892-cf8a-45f5-9618-9ebb3ab1c304-8460-0000057490085d31.gif" data-orig-size="360,480" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/arc-review-boneset-feathers-by-gwendolyn-kiste/79610892-cf8a-45f5-9618-9ebb3ab1c304-8460-0000057490085d31/" height="300" scale="3" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/79610892-cf8a-45f5-9618-9ebb3ab1c304-8460-0000057490085d31.gif?w=225" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/79610892-cf8a-45f5-9618-9ebb3ab1c304-8460-0000057490085d31.gif?w=225&zoom=2 3x" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 9999px; border-bottom-right-radius: 9999px; border-top-left-radius: 9999px; border-top-right-radius: 9999px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="225" /></figure></div><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-medium" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-5900" data-attachment-id="5900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="LZIJ1420 (2)" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=410" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png" data-orig-size="410,143" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/arc-review-wilder-girls-by-rory-power/lzij1420-2/" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=300" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=300 300w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png 410w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></figure></div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Boneset & Feathers </span></span>was a riveting tale of strong and powerful witches and ruthless and tyrannical witch hunters. I enjoyed this fantasy-horror novel!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">This is my first time reading one of <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Gwendolyn Kiste’s </span>books and I gotta say I am impressed. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I requested this book on NetGalley. I had heard good things about Kiste’s previous work so I decided to read her latest book. Also, that beautiful cover art drew me in!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Boneset & Feathers</span></span> is a fantasy-folk-horror about a witch named Odette who not only faces judgment from her neighbors but also must hide from the witch hunters who are out to kill all witches. I found the beginning was a little slow moving but eventually the story picked up and I was captivated until the thrilling conclusion. I would describe this book as a fantasy-horror. I thought <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Boneset & Feathers</span></span> had a perfect blend of horror and fantasy elements.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">I was immediately drawn to the main character, Odette. She is a fierce and strong character and I loved how she was able to handle the adversity and hatred she was faced with throughout the story. Some of the side characters were also strong and fierce women, especially Odette’s friends, Anna and Beatrix.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The small village setting was the perfect backdrop for this story and it had a 1600s Salem, MA feel to it. I’m not exactly sure when this story takes place, but it seems like it would be around the same time as the Salem witch trials. Of course, this is a fantasy story and not a true historical account, but you can tell that this book is influenced by the Salem witch trials.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">I think this novel would be the perfect read for historical fantasy and horror lovers. I had a fun time reading this one. If you’re looking for a short novel featuring strong female characters, a magical fantasy world, horror elements, and witches, then definitely pick this one up! I’m looking forward to reading Kiste’s backlist.</p><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="alignright size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: table; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6616" data-attachment-id="6616" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="image" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=187" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=187" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg" data-orig-size="187,151" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten/image-2/" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=150" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg 187w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gRLhbFILFvhHislSiFqHft-b1wfZ-4EWBLphW38Kt49vm3mym0Autt-fFSigIWQFxT7tdkSRS2VLPjrjqpcix2LVyfFla3hOZZ1CysdWgDjY9II9GyJkxVUzny4a2OP_M2JENXArpeM/s2048/3A51FE72-AD70-499F-9504-DFAB05E3E8FE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gRLhbFILFvhHislSiFqHft-b1wfZ-4EWBLphW38Kt49vm3mym0Autt-fFSigIWQFxT7tdkSRS2VLPjrjqpcix2LVyfFla3hOZZ1CysdWgDjY9II9GyJkxVUzny4a2OP_M2JENXArpeM/s320/3A51FE72-AD70-499F-9504-DFAB05E3E8FE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson </span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Publication Date: April 6, 2021 by Henry Holt and Co.</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Genre: Non-Fiction; Memoir</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Pages: 304</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Source: eARC from publisher via NetGalley for review </p><div class="wp-block-image is-style-rounded" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54305363-broken?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zfPWx9grSn&rank=1" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7e5f6a; transition: all 0.1s ease-in;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4574" data-attachment-id="4574" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="add to goodreads black.jpg" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg" data-orig-size="120,38" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/add-to-goodreads-black-jpg/" height="38" scale="3" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120&zoom=2 3x" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 9999px; 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Thank you for supporting my blog.</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">*<a href="https://amzn.to/3rXS4Ax" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7e5f6a; transition: all 0.1s ease-in;" target="_blank">Amazon</a>|*<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24165/9781250077035" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7e5f6a; transition: all 0.1s ease-in;" target="_blank">Bookshop.org</a></span></p><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6066" data-attachment-id="6066" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IMG_9668 (2)" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=611" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png" data-orig-size="611,133" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6066" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=150" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=300 300w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></figure></div><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border-left-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">As Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">With people experiencing anxiety and depression now more than ever, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. From the business ideas that she wants to pitch to Shark Tank to the reason why Jenny can never go back to the post office, Broken leaves nothing to the imagination in the most satisfying way. And of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor―the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball―is present throughout.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">A treat for Jenny Lawson’s already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most.</p></blockquote><div class="wp-block-image is-style-rounded" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-medium" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6626" data-attachment-id="6626" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="fda257de-c99e-40dd-acf4-3efe8671903a-7329-00000478300cf918-3" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/fda257de-c99e-40dd-acf4-3efe8671903a-7329-00000478300cf918-3.gif?w=720" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/fda257de-c99e-40dd-acf4-3efe8671903a-7329-00000478300cf918-3.gif?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/fda257de-c99e-40dd-acf4-3efe8671903a-7329-00000478300cf918-3.gif" data-orig-size="720,479" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/04/04/arc-review-broken-in-the-best-possible-way-by-jenny-lawson/fda257de-c99e-40dd-acf4-3efe8671903a-7329-00000478300cf918-3/" height="200" scale="3" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/fda257de-c99e-40dd-acf4-3efe8671903a-7329-00000478300cf918-3.gif?w=300" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/fda257de-c99e-40dd-acf4-3efe8671903a-7329-00000478300cf918-3.gif?w=300&zoom=2 3x" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 9999px; border-bottom-right-radius: 9999px; border-top-left-radius: 9999px; border-top-right-radius: 9999px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="300" /></figure></div><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-medium" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6256" data-attachment-id="6256" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9669" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=723" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg" data-orig-size="1114,378" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6256" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=300" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=300 300w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=600 600w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=150 150w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></figure></div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Jenny Lawson</span> is one of my favorite writers. Her books feature relatable stories about her daily life, including her struggles with anxiety and depression. Having been diagnosed with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, I can relate to a lot of what is in her books. Lawson’s real-life accounts are at times hilarious, causing me to laugh out loud at the silliness of it all. Other stories are more serious, focusing on the never-ending struggle to just feel some semblance of normalcy when you are constantly dealing with anxiety and depression. These relatable stories made me emotional because I’ve been there.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Broken (in the Best Possible Way)</span></span> is the second book that I’ve read by Jenny Lawson. I loved the other book that I’ve read by her, and I enjoyed this one just the same, maybe even a little more. I laughed as Lawson kept losing her shoe in elevators and bathrooms; I nodded my head in agreement as I read her open letter to her health insurance company, and I got emotional when I read about her struggles with depression. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); color: #404040; font-family: "PT Serif", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">If you’ve read Lawson’s previous books, you’re sure to enjoy this one. I recommend <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Broken (in the Best Possible Way) </span></span>to anyone looking for an entertaining read filled with humorous and heartfelt stories. I look forward to reading Lawson’s future books. She is now an auto-buy author for me!</p><p><br /></p>Tarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334580791856279657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809409119703354138.post-91675776234447995742021-03-26T07:51:00.002-04:002021-03-26T07:51:42.925-04:00ARC Review: The Lost Village by Camilla Sten <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishs5Vfb6FO8fjTC7Qu3emrvjdczApgsMdKxaWBF1-2nQ44a-EK29i8xJF3smSNzmTfG6neI3zJ8_bfTqr6vofxZVR2tKs3rSJIKoIa1DAUa29qE2MS_UVVww-LowcAnZDiKO-0LtASGs/s1773/19BA102E-14AE-41C7-AD3A-83E27C53EE08.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1773" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishs5Vfb6FO8fjTC7Qu3emrvjdczApgsMdKxaWBF1-2nQ44a-EK29i8xJF3smSNzmTfG6neI3zJ8_bfTqr6vofxZVR2tKs3rSJIKoIa1DAUa29qE2MS_UVVww-LowcAnZDiKO-0LtASGs/s320/19BA102E-14AE-41C7-AD3A-83E27C53EE08.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">The Lost Village by Camilla Sten</span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Publication Date</span>: <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">March 23, 2021 by Minotaur Books</span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Source: eARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley for review</span>.</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: Horror</span></p><div class="wp-block-image is-style-rounded" data-carousel-extra="{"blog_id":120007419,"permalink":"https:\/\/tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/23\/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten\/"}" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53137992-the-lost-village?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=O93MgQlPrH&rank=1" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7e5f6a; transition: all 0.1s ease-in;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4574" data-attachment-id="4574" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="add to goodreads black.jpg" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg" data-orig-size="120,38" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/add-to-goodreads-black-jpg/" height="38" scale="3" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120&zoom=2 3x" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 9999px; 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border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></figure></div><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-left-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left—a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn—have plagued her. She’s gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">But there will be no turning back.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Not long after they’ve set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. Equipment is destroyed. People go missing. As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice:</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">They are not alone.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">They’re looking for the truth…<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />But what if it finds them first?</p></blockquote><div class="wp-block-image is-style-rounded" data-carousel-extra="{"blog_id":120007419,"permalink":"https:\/\/tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/23\/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten\/"}" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-medium" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6594" data-attachment-id="6594" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="72e7f06d-9dce-4413-973a-48c366eb9955-736-0000001bdd13d43e" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/72e7f06d-9dce-4413-973a-48c366eb9955-736-0000001bdd13d43e.gif?w=316" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/72e7f06d-9dce-4413-973a-48c366eb9955-736-0000001bdd13d43e.gif?w=198" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/72e7f06d-9dce-4413-973a-48c366eb9955-736-0000001bdd13d43e.gif" data-orig-size="316,480" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten/72e7f06d-9dce-4413-973a-48c366eb9955-736-0000001bdd13d43e/" height="301" scale="3" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/72e7f06d-9dce-4413-973a-48c366eb9955-736-0000001bdd13d43e.gif?w=198" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/72e7f06d-9dce-4413-973a-48c366eb9955-736-0000001bdd13d43e.gif?w=198&zoom=2 3x" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 9999px; border-bottom-right-radius: 9999px; border-top-left-radius: 9999px; border-top-right-radius: 9999px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="198" /></figure></div><div class="wp-block-image" data-carousel-extra="{"blog_id":120007419,"permalink":"https:\/\/tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/23\/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten\/"}" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-medium" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-5900" data-attachment-id="5900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="LZIJ1420 (2)" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=410" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png" data-orig-size="410,143" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/arc-review-wilder-girls-by-rory-power/lzij1420-2/" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=300" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=300 300w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/lzij1420-2.png 410w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></figure></div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Do you ever stay up super late to finish a book?</span> It’s 2:30 in the morning, and you have work in a couple hours, but you don’t care because you have to know how the book ends! <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Lost Village</span> </span>was one of those books that kept me up into the early morning hours. The story was so engrossing and I had to know how it would end. </p><figure class="wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; flex-wrap: wrap; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px auto 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><ul class="blocks-gallery-grid" data-carousel-extra="{"blog_id":120007419,"permalink":"https:\/\/tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/23\/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten\/"}" style="box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="blocks-gallery-item" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px 0px 1em; position: relative; width: 375.78125px;"><figure style="align-items: flex-end; box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; height: 256px; justify-content: center; margin: 0px;"><img class="wp-image-6604" data-attachment-id="6604" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="6604" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="tenor" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/tenor.gif?w=498" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/tenor.gif?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/tenor.gif" data-orig-size="498,339" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten/tenor/" scale="0" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/tenor.gif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; flex: 1 1 0%; height: 256px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; width: 375.78125px;" /></figure></li></ul></figure><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Lost Village</span> </span>is set in a small mining town where the residents all mysteriously vanished in 1959. What happened to these people? How the heck does an entire town disappear?? The main character, Alice, and her friends explore the village and attempt to find out what really happened all those years ago. As I was reading, I wanted to shout at these characters: “Do not go into that building! Just don’t! Don’t open that door! In fact, just get in the van and get out of there!” It drove me a little crazy whenever one of the characters would barge right into one of the abandoned buildings without really thinking of the horrors that could be lurking inside.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">This story is also told in the past where it follows one of the families that vanished in 1959. I loved the dual timelines in this book and it definitely made it a more interesting read. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Lost Village </span></span>was a creepy story, but it also had some really heartbreaking moments. This was more than just your typical horror/mystery/thriller. Some parts were a little predictable, but that didn’t take away from my enjoyment of this book. I can definitely see this being made into a movie! I recommend this book, especially if you love a good atmospheric and chilling story.</p><div class="wp-block-image" data-carousel-extra="{"blog_id":120007419,"permalink":"https:\/\/tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/23\/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten\/"}" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><figure class="alignright size-large" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: table; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6616" data-attachment-id="6616" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="image" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=187" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=187" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg" data-orig-size="187,151" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/arc-review-the-lost-village-by-camilla-sten/image-2/" sizes="(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=187" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg 187w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/image.jpg?w=150 150w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOP1hBbG514NoS1nn3BbW4o9uds_z1QRb_0Q8eJZip_R2JpGqJEK2-ACL9HaaaQz9DoewhLTUEOzFse1fcqdKqJPheexavIf9qt6gY2P4wW-9Q0GLL-AywIYK1swrzRgqJjTsyoJ4_lUA/s1365/88CB6DDF-99D9-446E-AD3B-AF523BB965F1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOP1hBbG514NoS1nn3BbW4o9uds_z1QRb_0Q8eJZip_R2JpGqJEK2-ACL9HaaaQz9DoewhLTUEOzFse1fcqdKqJPheexavIf9qt6gY2P4wW-9Q0GLL-AywIYK1swrzRgqJjTsyoJ4_lUA/w320-h320/88CB6DDF-99D9-446E-AD3B-AF523BB965F1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant</span></p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Publication Date: February 2, 2021 by Norton Young Readers</p><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy</p><div class="wp-block-image is-style-rounded" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53404781-the-hatmakers?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=dwb6pjeRIx&rank=2" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7e5f6a; transition: all 0.1s ease-in;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4574" data-attachment-id="4574" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="add to goodreads black.jpg" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg" data-orig-size="120,38" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/add-to-goodreads-black-jpg/" height="38" scale="3" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/0fd1b-addtogoodreadsblack.jpg?w=120&zoom=2 3x" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 9999px; border-bottom-right-radius: 9999px; border-top-left-radius: 9999px; border-top-right-radius: 9999px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="120" /></a></figure></div><p class="has-text-align-center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em; text-align: center;">My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6066" data-attachment-id="6066" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IMG_9668 (2)" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=611" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png" data-orig-size="611,133" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6066" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=150" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_9668-2.png?w=300 300w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></figure></div><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-left-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Cordelia comes from a long line of magical milliners, who weave alchemy and enchantment into every hat. In Cordelia’s world, Making – crafting items such as hats, cloaks, watches, boots and gloves from magical ingredients – is a rare and ancient skill, and only a few special Maker families remain.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">When Cordelia’s father Prospero and his ship, the <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Jolly Bonnet</span>, are lost at sea during a mission to collect hat ingredients, Cordelia is determined to find him. But Uncle Tiberius and Aunt Ariadne have no time to help the littlest Hatmaker, for an ancient rivalry between the Maker families is threatening to surface. Worse, someone seems to be using Maker magic to start a war.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">It’s up to Cordelia to find out who, and why . . .</p></blockquote><div class="wp-block-image is-style-rounded" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-medium" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6409" data-attachment-id="6409" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="werble-1503680c48-2" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/werble-1503680c48-2.gif?w=520" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/werble-1503680c48-2.gif?w=198" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/werble-1503680c48-2.gif" data-orig-size="520,788" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/14/my-thoughts-on-the-hatmakers-by-tamzin-merchant/werble-1503680c48-2/" height="300" scale="3" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/werble-1503680c48-2.gif?w=198" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/werble-1503680c48-2.gif?w=198&zoom=2 3x" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 9999px; border-bottom-right-radius: 9999px; border-top-left-radius: 9999px; border-top-right-radius: 9999px; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="198" /></figure></div><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em;"><figure class="aligncenter size-medium" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: table; margin: 1.5em auto;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6256" data-attachment-id="6256" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9669" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=723" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg" data-orig-size="1114,378" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6256" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=300" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=300 300w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=600 600w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_9669.jpg?w=150 150w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></figure></div><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">I adore middle grade fantasies! They are always such a joy to read and I had a lot of fun reading this one. I was initially drawn to <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">The Hatmakers </span>because of the gorgeous cover. Middle grade books have some of the prettiest covers I’ve ever seen. The synopsis also seemed fascinating, so I was eager to read this book.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Merchant’s magical middle grade fantasy was a fun and enjoyable read. I loved the fantasy world and the characters in this book. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">In <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">The Hatmakers</span>, there are several families of <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Makers</span> who weave magic into items of clothing. There are the Hatmakers, Bootmakers, Glovemakers, Cloakmakers, and Watchmakers. These families used to belong to a guild of Makers, but they no longer get along and are now rivals.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">The main characters in this story were so adorable. I loved the friendships between Cordelia, Goose and Sam. They became mini investigators as they tried to solve the mysteries of the Makers. Cordelia also sought to find out what happened to her father, who presumably perished at sea. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">I thought <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">The Hatmakers </span>was a fun and entertaining middle grade read, and I think this book would be perfect for kids and adults. I’m really looking forward to the next book in this series! </p><div class="wp-block-image" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em;"><figure class="alignright size-thumbnail" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: table; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-3581" data-attachment-id="3581" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="0cbd8-img_17192b252832529" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/0cbd8-img_17192b252832529.png?w=236" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/0cbd8-img_17192b252832529.png?w=236" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/0cbd8-img_17192b252832529.png" data-orig-size="236,77" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2019/03/03/the-darkdeep-by-ally-condie-brendan-reichs/0cbd8-img_17192b252832529/" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/0cbd8-img_17192b252832529.png?w=150" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/0cbd8-img_17192b252832529.png?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/0cbd8-img_17192b252832529.png 236w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWn3NxjMCXDy4woM9qdO1X2ThJbZ2VkWZlGfoCn9cPi7HlCcWWAwsICw68UctexNEPI4aSDdDobJCnCravtpQOocO5WEFXgvMkgdb_WkGxBuSgyFpKgN0_XhAb6ALfqVgsNax173Trlmg/s2048/5B4A246E-DAF0-47A2-A8A4-277BE5B36E99.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWn3NxjMCXDy4woM9qdO1X2ThJbZ2VkWZlGfoCn9cPi7HlCcWWAwsICw68UctexNEPI4aSDdDobJCnCravtpQOocO5WEFXgvMkgdb_WkGxBuSgyFpKgN0_XhAb6ALfqVgsNax173Trlmg/s320/5B4A246E-DAF0-47A2-A8A4-277BE5B36E99.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">I recently signed back up to <a href="https://www.mybotm.com/aea7fc743692?show_box=true" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7e5f6a; transition: all 0.1s ease-in;" target="_blank">Book of the Month</a> because I have a subscription box addiction and I really love their selections. I can’t wait to read all of these books!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">*This post contains referral links to BOTM. All synopses copied from Goodreads.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Here are the books I chose for March:</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.5em 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6540" data-attachment-id="6540" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 8 Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1615378808","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0083333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_4029" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4029.jpg?w=723" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4029.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4029.jpg" data-orig-size="3161,3024" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/11/my-march-botm-selections/img_4029/" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4029.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4029.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4029.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4029.jpg?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4029.jpg?w=300 300w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4029.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner</span></figcaption></figure><p class="has-text-align-left" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">🟣 <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Debut</span></p><p class="has-text-align-left" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">🟣 <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Historical Fantasy</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Synopsis</span></span>:</p><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-left-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them—setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose—selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives. But when her new patron turns out to be a precocious twelve-year-old named Eliza Fanning, an unexpected friendship sets in motion a string of events that jeopardizes Nella’s world and threatens to expose the many women whose names are written in her register.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">In present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, reeling from the discovery of her husband’s infidelity. When she finds an old apothecary vial near the river Thames, she can’t resist investigating, only to realize she’s found a link to the unsolved “apothecary murders” that haunted London over two centuries ago. As she deepens her search, Caroline’s life collides with Nella’s and Eliza’s in a stunning twist of fate—and not everyone will survive.</p></blockquote><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.5em 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6542" data-attachment-id="6542" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 8 Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1615378795","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"40","shutter_speed":"0.0083333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_4028" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4028.jpg?w=723" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4028.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4028.jpg" data-orig-size="3113,3024" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/11/my-march-botm-selections/img_4028/" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4028.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4028.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4028.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4028.jpg?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4028.jpg?w=300 300w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4028.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton</span></figcaption></figure><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">🔴 <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Debut</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">🔴 <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Historical Fiction </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Synopsis</span></span>:</p><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-left-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">A poignant fictional oral history of the beloved rock ‘n’ roll duo who shot to fame in the 1970s New York, and the dark, fraught secret that lies at the peak of their stardom.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Coming of age in Detroit, she can’t imagine settling for a 9-to-5 job—despite her unusual looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her at a bar’s amateur night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together for the fledgling Rivington Records. </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">In early seventies New York City, just as she’s finding her niche as part of a flamboyant and funky creative scene, a rival band signed to her label brandishes a Confederate flag at a promotional concert. Opal’s bold protest and the violence that ensues set off a chain of events that will not only change the lives of those she loves, but also be a deadly reminder that repercussions are always harsher for women, especially black women, who dare to speak their truth.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Decades later, as Opal considers a 2016 reunion with Nev, music journalist S. Sunny Shelton seizes the chance to curate an oral history about her idols. Sunny thought she knew most of the stories leading up to the cult duo’s most politicized chapter. But as her interviews dig deeper, a nasty new allegation from an unexpected source threatens to blow up everything.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Provocative and chilling, <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Final Revival of Opal & Nev</span>features a backup chorus of unforgettable voices, a heroine the likes of which we’ve not seen in storytelling, and a daring structure, and introduces a bold new voice in contemporary fiction.</p></blockquote><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 1.5em 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6544" data-attachment-id="6544" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 8 Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1615378779","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0083333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_4027" data-large-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4027.jpg?w=723" data-medium-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4027.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4027.jpg" data-orig-size="3149,3024" data-permalink="https://tarasbookaddiction.wordpress.com/2021/03/11/my-march-botm-selections/img_4027/" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4027.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4027.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4027.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4027.jpg?w=150 150w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4027.jpg?w=300 300w, https://tarasbookaddiction.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/img_4027.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" /><figcaption style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Too Good To Be True by Carola Lovering</span></figcaption></figure><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">🟤 <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Thriller </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Synopsis</span></span>:</p><blockquote class="wp-block-quote" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; border-left-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 1.5em 1.5em 0px; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">ONE LOVE STORY. TWO MARRIAGES. THREE VERSIONS OF THE TRUTH.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">Skye Starling is overjoyed when her boyfriend, Burke Michaels, proposes after a whirlwind courtship. Though Skye seems to have the world at her fingertips―she’s smart, beautiful, and from a well-off family―she’s also battled crippling OCD ever since her mother’s death when she was eleven, and her romantic relationships have suffered as a result.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">But now Burke―handsome, older, and more emotionally mature than any man she’s met before―says he wants her. Forever. Except, Burke isn’t who he claims to be. And interspersed letters to his therapist reveal the truth: he’s happily married, and using Skye for his own, deceptive ends.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">In a third perspective, set thirty years earlier, a scrappy seventeen-year-old named Heather is determined to end things with Burke, a local bad boy, and make a better life for herself in New York City. But can her adolescent love stay firmly in her past―or will he find his way into her future?</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">On a collision course she doesn’t see coming, Skye throws herself into wedding planning, as Burke’s scheme grows ever more twisted. But of course, even the best laid plans can go astray. 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