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Review: The V Girl by Mya Robarts

Review: The V Girl by Mya Robarts

Before I continue, I want to make this absolutely clear. This book could be potentially triggering for people who have suffered abuse and/or rape. If you can handle it, make sure to keep reading for an excerpt and a giveaway! The V Girl is a deeply uncomfortable book to read, but I couldn’t stop. Tackling hard issues such as war, abuse, rape, with a heavy mix of growing up and figuring out your own sexuality, Robarts told a story I am a little frightened to say I loved. Narrated by Lila, an 18-year-old girl in the fractured former United States, […]

Posted December 29th 2015 in Blog Tours, Dystopian, New Adult, Reviews, Romance / / 4 Comments
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Series-so-far Review: Red Stone and Broken Stone by Gabriele Goldstone

Series-so-far Review: Red Stone and Broken Stone by Gabriele Goldstone

Welcome to my stop on the Broken Stone blog tour! I’ve got two reviews here, one for the first book –Red Stone– and the other for the starring book. I’m really excited to share with you these books today, as they are fantastic and don’t get enough attention at all. They’re based off the childhood of Goldstone’s mother, and they give an insight into Stalin-era Soviet Union, so I felt like I was getting an education while reading! In fact, reading this story had a similar effect on me as reading The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank [review here]. Scroll down […]

Posted December 21st 2015 in Blog Tours, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Reviews / / 2 Comments
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Review: Passion Bites by Mary Hughes + EXCERPT AND GIVEAWAY!

Review: Passion Bites by Mary Hughes + EXCERPT AND GIVEAWAY!

Passion Bites by Mary Hughes combines a light, humorous and action-filled plot with red-hot romance. Luke Steel never knew a woman shaking her finger under his nose could be so sexy but when this broken vampire and a driven doctor are seized by a passion neither can afford, they set in motion a chain of events that could prove dangerous to both of them. Don’t forget to read to the bottom for an excerpt and a giveaway!!! Trigger warning! This book refers to domestic abuse situations, so please keep that in mind and avoid if necessary. Passion Bites is the ninth book […]

Posted December 10th 2015 in Blog Tours, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance / / 1 Comment
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Review: Scarred by Joanne Macgregor

Review: Scarred by Joanne Macgregor

Scarred tells this story of two broken teenagers who don’t know the full story. It is a story of honesty, acceptance and –ultimately– forgiveness. I read the book in a day, eager to watch Sloane and Luke’s truth unfold. Through it all, both were genuine characters, and Sloane was funny and so gloriously sarcastic. This book is therapy and hope in 251 pages. After the epic failure that was Soundless, I was equal parts eager and wary to start a new book. I was on the precipice of falling into the River Reading Slump. Scarred rescued me. So first of […]

Posted November 24th 2015 in Contemporary, Reviews, Young Adult / / 1 Comment
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Procrastinated Reviews No.1

Procrastinated Reviews No.1

Back in July, I read a lot of books in a short space of time, and I… well… I guess.. um… I never actually got around to reviewing them. It’s been eating me up inside, so I thought I’d start a little thing (because I just know it’ll happen again). So welcome to the first edition of Dani’s Procrastinated Reviews. Now, I understand that you might want to discount these reviews because they’re of books I read a while ago, but surely what I think now, after a few months, is a good indicator of how good they are? I’m not […]

Posted October 21st 2015 in Dystopian, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Reviews, Young Adult / / 3 Comments
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Review: If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Review: If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Quick review If I Stay is a book about one of the biggest decisions Mia must make. Forman has crafted a heartbreaking tale with solid characters and very real problems. If I Stay is proof that the Young Adult genre is not just for silly stories for teenagers. This is a stellar thought-provoking, contemporary novel that will stick with me for a long time. Not so quick review My amazing sister from the OTSP Secret Sister programme sent me If I Stay as a read-along book, and I was supposed to read it two weekends ago. I seem to be terrible […]

Posted October 11th 2015 in Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 5 Comments
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(Partly Audiobook) Review: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

(Partly Audiobook) Review: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

This is not chick-lit. This isn’t fluffy contemporary. This is an incredibly important book on an incredibly important topic. Moyes has crafted a moving story about two people from different worlds who have to spend a lot of time together. I started out listening to the audiobook version and then was so swept up in the story that I needed to buy the Kindle version just so I could read it faster. Will, Lou and all the other characters were so incredibly well-written that I had a hard time letting go at the end. (It’s a good thing the sequel came out […]

Posted October 5th 2015 in Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Women's Fiction / / 0 Comments
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