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JOINT REVIEW: Give Up the Ghost by Jenn Burke

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Sirius and I jointly reviewed the first book in this series, Not Dead Yet and we decided to keep the tradition going with the follow up book, Give Up the Ghost. Warning: spoilers for the first book follow. The series really does need to be read in order. Proceed at ... more >

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REVIEW x3: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

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Dear Helen Hoang, I loved The Kiss Quotient last year and was very excited to read your follow up, The Bride Test. Set in the same world as the earlier novel, The Bride Test is a Cinderella story featuring Diep Khai and Tran Ngoc My (who takes the name Esmeralda/Esme ... more >

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REVIEW: Reverb by Anna Zabo

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Dear Anna Zabo, I have a number your books on my TBR but this one is the first I’ve read. It definitely won’t be the last. Reverb is the third book in the Twisted Wishes series (named after the rock band to at least one of the main characters in ... more >

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REVIEW: Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

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Series spoilers follow: For readers who haven’t read the series, this is not the book to begin with – start at Moon Called, book 1. Content warning: depictions of violence and torture of people and animals. Dear Patricia Briggs, I enjoyed Storm Cursed much better than Silence Fallen. For starters, ... more >

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REVIEW: A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

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Dear Alyssa Cole, Once again you have been blessed by the cover gods. But better than that, the inside of the book lives up to the promise of that beautiful cover. A Prince on Paper was lovely.  I’m generally a hero-centric reader. And I did love Johan. But the star ... more >

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REVIEW: American Witch by Thea Harrison

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Content warning: Domestic violence, assault (non sexual) Dear Thea Harrison, The Elder Races series and it’s spin-offs is one of the very few PNR series’ I have actually kept up with and I was excited to read the newest installment, American Witch, the first in a new trilogy set in ... more >

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