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REVIEW: The Beloved by Alison Rattle

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The Beloved by Alison Rattle Published by  Hot Key Books on 5th March 2015 Pages:  286 Source:  *Received from the Publisher in exchan ge for an honest review* Escape from a bullying mother takes one young woman to an even more dangerous place. Alice Angel has known only a life of rules, restriction and punishments as she strays from the rigid path of Victorian proprietary that her mother has set out for her. A constant disappointment to all but her doting father, she longs for the day that she might break free from the stifling atmosphere of her mother's rule. After a chance encounter with a charming stranger, and a final incident with her family that sees her condemned to the madhouse, Alice sees her opportunity to run and grasps it with both hands. She escapes to join the Agapemonites in their Abode of Love, where ex-Reverend Henry Prince rules his isolated colony of women as their Beloved. Prince ignites a passion in Alice that she never knew existed, and she

REVIEW: Opal (Opal #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Opal  by Jennifer L. Armentrout Series:  Lux #3 Published by  Entangled Teen on 11th December 2012 Pages:  382 After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever. Together we’re stronger... and they know it. This series is just too addictive! Fast-paced, thrilling and dangerous, Opal  will leave you wanting the sequel straight away. Not a fan of the covers of this series by far, they are really cheesy however the story inside certainly makes up for it. This novel leads on from Onyx, when Dawson re

REVIEW: Waterfall (Teardrop #2) by Lauren Kate

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Waterfall by Lauren Kate Series:  Teardrop #2 Published by  Penguin Random House UK Children's on 7th May 2015 Pages:  400 Source:  *Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review* Eureka's tears have flooded the earth and now Atlantis is rising, along with its evil king, Atlas. Eureka is the only one who can stop him - but first she must learn how to fight. She travels across the ocean with Ander to try and make sense of the dark world her sorrow has created. But dark secrets are hidden in the depths - will she be strong enough to defeat Atlas, or is her broken heart just what he needs to power his rising kingdom? Eureka has the chance to save the world. But she'll have to give up on everything - even love... *May contain spoilers* My goodness, am I confused! This novel is certainly a roller coaster, but this is a roller coaster where you do not know what is about to happen, and when it does, you have not a clue as to what occurre

REVIEW: Reawakened (Reawakened #1) by Colleen Houck

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Reawakened  by Colleen Houck Series:  Reawakened #1 Published by  Hodder Paperbacks on 13th August 2015 Pages:  400 Source:  *Received from Publisher in exchange for an honest review* NYT bestselling author of The Tiger’s Curse series, Colleen Houck’s newest YA novel in which a visit to an Egyptian exhibit brings teen Lilliana Young face to face with a recently awakened mummy-turned-handsome-sun-god as she gets caught up in an adventure with more twists and turns than the Nile itself, to Krista Vitola at Delacorte Press, in a two-book deal, for publication beginning in Spring 2015, by Alex Glass at Trident Media Group (NA). Such a disappointing read, I gave up half-way through mainly because of the characters, but also a lack of interesting progression of plot. But the cover is so beautiful and abstract, and I love the different shades of blues, it adds a space-like tone. When Lily finds a live Egyptian prince in a museum, she takes him under her wing to help hi

REVIEW: TimeBomb (TimeBomb Trilogy #1) by Scott K. Andrews

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TimeBomb   by Scott K. Andrews Series:  TimeBomb Trilogy #1 Published by  Hodder & Stoughton on 9th October 2014 Pages:  336 Source:  *Received from Publisher in exchange for an honest review* New York City, 2141: Yojana Patel throws herself off a skyscraper, but never hits the ground. Cornwall, 1640: gentle young Dora Predennick, newly come to Sweetclover Hall to work, discovers a badly-burnt woman at the bottom of a flight of stairs. When she reaches out to comfort the dying woman, she's knocked unconscious, only to wake, centuries later, in empty laboratory room. On a rainy night in present-day Cornwall, seventeen-year-old Kaz Cecka sneaks into the long-abandoned Sweetclover Hall, determined to secure a dry place to sleep. Instead he finds a frightened housemaid who believes Charles I is king and an angry girl who claims to come from the future. Thrust into the centre of an adventure that spans millennia, Dora, Kaz and Jana must learn to harness pow

[BLOG TOUR] Trust Me, I'm Trouble (Trust me #2) by Mary Elizabeth Summer

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Trust Me, I'm Trouble  by Mary Elizabeth Summer Series:  Trust Me #2 Published by  Delacorte Press on 13th October 2015 Pages:  368 Staying out of trouble isn’t possible for Julep Dupree. She has managed not to get kicked out of her private school, even though everyone knows she’s responsible for taking down a human-trafficking mob boss—and getting St. Agatha’s golden-boy Tyler killed in the process. Running cons holds her guilty conscience at bay, but unfortunately, someone wants Julep to pay for her mistakes . . . with her life. Against her better judgment, Julep takes a shady case that requires her to infiltrate a secretive organization that her long-gone mother and the enigmatic blue fairy may be connected to. Her best friend, Sam, isn’t around to stop her, and Dani, her one true confidante, happens to be a nineteen-year-old mob enforcer whose moral compass is as questionable as Julep’s. But there’s not much time to worry about right and wrong—or to save your