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Book Review: Because…Broken

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Christian Blurb (Goodreads): Two households, a pair of star-crossed lovers, and one ticked-off cousin on a mission to tear them apart. Olivia Henderson dreams of becoming a professional singer, but her first public performance is nearly blown by a random panic attack. Enter Noah Dickerson, one of the cutest boys at… Continue reading Book Review: Because…Broken

Book Review: Inspired Mama

Genre: Non-fiction, self-help, inspiration Publication: Jan 2020 by TKC Publishing, 163 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Inspired Mama is the ultimate mind, body, and lifestyle guide for women seeking to live their best life in motherhood. As mothers, women tend to give up on their personal dreams and emotional self-care in order to take care of their families.… Continue reading Book Review: Inspired Mama

Book Review: The Bake Shop

Genre: Amish Romance Published Nov 2019 by Zondervan 312 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Christiana Kurtz loves to bake, but when her bake stand becomes too busy, her mother encourages her to move her business to the local market. Her new bake shop becomes so inundated with customers that the line blocks the leather and woodcraft shop… Continue reading Book Review: The Bake Shop

Book Review: Cinderella is Dead

Genera: YA Fairy tale retelling Expected publication: July 7th 2020 by Bloomsbury YA, 400 pages Blurb (from Goodreads): It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s… Continue reading Book Review: Cinderella is Dead

Book Review: Home Before Dark

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Horror Publishing Info: June 30, 2020, 384 pages Blurb (Goodreads): What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there… Continue reading Book Review: Home Before Dark

Book Review: Marrow

Genre: Fantasy Publication: May 2020 by KDP Blurb: Latham is The Head Hunter’s son. Marrow is his home. A peaceful settlement, or so it appears on the surface, however deep underneath its foundation, runs a river of lies. Lies turn to rot, a malignant energy that seeps into the soul. With Marrow vulnerable to the… Continue reading Book Review: Marrow

Book Review: Circe

Genre: Adult Fiction, Historical, Fantasy Publication Info: April 10, 2018, 393 pages Blurb (Goodreads): In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for… Continue reading Book Review: Circe

Book Review: Illuminae

Genre: Young Adult, Sci-Fi Publishing Info: October 2015 by Knopf Books, 602 pages Blurb (Goodreads): Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the worst thing she’d ever been through. That was before her planet was invaded. Now, with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra are forced to fight their way onto one… Continue reading Book Review: Illuminae

Book Review: The Safe Place

Genre: Fiction, Thriller Publication June 30, 2020 by Affirm Press384 pages Blurb (Goodreads): A BEAUTIFUL HOME MIGHT HIDE DANGEROUS SECRETS . . . Emily Proudman has been offered the chance of a lifetime – leave her messy London life, move to a beautiful estate in France and help her boss’s wife take care of their… Continue reading Book Review: The Safe Place

Book Review: I Wish You All The Best

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ, Romance Publishing Info: May 2019 by Push, 329 pages Blurb (Goodreads): When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they’re thrown out of their house and forced to move in with their estranged older sister, Hannah, and her husband, Thomas, whom Ben has never even met. Struggling… Continue reading Book Review: I Wish You All The Best