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Mini-Review: Above World, Allegiance, Halflings

Time for some mini-reviews! What are mini-reviews, you ask? As the title suggests, these are short reviews, consisting of one paragraph tops, about a book. It’s a way to catch up on the books I’ve read a while ago, but never got around to reviewing.

Above World

Title: Above World

Author: Jenn Reese

Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Dystopian

Rating: 4 stars

Purchase: Amazon

Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after ce...

Book Review: Kristin’s Ghost by Wayne A.D. Kerr

Title: Kristin’s Ghost (The X+Y Files #2)

Author: Wayne A.D. Kerr

Genre: MG Paranormal Adventure

Age Group: Middle Grade

Rating: 4 stars

Purchase: Amazon

Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.

Night after night a strange apparition appears at Kristin’s bedside. Is it dangerous? Is the dancing spirit trying to send her a message?

When Xander and Yzzie discover that their friend is being haunted, the seventh graders make it their number one priority to solve...

Book Tours: Starter Day Party for the C.A.K.E Series Tour

I’m hosting the starter day party today for the tour for erotic romance, the C.A.K.E Series. The tour runs from November 27 to December 4. Enjoy the tour, and make sure to drop by all the tour stops!

Tour Schedule

November 27th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading

November 27th: Book Excerpt @ Undercover Book Reviews

November 27th: Book Excerpt @ Indy Book Fairy

November 29th: Book Excerpt @ Sunshine Book Promotions

November 30th: Promo Post @ Underneath the Covers

December 1st: Promo Post @ Karen G...

Book Tours: Starter Day Party for Ride: Dueling Devils Box Set

I’m hosting the starter day party today for the book tour for “Ride: Dueling Devils Box Set”, an erotic romance box set. I’ll review the book on December 11 – stay tuned for the review, and in the mean time, visit the other tour stops!

Also, there’s a tour-wide giveaway for a $20 Amazon gift card. Scroll down to participate.

Tour Schedule

November 27th: Starter Day Party @ I Heart Reading

November 27th: Promo Post @ Undercover Book Reviews

November 27th: Book Excerpt @ Sexy Siren Book Blog

November...

Book Tours: Guest Post for Touched (The Marnie Baranuik Files #1)

I’m hosting a guest post today by AJ Aalto, the talented tour for urban fantasy / paranormal “Touched (The Marnie Baranuik Files #1)”. Enjoy the post! I’ll leave the word to the author now.

Living After the Dead Rise

So, I watch the Walking Dead, and as a fan of zombies and horror, I quite enjoy it. I’d lost faith in it lately, (let’s face it, 80% of the farm season was so damn boring) but finally, FINALLY, they’ve reached Stage C: Cannibalism. Really? It took them 5 seasons to start eating hum...

Book Review: The Vineyard by Michael Hurley

Title: The Vineyard

Author: Michael Hurley

Genre: Literary Fiction

Rating: 4 stars

Purchase: Amazon

Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.

From Michael Hurley, winner of the Somerset Prize for his debut novel, THE PRODIGAL, comes a complex and ambitious, allegorical tale of old money, young passion and ancient mystery in a classic New England seaside village.

Ten years after their college days together, three wounded and very different women reunite for a...

Cover Reveal Party Skateboard Xombies

We’re hosting the cover reveal today for YA horror novel “Skateboard Xombies: Search for the Crystal Coffin”. This is the first book in a five-part series of Kindle singles.

About the Book

Title: Skateboard Xombies: Search for the Crystal Coffin

Author: Ace Antonio Hall

Genre: YA Horror

On a normal school day in Lunyon Canyon, California, teenage necromancer, Sylva Fleischer, bickers with her teacher in class over an unfairly graded paper. But when the principal announces that all teachers should...

Book Tours: Promo Post and Excerpt for A Cursed Bloodline

Book Excerpt

Liam surveyed the damaged wall and the splintered glass and wood. I couldn’t tell him what happened. Aric and my sisters would be hurt—or worse. But I couldn’t lie to Liam. Like most preternaturals, he could smell a lie. So I worked to calm my racing heart and tried to gather my words carefully.

He helped me to stand once he failed to sense any immediate danger. His eyes widened as he took in my state. “Good Lord, Celia. What happened?”

“I was attacked,” I gasped, still unable to sp...

Book Review: The Music Book by Dave O’Leary

Title: The Music Book

Author: Dave O’Leary

Genre: Literary Fiction

Rating: 5 stars

Purchase: Amazon

Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.

What does music mean? Can it be more than the sum of its notes and melodies? Can it truly change you? Rob, a musician turned reluctant music critic, poses these questions as everything important in his life appears to be fading—memories of lost love, songs from his old bands, even his hearing. He delves into the music...

Book Review and Giveaway for I Am Ella. Buy Me. by Joan Ellis

Title: I am Ella. Buy me.

Author: Joan Ellis

Genre: Humor / Chick lit / Romance

Rating: 4 stars

Purchase: Amazon

Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.

I AM ELLA. BUY ME

‘I am a ginger tom. I am a boy racer. I am a housewife. I am a pain in the arse.’

Ella David is Bridget Jones meets Peggy from Mad Men.

Working in Soho’s mad, bad Adland in the sexist 80s, Ella is a rare beast – a woman in a man’s world, dodging her sleazy boss, Peter.

Based on Joan’s experi...