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Review: Katie’s Hope

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Katie's Hope
Katie’s Hope by Lizzy Ford
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Her choices were plain: Death or Hell. Bad or worse. Screwed or screwed.

After three weeks of playing lab rat for Kris, Katie realizes he’s never going to let her go. Worse, she has no idea what to do about Rhyn, who is trying very hard to give her what she asks for – space, time – yet sets her blood on fire whenever he’s near.

When Rhyn finds there are demons in the forest and a war on the horizon, he does what all his brothers seem to think he should do – he lets Katie go. The emotions run high as he finds out that, instead of giving her the protection she needs, he has just left her helpless – or as helpless as Katie can be.

The family dynamic really comes out in this book, with the brother against brother being undermined and twisted. Rhyn comes out looking like an angel when he saves Kris, though his methods are more brutal than Kris would like. Katie shows the depth of her love for Rhyn, even if she can’t admit it to herself, by her sacrifice.

Katie’s Hope keeps you on edge, waiting for the next plot twist until the very end, where it makes you beg for more.

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Review: Between

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Between
Between by Cambria Hebert
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Welcome to Hell.

Logan misses his brother, Sam. Ever since Sam shifted into a hellhound and their father kicked him out, Logan’s tiptoed around the house – a house where not even Sam’s name is mentioned anymore. His parents pretend that Sam never existed, and Logan is tired of pretending.

Strange things start happening to Logan, things Sam would know how to handle. When Logan has a dream about a stranger and wakes up sore and disoriented, feeling the rage build inside him, Logan knows he has to find Sam. Sam will know what to do – after all, Sam has been through this himself before he shifted.

Giving a fresh perspective to the Heven and Hell series, Between keeps you turning pages to see just how horrible Logan’s, and Sam’s, family life became before all Hell broke loose.

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Updated Review Policy

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I have decided to update my review policy as it pertains to which books are given preference over others. Previously, this was strictly ‘first come, first served.’ However, I have decided to give a preference to those who give a hard (physical) copy.

This does not really change much, as I review a lot more digital copies than physical copies, but I feel that this is fair since those authors have a real ‘cost’ to sending out physical copies.

As always, I will try to accommodate requests to have books read for blog tours/release dates.

Feel free to contact me with any questions/concerns.

Review: Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Leocardo Reyes

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Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Leocardo Reyes
Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Leocardo Reyes by Ermisenda Alvarez
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

…they were Edaion’s slaves now.

Leocardo Reyes finds himself transported to Edaion with his blind sister, Odette. With no recollection as to how they arrived and no contact to be had with their parents, Leo has no choice but to accept his new life and try to make the best of it. When Odette starts drawing pictures, Leo tries to find answers to the questions that surround them.

Help comes in the form of Edaion’s youngest princess, Aniela Dawson. Together with Ana, Leo attempts to find out what Odette’s gift is, premonition or a medium. During all this, his world is shaken when Odette falls into a coma. Now, with his only remaining family member in danger and his budding relationship with Ana, Leo must come to terms with the life he’s destined to lead.

Full of tension and mystery, Leo brings an outsider’s perspective on Edaion and on how the immigrants learn of their powers. Partnered with Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Aniela Dawson, Leo’s perspective gives in-depth insight into Edaion, as well as giving a teaser of insight into Ana’s sister Tia.

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Review: Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Aniela Dawson

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Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Aniela Dawson
Blind Sight Through the Eyes of Aniela Dawson by Eliabeth Hawthorne

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Whether Alaya liked it or not, she was no longer the perfect angel daughter, but someone better: Ana.

Aniela Dawson is Edaion’s youngest princess. Having been born on the island as a part of a magical family, she thinks she knows a lot about the different forms that magic can take. Until she meets Odette, a blind girl who turns out to have a gift that lets her draw pictures of things she could not have seen.

Ana sets off with Odette’s brother Leo to figure out what powers Odette possesses, premonitions or a medium. Between family drama, her job at the orphanage, a budding relationship with Leo, Ana figures out just who she is and who she wants to be.

While a tad slow at times and full of unanswered questions, such as why her sister fell out of grace and what ways a princess’s life was different than a ‘normal’ teenager’s, Ana comes into her own as a person through her choices in this story. When partnered with Blind Site Through the Eyes of Leocardo Reyes, Ana’s perspective gives valuable insight to the world of Edaion.

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Review: Redbacks

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Redbacks
Redbacks by Aaron Crocco
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Nobody wakes up thinking they’re going to die today.

James Cole just survived a world-wide earthquake. Together with Tucky, James sets off to find his wife and make sure she’s safe. When a darkness creeps up over the city, James and Tucky find strange creatures coming out as well. Since there are so few left to fight, James decides to join in the battle with the Redbacks. A chance meeting with Travis Hunter gives him a clue about the darkness, and James vows to take out the source of the Redbacks – Travis himself.

Book two of As Darkness Ends, Redbacks gives a lot more action than the first book. By following James around, the reader gets to experience the effects of the Encautum on the survivors and how they react to the Redbacks.

In this quick-paced story the apocalypse continues, forcing survivors to fight the zombie-like creatures brought on by the darkness.

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Review: As Darkness Ends: Book One

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As Darkness Ends: Book One
As Darkness Ends: Book One by Aaron Crocco
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Find shelter or die.

Travis Hunter is in Manhattan when the earthquake hit, and finds himself running towards whatever safety he can get to. Afterwards, the survivors gather to make some sense out of what just happened. Shortly afterwards, Hunter finds himself released only to be contacted by a Higher Power to take up a mission as a Runner. Informed that it is now his job to lay down judgement upon all the remaining humans, Hunter takes off to circle the world with Encautum, completing the circle to finish his mission.

While Hunter attempts to stop and help folks on his trip, it seemed like he was given very little choice in his actions. Mostly, he just walked (flew, hopped, etc) around the world, only to be confronted back where he started by a group of survivors. This left a lot of questions to be answered, hopefully by the rest of the books in the series.

A quick post-apocalyptic read, As Darkness Ends sets up the other viewpoints to come in the series by giving us a different take on the end of the world.

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Review: Katie’s Hellion

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Katie's Hellion
Katie’s Hellion by Lizzy Ford
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

“Can’t take you anywhere without you beheading folks,” she whispered.”

The Council of Seven, made up of seven immortal brothers, is falling apart from the inside. With two brothers dead, two more banished to hell for aiding the Dark One, and internal skirmishes happening almost daily, the fate of the human race seems unlikely at best.

And then there’s Katie, a “mere” human that has a remarkable trait – her blood makes her immune to immortal abilities. She finds herself thrust into the immortal world when a four-hundred-year-old baby angel drops in and claims her as his mom, a death dealer shows up outside her window, and gets kidnapped and sent to hell. With going crazy a real possibility, Katie bargains with Rhyn to get out of hell but her plan backfires as he claims her as his own mate.

A unique twist on vampires with a complex world, Katie’s Hellion sets up the rest of the series. As tension between Katie and Rhyn builds, can they find a way to trust each other enough to save humanity?

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