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Review: This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzie Lee

Title: This Monstrous Thing Author: Mackenzie Lee Series: Standalone Rating: 3 Stars 384 pages Expected publication September 22nd 2015 by Katherine Tegen Books Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository I enjoyed this steampunk rendition of Frankenstein, but ultimately the story left me as cold as the monster’s corpse. Alasdair […]

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Review: Unhinged by A.G. Howard

Title: Unhinged Author: A.G. Howard Series: Splintered #2 Rating: 2 Stars 387 pages Published January 7th 2014 by Amulet Books Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository I was on the fence about Splintered. Having read Unhinged, I know for sure: A.G. Howard just isn’t the writer for me. After […]

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Review: Splintered by A.G. Howard

Title: Splintered Author: A.G. Howard Series: Splintered #1 Rating: 2 Stars 371 pages Published January 15th 2013 by Amulet Books Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Great concept and lovely world, but the story got ruined for me by the annoying love-triangle and even more annoying characters. Alyssa is the daughter of a mad […]

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Review: Broken by A.E. Rought

Title: Broken Author: A.E. Rought Series: None Rating: 2/5 Stars 384 pages Published January 8th 2013 by Strange Chemistry ARC received through Netgalley Goodreads | Author | Publisher | Amazon Paperback & Kindle| Book Depository I’d like to preface this review by saying that most of my criticism stems from the fact that this novel […]

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Review: Sweetly by Jackson Pearce

Title: Sweetly Author: Jackson Pearce Series: Fairytale Retelllings #2 Rating: 4/5 Stars 310 pages Published August 23rd 2011 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Purchased Goodreads | Author | Publisher | Amazon | Book Depository Sweetly is the second book in Jackson Pearce’s Fairytale Retellings. These books are perfectly readable in any sequence you […]

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