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Review: Ticker by Lisa Mantchev

Title: Ticker Author: Lisa Mantchev Series: Stand-alone Rating: 3 Stars 273 pages Published December 1st 2014 by Skyscape Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Ticker is Lisa Mantchev’s first novel since 2011 and her Théâtre Illuminata series. It’s a standalone book in a contraption-filled steampunk world, following a girl with a clockwork heart. Penny, […]

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Review: Of Things Gone Astray by Janina Matthewson

Title: Of Things Gone Astray Author: Janina Matthewson Series: Stand-alone Rating: 5 Stars 288 pages Expected publication February 3rd 2015 by The Friday Project Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Literary fiction has the reputation of being high-brow, inaccessible, and overly complicated. Of Things Gone Astray proves that the […]

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Review: Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike

Title: Sleep No More Author: Aprilynne Pike Series: None Rating: 4 Stars 352 pages Published April 29th 2014 by HarperTeen Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Charlotte is an Oracle. She gets visions of the future – but one rule she has learnt in her life is to never […]

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Review: The Merman by Carl-Johan Vallgren

Title: The Merman Author: Carl-Johan Vallgren Series: None Rating: 4 Stars 288 pages Published October 25th 2013 by Hesperus Press Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository A dark and bleak story of abuse, love between siblings, and the dark side of human nature. The Merman is the story of […]

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Review: UFO in Her Eyes by Xiaolu Guo

Title: UFO in Her Eyes Author: Xiaolu Guo Series: None Rating: 3 Stars 200 pages Published January 7th 2010 by Vintage Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Okay, can we just stop and consider that beautifully wrong title? I know it’s probably supposed to signify that it’s an “UFO” but only the way she […]

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