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Review: Sadie by Courtney Summers

When her sister is found dead and no one is held responsible, Sadie goes out on her own to find her sister's killer.  Upon hearing Sadie's story, West McCray starts a podcast that tracks Sadie's journey, hoping to find her. This is not an easy book to read, but it is worth it. This is probably the first book I have read that I think would have been better as an audiobook. I…
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Review: The Summer Children (The Collector #3) by Dot Hutchison

After the events of the Butterfly Garden and The Roses of May.  FBI agent Mercedes Ramirez is trying to get back to a normal life.  Go on dates with her girlfriend.  It is after one of those dates that she comes home to find a boy on her porch clutching a teddy bear.  He tells her that an angel killed his family and she dropped him off here so that Mercedes can keep him…
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Review: Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris

On the way home from a vacation Finn and Layla stop at a service station to use the restroom. When he returns to the car Layla is gone. At least that's the story Finn told the police. It is ten years later and Finn is engaged, to Ellen, Layla's sister of all people.  With the wedding just months away, Finn begins to get emails.  Someone knows what really happened to Layla. B. A.…
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Review: The Opposite of Here by Tara Altebrando

Months after the tragic accident that killed her boyfriend, Natalie's parents decide to have a  sail-a-bration for her seventeenth birthday.  Natalie, her parents and her three best friends board the ship where Natalie meets a guy the very first night. When Natalie goes to meet him later, he is nowhere to be found and something he said earlier makes her think that maybe be jumped.  While Natalie tries to figure out what happened to…
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Review: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Review As I said, I really enjoyed the character of Stevie, but she wasn't the only one.  The whole cast of characters was great.  I liked that they all seemed to be real and fit into a school like the one in Truly Devious. And Nate is just the best! The mystery itself was very interesting.  I liked that there were two, it reminded me a lot of Veronica Mars (one of my…
Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody
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Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody

Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Sorina has spent most of her life within the smoldering borders of the Gomorrah Festival. Yet even among the many unusual members of the traveling circus-city, Sorina stands apart as the only illusion-worker born in hundreds of years. This rare talent allows her to create illusions that others can see, feel and touch, with personalities all their own. Her creations are her family, and together they make up the cast of…