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Book Review: Wounded by Jasinda Wilder

Posted on 01/24/2013 by Bookish Brunette | 18 Comments

Wounded by Jasinda Wilder Published: 12/16/2012 War has taken everything from me. My family. My home. My innocence. In a country blasted by war and wracked by economic hardship, a young orphan girl like me has very few options when it comes to survival. Thus, I do what I must to live, to eat,… Continue Reading

Book Review: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

Posted on 10/17/2012 by Bookish Brunette | 29 Comments

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole Published: 10/2/2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers From Goodreads: #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole introduces The Arcana Chronicles, post-apocalyptic tales filled with riveting action, the dark mysticism of Tarot cards, and breathtaking romance. She could save the world—or destroy it. Sixteen year… Continue Reading

Book Review: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter

Posted on 10/02/2012 by Bookish Brunette | 19 Comments

Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter Expected Pub: 9/25/2012 From Goodreads: SHE WON’T REST UNTIL SHE’S SENT EVERY WALKING CORPSE BACK TO ITS GRAVE. FOREVER. Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please.… Continue Reading

Book Review: Shark Bait by Jenn Cooksey

Posted on 09/10/2012 by Bookish Brunette | 26 Comments

Previously homeschooled Camie Ramsey is being shoved into the shark-infested waters of public high school, where even helium filled, penguin bespeckled arm floaties likely won’t help keep her inexperienced, fifteen-year old head above water in that rip current of hormones and emotions. Camie’s worldly wisdom might be severely lacking (i.e., the closest she’s come… Continue Reading

Book Review: Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin

Posted on 06/20/2012 by Bookish Brunette | 23 Comments

Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death #1) by Bethany Griffin Published: 4/24/2012 From Goodreads: Everything is in ruins. A devastating plague has decimated the population. And those who are left live in fear of catching it as the city crumbles to pieces around them. So what does Araby Worth have to… Continue Reading

Book Review: Siege (As the World Dies #3) by Rhiannon Frater

Posted on 04/24/2012 by Bookish Brunette | 18 Comments

Siege (As the World Dies #3) by Rhiannon Frater Published: 4/24/2012 From Goodreads: As the survivors continue to seek stability in their lives, forces both inside and outside the fort walls move them toward a final, climactic conflict between the living and the dead. Jenni, Katie and the others discover that they are not alone, that there is… Continue Reading

Book Review: Shift (The Protector #2) by M.R. Merrick

Posted on 02/08/2012 by Bookish Brunette | 13 Comments

Shift (The Protector #2) by M.R. Merrick Published: 2/1//2012 From Goodreads: Devastated by the loss of his mother, Chase is trying to balance the life he’s been left with, a family he’s still getting to know, and power he never thought he’d have. He doesn’t understand why the Goddess has named him the Protector and… Continue Reading

Book Review: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Posted on 01/19/2012 by Bookish Brunette | 41 Comments

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake Published: 9/30/2011 by Tor Teen From Goodreads: Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country… Continue Reading

Review: Pretty When She Dies by Rhiannon Frater

Posted on 12/08/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 25 Comments

Pretty When She Dies by Rhiannon Frater Published: 11/24/2008 From Goodreads: Amaliya wakes under the forest floor, disoriented, famished and confused. She digs out of the shallow grave and realizes she is hungry in a new, horrific, unimaginable way. Sating her great hunger, she discovers that she is now a vampire, the bloodthirsty creature… Continue Reading

Book Review: Exiled (The Protector #1) by M.R. Merrick

Posted on 10/13/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 38 Comments

Exiled (The Protector #1) by M.R. Merrick Published: 7/1/2011 by M.R. Merrick From Goodreads: Chase Williams is a demon hunter in the Circle, or at least he was supposed to be. Failing to develop any elemental magic on his fifteenth birthday left him exiled in a world full of half-demons, and no hunters to protect… Continue Reading