Category: All Book Reviews
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Recruit (Bodyguard #1, Part 1) by Chris Bradford: Content Guide
Publication Date: May 2017 Blurb: As the son of a bodyguard who sacrificed his life in the line of duty, teenage kickboxing champion Connor Reeves is determined to do his father proud and follow in his footsteps. Recruited into the ranks of a top-secret young bodyguard squad, Connor embarks on…
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: Content Guide
Publication Date: Jan 1818 Blurb: Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he…
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The Strength of the Few by James Islington: Content Guide
Publication Date: Nov 2025 Blurb: The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am. But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore. I am no longer one. I…
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The Art of Us by Julie Wright: Content Guide
Publication Date: Nov 2024 Blurb: On the surface, everything seems perfect for high school senior Ireland Raine. She’s intelligent and artistically talented, and her natural beauty and quiet charm are enviable. However, Ireland harbors a secret she’ll guard at any cost—she’s homeless. When her crush, Kal Ellis, invites her on…
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Over Yonder by Sean Dietrich: Content Guide
Publication Date: Oct 2025 Blurb: Ex-con Woody Barker lives on a houseboat (the Ship Happens) off the Gulf Coast and spends his days bickering/flirting with his ex-wife and attending doctor appointments about his malfunctioning ticker. He’s already survived several heart attacks and is debating the merits of quitting smoking so he…
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Jupiter Rising by Gary Schmidt: Content Guide
Publication Date: Aug 2024 Blurb: When Jack’s P.E. coach pairs him up with Jay Perkins for the cross-country team, neither of them is happy about it. Jack is grieving the loss of Joseph, his foster brother, and adjusting to his role as big brother to Jupiter, Joseph’s orphaned daughter. Dealing…
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In The Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides: Content Guide
Publication Date: Aug 2014 Blurb: On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted Arctic waters, they carried the aspirations of a young country burning to be the first nation to…
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The Letter For The King by Tonke Dragt: Content Guide
Publication Date: Jan 1962 Blurb: A young messenger. A secret mission. A kingdom in peril. It is the dead of night. Sixteen-year-old Tiuri must spend hours locked in a chapel in silent contemplation if he is to be knighted the next day. But, as he waits by the light of…
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The Wind and the Wild by Emily McCosh: Content Guide
Publication Date: Aug 2025 Blurb: Living on the edge of the enchanted woods, Niamh often loses herself among the trees in search of food. Though her body bears reminders of a night long ago when monstrous hounds broke from those lands, she has not since glimpsed the fair folk, nor…
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Dust by Kara Swanson: Content Guide
Publication Date: July 2020 Blurb: Claire Kenton believes the world is too dark for magic to be real—since her twin brother was stolen away as a child. Now Claire’s desperate search points to London… and a boy who shouldn’t exist. Peter Pan is having a beastly time getting back to…
