My first exposure to Jennifer E. Smith was The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight. I bought it at Barnes and Noble and read the entire thing in one sitting that evening. It read like a chick flick, it sucked me into the plot, and left me feeling happy and fulfilled. I loved […]
Flashbulb Review | Horde by Ann Aguirre
It seems that lately I’ve been reading a lot of “final books” in series. I’m not sure why. I feel like I’m tying up loose ends or something. Sometimes they disappoint me, sometimes they rock my socks off, sometimes they are sort of meh. Horde was of the “rock my socks off” variety. I loved […]
Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway | Mirror X by Karri Thompson
Welcome to Refracted Light’s blog tour stop! hosted by YA Bound If you were faced with a situation in which your self-sacrifice meant the difference between life and death, is it your moral obligation/duty to preserve life no matter the cost to yourself? Such is the question introduced in Karri Thompson’s futuristic dystopian novel, Mirror X, and it’s an […]
Short & Sweet Review | Forgiven by Rachel Morgan
Almost a year ago, Julia Henley ran away from her home and her family, leaving confusion and heartache in her wake. But when a family event compels her back to South Africa, Julia’s forced to face the consequences of her actions and the demons that drove her away. A prequel to the Trouble series, […]
Short & Sweet Review | Seeking Her by Cora Carmack
I have really enjoyed Cora Carmack’s Losing It series. It’s gritty and raw and makes you really fall into the lives of her characters. She doesn’t hold back or shy away from very real and serious issues, and she deals with “life stuff” that happens to actual people in a refreshingly redemptive way. That […]
Short & Sweet Review | Born of Corruption by Teri Brown
Turns out, Anna’s life isn’t the only one filled with danger, suspicion, and intrigue. Cynthia Gaylord, Anna’s best friend, wealthy socialite, wife of a New York aristocrat, and niece to the head of the Rothstein family (Family with the big “F”), is not a complete stranger to the dark, seedy, and illegal… though she […]
Flashbulb Review | Vivian Divine is Dead by Lauren Sabel
I’m not sure where I got the idea that Vivian Divine is Dead was a dark comedy. An early blurb maybe? The dark, yet whimsical cover? I don’t know. But once beginning, it quickly became clear that this was a gross misperception on my part. Dark? Oh, definitely. Funny? Not in the slightest. But […]
Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway | The Looking Glass by Jessica Arnold
Welcome to Refracted Light’s blog tour stop! hosted by Chapter by Chapter Spectrophobia. I’ve always had a slight (irrational) fear of mirrors since one of my friends completely spooked me out with the legend of Bloody Mary in the fifth grade. There’s just something about mirrors. The reflection of life, but not quite — slightly distorted […]
Review | Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
Nyx’s world is wrong. The island of Arcadia has been supernaturally isolated from the rest of the known world, the sky is not real, ravenous demons live in the shadows, and Nyx herself is to be a sacrifice to Ignifex, the Gentle Lord — the monster whose power imprisons her people. Her life […]
Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway | Eastland by Marian Cheatham
organized by YA BOUND Marie Cheatham’s Eastland is a fictionalized take on the real life, historical disaster of of the SS Eastland that occurred in Chicago on July 24, 1915. After struggling to right itself, the large ship which was preparing for departure and carrying a large group of Western Electric employees and their […]
