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Review: Champion (Legend, #3) by Marie Lu

November 13, 2013May 8, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Wow. Still trying to take in everything that happened, but I can honestly say, that this book blew me away! The devastating events that finished off the last book continue […]

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Review: Prodigy (Legend, #2) by Marie Lu

November 12, 2013May 8, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Whoa, what a ride, and what a massive gamechanger! Seriously, I had my suspicions about what was going to go down in this book, and while some of it was […]

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Review: Let You Leave (Keep Me Still, #0.5) by Caisey Quinn

November 8, 2013June 11, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Please note:  This novella is not available to purchase as a standalone, it is included when you buy Keep Me Still. Review I love this book! *dreamy sigh* It’s a beautiful […]

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Review: Warmth in Ice (Find You in the Dark, #2.5) by A. Meredith Walters

October 28, 2013March 31, 2016 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook Review “We’ll get through this won’t we? I mean, this will all work out in the end and these miles between us will one day be a bad dream. Promise me.” Oh […]

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Review: Refugee (The Captive, #3) by Erica Stevens

September 19, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ Feeeeeeels

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review 5 MASSIVE STARS!! HOLY SHIT! That was … I can’t even… wow! Just… wow! This book was absolutely sensational, and I am obsessed, officially and absolutely obsessed with this series! The […]

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Review: Renegade (The Captive, #2) by Erica Stevens

September 18, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review The second book in The Captive series, this is a fantastic follow up to book one – Captured – and continues the story of Arianna and Braith and their battle to be together […]

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Review: Captured (The Captive, #1) by Erica Stevens

September 16, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review YA paranormal dystopia – WIN! This is a fantastic start to a series that I know I am going to love! Set 100 years after vampires became tired of […]

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Review: Origin (Lux, #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

September 1, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST READ??? Holy shit, I can’t believe all that went down in this book! Seriously! This whole book is a MASSIVE game changer for the series! […]

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Review: Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2) by Colleen Hoover

July 9, 2013March 30, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 5 shiny, Holder-loving stars!!! Was there any doubt that I would love this book? No, there wasn’t. I LOVED Hopeless, and absolutely adore Holder! He is freaking teenage perfection! Unlike a […]

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Review: End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days, #3) by Susan Ee

July 7, 2013May 7, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review 4 stars. A great finish to a unique and exciting YA paranormal that pushes the boundaries into science fiction, and brings a whole new perspective to angels and demons! Picking up […]

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Review: Dare You To (Pushing the Limits, #2) by Katie McGarry

June 20, 2013October 23, 2024 AJ Drama

Buy:  Amazon   |  Paperback [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”] Review OK, I’ve gotta say, I’m developing a pretty severe girl-crush on Katie McGarry! To be honest, I was a little worried about this book. While Pushing the Limits […]

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Review: The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden, #2) by Julie Kagawa

June 4, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ Dystopia

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audible Review The follow up to the fabulous The Immortal Rules, this is a dark and gritty story. And I loved it! Our badass little vampire heroine, Allie, is on the hunt to rescue […]

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Review: World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2) by Susan Ee

June 1, 2013May 7, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audio Review “Welcome to the freak show” Um… yeah. That’s pretty apt really, because, wow. This book continues straight on from Angelfall and straight down the road to bizarro-land. It’s been two months since the […]

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Review: If I Should Die (Revenants Trilogy, #3) by Amy Plum

May 4, 2013October 5, 2019 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback  |  Audio Review After an excruciating wait for this book, Amy Plum has delivered her Revenants finale, and I can honestly say it totally delivers. There is action, heartbreak and, […]

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Review: Apollyon (Covenant, #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

April 19, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Holy daimon babies, I love this series! The wait between books may be painful, but the story that we are getting is totally worth the wait! Being the fourth book, […]

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Review: Light in the Shadows (Find You in the Dark, #2) by A. Meredith Walters

March 28, 2013March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review ABSOLUTE FREAKING PERFECTION! This book gave me everything that I wanted! It picks up the story several months after the ending of Find You in the Dark, and we get […]

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Review: Find You in the Dark (Find You in the Dark, #1) by A. Meredith Walters

March 26, 2013March 31, 2016 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMG! What an absolutely stunning book! SO MUCH EMOTION! I feel like this is a book in two parts. The first part is boy meets girl, and all is swoony […]

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Review: The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1) by Julie Kagawa

January 30, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audible Review “You are a monster.” Kanin’s deep voice droned in my head again, as I forced myself to move, to walk away. “You will always be a monster, there is no turning […]

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Review: Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1) by Fisher Amelie

January 30, 2013January 29, 2017 AJ Drama

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review Wow! What an amazing story, and something so very different from your standard YA romance. I absolutely ADORED it! When we first meet Sophie she is a rich, bitchy, spoiled […]

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Review: Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth

January 22, 2013May 8, 2017 AJ Action

Buy: Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OMG! Mind… blown! I can’t believe she did it, but this was even better than Divergent!!! I really can’t say much without giving away massive spoilers for the series, so […]

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Review: Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2) by Laini Taylor

January 4, 2013December 18, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:  Kindle Ebook | Paperback | Audible Review WOW… just… WOW! Absolutely incredible! I gushed like an idiot over Laini Taylor’s first installment in this series, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, and there’s literally nothing more I can say. This […]

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Review: Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) by Colleen Hoover

December 22, 2012March 30, 2016 AJ 6 Star Reads

Buy:   Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review 6 Stars!!! Utterly, utterly amazing! OMG, what an incredible book! I am absolutely in love with Sky and Holder. Their story made me laugh, cry, squee and swoon, and […]

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Review: Avow (Archers of Avalon, #3) by Chelsea Fine

December 12, 2012December 18, 2016 AJ Action

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review OH HELL YEAH!! What an ending! I absolutely loved it! I have really enjoyed this trilogy, and must confess I was worried about how it would all end, but […]

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Review: Opal (Lux, #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

December 8, 2012December 18, 2016 AJ Favourite

Buy: Kindle Ebook | Paperback Review ABSOLUTELY, FREAKING SENSATIONAL! “It sucked – sucked worse that people who pirated books, sucked more than waiting a year for the next book in a beloved series, and sucked more than […]

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Review: Elixir (Covenant, #3.5) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

November 22, 2012December 18, 2016 AJ Paranormal/Urban Fantasy

Buy:  Kindle Ebook  |  Paperback Review “Love is such a wild and reckless creature. It cannot be planned or threaded. It cannot be controlled. Love can coexist with Fate, or it can undo it. Love is […]

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