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Book Review: Laura Bickle’s The Outside

Book Review: Laura Bickle’s The Outside

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Outsideby Laura Bickle apocalyptic, horror that was published by HMH Books for Young Readers on September 3, 2013 and has 320 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include The Hallowed OnesSecond in The Hallowed Ones apocalyptic science fiction-horror series for Young Adult readers and revolving around Katie, a serious Amish girl, and Alex Greene, a college student. My Take Okay, so, The Outside was good, not as good as The Hallowed Ones, 1, but a good read with all the usual action when people have nowhere to go and are fleeing monsters. What’s different in this tale of apocalyptic horror is Katie’s reflections on religion. Her religion and everyone else’s. It’s an interesting conflict as Katie discovers that her religion is not the only one that offers protection from the vampires. That her way is not the only way to live in God’s grace. On the plus side, it’s all about survival and doing the right thing. I know. Sometimes it’s hard to […]

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Posted October 16, 2018 by kddidit in Book Reviews, Young Adult readers / 0 Comments

Book Review: Kelley Armstrong’s Haunted

Book Review: Kelley Armstrong’s Haunted

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Hauntedby Kelley ArmstrongIt is part of the Women of the Otherworld #5 series and is a urban fantasy in a Kindle edition that was published by Bantam Books on May 31, 2005 and has 528 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Broken, Personal Demon , Living with the Dead, Men of the Otherworld, Tales of the Otherworld, Frostbitten, Dates from Hell, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, The Reckoning, Spell Bound, The Gathering, The Awakening, “Hidden”, The Calling, Aftertaste, Kisses from Hell, The Rising, Omens, Wild Justice, Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, Visions, Deceptions, The Masked Truth, City of the Lost, Empire of Night, Forest of Ruin, Betrayals, A Darkness Absolute, Indigo, Rituals, The Unquiet Past, This Fallen Prey, Stolen, Rough Justice, Dime Store Magic, Industrial Magic, Broken, Waking the Witch, Portents, Missing, Alone in the Wild, Watcher in the Woods, Otherworld Secrets, Wherever She Goes, “The Case of the Half-Demon Spy”, “Escape”, […]

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Posted October 12, 2018 by kddidit in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Kelley Armstrong’s Industrial Magic

Book Review: Kelley Armstrong’s Industrial Magic

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Industrial Magicby Kelley ArmstrongIt is part of the Women of the Otherworld #4 series and is a urban fantasy in a Kindle edition that was published by Bantam Books on October 26, 2004 and has 560 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Broken, Personal Demon , Living with the Dead, Men of the Otherworld, Tales of the Otherworld, Frostbitten, Dates from Hell, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, The Reckoning, Spell Bound, The Gathering, The Awakening, “Hidden”, The Calling, Aftertaste, Kisses from Hell, The Rising, Omens, Wild Justice, Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, Visions, Deceptions, The Masked Truth, City of the Lost, Empire of Night, Forest of Ruin, Betrayals, A Darkness Absolute, Indigo, Rituals, The Unquiet Past, This Fallen Prey, Stolen, Rough Justice, Dime Store Magic, Haunted, Broken, Waking the Witch, Portents, Missing, Alone in the Wild, Watcher in the Woods, Otherworld Secrets, Wherever She Goes, “The Case of the Half-Demon Spy”, “Escape”, […]

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Posted October 10, 2018 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Kelley Armstrong’s Dime Store Magic

Book Review: Kelley Armstrong’s Dime Store Magic

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Dime Store Magicby Kelley ArmstrongIt is part of the Women of the Otherworld #3 series and is a urban fantasy that was published by Bantam Books on October 31, 2006 and has 448 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books in this series include [books_series] Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Broken, Personal Demon , Living with the Dead, Men of the Otherworld, Tales of the Otherworld, Frostbitten, Dates from Hell, Exit Strategy, Made to Be Broken, The Reckoning, Spell Bound, The Gathering, The Awakening, “Hidden”, The Calling, Aftertaste, Kisses from Hell, The Rising, Omens, Wild Justice, Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, Visions, Deceptions, The Masked Truth, City of the Lost, Empire of Night, Forest of Ruin, Betrayals, A Darkness Absolute, Indigo, Rituals, The Unquiet Past, This Fallen Prey, Stolen, Rough Justice, Industrial Magic, Haunted, Broken, Waking the Witch, Portents, Missing, Alone in the Wild, Watcher in the Woods, Otherworld Secrets, Wherever She Goes, “The Case of the Half-Demon Spy”, “Escape”, Otherworld Chills, A Stranger in Town, “Bargain”, Hex on […]

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Posted October 9, 2018 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments