Review from Abibliophobia Anonymous Book Reviews
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Review from Abibliophobia Anonymous Book Reviews

This is the fourth book in the Scorpio Stingers MC.  I highly recommend that you read these in order.

This is Harrison and Evas story.

Harrison is Jades brother, he is a cop.  But theres more to it than just being a cop.  Youll see what I mean when you read this.  He hates the MC.  He has a very good reason to not like bikers, even if he is taking his hatred out on the wrong MC.  Hes very closed off and very alpha.

Eva is Ryders sister.  They didn't grow up together though.  Heck they didn't even know about each other for most of their lives.  Shes had a completely different life than Ryder had.

 Eva and Harrison are both trying to fight their feelings for each other.  Add to that Harrisons job and Evas dad and ex, you have a great story.

Im f***** up and broken.  But when Im with you.  I feel whole again.  You make me want things Ive not wanted in a long time.

Im wondering whats next for Harrison?
I need more so I can find out if he did what he was talking and thinking about doing at the end.  A career change, thats for sure.

There are some hot sex scenes also!

This series is on my must read list!
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Death wears a beautiful face in the spine-chilling thriller Dead by Morning, the first in the Ritual of the Night series written by author
Kayla Krantz. Here is the synopsis:

Obsession is deadly. No one learns that better than Luna Ketz, a pessimistic high school senior. She wishes more than anything to graduate but
things don't always go as planned. Luna quickly finds herself trapped in a web of lies and murders, spun by the least suspected person in her
hometown. Its not long before she realizes shes being targeted by the person she despises most in the world. When Luna figures out who is
behind the killings, things make a turn for the bizarre when she is contacted by a friend she has not heard from in years. It is then Luna
realizes she is very much in danger, but although she can avoid the killer in reality, she cannot avoid him in her dreams.

There's something about nightmare killers that is especially troubling. Like a Nightmare on Elm Street before it, Dead by Morning plays on the
fear that a lot of people have, and that is that our dreams will somehow follow us into our waking world. The book was well written and
progressed at a steady pace. The characters and the events of the book were quite shocking, and watching main character Luna struggle with what
might be the worst parents in the world, students and friends who have fallen under a killer's charming facade, and a killer who's obsession
begins to tear her world apart was both intriguing and heart-pounding to read.

Overall, Dead by Morning was a fantastic read and a great start to an amazing series that promises a wealth of world-building mystery. The
interactions between Luna and the killer throughout the book are chilling to read and I think both teenagers struggling through high school
and adults who enjoy a good mystery and horror story will enjoy this novel. Everyone should pick up a copy of Dead by Morning by Kayla Krantz
today!
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Title: Girl in Snow
Author: Danya Kukafka
Read by: Kirby Heyborne, Jacques Roy, and Candace Thaxton
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Length: Approximately 9 hour and 13 minutes
Source: Simon & Schuster Audio Digital Review Copy  Thank-you!

High school it girl Lucinda is found with a broken neck next to the elementary school carousel in a small town in Colorado.  Who would have murdered Lucinda and why?  This story is told through the perspectives of three very different people.  But like all small towns, their story arcs are connected in more ways than they could have imagined.

Cameron Whitley is very socially awkward.  A quiet soul who loves art, he also loves to play statue nights and walk around the neighborhood hiding as a statue and watching families through their windows, in particular, he loves to watch the beautiful Lucinda. Was he Lucindas stalker or a misunderstood youth?  Camerons father was a cop who went bad and left town years ago, but the town has not forgotten.

Russ Fletcher is a cop and former partner of Camerons father.  He is investigating the death of Lucinda and finds himself entrenched in the story with his brother-in-law Ivan, the school night time janitor a suspect, as well as his former partners son, whom he promised to protect.  Will he be able to find the true killer as well as the truth about himself?

Jade Dixon-Burns was once Lucindas friend, but now considers herself her enemy.  Lucinda not only stole her baby sitting job, but also the boy she loved.  With backyards that abut, Jade has noticed happenings around Lucinda that play into the greater narrative.  Is Jade a killer or another misunderstood youth?

I liked the three interconnected narratives and different perspectives.  I really liked Jades sass and how she told things from the point of view of what she should have said and what really happened.  I loved that the audiobook had three different narrators to tell the three point of views.

The story moved pretty slow for me and was more of a young adult novel than a true thriller.  I didn't feel connected to Lucinda at all and didn't care about her death as much as I should have.  There was some major plot turns later in the book that didn't feel true with the narrative that lead up to that point.  SPOILER ALERT (Russ and Camerons dad and their pinky love.  What????) SPOILER END  I had listened to the audiobook of Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia earlier this year and it was a much superior book . . . I think part of my problem was I kept comparing that book to this with the similar subject, high school girl murdered in a small town.  I figured out the murderer in Girl in the Snow pretty early on in the game, although I did doubt myself a couple of times.

Overall, Girl in Snow is an interesting story of murder in a small town, with a very well written story of a teenage problems and angst.  I want Jade Dixon-Burns to have her own spin off.
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I loved the book!  I thought it was a good continuation in the series.  While reading, it got my heart pounding, teeth clenched, and had me going "awww" a few times.  I loved how it was about a bad girl/sweet guy instead of bad boy/sweet girl.  Keep it up Abbi!
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"Today I'm officially brave, which is what you are when you're scared but you still show up."

I came across INVISIBLE while perusing Amazon a few weeks ago (it was and currently still is available as a free ebook). Seeing as it was

1) a young adult book

and

2) written by an indie author

I knew I had to check it out as I am an indie YA author, too. I wasn't prepared for the kind of story Cecily wrote, to be honest. The blurb pretty much explains the jest of the storyline; but when you read INVISIBLE, feelings come into the picture, too. You feel how Jazmine feels. You get how numb she's become, how lacking the relationship between her and her mother is, how sad it must be to not allow herself to have emotions most of the time.

I don't want to give anything away, but this is one of those books where you want to applaud for the MC at the end because you're so proud of how much she's learned. Cecily does a great job of getting you inside Jazmine's head. The Secret Garden references are neat, but most of all I truly enjoyed watching the little bubble Jazmine kept around herself expand and grow wider, allowing more people and feelings in the further the story goes. The book is a little slower paced through the first half, but as these types of stories go, it wouldn't work if it wasn't. You have to get to know the "before" Jazmine in order to see how far she's come.

One last quote:

"Later, as I'm supposed to be copying safety rules for using the power drill off the board I'm secretly and strangely happy. I never realised before that when someone says 'see you at lunch' it feels like sunshine."

And that's how this book feels by the time you reach the end: Like the darkness around Jazmine and her mother is gone and the sunshine is beaming down on you, empowering you to move on.

Sidenote: Cecily is from Australia, so there are a few references that kind of throw you off if you're from the US, but they're hardly worth mentioning.
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Title: Zenn Scarlett
Author: Christian Schoon
Editorial: Strange Chemistry
Synopsis: When you're studying to be exoveterinarian specializing in exotic, alien life forms, school... is a different kind of animal.

Zenn Scarlett is a resourceful, determined 17-year-old girl working hard to make it through her novice year of exovet training. That means she's learning to care for alien creatures that are mostly large, generally dangerous and profoundly fascinating. Zenn's all-important end-of-term tests at the Ciscan Cloister Exovet Clinic on Mars are coming up, and, she's feeling confident of acing the exams. But when a series of inexplicable animal escapes and other disturbing events hit the school, Zenn finds herself being blamed for the problems. As if this isn't enough to deal with, her absent father has abruptly stopped communicating with her; Liam Tucker, a local towner boy, is acting unusually, annoyingly friendly; and, strangest of all: Zenn is worried she's started sharing the thoughts of the creatures around her. Which is impossible, of course. Nonetheless, she can't deny what she's feeling.

Now, with the help of Liam and Hamish, an eight-foot sentient insectoid also training at the clinic, Zenn must learn what's happened to her father, solve the mystery of who, if anyone, is sabotaging the cloister, and determine if she's actually sensing the consciousness of her alien patients... or just losing her mind. All without failing her novice year...

MI FAVOURITE CHARACTER: Zenn Scarlett is the heroine of a dystopian future full of aliens. She is my favorite character, she is the main character because she has the most appealing personality, and because she is the protagonist. I like that she is independent and she does not give in to the difficulties, she is one of these heroines that does not need anybody  to defend her.

Opinion: I had the opportunity to read Zenn Scarlett through NetGalley and I read it during  the Easter Holidays. This book is  easy and fast to read, I read it in the car on the trip from Zaragoza to Murcia.
The story is very entertaining as the author takes you into a new world full of aliens, new universes and galaxies.  Almost all the characters are secondary, I wanted to see more of Liam because it looks like he has feelings for Zenn but very little happens. I missed more romance, but that's something that usually happens to me because I'm a hopeless romantic.
The dystopian future in which this story takes place is wonderful, as the author explains in such detail that I really imagined that I was living on Mars with the characters. I loved that is not the typical dystopia in which everything goes around policy.
Actually, I was very surprised by this book and I really want it to be publish,  in order to get the second book as soon as I can.

Punctuation: 4,3/5
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Source: Received an e-ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

On the one hand, I feel bad for this book because it might have been a victim of my feeling sick, which made me a little impatient with books. On the other hand, it has earned a wide variety of reviews from the very negative to the very enthusiastic so maybe the way I physically felt doesn't really affect anything. My general impression of this book is pretty meh. I didn't fall in love but nothing left me outraged. It just was.

This book has a lot of positives in its favor: it is set in Japan and cultural differences are conveniently noticed by American-born and raised Katie who initially feels like she will never adapt to her new life. Of course she does though, attending Tea Ceremony practices, learning kendo, making friends, and meeting a boy Tomohiro, who plays a pretty big role in changing her mind. After accidentally spying on Tomo breaking up with his girlfriend and seeing one of his drawings move, Katie becomes very curious to learn more, finding herself drawn to him despite the potential danger he represents.

Like I said, I wasn't really feeling this book. There was nothing to make me angry but I never found myself passionately drawn into it. I liked Katie well enough and strongly empathized with her feeling out of place especially as she had only a few months of frantically studying Japanese before her full immersion. The other characters were also fine although as she meets Tomo pretty early on in the book, he soon comes to pretty much dominate everything about her world. I would have liked more about her platonic friendships (also more descriptions of the food, which sounded amazing!)

The paranormal concept is really cool-Tomo has the ability to bring his ink illustrations to life, which is dangerous to him and those around him (like the friend who was once attacked by one of his drawings) as well as the fact that there are those who would use this power for evil. I'm a little unclear on the best way to harness the power as it seems more likely to hurt the drawer than anyone else. I also really loved that illustrations were included-this would probably be a beautiful book to own in hardcover.

One note about this e-copy: I was pleased to discovery that it did have a glossary at the end after struggling with some Japanese words throughout the text. If you pick this up, be sure to utilize the glossary as I was really wanting one before I stumbled upon it. That's the difficulty with e-books-it's hard to flip to the end!

Overall: An average read that takes advantage of its atypical setting.
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The Venetian is a hauntingly eerie and heart breaking story mostly set on a tiny island that in the past had been used to quarantine plague victims, and later used as a mental asylum. Honestly, I think I have a serious phobia of mental asylums. I believe it may be an innate fear of being locked up in one. I visited what remains of Bodmin Jail a few years ago, and I felt as uneasy reading this book, as I did walking around Bodmin Jail *shudder*.

This book made me feel claustrophobic, on edge, trapped and even sick with fear at times. I loved the characters and found the story to be very emotional in places. Much to my relief, I loved the ending, and was able to finish this book with a smile on my face and a night free from nightmares. Phew!

Im a bit hit and miss with supernatural ghost type stories, as they don't always scare me enough, but I really enjoyed The Venetian, due to it well and truly freaking me out. This is the third book Ive read by this author, and it is definitely my favourite so far. I cant wait to read the next standalone book in The Haunted World Series.
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Pre-reading Thoughts:

When Oftomes Publishing asked on twitter for reviewers I just had to jump on this bandwagon. I love all the books that the publishing company has published and I simply could not wait to get into this one. Not only is the cover really pretty but I have the biggest respect for Wattpad writers because people can be cruel on there. I cannot wait to jump into this book. Thank you to Oftomes Publishing for providing me with a copy of this book. Please note that in no way has receiving this book affected my opinion. All thoughts are my own.

Writing Thoughts:

There was a lot of dialogue in this book which helped with getting through it quite quickly. The author was also not too specific when it came to places which I quite enjoyed because I got to make the story my own in terms of how I think the place looked liked. The writing was also really easy to get through. It was so nice and definitely helped to life me out of the little slump I was in after reading Americanah.

Plot Thoughts:

This book was filled to the brim with action. I loved it. It was absolutely perfect and just kept you reading and reading. I had no idea how I put it down. We start the story off with a mystery that slowly unfolds but as it unfolds, things get in tense. I loved every moment. I sat on the edge of my seat constantly. I just wanted to know what was going to happen and every time the author would provide us with information that only slightly feeds our curiosity before it grows to see where the new information fits in.

Character Thoughts:

I liked all the characters. Lately this has been super rare because some characters just tend to rub me the wrong sometimes but all of the characters in this book was so well written. I was in love for sure. I loved that every character had their small quirk. It was interesting to read about and see how it ties into the plot.

Final Thoughts:

I loved how well thought through this book felt. It was well written, the plot was enticing and the characters were lovable. I would definitely say that this book has made it onto my favorites list for this year. I was blown away by how addicted I was to the plot. I highly recommend this to everyone to read. I am positive that there will be at least one thing that you love about this story! Thank you to Oftomes Publishing for providing me with a copy of this book. I absolutely loved it!
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***Review posted on Ini's Ravishing Reads! blog***

Into the Darkest Corner was a gripping, creepy and engrossing read. This book was recommended to me by a good friend of mine and of course many of my Goodreads friends. Since then i had this book in my to-be-read shelf. I don't have a clear explanation for putting off this book to a later read. Eventually i had to pick it up after seeing my friends gushing about it. It has the most chilling plot line that i have read in a very long time. I'm not a squeamish person, but surprisingly this book creeped me out. Haynes writing was intense and unputdownable.

The book flips back and forth between past and the present happenings. The protagonist Catherine Bailey(past) has been enjoying the single life as a coquette for long enough to know a good catch when she sees one. She meets charismatic Lee and starts dating. Her friends too clearly agrees he is gorgeous. Their relationship starts out to be amazing but later Catherine finds out Lee has a darker side. Her friends start suspecting her for their rocky relationship, this is because Lee is a charmer and begins to tell her friends that aren't true about Catherine. She is driven into the darkest corner of her world, and trusting no one. She makes  a scrupulous plan to escape her predicament.

Four years later (present) Lee is  behind the bars and Catharine now Cathy(changes her name) is suffering from OCD and PTSD. She isolates herself  and starts checking things over and over. Every time she enters the house she ensures her apartment main door lock is safely secured, and checks the curtains,  bathroom doors, kitchen cabinets, room, her personal belongings. She has a count for checking. If she feels something is wrong she would start it again. Now Cathy doesn't trust anyone and always has a thought that Lee is watching her even though he is in prison. She meets Stuart, a psychologist who lives in the apartment above her and he convinces her to seek treatment for her OCD. Eventually they start liking each other but Cathy is wary in stepping into another relationship. After a while she finds out something strange at her place and realizes Lee is back.

While reading this book I felt like I was developing OCD and I did check my door. I kid you not, even the slightest noise scared me and my heart pounded. I wanted to slow down to take things happening in the book and assure myself that its a fictional one but I couldn't resist any longer and I whipped through book quickly. Yes, it was that gripping and intense. I was cringing in shock when I read the last few lines. In my opinion it is a Riveting novel.

I know what you're thinking now... Wondering what is Lee's darker side and how did Catherine  change to Cathy and what is Cathy's final move??? Well.. grab a copy of this book and find out for yourself!!

I would highly recommend this book to  anyone who wants to get sucked in a good thriller and  get creeped out. If by any chance you are going to read it before you hit the sack be ready to face your nightmares.
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Title: Possession

Author: Elana Johnson

Age Group: Teen/Young Adult

Genre: Dystopian Fiction

Series: Possession, book one

Star Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars

I bought this book and reviewed it.

I'm not even sure where to start with this review, honestly. To say that my feelings are mixed is a major understatement. Elana Johnson is one of my favorite authors, and she has been ever since I read the first book in her other dystopian series, Elemental Hunger. Although I liked Possession, for the most part, it just fell short for me. Maybe it was just a little bit too late to the dystopian fiction party? I can't quite put my finger on it, but Possession was just meh. Just okay. I liked some aspects of it, but others just fell really flat.

Violet lives in a world where there is no sickness, no crime. It is a world that is near perfect. But Violet longs for something more, for something different. Other. Contentment is far away, even though she is Matched to her best friend, sweet and gentle Zenn. She rebels against The Thinkers who control her world, even when it means teaming up with the enigmatic bad boy Jag, who, despite her relationship to Zenn, is irresistibly drawn to her. Forced to make an irreversible choice: join the Thinkers, or flee to the Badlands, Violet discovers that there are dark secrets hiding in her past and future, and everything she thought she knew turns out to be a lie...

Like I said, I have very mixed feelings about this book. I wanted to love it, and I did love some of it. Violet, for the most part, was a really relatable character, and I enjoyed her deep and complex character development. But I feel like that was almost cheapened by the love triangle angle--it really bothered me that most of the book revolved around Violet picking a boy to be with. The worldbuilding was also pretty hard to wrap my head around, I didn't really get it. Honestly, the thing that saved this book was the pacing and the ending--that's pretty much the only thing that would get me to continue the series. It was a good attempt at a dystopian series debut, but it fell really short. I wish I'd borrowed this book from my local library instead of buying it. The bottom line: A valiant attempt at a dystopian series debut, Possession, for the most part, fell short. Next on deck: The Restaurant Critic's Wife by Elizabeth LaBan!
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Title: Lover at Last (Black Dagger Brotherhood #11)
Author: J.R.Ward
Publisher: NAL Hardcover
Synopsis: Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has finally found an identity as one of the most brutal fighters in the war against the Lessening Society. But his life is not complete. Even as the prospect of having a family of his own seems to be within reach, he is empty on the inside, his heart given to another....

Blay, after years of unrequited love, has moved on from his feelings for Qhuinn. And it's about time: The male has found his perfect match in a Chosen female, and they are going to have a young--just as Qhuinn has always wanted for himself. It's hard to see the new couple together, but building your life around a pipe dream is just a heartbreak waiting to happen. As he's learned firsthand.

Fate seems to have taken these vampire soldiers in different directions... but as the battle over the race's throne intensifies, and new players on the scene in Caldwell create mortal danger for the Brotherhood, Qhuinn finally learns the true definition of courage, and two hearts who are meant to be together... finally become one

Opinion: I've been waiting for this book for over a year  that I could not wait till its publication in Spanish. So when my sister went to Florida the same week of the book release, I went in  fan-girl mode and asked her to buy it for me. I was so excited to read it that she gave it to me  all I could do was to hug it and I started to jump like a mad around the house, literally.

The truth is that I cannot be very impartial with J.R.Ward books because I LOVE them, but I'll make an effort xD. I had very high expectations about this book because since the moment I started to see a possible relationship between Qhinn and Blay in the firsts books of the series, I  wanted the author to write a book about them.

I have to warn that people who do not like books with male-male relationships or with very explicit sex scenes  not to read this book. On the subject of sex, the author has described their sexual encounters like woman-man, I mean, that after reading several books of gay relationships, in this is clear that Ward was not used to write this kind of relationships.

The story, like all the books in this series, is very fluid and introduces us to new characters that are not very important for the main plot, but certainly some of them will become future protagonists in the following books.

The scenes of Qhuinn and Blay are beautiful,and after all the hype that Ward has created in the series with these two characters, it has resulted in an explosive book filled with delicious sexual tension. I loved to know more about Blay because in previous books  Qhuinn was the one that had  a more leading role . The only thing that did not  convinced me was the end. I felt it  very rushed, but luckily for all Qhuinn and Blay fans in the next books of the series  this sexy vampire couple will reappear.

"You are perfect the way you are." Blay's voice was strong. "There is nothing wrong with who and what you have always been. I'm proud of you. And I love you. Now ... and always."
Qhuinn's vision got wavy. Hard-core.
"I'm proud of you. And I love you," Blay repeated. "Always. Forget about your old family ... you have me now. I am your family."
 J.R. Ward, Lover At Last

Punctuation: 5/5
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Title: Bleeding Violet
Author: Dia Reeves
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Number of Pages: 454
Date of Release: January 5, 2010
Synopsis From Back of Book:

"How do you know I'm a transient?" I asked the oldest girl, who didn't know me from Eve.

She took me in at a glance and went back to pouring cups of juice. "Bright, Stupid clothes. No visible scars. But especially your eyes. You can always tell by the eyes. Yours ain't never seen anything real."

Review: I didn't know what to think of this book at first glance. I knew I didn't know anything about it, except that the cover is breathtaking. I picked it up for the DAC 2010 challenge, but didn't get it until recently. This book was interesting to say the least.

First off, I really was really in awe of the writing! Dia makes such a strange plot and characters work. Some of the elements should all never go together, because it is simply too bizarre, but this all does work. At times I was shocked and blushing from some awkwardness, but it was fine. It was kinda Alice in Wonderland ish! I loved that!

The characters, what can I say?!? I was totally freaked out by them. I can not see myself as any of their friends. Hanna is so desperate she frightened me! I didn't care about her mental illness her actions just outright freaked me out. I do admit she was a very interesting character to read about. Her character dealt with real life issues in many ways a confident teen would. Wyatt was yes I do admit the hero and kind of nice. His attitude made me mad though. At times he was outright dreadful. Definitely not the kind of guy I could ever have a crush on.

So this book was different. The characters were not favorites of mine. The plot was really bizarre, but it worked and that is what I liked. There was a tad of mystery in here that I liked. I wish this book had a bit more detail as well. So I would hesitantly recommend this book.
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Title: Being Human
Author: Patricia Lynne
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance, Vampires, Paranormal
Length: around 284

Tommy and Dan are twins that are connected in a level only twins would understand. Patricia Lynne does a heck of a job in describing such a connection. I would have loved a twin to feel such connection.  Tommy will forever be a teenager and will have to watch others change, grow old and die.  Dan will always be there for him and Tommy will be there for Dan when they need each other.  Dan will have to teach Tommy how to remember to be human and never gives up on him.  Even after Tommy does the unthinkable.

Tommy reminds me of an innocent child always asking why.  He will have to learn how to survive and act like a human if he wants to survive.  Once he is a vampire he only does thing for surviving and is confused with the complicated humans and their lives.  When he's hungry; he eats, when its time to rest; he finds a cool dark underground place and settles in and awaits the night.  They say that vampires have no feelings but Tommy will prove that is wrong.

It's so hard not to give the story away.  I found it slow in the beginning however I see the necessity of it.  I like books with romance and love, this story had some but it was toward the end.  Being Human had another type of love, a unique love a twin shares with the other. Without it he would be no different than any of the other vampires in the story.  The story starts to pick up at the half way mark and I couldn't put it down after that.  I enjoyed the book once Rissa, Mackenzie and Jamie came into the picture. I would have loved to see Fallen get what she wanted but I think Tommy knew that it was not a life.  The ending is sad but good and I will have to go back and re-read it just to make sure I read correctly and if I did then I loved the ending.
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Review: First I would like to thank Bookouture for letting me read and review this wonderful book. Yep, you read that right this is a wonderful book. I loved it. Tilly is a fairly new author for me but I heard so many good things about her books that I read some of her books set at Christmas and loved them, so when I saw The Summer of Secrets on NetGalley I knew I had to read it.

The first thing I loved about this book was the cover, so bright and pretty. Then on reading the blurb I got really interested, engaged to a handsome man but said handsome man gets close to his ex, oh dear that is a defiant no no and an unexpected find that encourages another handsome man into Harper's life, interesting.

The book for me started a little slow, that's not to say it was not written well because it was it just took a while to get into the story for me, but once the interesting discovery was made it got more interested and the story fell into place for me. Tilly's characters are good. Some I liked more than others due to what they get up to in this book.

A feel good read perfect for a lazy summer's day.
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Below the Surface
A Code of Silence Book
By Tim Shoemaker
Fear can be buried...
but that doesn't mean it's dead

This is the last summer before High School and Cooper just wants to hang out with his friends and enjoy it, but something won't let him. Something is Below the Surface of the water and this something is scaring Cooper.  The question is what exactly is down there?

When Cooper, Gordy, and Hiro think they witness a crime, a series of events is set into motion and the past and all its fears begin stalking them.  Cooper, Gordy, and Lunk want to ignore Hiro's concerns but Hiro is usually right.  And she isn't convinced that a murder wasn't committed. Something doesn't add up and she's is determined to discover the truth even if it means going out on her own.

Someone is determined to keep them from discovering the truth, even if it means silencing them forever.  And he does mean forever...

Below the Surface is the third book in the Code of Silence trilogy.  You don't have to read the first two books to enjoy this book, but you will know about past experiences that are mentioned in this book.  And these past experiences have a direct bearing on the fears Cooper, Gordy, Lunk and Hiro are burying.  This summer will prove just how strong their bonds of friendship are.

I think part of the reason the kids got into trouble is because they really needed more adult supervision/interaction. They got into the biggest messes when there were no adults around and the fact that they didn't tell their parents the whole truth of what was going on was the issue.  The statement about silence being golden is so not true when there are problems.  And underlying fears were something that they needed to talk about, as was evidenced when Cooper's dad was with the boys.

I really enjoyed this book and the intensity and excitement level really held my attention.  I did not want to put it down until the very end.  And I have to say I was a little disappointed to learn that this is the last book
(well a lot disappointed if you must know).  These books should appeal to middle grade readers and even young adults who enjoy realistic heart-pounding fiction.

I was provided a copy of this book through the BookLook blogger program in exchange for my honest review
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Michael Benton tried to catch up with Sadie but she was gone.
10 yrs. later Sadie Benton pregnancy test read -.
They both owned/ran Bentons Furniture store.
He had inherited from his parents.

Emily (PG) & Andy Sadies Friends.
Andy mentioned Rae Carrington Michaels ex-GF who had been PG.
Michael & Sadie went to visit with Sue Carrington (wife/mother), & David Carrington (husband/father).
Pattie Frinchford-on-Sea youth centre employee met with Michael & Sadie.
Sadie had finally become PG.
Month later it was a girl
What did Michael find out from Tamsin Quinnell (31, Pauls 2nd. wife).

Later, Michael just stared at Tamsin. She had come to visit him at the  Bentons Furniture store.
Later, Michael went to visit Tamsin.
Sadie was in hospital. Their new baby girl was named Rose.

Pedophile Im guessing this is the way you spell paedophile in UK.

Warning: This book contains extremely graphic adult content, violence, or expletive language &/or uncensored sexually explicit material which is only suitable for mature readers. It may be offensive or have potential adverse psychological effects on the reader.

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A very awesome book cover, & great font/writing style. A very well written psychological thriller book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great psychological thriller movie. Pretty creepy. It was just OK for me but I will still rate it at 5 stars.

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Tony Parsons (Washburn)