best nancy drew/hardy boys book yet!
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This is a great book although it is more scary than some books(e.g. Hostage situations, murders, etc.). It's suspenseful yet fun  and was definitely a page turner. Also, make sure you don't forget to look for who's perspective  the chapter is being told from.
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I loved this book! Author Reily Garrett sucks you into this book from page one until the very end! Digital Velocity is a series that will each be a standalone book but with many of the same characters. There is a family with four very protective alpha males and their awesome sister.
In this book Homicide detective Ethan McAllister keeps getting tips for murders before they happen from an anonymous source. Unfortunately the tips are sometimes too late.
After one gruesome murder that is personal for the tipster she finally comes out of the shadows where she lurks to protect herself, but only to Ethan. It turns out Lexi is a computer whiz and has been learning about these crimes on the dark web. But the more time Lexi spends searching for clues in the dark web the faster the killer escalates his killing spree.
With the help of the very sexy Ethan and later his equally sexy brothers Lexi begins to try and play the killers sick game. This puts her in extreme danger and as Ethan's feelings for Lexi grow he's determined to keep her safe. But with another computer genius on the lose, one who always seems to be one step ahead of them can he really keep Lexi safe?
The mystery and intrigue of this book kept me on the edge of my seat! I literally couldn't  put this book down. Trying to figure out who the killer was about drove me crazy. I loved the characters in this book. Ethan was so protective of Lexi but Lexi was strong and independent. She led the way in the investigation using her internet skills. There is some comic relief in that Ethan and two of his brothers are in law enforcement and don't want to know about Lexis illegal hacking into so many computers. Nor do they want to know what exactly she's found out about them while hacking away illegally!
Ms. Garrett's character development is wonderful.  She makes you feel like you're a part of the characters lives.  I can't wait to get to know each of Ethan's brothers better as they each get their own book.
I can't wait for the next installment of this series to come out!
I reviewed this book voluntarily.
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This game exceeded my expectations. I have been relatively disappointed with the newer Nancy Drew games, and was not too hopeful about this one. It. Is. Excellent.

Plot: You, as Nancy Drew, go to Malloy Castle in Ireland to be the maid of honor in your friend Kyler's wedding. When you get there, you discover that the groom has disappeared! Kyler is convinced that he is pulling a prank. The groom's best friend thinks he just got cold feet. The caretaker, Donal, thinks that "faeries" spirited him away! What really happened to Matt? It is up to you to find out. I give the plot a 10/10

Characters: The characters in this game are all lively and fun. I loved them all. I give the characters a 10/10

Puzzles: All of the puzzles in this game were clever and difficult. None of them were impossible, but some of them my require non-genius types like myself to visit the HERinteractive website for a hint. The puzzles were the perfect level, in my opinion, so I give them a 10/10.

Content: This game is perfectly clean. The only thing to even mention is that Nancy serves drinks at a bar. In actuality, the drinks are all non-alcoholic juice or soda drinks, but since Ireland is a land of prolific beer drinkers, I was a bit unsure about that to start with. It is not explained thoroughly enough, and if you have young children playing the game, you may want to explain to them that "No. Nancy Drew, teenage detective, is not serving that man beer, sweetie."

Overall, this is an excellent game, for all ages. I loved it, and I hope you do too. I give it a 10/10 stars!

Hope my review helped!
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probably one of the largest succsesses of the hardy boys series a good read and no misspellings (hooray!) go frank dixon go!
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Title: The Spider Sapphire Mystery
By: Carolyn Keene
Reviewed by: B.Beard
Period 1
In this book Nancy goes on another wild journey.  This book was really fun and it keeps you on the end of your chair.  In the book Nancy tries to find out a mystery about a spider sapphire , and at the same time she is taking a trip to Africa and trying to find a firend's brother.  The reason that I liked this book was because it has many descriptive words, and it gave lots of detail about how each person felt about a topic.  Some reasons that I dislike this book was because in the story there were some misspelled words and the student on the trip that caused a lot of interruptions.  While Nancy, her friends and students from her school were on the plane a girl name Gwen was told to sit down.  She said "If I'm going to get killed I want to be standing up, not sitting down."  Then the captain of the plane asked her to take her seat and she said "I'm going to have my father sue this airline!" Again and again she was told to take her seat, but she never did, until the airplane almost crashed!
My two favorite parts of the book was when Nancy found out wher Ned was and saved him, and when Nancy got to me a girl named Lilia Bulawaya. She was a great singer and friend. Lilia had asked Nancy to find her brother in Africa. Nancy agreed that she would try. Nancy gave another great mystery away. Well who knows maybe one day I might just turn out to be another Nancy Drew!
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The Nancy drew books are really fun to read,and they have so much cliff hangers and so many mysteries!  My daughter who is 9 loves these books!  Book 1 is one of the best!
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I was riveted to my chair reading this gem and you will be too! The Secret in the Forest is the first mystery I have been enticed to read in its entirety. Considering I am 67 and have the same name, Nancy Drew (a family name), as the Nancy Drew mystery series (which I couldn't get interested in as a child), I think that is significant. I could not put this delightful book down, so I read it in one evening sequestered on my sunporch with my feline companion. Reminiscent of my childhood, the forest and farm scenes were totally delightful, scarey, intriging and surprising! Loved milking the cow from a child's perspective and countless other scenes! I was very impressed at how the 2 boys cleverly and carefully uncovered the name of the murderer, all the while being forbidden to enter the forest, they did just that time and time again! I was seriously scared for the safety of the 2 boys toward the end when the identity of the murderer was revealed. In my mind this was really happening! I positively loved it, and you will too! Whether you are child, adult or senior!
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My daughter and I love the Fancy Nancy books and were so excited to see that Jane O'Connor is writing chapter books for Nancy!  I love that it's a fun read for my second grader.  It's easy enough for her to read and understand on her own.  We had fun reading it together and I loved listening to her talk about who she though was the culprit.  We are excited for more!
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I have LOVED reading all the Squeaky Clean Mysteries, so I was anxious to read about young Gabby and how she got started solving mysteries.  True, it is a tween mystery, great for 4th - 6th graders maybe, but it was still fun to get some insight into Gabby's childhood.  I would highly recommend it to young girls, especially if they enjoy mysteries.  When I was young, I read every Nancy Drew book I could get my hands on!  Unfortunately, many of the books out there today do not have good role models or moral lessons included in them, so I am glad Christy is also writing for young people.
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'Footprints' is my favourite Hardy Boys book, and is one of the very best Leslie McFarlane wrote. The story is more complex than usual, since the villain, Orrin North, initially seems to be more sinned against than sinning: he approaches the great investigator Fenton Hardy for help; but in the mysterious absence of their father Frank and Joe gradually discover what they are up against. Whose are the footprints under the window? The question is delightfully posed, and answered, on the last page  -  a perfect ending to a splendid mystery story. J Clemens Gretta, whose orange end-papers graced all the original Hardy Boys stories, here does the dust-jacket illustration as well. What a superb artist he is!
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This book! It was so good! Stephie Walls surprised me so much! After making me cry my eyes out with the previous books from her, she has me laughing out loud in Girl Crush.

I think we've all been Giselle at one time. Fed up with men, we think about batting for the other team. Giselle makes the decision to actually follow through with it. Enter her BFF Ronnie, who is from Leddy Harper's book I Do(n't).

I highly recommend reading Girl Crush. It's so laugh out loud funny!
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Peculiar incident reads like a modern day Coraline meets Nancy Drew. Reading this took me back to my youth binge reading Goosebumps and sleeping with the lights on.

Lindsay Currie weaves a wonderful tale filled with the paranormal, friendship and what is truly means to be brave. Tessa Woodward finds herself the new girl in school. Its hard enough being new, but once she spills in homeroom that her house is haunted, the rest of her classmates think she is to be avoided. Luckily for Tessa, she makes two very great friends and who are just as honest and un-apologetically themselves.

Navigating your early teen years can be brutal, even more so for Tessa, who has free spirited parents that are definitely not the norm. I admire Tessas drive and focus, her artistic abilities and yet she still feels like a normal 12 year old. Its not something I see a lot of in other mg or ya books. I truly love that this book reads true for the characters age group, much like Rowlings Sorcerers Stone. Everything is at their level and not too scary or gory. Although RENO IS DOWN RIGHT CREEPY OKAY. Ventriloquist puppets will never not be disturbing, but I digress.

It is fast paced and the mystery really puts Tessa and her friends in their element. They each learn their own strengths and what it means to support each other. Overall an amazing read! I highly recommend this anyone who loves a great mystery with a lot of heart.
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All I can say is Wow.  HerInteractive has done it again.  This is the fourth game in the Nancy Drew series that I have played; and in my opinion, it is the best so far.  Every aspect of this game is top notch.

The graphics are beautiful and realistic.  You really feel as though you are there visiting a beautiful real-life western ranch, complete with neighboring ghost town and souvenir shop!  The colors are delightful, the atmosphere bright and cheerful, and the details  are exquisitely reproduced, such as, for example, the furnishings within the ranch home or the decorations and articles inside the souvenir shop.

The characters are extremely well done and very interesting.  They are a joy to interract with.  You'll be asking yourself throughout the game, "I wonder, now, just who it could be that is behind all of these mysterious happenings?"

The storyline is one that you will have a hard time walking away from until you follow it through to the very end, with plenty of twists and turns, surprises, romance, mystery, danger and suspense.  I loved how they weaved the tale of the long-forgotten tragic romance between the outlaw Dirk Valentine and his beloved, and the trail of clues that he left behind for her to his treasure that now really only you, as Nancy, will be able to solve.

The western atmosphere makes it exciting and fun to learn about ranch life as you progress through the game.  You even get to learn how to take care of and ride a horse, and also how to use a lasso.  Your horse, Bob, becomes a rather endearing friend by the end of the game.

The puzzles are pretty fun, although I would say that if this game has one flaw, it might be that at times, I noticed that they were, at least to me, a tad frustrating to solve, which is a very small complaint in light of the fantastic experience that this game is.

Also, some were complaining about some of the chores/tasks that you are asked to complete by the ranch hands; but after I was able to get the hang of most of them, I actually found them to be quite an enjoyable diversion from the main plot.  And I just had a blast baking that awesome birthday cake for one of the main characters.  Now, I know in a lot of the reviews, many were complaining that baking the cake was extremely frustrating and accomplished only through much trial and error; but I have to take exception to that and wonder if those who wrote those comments realized that there is a handy-dandy little recipe card nearby on the kitchen counter, labeled with the exact directions and measurements, to use as a guide.  With that, it only took me two or three attempts.  I mean, really, guys!

Add to all of this an awesome ending sequence, which takes you through this really incredible hidden location, and an edge-of-your-seat climax and confrontation when the culprit is finally revealed, along with the really clever way that you use to defeat this person, and you end up having one of the most enjoyable games that, in my opinion, I have ever played.

Congratulations, HerInteractive, for creating yet another masterpiece.

P.S.:  Read M.E. Smola's comments about this game.  Although I disagree with his exceptions, I think his observations are hilarious!!  Great sense of humor!!
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I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to the awesome Kelsey and Iain for allowing me to read and review this amazing story! Lets jump into my review

Nancy Drew- like vibes. Apart from reading books, I love to play Nancy Drew computer games. Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold was definitely unique in many aspects, but I loved that it had the same special something that is in the Nancy Drew games. This first book in the series totally gave me similar feelings to the time when I first discovered Nancy Drew. It was just super special and I completely fell in love.

Kitty Hawk. Okay, I absolutely loved Kitty as a character (and her inner voice is absolutely funny at times). She really had great character development throughout the story. Youre able to get a wonderful sense of who Kitty is, not only through her actions, but also through those around her. The coolest thing ever is that she flies a seaplane!

The story. The beginning of Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold was somewhat on the slower side, but that was not a problem at all. Like I mentioned above, it was nice to get a sense of Kitty as a whole, and I believe that the beginning helped with that aspect. Once the story picked up a bit, it was hard to put down because it was nonstop awesomeness.

Gold rush history. Let me just start off by saying WOW! Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold is chock-full of information on the gold rush that occurred near and around Alaska. Reading wonderfully weaved real gold rush happenings throughout the story, which led me to learn a great deal of history in a very interesting way.

Potential relationship? Kitty Hawk and the Curse of the Yukon Gold is not alllll about the curse business. There are some slivers here and there of maybe a character liking another character. Although I didn't really like how these two characters met per say (it was a OH NOOOO moment), I did like how they came to respect each other at the end of the story. Im hoping that theres a connection in the future books *cue salsa dancing*!

Im so happy that I got the chance to read Kitty Hawk in the Curse of the Yukon Gold because it was full of mystery, history, high-stakes action, and gold! Now I feel like I need to buy all the other books in the series like yesterday.
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Another great Hardy Boys book for my son's collection.  Highly recommend!
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My seven year old daughter, who is in Second Grade, loves these books. She was a HUGE Fancy Nancy fan--and still is--so she was super excited when we discovered that Nancy was going to get her own chapter books. The Nancy Clancy stories are a mix of Nancy Drew's The Clue Crew and Fancy Nancy...in other words, Nancy Clancy has brought her own unique, fancy style to the amateur detective arena. LOL Ms. O'Connor has certainly upped her game with the Nancy Clancy storybooks. Each book is just as well written, each story just as entertaining as any of the Fancy Nancy books. Additionally, the books are just as beautifully illustrated as the FN books, albeit they are in black and white.

This story is the first book in the Nancy Clancy series, which so far only consists of five books--unfortunately! Anyhow, Nancy is a big Nancy Drew fan, so decides that she too would like to become an amateur sleuth and solve mysteries.  She has everything she needs to be a super sleuth; a glamorous magnifying glass complete with rhinestones, a totally professional pink trench coat, and a sleuthing partner with awesome code-breaking skillsher best friend, Bree. My daughter tells me that the mystery in this book is to find the teacher's missing marble.

To date, my daughter has read all the Nancy Clancy books and is eagerly awaiting more. FYI, she is in Second Grade and is able to read these books independently. According to her, all the Nancy Clancy books are great and deserve five stars.
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This is an absolutely adorable, delightful book filled with mystery, intrigue and common experiences that young girls, teeny boppers have as they grow up.  A few years ago while cleaning the attic I found some old Nancy Drew books and decided to read them again since they were so good.  I realized quickly that what is good in grade school is very different than what is good as an adult.  But this book drew me in.  It caught my interest from the beginning.  Although I don't usually think about whether authors do what they are suppose to do such as developing their characters; when I finished this book I realized how quickly I was visualizing the characters.  They sort of popped off the page and out of the book.  The book had a great mystery plot with some very inventive clues.  I wonder how people can come up with so many ideas in writing a book.  It brought in a lot of different experiences that young girls that age experience and have to go through giving good advice and moral training for them without them realizing it.  There was something else that I wanted to be sure and mention in the review but I couldn't pull myself away to make notes so Ive forgotten what it was.  Youll just have to read it yourself to find out!  If you have a young girl in your life make sure to give her this book and keep an eye out for more in this series.  I know I will be. This author is very talented and this bound to be a best selling author for a long time.  I visualize this series being as popular as The Berenstain Bears is for the younger children.  Ms. Cross, stay busy keeping us intrigued and entertained.  I received a free copy of this book for an honest review.