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This Chick Read: Sea of Stars (The Kricket Series book 2) by Amy A. Bartol

The majority of Sea of Stars finds Kricket running with Trey Allairis, away from everyone who wants to control her, and through her, her powers of being able to see and change the future.  With the exception of Trey’s two Cavar brothers, Jax and Wayra, she does not trust anyone else on Ethar.  From what we have seen of the other men on Ethar, and how the men from this planet treat women, I don’t blame her. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Sea of Stars (The Kricket Series book 2) by Amy A. Bartol” →

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This Chick Read: America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie

America’s First Daughter is the story of Thomas Jeffersons oldest daughter Patsy, and her life as young girl, daughter, wife, mother, and most importantly keeper of the legacy that was her father.  What a fascinating book!  Thomas Jefferson was a prolific writer,  thousands of letters which are available , the authors used those historical letters and crafted a very well plotted believable tale.  Most of which is based on fact, but some liberties were taken by the authors to create an interesting and cohesive story. Continue reading “This Chick Read: America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie” →

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This Chick Read: Under Different Stars (The Kricket series Book 1) by Amy A. Bartol

What a great find!  I saw a tweet about this book with a quote that read “So she’s a skeezer?  What’s a skeezer?  A boyfriend stealer.  Lol.”  That one line made me curious enough to look this book up on Amazon, and the synopsis made it sound good enough to read.  As I started reading, the writing was so good, the main character, Kricket, was flawed and funny, that before I knew it, I had read the entire first book in the series and immediately bought the second. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Under Different Stars (The Kricket series Book 1) by Amy A. Bartol” →

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This Chick Read: The Rejected Writers’ Book Club by Suzanne Kelman

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The Rejected Writers’ Book Club was surprisingly charming and fantastically funny.  The cast of characters all seemed slightly crazy, even more so set against the perfect straight man (or woman) Janet Johnson, the librarian.  Somehow, Janet finds herself drawn into a caper by a group of older ladies, calling themselves The Rejected Writers’ Book Club.  Doris, the leader and Alpha of the club, had “gasp”, had her book accepted by a publishing house in San Francisco. Continue reading “This Chick Read: The Rejected Writers’ Book Club by Suzanne Kelman” →

This Chick Read: Waylaid by Kim Harrison

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What happens when the worlds of Rachel Morgan from Kim Harrison’s Hollows series and Peri Reed from The Drafter collides?  You get the chance to find out in Waylaid a novella by the author who wrote both.  Rachel Morgan is one of my absolute favorite fantasy characters and when that series ended, well, I was really unhappy.  When I heard that she would be back in a novella, I jumped at the chance to read it ahead of its release on April 4th. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Waylaid by Kim Harrison” →

This Chick Read: Homecoming by Tanya Bullock

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The tag line for this novella was “Quite possibly the strangest romance ever told” and I will admit, I wanted to know what made it the strangest romance! Luckily Blackbird Digital Publishing sent me an ARC, so I could read this short story and give my honest review.   Continue reading “This Chick Read: Homecoming by Tanya Bullock” →

This Chick Read: Magic Stars (The Grey Wolf Part 1) by Ilona Andrews

Magic Stars is a novella about Derek and Julie, from the Kate Daniels series.  This story takes place after Kate and Curran leave the Pack.  Derek, who had also severed his ties with the pack to join Kate and Curran, was hunting down the killers to a family of four when his path intersects with Julie, Kate’s ward.  Julie, a very head strong 16, takes a case that had come in to Kate’s business, and since Kate had been out, decided to investigate on her own.   Derek and Julie realize that they are investigating the same crime, and join together to solve it. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Magic Stars (The Grey Wolf Part 1) by Ilona Andrews” →

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This Chick Read: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

This YA book took me completely by surprise.  I try not to read other reviews if I think I’m going to review a book myself, but I had read the synopsis.  It sounded intriguing, but didn’t sound special, yep, insert foot here.  I’ll get back to this statement, I promise, BUT, Rebel of the Sands did have some similarities to other YA novels. Continue reading “This Chick Read: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton” →

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This Chick Read: No One Knows by J. T. Ellison

Aubrey and Josh Hamilton seemed to have the perfect life.  He was a med student at Vanderbilt and she was a grade school teacher.  Newly married and very much in love, they’d known each other since they were children and knew everything about each other.  One day, on their way to their friends bachelor party, Josh disappears, and Aubrey discovers she may not have know as much as she thought she did about her husband.  The police look at Aubrey as the prime subject and her life goes into a tailspin. Continue reading “This Chick Read: No One Knows by J. T. Ellison” →

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This Chick Read: The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin

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Lisa Shearin’s SPI Files series takes place in New York City, but it’s a New York that regular people don’t see.  Unless you have taken Brimstone, a new designer drug that allows the user to “see” the true form of those around them.  Something that SPI, does not want to happen.  Humans would freak out  if they knew what they were living among.   Continue reading “This Chick Read: The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin” →