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Literary Crush: Jefferson from The Gold Seer Trilogy

May 9, 2017 by Sandie Leave a Comment

Literary Crush: Jefferson from The Gold Seer Trilogy

Our last Literary Crush was Chase from Some of the Parts by Hannah Barnaby, and today we bring you Jefferson from The Gold Seer Trilogy: Walk on Earth a Stranger and Like a River Glorious  by Rae Carson. Yes, I’m waiting anxiously for the third and final book in The Gold Seer trilogy, Into the… 

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Editor’s Pick: All We Have Left by Wendy Mills

January 10, 2017 by Cassie Leave a Comment

Editor’s Pick: All We Have Left by Wendy Mills

It is a bit dismaying to me that an event that I not only lived through but also remember with vivid clarity happened long enough ago that they’re writing historical fiction about it. However, that is my only complaint about ALL WE HAVE LEFT by Wendy Mills. ALL WE HAVE LEFT tells the story of… 

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Heroines Who Rock: Hope Walton from Into the Dim

July 8, 2016 by Erin Leave a Comment

Heroines Who Rock: Hope Walton from Into the Dim

Heroines Who Rock: Hope Walton from Into the Dim by Janet Taylor Who She Is: Hope Watson is basically an orphan. Her mom’s missing presumed dead and her adopted dad has moved on—he’s already engaged and planning his honeymoon. To keep her out of the way her dad ships her off to her maternal aunt… 

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Editor’s Pick: My Lady Jane

June 9, 2016 by Erin 1 Comment

Editor’s Pick: My Lady Jane

My degree is in European History, and I have an especial love for the Tudors that dates back long before Jonathan Rhys Meyers put on tights. So it was with unequal parts excitement and trepidation that I started MY LADY JANE. There were so many ways the authors could mess it up. They could butcher… 

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Heroines Who Rock: Jo from These Shallow Graves

May 27, 2016 by Erin Leave a Comment

Heroines Who Rock: Jo from These Shallow Graves

Jo Montfort from “These Shallow Graves” by Jennifer Donnelly Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo dreams of becoming a writer—a newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly. Wild aspirations… 

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