Tag: magic

{Book Review} Austensibly Ordinary by Alyssa Goodnight

Check out where Diary Jane Austen started with my review of Austentatious Austensibly Ordinary by Alyssa Goodnight Paperback, 320 pages Published January 29th 2013 by Kensington Age group: adult Series: Jane Austen #2 Source: ARC from Author   Summary: Steamy, funky, and thoroughly modern, Austin, Texas isn’t much like the gardened country estates of Jane Austen’s work. […]

Posted March 9, 2013 by Michelle @ Book Briefs in Reviews / 5 Comments

{Book Review} First Frost by Liz DeJesus

First Frost by Liz DeJesus ebook, 274 pages Published June 22nd 2012 by Musa Publishing Age Group: YA Source: ecopy from author Series: First Frost #1   Summary:  Fairytales aren’t real…yeah…that’s exactly what Bianca thought. She was wrong. For generations, the Frost family has run the Museum of Magical and Rare Artifacts, handing down guardianship from […]

Posted February 20, 2013 by Michelle @ Book Briefs in Reviews / 9 Comments

{Book Review} Five by Christie Rich

Five by Christie Rich Kindle Edition, 314 pages Published August 10th 2011 Age Group: YA Source: ecopy from Author Series: Elemental Enmity #1 Summary:  Rayla Tate’s life is about to turn vertical…again. As if it wasn’t bad enough her mother disappeared under questionable circumstances leaving Rayla to be raised by her aunt in a horrendously small […]

Posted January 27, 2013 by Michelle @ Book Briefs in Reviews / 7 Comments

{Review+G!veaway} Elemental Explosions by Kailin Gow

Welcome to my stop on the Alchemists Academy blog tour!Check out the full Tour Schedule Check out my review of the first book, Stones to Ashes HERE Elemental Explosions by Kailin Gow220 pagesPublished: July 25, 2011 by the EdgeAge Group: MG/Young YASource: ecopy from publisherSeries: The Alchemists Academy #2 Purchase: Amazon / Barnes & Noble Summary: A new student […]

Posted December 26, 2012 by Michelle @ Book Briefs in Blog Tours, Giveaways, Reviews / 2 Comments

{Review} Lethal Inheritance by Tahlia Newland

Lethal Inheritance by Tahlia Newland ebook, 300 pages Published October 10th 2012 by Catapult Press Age Group: YA  Source: ecopy from author Series: Diamond Peak #1 Buy this Book: Amazon /UK Kindle Store / Kobo Store / Smashwords / Apple ibook store / Barnes and Noble Summary:  If last night was real, Ariel should be dead. She’s not, but her mother has disappeared, there are bruises […]

Posted December 19, 2012 by Michelle @ Book Briefs in Reviews / 3 Comments

{Review+G!veaway} Stones to Ashes by Kailin Gow

Welcome to my stop on the Alchemists Academy blog tour!Check out the full Tour Schedule Stones to Ashes by Kailin Gow198 pagesPublished: January 7, 2011 by the EdgeAge Group: YA/Young YASource: ecopy from publisherSeries: The Alchemists Academy #1 Purchase: Amazon / Barnes & Noble Summary: What do you learn here…at the Academy? Wirt asks. Magic? The responsibility to use […]

Posted December 18, 2012 by Michelle @ Book Briefs in Reviews / 2 Comments

{Review+G!veaway} The Warlock’s Curse by M. K. Hobson

Welcome to my stop on The Warlock’s Curse blog tour! The Warlock’s Curse by M.K. Hobson Paperback, 390 pages Published October 31st 2012 by Demimonde Age Group: New Adult Source: ecopy from author Series: Veneficas Americana #3 Buy this Book: Amazon Summary:  THE YEAR IS 1910. Eighteen-year-old Will Edwards has landed a prestigious apprenticeship at Detroit’s Tesla Industries, […]

Posted November 15, 2012 by Michelle @ Book Briefs in Giveaways, Reviews / 8 Comments