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[LETTERBOX LOVE] November!

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Letterbox Love is a weekly meme hosted by  Narratively Speaking , this is a UK meme!  This is where we showcase the books we have received, bought, borrowed or won. (Click on their covers to be taken to their Goodreads page) For review: [NetGalley] White Space by Ilsa J. Bick  |  [NetGalley] Gift by Andrea J. Buchanan  |  [NetGalley] Witch Finder by Ruth Warburton  |  [NetGalley] Impostor by Susanne Winnacker  |  [NetGalley] Red by Alison Cherry [Ebook] The Island by Jen Minkman  |  [Ebook] The Perimeter by Shalini Boland [Autographed Paperback- Won from Goodreads First Read!] Winter's Light by M.J. Hearle [Paperback- Won from Blood, Sweat and Books , thank you very much to Kristin!] The Collector by Victoria Scott [Ebook- Won from Booker Like a Hooker , thank you very much to Cagla!] The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise [Paperback- Won from Goodreads First Read, thank you very much to Fierce Reads!] The Night Has Claws by Kat Kruger  

REVIEW: The Almost Girl by Amalie Howard

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Title: The Almost Girl Author: Amalie Howard Publisher: Strange Chemisty Expected Date of Release: January 7th 2014 Pages: 416 Source: *Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review* Seventeen-year-old Riven is as tough as they come. Coming from a world ravaged by a devastating android war, she has to be. There’s no room for softness, no room for emotion, no room for mistakes. A Legion General, she is the right hand of the young Prince of Neospes, a parallel universe to Earth. In Neospes, she has everything: rank, responsibility and respect. But when Prince Cale sends her away to find his long-lost brother, Caden, who has been spirited back to modern day Earth, Riven finds herself in uncharted territory. Thrown out of her comfort zone but with the mindset of a soldier, Riven has to learn how to be a girl in a realm that is the opposite of what she knows. Riven isn’t prepared for the beauty of a world that is unlike her own in so many ways. Nor is she prepare

[BLOG TOUR: REVIEW & EXCERPT] The Island (The Island #1) by Jen Minkman

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Title: The Island Author: Jen Minkman Series: The Island #1 Publisher: CreateSpace Date of Release: June 1st 2013 Pages: 138 Source: *Received from Author in exchange for an honest review* “I walk toward the sea. The endless surface of the water extends to the horizon, whichever way I look.Our world is small. We are on our own, and we only have ourselves to depend on. We rely on the Force deep within us, as taught to us by our forefathers. If I were to walk westward from here, I would come across a barrier – the Wall. Behind it, there are Fools. At least, that’s what everyone says. I have never seen one.” Leia lives on the Island, a world in which children leave their parents to take care of themselves when they are ten years old. Across this Island runs a wall that no one has ever crossed. The Fools living behind it are not amenable to reason – they believe in illusions. That’s what The Book says, the only thing left to the Eastern Islanders by their anc