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The Butterfly Garden
The Butterfly Garden
Dot Hutchison | 2016 | Crime, Horror, Mystery
10
8.4 (12 Ratings)
Book Rating
Vivid storytelling (0 more)
This book is going to be hard for many people to read due to tough subjects (0 more)
Wonderful book
Nothing I can say could possibly do this book justice. I highly recommend everyone (adult) who can stomach hard topics to read this book. Be warned kidnapping, murder, rape, are main themes.
  
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Merissa (13600 KP) created a post

Feb 5, 2022  
"I liked that the bigger picture to why Dale left Becca isn't immediately obvious!"
 
Restored: A Second Chance Romance (Chance Brothers #2) by Nikki Kiley - @Archaeolibrary, @debbiereadsbook, @byNikkiKiley, #Adult, #Contemporary, #Romance, 4 out of 5 (very good)

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/restored-a-second-chance-romance-chance-brothers-2-by-nikki-kiley
     
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Morgan Sheppard (998 KP) created a post

Sep 1, 2023  
HAPPY RE-RELEASE DAY TO ME! 🥳

Rewritten and re-released with over 80k words added


The #WraiddElfennol series begins with Marella—an enthralling young adult fantasy that will captivate readers as they are transported to a realm where the Elements enchant.

#YA
#Epic
#Fantasy
#Myth
#Magic
#FREE on #KU

https://books2read.com/Marella2023
     
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Merissa (13600 KP) created a post

Mar 11, 2024  
"It is quite dark in some places but I do feel that it is needed." - @Debbiereadsbook

Witch's Knight (The Bloodline Chronicles #1) by Evelyn Silver - #Adult, #LGBTQ+, #Paranormal, #Romance, 4 out of 5 (very good)

https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/witch-s-knight-the-bloodline-chronicles-1-by-evelyn-silver
     
Courting Light
Courting Light
A. Zukowski | 2018 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
great for LGBT and young adult fans
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

Josie volunteers to help at a summer camp for disabled children. But it's the camp leader, Sam, who draws Josie like a moth to a flame.

Something must have piqued my interest with this one because it came with a young adult tag and I said yes, I would read it. And I did like! Not love but I liked it.

Josie, by her own admission, only at camp to have something else on her CV other than school. Paired with Lucian, an autistic teenager, she learns a lot about herself and her life; and that of those around her.

The draw to Sam, the camp leader, is instant and powerful, and Sam fights it a long time before they finally give into each other.

At the end of camp, though, Josie is in for a surprise, as were we! And I did like the ending. From what Josie was saying, about what she thought in years to come, I really wasn't sure which way it was gonna go!

BUT only Josie has a say and ya'll know what I think about that! AND it IS young adult, very much so. What Josie does say, is well written and well delivered. I quite liked Josie!

It's a lovely, easy read, great for young adult fans, and for LGBT fans alike. Just maybe not one for me.

3 good solid stars.

**same worded review will appear elsewhere**
  
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling | 2014 | Children, Fiction & Poetry
10
9.1 (270 Ratings)
Book Rating
A great introduction to an amazing world of magic! (0 more)
So much Harry Potter, soblittle money (0 more)
The magic starts here
I can't remember when I started reading Harry Potter, but this book started a lifelong love of reading. Even rereading this story as an adult, the magic is still there from the beginning to the end.
  
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
2018 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Very very good, yes it is probably for kids but as an adult I loved it. It is a mixture of Goosebumps and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. It has the right amount of spookiness for children and some funny moments too. Will watch again and again and certainly one to remember. Loved it
  
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HString (92 KP) Mar 6, 2019

I really enjoyed it too!

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Jake (52 KP) rated Sand (Sand, #1-5) in Books

Jul 25, 2019  
Sand (Sand, #1-5)
Sand (Sand, #1-5)
Hugh Howey | 2014
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
So much potential, but so much fail.

Cons:
Way too much vulgarity (tons of swearing, some adult content)
No depth of characters
I wish there were better world-building
I wish there were a more defined problem & solution (more definable problem could lead to a better ending)

Pros:
Cool ideas, even if poorly executed