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Blog Tour and Giveaway- Keeper of the Bees @megkassel @entangledteen

Keeper of the Bees by Meg Kassel Genre: YA Paranormal Release Date: September 4th 2018 Entangled Teen Summary: “ Beauty and the beast like you’ve never imagined! ” — New York Times bestselling author Pintip Dunn KEEPER OF THE BEES is a tale of two teens who are both beautiful and beastly, and whose pasts are entangled in surprising and heartbreaking ways. Dresden is cursed. His chest houses a hive of bees that he can’t stop from stinging people with psychosis-inducing venom. His face is a shifting montage of all the people who have died because of those stings. And he has been this way for centuries—since he was eighteen and magic flowed through his homeland, corrupting its people. He follows harbingers of death, so at least his curse only affects those about to die anyway. But when he arrives in a Midwest town marked for death, he encounters Essie, a seventeen-year-old girl who suffers from debilitating delusions and hallucinations. His bees want to sting her on sight. But Essie does...

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Book review and giveaway- Delete by Kim Curran

Today, Faber Academy  and I are kicking off the blog tour for Kim Curran's DELETE! It's had a bit of trouble getting out, due to the closure of Strange Chemistry, but it's coming and it's having a blog tour!  Title:    Delete Author:  Kim Curran Series:     Shift #3 Published:   31 March 2015 by Xist Publishing Length:  230 pages Source: Strange Chemistry ARC Other info: I reviewed Shift and Control and really enjoyed them! I’ve also had Kim over to talk about shifting in real life , and about her other book, Glaze (which I also reviewed ). Summary :  The country is at war. Beset by enemies within and without. And all because of the decisions changed by one boy, Scott Tyler. In this ravaged alternative reality, Scott hardly recognises himself. He's a war hero, a leader of a unit of Shifters and maybe the only one who can prevent the country's frail defences from crumbling. But all Scott wants to do is find a way back to the...

Book Review: Under My Skin by James Dawson

Title:     Under My Skin Author:  James Dawson Series:     N/A Published:     March 2015 by Hot Key Books Length:  302 pages Source: bought Other info: James Dawson has also written Hollow Pike, Cruel Summer, This Book is Gay, Say Her Name, and Being a Boy Summary :  Meet Molly Sue. Once she's under your skin there's no getting rid of her... Seventeen-year-old Sally Feather is not exactly a rebel. Her super-conservative parents and her treatment at the hands of high school bullies means that Sally's about as shy and retiring as they come - but all that's about to change. Accidentally ending up in the seedier side of town one day, Sally finds herself mysteriously lured to an almost-hidden tattoo parlour - and once inside, Sally is quickly seduced by its charming owner, Rosita, and her talk of how having a secret tattoo can be as empowering as it is thrilling. Almost before she knows what she is doing, Sally selects sexy pin-up Molly Sue, and h...

Giveaway Winners!

Sorry for taking so long to get round to this. Schoolwork and stress. Ugh.  Anyway, giveaway winners! Thank you very much to everyone who entered and spread the word. a Rafflecopter giveaway Winner time! It's Suzanne Smith and Liz R! Also, you may remember I had a The Darkest Part of the Forest giveaway going. The winner for that was Rhoda! Congratulations, guys. I'm emailing If you don't reply within two weeks, I'll pick another. Thank you for entering!

Book Review: Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind

 Title:  Spring Awakening (Original German title : Frühlings Erwache) Author :  Frank Wedekind, translated by Francis J. Ziegler Series:   N/A Published:     Feb 2012 by Methuen Drama. Written 1890-1. First performed 1906. Length:  192 pages Warnings: rape, suicide, child abuse, and abortion Source: Project Gutenberg Summary from Student edition:  Wedekind's notorious play Spring Awakening influenced a whole trend of modern drama and remains relevant to today's society, exploring the oppression and rebellion of adolescents among draconian parents and morals. This seminal work looks at the conflict between repressive adulthood and teenage sexual longings in a provincial German town. Highly controversial and with themes of sexuality, social attitudes and adolescence, the play is a popular and provocative text for study, especially at undergraduate level.  Review: Late 1800s Germany.  Schoolboys and girls discover sexuality. It really ...

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