Tag Archive: 3 stars

Book Review: All the Rage by Courtney Summers

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The sheriff’s son, Kellan Turner, is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is, and Romy Grey knows that for a fact. Because no one wants to believe a girl from the wrong side of town, the truth about him has cost her everything—friends, family, and her community. Branded a liar and bullied relentlessly by a group of kids she used to hang out with, Romy’s only refuge is the diner where she works outside of town. No one knows her name or her past there; she can finally be anonymous. But when a girl with ties to both Romy and Kellan goes missing after a party, and news of him assaulting another girl in a town close by gets out, Romy must decide whether she wants to fight or carry the burden of knowing more girls could get hurt if she doesn’t speak up. Nobody believed her the first time—and they certainly won’t now — but the cost of her silence might be more than she can bear. 

Book Review: Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy

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A clerk called Coinman can’t stop jingling the coins in his pocket. It’s a simple addiction, but it’s one that comes to rule his life. His wife, Imli, an actress who’s so obsessed with her craft that she becomes her characters at home, bans coins from the house. It goes horribly wrong when his co-workers conspire in their own way, sending a number of them on previously unknown paths.

Book Review: Point Ten Zeros Six Nine

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Jeetu and Aashu are hopelessly in love with each other. And they profess to be each other’s soulmates in the next life too. As they embark on a journey of love and life together, they encounter several trying circumstances, which threaten to shake their faith in humanity. Can the power of karma and the strength of their love protect them and help them tide over their troubles? What happens to the people who betray their trust? Will karma catch up with them too? In God’s larger scheme of things, someone unfortunately must pay the price.

Book Review: The Future King: Logres by M.L. Mackworth-Praed

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Britain, 2052. In a world of war, disease and hunger the UK stands alone as a beacon of prosperity under an all-powerful ruling party. Life at new school Logres seems promising for fifteen-year-old Gwenhwyfar, and quickly she falls for the school’s handsome catch, Arthur. When Arthur’s rival, Lancelot, returns after a suspension, her heart is soon divided. Realising that behind the UK’s prosperity lies unspeakable cruelty, Gwenhwyfar sets off on a path to dismantle everything the government stands for. Suspenseful, raw and awash in a dystopian setting, The Future King: Logres is a story of identity and discovery against this backdrop, the second coming of the Arthurian legends.

Book Review: Fighting by Cat Phoenix

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Alex is an independent twenty one year old college drop out and reformed thief when she meets Brooks. He wants her to join his team of thieves who fight to avenge the innocent, the wronged. Skeptical, she thinks he’s cracked and needs to be taken back to the mental facility he’d broken out of.Eventually, just for kicks and giggles, she lets Brooks convince her to take a chance on him. Her world is flipped upside down as she identifies with and comes to care for her new crew, except for the one man she loathes: Ethan. God, what an arrogant bastard. As Alex changes, so do her feelings for Ethan. Alex fights more than just her attraction to Ethan as they are bound together in a fight to survive.When Alex and her crew’s lives are endangered, will she run away or stand up and fight

Book Review: The Mobile Phone by Pankaj Suneja

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The Mobile Phone is a story of connecting with child within. The story is set in Delhi and deals with the lives of Rohit, a tutor, and Prabhu, a child he teaches in the city. The author uses “the paper mobile phone” as a symbol to connect with someone who is absent. Someone we seek or someone who could hold us in our helplessness. The novel makes an attempt to understand death and deal with mourning. It looks at child’s play and fantasy life. It also looks at adults who are evolving in relationship.(official synopsis)

Book Review : Brutal Precious (Lovely Vicious #3) by Sara Wolf

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The boy she maybe-sort-of-definitely loved has dropped off the face of the planet after his girlfriend’s death, leaving a Jack-shaped hole. Determined to be happy, Isis fills it in with lies and puts on a brave smile for her new life at Ohio State University. But how long can that smile last with all of her friends gone?(Official Synopsis)

Book Review: Savage Delight (Lovely Vicious #2) by Sara Wolf

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After a run-in with her mom’s ex-boyfriend, she scrabbles to remember what she’s lost to amnesia. Her ex-nemesis Jack falls deeper into a pit of despair, and his girlfriend Sophia does all she can to keep him to herself. But as Isis’ memories return, she finds it harder and harder to resist what she felt for Jack, and Jack finds it impossible to stay away from the only girl who’s ever melted the ice around his heart. (Official Synopsis)

Book Review : Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales #1) by Holly Black

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Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother’s rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms – a struggle that could very well mean her death

Book Review: Trial by Fire (The Worldwalker Trilogy #1) by Josephine Angelini

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After a humiliating incident in front of half her graduating class, Lily wishes she could just disappear.Suddenly, Lily is in a different Salem—one overrun with horrifying creatures and ruled by powerful women called Crucibles. Strongest and cruelest of them all is Lillian . . . Lily’s other self in this alternate universe.What makes Lily weak at home is what makes her extraordinary in New Salem. In this confusing world, Lily is torn between responsibilities she can’t hope to shoulder alone and a love she never expected.(Official synopsis)

Book Review :The Departing Point by Santosh Avvannavar, Jyothi Byahatti, Raghunath Babu Are

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The Departing Point brings seven exciting journeys of love showcasing different situations and circumstances where the travellers for some reason are unable to complete the journey to reach the “happily lived together ever after “ station.

Book Review: Bachelor’s Marriage by Akshat Pradeep Solanki

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Can you really be in love with two people at the same time? 17-year-old, Punekar Sujay is a simple, religious guy who belongs to a family for whom prestige and one’s image in the society are of utmost importance. For his orthodox family, concepts like love, attraction and (god forbid!) girlfriends do not exist; there are only arranged marriages because your family knows best. And so all his life, Sujay has believed that love doesn’t strike you as a teenager. But when an unusual misfortune brings spunky and quirky Gunjan into Sujay’s life, he has no idea how amazingly complicated his life is going to get; because his mother has already promised him to be wed to the sundar and susheel Jyoti. Every time Sujay tries to make a decision, he can’t, because he really is in love with both Gunjan and Jyoti. And that is not how life functions – certainly not his family. Will he be able to get out of this mess? Or will the mess really take over his life? Only time can tell. Bachelor’$ Marriage is a story about love, friendship, family and what it means to really grow up.

Book Review: The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die by Marnie Riches

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When a bomb explodes at the University of Amsterdam, aspiring criminologist Georgina McKenzie is asked by the police to help flush out the killer.But the bomb is part of a much bigger, more sinister plot that will have the entire city quaking in fear. And the killer has a very special part for George to play…(official synopsis)

Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) by Elizabeth Wein

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At the prime of World war, She is taken in as a prisoner of war and she is been given two weeks. Two weeks to reveal all the secrets and the events that led her to be captured in France by the army head of the Fuhrer. Whether she complies or denies, her death is imminent and assured and hence she decides to pen down an extraordinary tale of friendship and struggle in between being tortured and made to barter codes for clothes

Title is Untitled: First Night, No Light by Santosh Avvannavar, Kundan Srivastava, Raghunath Babu Are

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To look at things like we’ve never looked at before – we present a unique book of facts blended with fiction to spread more awareness in our society. Facts about various problems in the present urban and rural societies of India are presented wrapped in fiction, like case studies to elaborate them.
Women of our country are often victims to most issues like rape, marital rape, prostitution, child marriage, child trafficking and others. Not to ignore the men who are also victims to women framing them in false cases of impotency and domestic violence. There are eleven chapters presented in this book which deal with different such cases – both men and women – and try to create a little awareness in our educated society. (official synopsis)

Book Review: Deadline Yemen (the Elizabeth Darcy Series) by Peggy Hanson

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Called to Yemen to help her old friend Halima, correspondent Elizabeth Darcy combines work with the chance to repay an old debt. But the narrow, mysterious streets are populated with armed men and veiled women; who can tell friend from foe? Her first priority is to help Halima’s young brother Ali, who has become involved with religious extremists. But murder dogs her footsteps, and she is under police surveillance. Abducted along her investigative trail, Elizabeth is drawn into the terrorists’ web. She must work with two men-one Yemeni, one British-who are on a mission of their own. What are their plans? And why have they all ended up in the remote Hadhramaut wadi where the Incense Road once began? Elizabeth pieces together the plot, hoping she’s in time to save Halima and Ali. But can she save herself as well? (official synopsis)

Book Review: A Backed Up John by Michael McAfee

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An accident takes John Smythe to the last place he had expected, Olympus. As he reaches midst the gods, a new task is levied upon him and with his scientific and progressive mind, he have to accomplish these tasks and without altering the history

Book Review: Bound by Sacrifice (The Road to Ruin, #1) by Reyna Pryde

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A deal with the Devil can never result in good results and Acelynn is learning it the hard way. She had to trade her soul in return for her sister’s safety but that came for a bigger price than she expected. Acelynn is pursued by Devil who is giving her one last chance of redemption by killing none other Satan’s own son. Failing which not only she be forced to be Satan;s queen but also loose her sister.

Book Review : Werewolf Nights by Mari Hamill

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A town known for its werewolf folklore and history is suddenly the center of attention with their werewolf festival and a movie crew landing in the town to film the new werewolf movie. A young widow Catherine though raised in werewolf stories and even having her own experiences with one, suddenly finds herself in the mouth of danger when she is cast as the lead of this new movie and a werewolf refuses to leave her side. Added to the chaos is her love for a new man in town, who himself is not devoid of his own share of secrets. What happens when a movie plot suddenly becomes real?

Review: Phoenix by Elizabeth Richards (Black City#2)

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After the incidents that transpired towards the end of Black city, the country is opening itself to new hopes and changes. Standing as a face of this new change is their new hero Phoenix, a boy who rose from the ashes just like the name represents. While on one hand Ash and Natalie have to shoulder the responsibilities of a revolution they have started, on personal front their relationship hits a sour with the introduction of a new character.

Book Review: Grimm’s Fairy Tales

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Its all the fairy tales you have read presented in its initial and original form with no fancy adornments. The collection includes everything from Cindrella, rapunzel to Hansel and Gretel and Iron Hans

Book Review: Black City by Elizabeth Richards (black city #1)

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Its a new world that has resurrected itself after the debacle of a terrible war but the new world is nothing but cruel and still at constant state of war between humans and Darklings. Caught between this hatred and war is an young love between a darkling and a human that has to fight with everything for their love. from friends, family to their very basic nature

Book Review: The Rataban Betrayal by Stephen Alter

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Calm and Serene Mussoorie is startled when bullets ricochet through the heart of these silent valleys killing a CIA agent and what follows is a revelation of a huge conspiracy that is threatening to spread chaos by killing one of the most prominent figures of modern world. Set across the Background of Himalayan Valleys, It tells the muffled struggles of Tibetan natives taking refuge across the world and who is fighting daily to get back to their home

Asian TV: My lovable girl (Korean)

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A music composer who is deep in mourning over the loss of his fiance finds solace in form of his late fiance’s younger sister and what follows is a whole string of romance, pain, revolt and forbidden love. Will the odds favor their love or crush them

Book Review: One Kick by Chelsea Cain (Kick Lannigan #1)

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kick Lannigan had barely got control of her life back from the terrible past that had been haunting her.she was abducted at a very young age and to be discovered only six years later. while undergoing and recovering through various therapies to find her sanity back, she is forced to face her past once again, when her assistance and experience is required to help clue in a recent abduction spree that is shocking the nation.much in the likes of what had happened to her years back.

Book Review: Lucky Day by Barry Lyga (Jasper Dent #0.5)

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Peaceful plains of Lobo’s Nod is disturbed by the disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of another. Lucky Day is the story of how G.william caught Billy Dent a notorious serial killer and father of Jasper Dent. Its a prequel to i hunt killers

Movie review: Ouija

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A group of friends tries to play the Ouija board in the hope that they could get some answers regarding their recently deceased friend but things turns up fatal when they start playing

Book Review: Crescendo ( Hush Hush #2) by Becca Fitzpatrick

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Crescendo is the second book in the popular hush hush series by Becca Fitzpatrick and is a forbidden love tale between a mortal and a fallen angel who also has to take on the role of a guardian angel that forbade them from any sort of relationship let alone love.

Book Review: Neverfall( everneath#1.5) by Brodi Ashton

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This is a short novella that explains more about the character Cole and his life between the time period from end of first book Everneath to the beginning of the second book, Everbound

Movie review: The Maze Runner

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Based on the best selling dystopian novel of the same name by James Dashner, the movie tells the story of Thomas who wakes up to find himself in a strange world, with no recollection of who he is and where he is.Sharing his same plight are couple of other teenagers, all looking for answers while dealing with having to survive each day against deadly situations

Book Review : To Have and to Harm (remedy #2) by Debra Doxer

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To have and to harm in the second book in the Remedy series by Debra Doxer which tells the tale of a girl born with special powers but due to the same she has a life that is haunting with betrayals and deceptions. The second book does not provides much but is still a better one that its prequel

Book review: Keep you from Harm ( remedy #1)by Debra Doxer

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Review of the book ” Keep you from Harm” , the first in the Remedy series by Author Debra Doxer which narrates the tale of a girl born with powers who after years of living a life of orphan learns that she has got a real family and along with it comes her attraction for a boy and reveal of a whole lot of secrets regarding her powers and her new family

Book Review : Breakable by Tammara webber ( Contours of the Heart #2)

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  Book : Breakable ( Contours of the Heart #2) Author : Tammara Webber Plot: The book is Lucas/Landon’s point of view for the book Easy, the first book in the contours of the heart… Continue reading

BOOK REVIEW: Breathless (ELEMENTAL#2.5) BY BRIGID KEMMERER

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Book : Breathless (elemental #2.5) Author: Brigid Kemmerer Plot: Elemental is a series which revolves around the story of four brothers who draws power from the four elements of the world :Earth, water, air and… Continue reading

Book Review: Spark (elemental#2) by Brigid Kemmerer

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Book : Spark (elemental #2) Author: Brigid Kemmerer Plot: Elemental is a series which revolves around the story of four brothers who draws power from the four elements of the world :Earth, water, air and… Continue reading

Book Review: Fearless (elemental#1.5) by Brigid Kemmerer

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  Book : Fearless (elemental #1.5) Author: Brigid Kemmerer Plot: Elemental is a series which revolves around the story of four brothers who draws power from the four elements of the world :Earth, water,… Continue reading

Movie Review : Make Your Move

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Romeo and Juliet set in dancing world Movie: Make Your Move Starring :  Korean pop singer BoA and ballroom dancer Derek Hough Plot: Its re narrating Romeo and Juliet through the world of… Continue reading

Book Review : Blood Sucking Fiends by Christopher Moore

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  Book : Blood Sucking Fiends Author: Christopher Moore Plot: Jody has got the “bite” and now she has turned into a vampire . Tommy, an aspiring writer wanted an adventure, to start… Continue reading

Book Review: Strange Angels by Lilli St. Crow

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  Book: Strange Angels Author: Lilli St. Crow Plot: Dru Anderson only has her father left in this whole world to be claimed as a family but now he is missing and suddenly… Continue reading

Book Review: EarthFall by Mark Walden

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Book: Earthfall Author: Mark walden Plot: The earth as we know has come to an end and is now taken over by an alien mothership leaving  only few of the children left to… Continue reading

Book review: Kill Shot (Mitch Rapp #3) by Vince Flynn

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  Book : Kill Shot (Mitch rapp #3) Author : Vince Flynn Rating : 3/5 Plot : An assassin without fear or consciousness now finds himself at the end of betrayal and he… Continue reading

Book Review : The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

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Book: The Ghost Bride Author: Yangsze Choo Plot : Li Lan realizes that to save her bankrupt family, the only option is to be a ghost bride a deceased heir of a wealthy… Continue reading

Book Review : Sweet Home by Tillie Cole

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Book: Sweet Home Author: Tillie Cole Plot: He is a popular Quarter Back worshiped by his fans but at the same time is also known for his brashness. she is an out an out… Continue reading

Book Review : Powder Burn by Mark Chisnell

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Book: Powder Burn Author: Mark Chisnell Rating: 3/5 Plot: An unsuccessful writer  Sam Blackett , searching for a big career break gets an offer to join a snow boarding team to write an… Continue reading

Book Review : The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark

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Book: The Lost Years Author : Mary Higgins Clark Rating: 3/5 Verdict: Good for one time read Genre: Suspense/ Thriller Plot:  Her father is murdered and her mother has been accused of the… Continue reading

Movie Review: Wild Child

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Movie: Wild Child Plot: The film is a light heated comedy that tells a coming out of age story of Poppy Moore who leading to her wild behavior is being sent forcefully to a British… Continue reading

Book Review : Blood Fever by Karen Marie Moning

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Book Name: Blood Fever (Fever #2) Author : Karen Marie Moning Genre: Paranormal/fantasy Verdict : 3/5  There , but not there yet , sort of Book..  Its like what is being said in the book that nothing… Continue reading

Movie Review : Beastly

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Movie: Beastly Plot: Based on the Book by Alex Flinn, The movie is a modern take on the classic ” Beauty and the beast” Rating: 3/5 The movie is sweet and fun but there are place… Continue reading