Review – Red Queen by Christina Henry

Red Queen
By: Christina Henry
Website: http://www.christinahenry.net/
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Publisher: Ace
Series: The Chronicles of Alice, Book #2
Received From: Publisher
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I really enjoyed Red Queen by Christina Henry. This is the second book in a series, and I hadn’t read the first one yet when I received an arc. However, it is very easily read without the first. Enough of the first book is conveyed to get a general feel of the world and Alice’s past. The majority of this is run through in the prologue. Don’t skip this if you’d like a refresher on the series. This book, too, is quite easily read as a standalone novel.

Review – Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale by David Kudler

Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale
By: David Kudler
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Publisher: Stillpoint Digital Press
Series: Seasons of the Sword, Book #1
Award: BAIPA Great Reads Award - Best in Class
Received From: Publisher
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Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale by David Kudler is a tale about a young girl, nicknamed Risuko, living in Japan in the age of the samurai. Her father died several years earlier, and she lives in relative poverty with her sister and mother. When the story opens, Risuko is sold to a rich women, with the intent of becoming a kunoichi – something she hasn’t necessarily heard of and doesn’t, at first, understand.

Review – Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout

Genius: The Game
By: Leopoldo Gout
Website: http://www.ghostradio.com
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Received From: Publisher
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Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout is a young adult story with a tech/sci-fi feel. The story centers around a game designed by a young, wealthy CEO who invites 200 child and teen geniuses to participate. The prize? Access to one of the world’s largest supercomputers, which is exactly what Rex, one of the main protagonists, needs to get his hands on in order to find his missing brother.[/dropcap type=secondary]

Review – It Happened One Doomsday by Laurence MacNaughton

It Happened One Doomsday
By: Laurence MacNaughton
Website: https://twitter.com/LMacNaughton
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Publisher: Pyr
Series: A Dru Jasper Novel, Book 1
Received From: Publisher
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It Happened One Doomsday by Laurence MacNaughton is a fast paced urban fantasy and the first book in a new series.

Review – The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz

The Queue
By: Basma Abdel Aziz
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Publisher: Melville House
Received From: Publisher
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One of the best books I’ve read so far this year is The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz. This is a dystopian novel set in a nameless country in what is supposed to be somewhere in the middle east. The prose is utterly beautiful, a testament to both author and translator. And the story sucks the reader in right from the beginning.

Review: The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker by Kat Spears

Front cover of the book The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker by Kat Spears The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker
By: Kat Spears
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Received From: Publisher
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The Boy Who Killed Grant Parker by Kat Spears is a young adult novel about Luke, a teenage boy forced to move away from his mother in DC to live with his pastor father in rural Tennessee. As he struggles to get used to life in a small town instead of the city, things begin to go wrong, and fast.