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Damaged Like Us by Krista Ritchie My rating: 4 of 5 stars The twins do it again. Just when I didn't think the Addicted series characters could get any better Becca and Krista Ritchie give us Damaged Like Us. This is a spin off series from the original Addicted series and it pick up with the Hale, Cobalt, and Meadows kids as adults. This first book centers on everyone's favorite adorable kid Maximoff Hale. If you read the Addicted Series you'll remember Maximoff as the Batman loving, water addicted swimmer, adorable little kid and big brother to the Hale kids, Luna, Xander, and Kinney. At the end of the Addicted series it's mentioned that Maximoff Hale is a loving, kind, loyal and responsible little boy who is constantly taking on more than he should to the chagrin of his parents especially his father Loren Hale. Not much has changed in the Damaged Like Us series for Maximoff Hale except we find out in this book that he's come out as bi-sexual. The...

Today we're excited to be a part of the Fizzle Force "Damaged Like Us" Pre-Release Party!!! As part of a collection of online book bloggers and fangirls of the dynamic twin duo's writing The Book Whisperers will be raffling off a Kindle eCopy of Damaged Like Us. To enter just head over and join the Fizzle Force Pre-Release Party post your answer in the comments section below. We're picking, not one, but TWO winners for this special occasion. Fizzle Force Facebook Page For those not familiar with the dynamic twin writing duo Krista and Becca Ritchie are the authors of the " Addicted to You"  the book series that follows Loren Hale and Lilly Calloway on their journey to find sobriety, strength, family, and love. It's a very powerful and realistic look at addiction, societies double standards, and the power of media both social and on air. If you haven't read the Addicted Series we here at The Book Whisperers highly recommend you pick it up....

Talk British to Me by Robin Bielman Thank you to Entangled and Netgalley for a copy of the eARC in exchange for a fair review. Teague is working in a coffee shop  a little worried about money when she stumbles into a job as assistant. She meets Mateo by accident when she literally drops hot wings on him. Mateo has a bit of a secret, he is Bennett, The Dating Guy, and he has a contract with the radio station that says no relationships. He has never had a problem with that until he meets Teague. He does stay upfront with her and say that he doesn't want a relationship with her, but he can't stop thinking about her. Teague can't stop thinking about him, but when she finds out he is the son of her boss, the reasons they can't do anything keep stacking up. They spend more and more time together trying to maintain that they are just friends, but things are spiraling out of control. Mateo has to figure out if he loves his job more or if Teague is the one for him. T...

Sacrificial Muse by Maegan Beaumont My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Sabrina Vaughn Series is AMAZING!! As a long time lover of murder mysteries and thrillers this book covers all the best elements of that genre and then it goes a step farther and gives us believable and four dimensional characters. I absolutely loved this book when I checked it out from the library unsuspecting and unknowing it was the second book in the series. From page one I was captivated by the dark feel of this story. Sabrina Vaughn is a character you can empathize and sympathize with. She's a young woman who has endured so much at such a young age and she's used that personal tragedy to forge herself into a formidable Homicide Detective. She has that Eve Dallas feel from J.D. Robbs futuristic detective series but Sabrina's Meagan Beaumont's world is a much darker place to be. I suggest reading this book with the lights ON! View all my reviews

Mace by Claire Donovan My rating: 1 of 5 stars I never thought I'd say this..but I couldn't finish this book because the content was so beyond twisted that it crossed the boundary into evil for me. I've read some seriously messed up stuff. Studying abnormal psychology for fun in college kind of messed up stuff and I couldn't finish this book. There's just something about incest even if only implied incest that makes me sick. I also didn't like the male character him being a pimp and the way he treated women including his step sister was just twisted and wrong. I couldn't buy him as a loving son when he treats women that way..I just no, that was too unbelievable for me. I found the female character to be weak, needy, and lacking in self-esteem ripe for her step brother to abuse. I'm not saying the book was poorly written just that I myself don't find any reading pleasure in those kinds of situations. V...

Beautiful Liar by Signy Cullen My rating: 3 of 5 stars Full disclosure I am friends with this authors older sister however; I do not actually know, nor have I ever met the author herself. This review was requested by said friend and I agreed to give it a fair and unbiased review. I read this authors first book "Farther Side of Away" back in 2013 I believe, may have been 2014 and I was not overly impressed. That story was a bit disorganized and difficult to follow so it was with some trepidation that I picked up Beautiful Liar. I could not have been more surprised when I began reading and realized that THIS book was far and away better than her first one. As a reader and a review it's not uncommon to see this with new writers. Like any other craft it takes time and experience to hone the craft. If you, like me, read this authors first book and took a pass at this one I encourage you to back track. Beautiful Liar was a well researched,...

The Suffering Tree by Elle Cosimano Thank you to Negalley and Disney-Hyperion for a copy of the eARC in exchange for a fair review. Tori has recently moved to Maryland, her family has inherited a plot of land and house just in the nick of time. Since Tori's dad died they have lost everything and had no choice but to move from DC to this small town in Maryland. Even though she finds it strange that they have a random plot of land in the middle of the Slaughter family farm. Tori also cuts, but her mom knows about that so when she heads out to the old dead tree to cut herself she doesn't think anything of it until she finds a boy later. Nathaniel Bishop tells her that he was hanged from that tree and that Emmaline must have brought him back. When Matilda the old lady that lives near them tells her that Emmaline brought him back, Tori knows something deeper and darker is going on. Will Slaughter has gone missing, and Tori keeps finding Alister Slaughter on their property....

Julia Defiant by Catherine Egan Thanks to Netgalley and Knopf Books for a copy of the eARC in exchange for a fair review. Julia and the gang are back, although there are some new characters and new location. Wyn is still on the outs with Julia, but he is hanging around. Julia is searching for Ko Dan in order to get the book out of Theo. Unfortunately assassins are after them because they want Theo and Julia trying to keep ahead of them. Also there has been changes with her ability to vanish, now she seems to disappear completely and appear in a hellish world in which the creatures seem to recognize her. What does this mean? Will she be able to find Ko Dan? Will she be able to save Theo? I was a bit disappointed in this one, I don't know if it was the length of time between reading the first one and reading this one or just the change in location, but I couldn't connect with the characters this time around. I couldn't remember who half of them were to be honest. ...

Kiss Me Kill You by Larissa C. Hardesty Thank you to Netgalley and Entangled Teen for a copy of this eARC in exchange for a fair review. Emily is a romantic at heart and her best friend Lilly is pushing her to start dating. So when she works up the nerve to ask Paul out she is humiliated and embarrassed when he says no. Paul didn't say no because he doesn't want too, Paul has a secret. He is Emily's watcher and he knows what she is, even if she doesn't. Things are changing for Emily, no one has noticed her until but when Jake the hottest guy in school asks her out she knows she can't say no. When he kisses her, he ends up passing out and Emily is confused. When Lily tells her that they are Succubi and they feed on men, Emily thinks she is just playing with her. However, when her mom freaks out on her about Jake, Emily thinks they have all gone crazy. Plus there is this thing with Paul, he is who she really wants and he doesn't seem to affected when she...

Secrets of Skin and Stone by Wendy Laine Thank you to Entangled Teen and Netgalley for a copy of the eARC in exchange for a fair review. Gris has come to the small town of Hidden Creek to hunt fiends. He is a watcher and he also shape shifts into a gargoyle. Piper's dog has been killed when she decides to investigate the new renters at the farm near them. When Gris hears about Piper's dog he decides to help her. Gris is also trying to figure out why this town is so haunted by fiends, after facing nine of them at the old mill. The deeper he gets into the investigation the weirder things become. He is finding curse bags, and unearthed grave of a watcher. Plus the jealousy of his cousin, it seems like he will never get to the bottom of what is going on in Hidden Creek. The closer he becomes to Piper, the more he starts to fall for her, but she is in danger. There are curse bags in her rooms, and the fiends are drawn to her. Will he be able to figure out what is going on?...

House of Furies by Madeleine Roux I won a copy of the ARC from a Goodread Giveway. Louisa is running from some local townspeople one day when a strange woman offers to help, in fact, she offers her a position at Coldthistle House. While en route there Louisa and the old woman meet Lee and his uncle, who just happens to be heading to the stay at the same place as boarders. Once at Coldthistle House, Louisa jumps into work and meets her co-workers, but it is only once she meets Mr. Morningside that she realizes that there is something strange about this place and it's owner. Her real shock comes when she meets Mary, and she looks just like her imaginary friend Maggie when she was a child. But then one night she is drawn from her room and finds a strange book that attacks her. Once Mr.Morningside hears about this he explains that she is meant to be apart of this house because normally the book would kill anyone it touches. It also apparently lures all the boarders to the hou...