Category: physical disability
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REVIEW: Dying Light by Jay Heron
To say Joe and Trevor are sworn enemies would be the understatement of the year. Their feud began with Daniel—Joe’s brother, Trevor’s partner. When Daniel relapsed, Joe walked away. Trevor stayed. And when Daniel overdosed, the fracture between them only deepened. Years later, they’re forced back together by the last person either of them…
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REVIEW: The Boy I Love by William Hussey
Lyrical, tender, and incredibly moving. William Hussey masterfully balances brutal realism with pockets of sincere hope and joy – Becky Albertalli It’s a tale from the past, with a message for today. A stunningly poignant, devastating, and ultimately beautiful tour-de-force – Simon James Green At just nineteen, Stephen has already survived a year at…
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REVIEW: This I Promise You by Jordon Greene and Kalob Dàniel
Easton Belle is living his college dream: living with his best friend, underage drinking, working part-time at a local pet kennel, and running a successful social media campaign to keep a hardline theist out of Congress. However, that dream never included his horrid choice in men causing an unhealthy need to be wanted and…
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REVIEW: The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom
The Whale Tattoo’ is a stunning achievement – one of the most impressive and assured debuts I’ve ever read’ Matt Cain ‘A bold, brilliant and beautiful debut” Susannah Dunn Cruelly beautiful, utterly authentic – introducing a searingly talented new Queer writer. When a giant sperm whale washes up on the local beach it tells Joe…
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REVIEW: Lovelorn by April-Jane Rowan
In Victorian England, within the sprawling countryside, a small village borders Lovelorn, a crystal kingdom inhabited by the Fair Folk that masquerades as a dense wood. Two unsuspecting mortals stray into the depths of this hidden world. Harry, a disgraced jockey, stumbles upon a Kelpie and seeks to bind him, intending to use him to…
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REVIEW: Sending Love Letters to Animals and Other Totally Normal Human Behaviors by Chase Connor
Ryan Offsteader had one major problem, but now that he’s out of the closet and no one in his family or school actually cares, his problems are few. Life is a cycle of family, school, homework, Journalism Club, his friends, hanging out, and waiting for life to begin. It’s a simple, boring life at times,…
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Blog Tour and Review: Blooded by Nat Kennedy
BLOG TOUR Book Title: Blooded Author: Nat Kennedy Cover Artist: Silvana Sanchez – Selfpub Designs Release Date: September 25, 2021 Genre: Fantasy/Vampires Tropes: Hurt/comfort, antagonists to allies/lovers, past student/teacher, vampire blood feeding, vampire blood bond Themes: Redemption, Personal Acceptance Heat Rating: 4 flames Length: 113 500 words/290 pages It is a standalone book and does…
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REVIEW: Love Austen Series by Anyta Sunday
I picked up this series from Amazon because I was intrigued by the descriptions. I thought I would review each book as I’m reading them for fun! Emerett Has Never Been In Love, book 01 Emerett (Lake) Has Never Been In Love is a great introduction to this series. Sunday brings their readers to a…
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REVIEW: Did It All Before by Cynthia Hamill
Award-winning photojournalist Scott Rowe is struggling with the physical injuries and emotional scars caused by the terrorist attack that killed his interpreter, Omran Saleh. A long succession of doctors and surgeons have put his body back together, but to Scott, his mind seems beyond repair. Panic attacks ambush his days, and nightmares haunt his fitful…
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REVIEW: Sage and King by Molly Ringle
The Official Description: Zaya expected to be the irresponsible youngest prince his whole life. But when his two older siblings are killed by an unidentified magician, he finds himself crowned king of Lushrain—the end of his liberty as he knows it. As part of his training, he’s sent to Heartwood for a month, the house…
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REVIEW: Left In The Dark by Zev de Valera
The Official Description: Cal Restrepo, victim of a road rage automobile accident, emerges from unconsciousness into a world he does not recognize. Under the care of the doctors at Wending Hills and the help of his friends and neighbors, Cal gradually recovers his memory and the full use of his body. Yet, so many of…
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REVIEW: Off Balance by Jay Hogan
The Official Description: When JUDAH MADDEN flees his tiny suffocating home-town in New Zealand, for the dream of international ballet stardom, he never intends to come back. Not to Painted Bay. Not to his family’s struggling mussel farm. Not to his jerk of a brother. Not with his entire life plan in shreds. And certainly not…
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