Author Archive: Georgie Carroll

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Book Review: What’s Left of Me, Kat Zhang

Book Review: What’s Left of Me, Kat Zhang

| 25 March , 2013 | Reply

Eva and Addie are twins, but not twins as we know them today. They’re soul twins. Two souls born into the same body and coexisting in harmony. Except one of them was meant to die when they were young. After years of specialist visits and questions of why aren’t they settling? Eva and Addie’s parents [...]

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Book Review: Lady of the Shades, Darren Shan

Book Review: Lady of the Shades, Darren Shan

| 21 February , 2013 | Reply

American horror writer Ed travels to London to try and seek inspiration for his newest novel. While there, he meets the mysterious Andeanna, and it is only after falling for her that he discovers she is the wife of one of London’s most dangerous crime lords. Ed is constantly surrounded by ghosts, and although he [...]

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Book Review: Kingdom of Strangers, Zoe Ferraris

Book Review: Kingdom of Strangers, Zoe Ferraris

| 18 February , 2013 | Reply

When a secret grave is uncovered in the Saudi Arabian desert, containing the bodies of nineteen women, the area is rocked by the realization that a serial killer has been operating for over a decade in the city, undetected. For Chief Inspector Ibrahim Zahrani, the case hits close to home, as his secret mistress is [...]

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Book Review: Falling To Ash, Karen Mahoney

Book Review: Falling To Ash, Karen Mahoney

| 18 February , 2013 | Reply

In her attempts to come to terms with her dead mother and never-around father, Moth spends a wonderful night with Theo. However, what she doesn’t anticipate is that Theo would bite her, turning her into a vampire. Moth must now follow Theo’s control – as her maker, he is in charge of her life. However, [...]

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Book Review: The Other Half Of Me, Morgan McCarthy

Book Review: The Other Half Of Me, Morgan McCarthy

| 6 February , 2013 | Reply

Jonathan and Theo grew up together in their family’s ancestral home in Wales. To cope with the challenges of their lives, the two create elaborate fantasy worlds in the vast acres of their property. But then a tragedy brings their grandmother, Eve, home from America, and the siblings begin to realize that there is more [...]

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Book Review: The Lost Years, Mary Higgins Clark

Book Review: The Lost Years, Mary Higgins Clark

| 1 February , 2013 | Reply

Mary Higgins Clark’s latest novel, The Lost Years, will have you turning the pages quickly.  Renowned biblical scholar Jonathon Lyons believes he has stumbled across the discovery of a lifetime when he finds a piece of parchment thought to be written by Jesus Christ himself. The parchment, believed to have been stolen five centuries previously [...]

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Book Review: Stage Fright, Marianne Delacourt

Book Review: Stage Fright, Marianne Delacourt

| 29 January , 2013 | 1 Reply

The third book in the “Tara Sharp” series, “Stage Fright” by Marianne Delacourt chronicles Private Investigator Tara Sharp foray into the entertainment industry. Although the job is a little out of her usual line of work, the promise of backstage passes and the thought of “how hard can it really be?”, Tara accepts the opportunity [...]

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Book Review: Am I Black Enough For You, Anita Heiss

Book Review: Am I Black Enough For You, Anita Heiss

| 29 January , 2013 | Reply

Anita Heiss was born to an Austrian father and Aboriginal mother, and yet has always considered herself to be “Wiradjuri” (an Aboriginal tribe originating in Southern New South Wales, around Wagga Wagga). However, she has often been faced with torment and questioning of her background, with people claiming that she is not “black enough.” One [...]

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Book Review: Two Weeks Notice, Rachel Caine

Book Review: Two Weeks Notice, Rachel Caine

| 29 January , 2013 | Reply

For most people, dying is pretty permanent. For Bryn Davis, however, an experimental drug known as “Returne” gives her a second shot at life. But coming back to life is not the gift many would believe; after all, everything comes with a cost. Working at a funeral home and helping to run a support group [...]

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Book Review: Hush, Eishes Chayil

Book Review: Hush, Eishes Chayil

| 19 November , 2012 | Reply

Gittel is about to turn eighteen, the age in her Chassidic community where loveless marriages are arranged. She has just finished high school, and is supposed to be celebrating the beginning of her real life with her friends. But she is haunted by the memory of her childhood best friend, Devory, who committed suicide when [...]

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Book Review: Summerland, Elin Hilderbrand

Book Review: Summerland, Elin Hilderbrand

| 6 November , 2012 | Reply

High School graduation is supposed to be a joyous time, especially on a tiny island like Nantucket where everyone knows everyone. But on this tragic night in June, Penny crashes her car, killing herself and leaving her twin brother Hobson in a coma. Her boyfriend Jake and best friend Demeter escape injury, but how do [...]

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