*This title will be released on January 17, 2012*

Title: Tempest Author: Julie Cross Series: Tempest #1 Cover Art: N/A Genre: YA Excerpt: Yes Source: Publisher/ Amazon Vine  Reviewed by: Abigail Reading level: Ages 14 and up Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (January 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 0312568894 ISBN-13: 978-0312568894 Sexual Content: Kissing. Mild sensuality. References to sex Rating: Excellent - Loved it! Buy it now & put this author on your watch list.

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If you’ve ever submitted a book to us for review, you’ve seen our handy dandy Request A Review form.  We love that form.  It takes the guess work out for everyone and it makes it easy for us to zone right in on the important information that helps us decide if we want to accept a title or not (personally, the number one thing I want is a link to your book info, preferably Goodreads, but an author/publisher site is fine too).  We still get direct emails (especially if they are from publicists or 3rd party publicity companies), which is fine too as long as they check our Review Policy first.

On our Request Form, Review Policy & Direct Contact page, it states very clearly that we DO NOT accept self-published titles for review or feature, yet we get multiple requests a week to feature/review self-published titles.  We understand that some of the e-mails we receive may be from authors who haven't had the time to explore all the way through our request a review page (when you're doing it all for your book, we understand that it takes a lot of time and effort), but we put that information out there for everyone’s benefit, and some requests are from authors who politely but explicitly ask us to go against our policy (‘I know you don’t accept self-pub, but…’).  We feel bad having to type essentially the same rejection email every day, and we’re sure it’s no picnic for the authors to have to read them either, so we’re hoping that if we explain some of the reasoning behind our no self-pub policy, it might help everyone. 

Giveaway provided by J. Taylor Publishing

One e-copy of INSTINCT (novella) by J.A. Belfield

 

*This title will be released on January 17, 2012*

Title: Fracture Author: Megan Miranda Series: N/A Cover Art: N/A Genre: Paranormal YA Excerpt: Yes Source: Publisher Reviewed by: Abigail Reading level: Ages 12 and up Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Walker Childrens; 1 edition (January 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 0802723098 ISBN-13: 978-0802723093 Sexual Content: Kissing Rating: Good - A fun read with minor flaws. Maybe read an excerpt before buying.

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Title: Raven Cursed Author:  Faith Hunter Series: Jane Yellowrock #4 Cover Art: N/A Genre: Urban Fantasy Excerpt: Yes Source: Publisher Reviewed by: Julia Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Roc; January 3, 2012 ISBN-10: 0451464338 ISBN-13: 978-0451464330   Sexual Content: References to sex and rape. Rating: Excellent - Loved it! Buy it now & put this author on your watch list.

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