The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Melanie is a special girl. A special girl that just wanted to be normal, to be accepted, to be loved. She started off like every other kid in her class, but Ms Justineau gave her strength and the will to want more, to go for what she believes and be more than what the doctor says.
This is a really good book that is told from Melanie's POV. What she hears, what she feels, and what she wants. We grow each day and learn so much with Melanie. So as far as the reader goes, you know she's different. You will find yourself loving Melanie, question the choices she makes and understand why being her is so difficult. At every turn, someone wants to take her life, and every time you want Melanie to win and over come her fears and the people who put fear in her, who thinks of her differently than what she believes. She is still a child
but a very very smart one. To not spoil but hint, she's the most dangerous and most valuable and precious person Ms. Justineau will ever come to love. 

 


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Escape From Witchwood Hollow

Escape from Witchwood Hollow by Jordan Elizabeth Mierek
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My Review
The story evolves around 2 woman and a teenage girl from three different time periods. Each with their own struggles ends up at Witchwood Hollow.
In the deep past deep forest of Witchwood Hollow a maiden escapes and finds refuge. There she lays down her roots and soon her happiness leaves her feeling lonely and to fill that sadness she put a spell to whomever enters the forest will become a companion if she deems fit. People can't escape unless she lets them leave. There's a village that thrives along side the forest but the people and visitors are warned about the forest. Once you're in, that's it.
Many years later a girl travels from Europe in search of a future with her dad and an awaiting soon-to-be-husband. With a skeptic mind and loving heart she waves away the villagers warning in search of her father. Leaving behind a sister in wait in England to live and serve the household they came from.
Now in the present tense of the future a girl and her brother moves with their uncle and aunt to the same village to escape the painful past of their passing parents from the events of 9/11.
Whether the witch is still waiting and for what, the girl is able to enter and leave the forest as pleased. She bonds with a classmate and soon both develop a close friendship on the common grounds of history buddies; finding and discovering artifacts of the village.
These three individual stories soon weave together towards the end.
At first I was confused. And being that there wasn't a seamless switch between each time period I stayed confused but kept reading on. Soon I start to get interested when the witch finally enters the picture. There we meet a lost little boy, a courageous huntsman, and a little girl that came looking for her lost aunt. We find love and we discover lost. But in the end the connection and the courage and the promise finds peace. Once separated now together at last.

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Escape From Witchwood Hollow by Jordan Elizabeth

Genre:  Young Adult Fantasy

Publisher:  Curiosity Quills Press

Date of Release:  October 29, 2014

Book Description:

Everyone in Arnn - a small farming town with more legends than residents - knows the story of Witchwood Hollow: if you venture into the whispering forest, the witch will trap your soul among the shadowed trees.

After losing her parents in a horrific terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, fifteen-year-old Honoria and her older brother escape New York City to Arnn. In the lure of that perpetual darkness, Honoria finds hope, when she should be afraid.

Perhaps the witch can reunite her with her lost parents. Awakening the witch, however, brings more than salvation from mourning, for Honoria discovers a past of missing children and broken promises.

To save the citizens of Arnn from becoming the witch’s next victims, she must find the truth behind the woman’s madness.

About the Author: Jordan Elizabeth

Jordan Elizabeth, formally Jordan Elizabeth Mierek, writes down her nightmares in order to live her dreams. With an eclectic job history of working as a college professor; historic costumed interpreter at Fort Stanwix, Victorian Leisure Fair, and Mayfaire on the Green; office specialist; sales clerk; election inspector; and trainer, she is now diving into the world of author.It happens to be her favorite one.

When she’s not creating art or searching for lost history in the woods, she’s updating her blog, Kissed by Literature. Jordan is the president of the Utica Writers Club and maintains JordanElizabethMierek.com.

She roams Central New York, but she loves to travel. A great deal of time has been spent in a rural town very similar to Arnn, the setting of her novel ESCAPE FROM WITCHWOOD HOLLOW.

Curiosity Quills Press (CQ) is a small hybrid publishing company specializing in genre fiction of the highest quality. With 150+ titles in our catalog already and approximately 6 new books coming out each month, there’s never a dull moment at CQ. We work with major retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Audible to ensure that you, the reader, can find whatever you are looking for at your convenience.

Founded in 2011 by Eugene Teplitsky and Lisa Gus, CQ was initially a resource portal for writing and publishing, created in an effort to help writers, like themselves, survive the publishing industry. After rapid success, CQ morphed into publishing press that over time has solidified its share in the market. Now we spend our days searching for the next great escape!

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Mer-Charmer by Amy Bearce

MER-CHARMER, by Amy Bearce

Genre: middle-grade fantasy

Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press

Date of Release: May 9, 2016

Cover Artist: Amalia Chitulescu

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Description:

Fourteen-year-old Phoebe Quinn is surrounded by magic, but she can’t muster any of her own. Her sister is a fairy keeper. Her best friends are merfolk. And all she does is dishes and housework.

When Phoebe finds out a terrible sea creature is awakening that preys upon the peace-loving merfolk, she becomes determined to help them, even though it means going with Tristan and Mina to their home deep in the sea.

Beneath the waves, Phoebe learns she’s more like her sister than she realized. The merfolk are drawn to her, and she can sense the magic of the sea all around her. Magic is finally at her fingertips, but that’s precisely why the stirring dark power under the waters decides it wants her most of all.

Now she must not only help the peaceful merfolk escape this ancient enemy, she must master her out-of-control powers. If she fails, she will die and darkness will rise and enslave the merfolk once more. But embracing her full power could cost her the very people she loves the most.

About The Author:

   Amy writes stories for tweens and teens. She is a former reading teacher with a Masters in Library Science. As an Army kid, she moved eight times before she was eighteen, so she feels especially fortunate to be married to her high school sweetheart. Together they’re raising two daughters and are currently living in Germany, though they still call Texas home. A perfect day for Amy involves rain pattering on the windows, popcorn, and every member of her family curled up in one cozy room reading a good book.  

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Curiosity Quills Press (CQ) is a small hybrid publishing company specializing in genre fiction of the highest quality. With 150+ titles in our catalog already and approximately 6 new books coming out each month, there’s never a dull moment at CQ. We work with major retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Audible to ensure that you, the reader, can find whatever you are looking for at your convenience.

Founded in 2011 by Eugene Teplitsky and Lisa Gus, CQ was initially a resource portal for writing and publishing, created in an effort to help writers, like themselves, survive the publishing industry. After rapid success, CQ morphed into publishing press that over time has solidified its share in the market. Now we spend our days searching for the next great escape!

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Find Me If You Dare by Vicki Leigh

FIND ME IF YOU DARE, by Vicki Leigh

Genre(s): young-adult, paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy

Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press

Date of Release: December 1, 2015

Cover Artist: Dean Samed

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Description:

They may have won the first battle, but the Apocalypse has just begun.

Five weeks have passed since the battle that left Rome and Columbus in ruins. Sheltered in the hidden city of Caelum, Daniel and Kayla train alongside over one hundred Magus and Protectors, hoping that their unified ranks will be enough to take down their greatest threat yet: Richard, his followers, and his horde of Nightmares. Then a fallen comrade is returned to Caelum with a message carved into his chest and a note referencing the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Daniel knows their time for training is over.

Finally understanding Richard’s plans for Kayla and the three other Magus born on Halloween, Daniel and the rest of Caelum’s volunteers scout the U.S. in a desperate attempt to stop their enemy before he can unleash his first Horseman. But when massive attacks claim thousands of lives, people all over the world begin to fall ill—including those Daniel and Kayla care about the most.

With the Horseman of Pestilence released, Daniel knows it’s time to step aside and let Kayla take the lead. Only she has the power to rival her father’s. But when Richard’s plot turns out to be darker than they imagined, their fight is met with more death and destruction—and an enemy who might be unbeatable, after all.

About The Author:

Adopted at three-days-old by a construction worker and a stay-at-home mom, Vicki Leigh grew up in a small suburb of Akron, Ohio where she learned to read by the age of four and considered being sent to her room for punishment as an opportunity to dive into another book. By the sixth grade, Vicki penned her first, full-length screenplay. If she couldn’t be a writer, Vicki would be a Hunter (think Dean and Sam Winchester) or a Jedi. Her favorite place on earth is Hogwarts (she refuses to believe it doesn’t exist), and her favorite dreams include solving cases alongside Sherlock Holmes.

Vicki is an editor for Curiosity Quills Press and is represented by Sarah Negovetich of Corvisiero Literary Agency.

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Curiosity Quills Press (CQ) is a small hybrid publishing company specializing in genre fiction of the highest quality. With 150+ titles in our catalog already and approximately 6 new books coming out each month, there’s never a dull moment at CQ. We work with major retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Audible to ensure that you, the reader, can find whatever you are looking for at your convenience.

Founded in 2011 by Eugene Teplitsky and Lisa Gus, CQ was initially a resource portal for writing and publishing, created in an effort to help writers, like themselves, survive the publishing industry. After rapid success, CQ morphed into publishing press that over time has solidified its share in the market. Now we spend our days searching for the next great escape!

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Broken Dolls by Tyrolin Puxty

BROKEN DOLLS, by Tyrolin Puxty

Genre(s): science-fiction, fantasy, horror

Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press

Date of Release: December 14, 2015

Cover Artist: Eugene Teplitsky

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Description:

Ella doesn’t remember what it’s like to be human - after all, she’s lived as a doll for thirty years. She forgets what it’s like to taste, to breathe…to love.

She helps the professor create other dolls, but they don’t seem to hang around for long. His most recent creation is Lisa, a sly goth. Ella doesn’t like Lisa. How could she, when Lisa keeps trying to destroy her?

Ella likes the professor’s granddaughter though, even if she is dying. Gabby is like Ella’s personal bodyguard. It’s too bad the professor wants to turn Gabby into a doll too, depriving her of an education…depriving her of life.

With time running out and mad dolls on the rampage, Ella questions her very existence as she unearths the secrets buried in her past; secrets that will decide whether Gabby will befall the same fate…

About The Author:

I’m a Jack, or more accurately, a Tyrolin of all trades. In my 23 years, I have walked the red carpet for song nominations, was awarded Australian of the Year in 2014 for Music and in 2015 for the Arts, worked as a qualified paralegal, appeared in TV Shows, hired for product photography, modelled, became a Justice of the Peace, started my own club for school children interested in the arts, worked for a successful magazine company, published a book, hugged a koala and had a show ride collapse on my head. 

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Curiosity Quills Press (CQ) is a small hybrid publishing company specializing in genre fiction of the highest quality. With 150+ titles in our catalog already and approximately 6 new books coming out each month, there’s never a dull moment at CQ. We work with major retailers such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Audible to ensure that you, the reader, can find whatever you are looking for at your convenience.

Founded in 2011 by Eugene Teplitsky and Lisa Gus, CQ was initially a resource portal for writing and publishing, created in an effort to help writers, like themselves, survive the publishing industry. After rapid success, CQ morphed into publishing press that over time has solidified its share in the market. Now we spend our days searching for the next great escape!

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