Remember by Name Series- Laurencia Hoffman

July 25, 2021Oh! The Books You Can Read! Reviews Leave a comment

This is my stop during the bookstagram blitz for the Remember My Name Series by Laurencia Hoffman. The second book in this series Remember His Name just released. This is a thriller/ suspense series.

This bookstagram blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. This bookstagram blitz runs from 19 till 25 July. See the tour schedule here.

Don’t miss the tour wide giveaway! One winner will win a signed copy of Remember My Name as well as a $10 Amazon gift card. You can enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post.

Remember My Name (Remember My Name #1)
By Laurencia Hoffman
Genre: Thriller/ Suspense
Age category: Adult
Release Date: 4 September, 2020

Blurb: Dark and twisted secrets mar Shane Coulter’s skin, and darken his fragile heart. Yet he keeps his nightmarish truth hidden from all those he holds dear with a smart mouth and abrasive attitude. His first love, Callan Reid, refuses to accept Shane’s tough exterior. Convinced something truly horrific lurks beneath Shane’s defenses, Callan vows to uncover the truth. But some things are better left buried. As darkness from the past threatens to be brought to light, there are those who would kill to prevent it. Can Callan break down Shane’s walls? Or will digging into the past come with deadly consequences?

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Remember His Name (Remember My Name #2)
By Laurencia Hoffman
Genre: Thriller/ Suspense
Age category: Adult
Release Date: 2 July, 2021

Blurb: Born an Empath, the intrusive feelings of others force themselves into the forefront of Wren Stafford’s mind and haunt his dreams. For a time, he thought he put the pain of his past behind him when he met the love of his life. But fate had far more cruel plans. He tried to warn his husband, Henry; begged him not to ignore his predictions of the terrible atrocities to come. Then Henry was found murdered, and Wren was named as the prime suspect. Harassed by the police and condemned by the public, Wren hunts for his husband’s killer amid being plagued by nightmares of his own grisly death. Time is running out. Can he unravel the clues within his visions in time to stop the killer? Or is he destined to become the next victim?

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About the Author:
Laurencia Hoffman specializes in various sub-genres of romance. Her stories often focus on the darker side of fiction, but love and survival remain the central themes throughout her work. When she’s not writing, she also enjoys playing video games with her family, listening to music, satisfying her sweet tooth, and watching films.

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Giveaway
There is a tour wide giveaway for the bookstagram blitz for the Remember My Name series. One winner will win a signed copy of Remember My Name by Laurencia Hoffman as well as a $10 Amazon gift card (US Only).

You can enter the giveaway here.

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You & Me at the End of the World- Brianna Bourne

July 15, 2021Oh! The Books You Can Read! Reviews Leave a comment

Thank you to Terminal Tours and the author for allowing me to be part of this tour!

Title: You & Me at the End of the World

Author: Brianna Bourne

Release Date: July 20th, 2021

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary or Dystopia

Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 3.5 stars

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Synopsis:

Hannah Ashton wakes up to silence. The entire city around her is empty, except
for one other person: the reckless, charismatic Leo Sterling. Leo might be the
hottest boy ever (and not just because he’s the only one left), but he’s also too
charming, too selfish, and too devastating for his own good, let alone Hannah’s.
Stuck with only each other against a backdrop of abandoned carnivals and echoing museums, Hannah
and Leo explore a world with no parents, no friends, and no school. Together, they get a chance to start
over and be themselves instead of playing parts others cut out for them. Hannah doesn’t have to be justan overachieving, music-box-perfect ballerina, and Leo can be more than a slacker, 80s-glam-metal-
obsessed guitarist. Leo is a burst of honesty and fun that draws Hannah out, and Hannah’s got Leo thinking about someone other than himself for the first time.
Together, they search for answers amid crushing isolation. But while their empty world may appear
harmless . . . it’s not. Because nothing is quite as it seems, and if Hannah and Leo don’t figure out what’s
going on, they might lose each other—or lose whatever it is that’s building between them—forever.
This epic will-they-won’t-they relationship is a totally fresh and irreverent YA novel that is as much a love
story as it is a story about finding yourself. The book also contains a MAJOR twist that will have readers’
jaws on the floors long after turning the final page.

My Thoughts:

This is a very unique story. It made me think about what I would do myself if there was nobody around.

What I liked was that Hannah and Leo had a unique relationship. I liked the build throughout the story. This book is written in Hannah and Leo’s point of view which I enjoyed as you got the different viewpoints. There is some suspense and romantic tension as well as self-discovery.

I just think that it was missing something. I wish the characters had proper character developments as I felt they lacked in it. It was more like the characters were having fun by themselves until the end of the book. I wanted more of realistic development. I would have liked more questions answered as well.

I recommend this book because it has a great relationship and a great build up. The tension is everything. It is a decent young adult contemporary/dystopia.

Author Bio:

“I wrote YOU & ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD long before there was any hint of this pandemic,
because the image of a girl walking down an empty 12-lane highway
was so fascinating and foreign to me. Too bad we all know what empty
streets look like now,” said Brianna Bourne. “At the beginning, Hannah
and Leo wake up miles away from each other, both convinced they’re
the only ones left in the city. And then they find each other. And
everything changes.”

When BRIANNA BOURNE is not writing, she works as a stage manager
for ballet companies around the world. Originally from Texas, Brianna
grew up in Indonesia and Egypt and now lives in England with her rock
musician husband and their two daughters. You can find out more
about her on Twitter at @briannabourneYA.

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The Queen Will Betray You- Sarah Henning

July 8, 2021Oh! The Books You Can Read! Reviews Leave a comment

Title: The Queen Will Betray You

Author: Sarah Henning

Release Date: July 6, 2021
Publisher: Tor Teen

Genre: YA Fantasy
Pages: 352

Rating: 4 stars

Synopsis:

The breathtaking sequel to The Princess Will Save You in the Kingdoms of Sand and Sky duology — a brilliantly-executed YA fantasy homage to The Princess Bride

To stay together forever, Princess Amarande and her stableboy love, Luca, must part: Amarande to reclaim her kingdom from usurpers, and Luca to raise a rebellion and find his destiny. Arrayed against them are all the players in the game of thrones for control over the continent of The Sand and Sky. Facing unspeakable betrayals, enemies hidden in the shadows, and insurmountable odds, their only hope is the power of true love…

My Thoughts:

This book was addicting to read. I read the first one in this series in a day and this one took two days to read (if I didn’t have to work both jobs it would’ve taken one). I will definitely read the next.

Luca and Ama’s relationship was the sweetest and I loved seeing the continuation of this. This book also jumped right into where the first book left off. This book is compared to The Princess Bride, which I have never seen, but after reading this book I want to see it to compare the two. I loved the word building and the politics. The plot and pacing were also what kept me engaged. The only thing that kept me from giving this book 5 stars was that it was not something that I have not seen or read before. I still would highly recommend.

This is a great YA fantasy. It is everything that you would want from a sequel.

Author Bio:

Sarah Henning is a recovering journalist who has worked for the Palm Beach Post, Kansas City Star and Associated Press, among others. While in South Florida, Sarah lived and worked through five hurricanes, which gave her an extreme respect for the ocean. When not writing, she runs ultramarathons, hits the playground with her two kids and hangs out with her husband Justin, who doubles as her long-suffering IT department. Sarah lives in Lawrence, Kansas, which, despite being extremely far from the beach, happens to be pretty cool.

Website http://www.sarahhenningwrites.com/

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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shhenning/

Twitter https://twitter.com/shhenning

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