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Happy New Year!

Yes, I know it's February but I haven't been accepting reviews since October 2016. I am once again open for reviews, but will be very selective because of the amount of submissions I receive a day. I don't want to be overwhelmed like last year.

To make it easier, here is what I am interested in reading:

Young Adult

• Zombies
• Time-Travel
• Period Pieces (ie. 18th century etc...)
• Superheroes/Superpowers 
• Some supernatural

This should make the submission process easier. My books are also available for reviews. You are welcome to browse my site and send me a request for any of my books listed.

​Happy reading!

Hi readers,

I am currently overloaded at the moment when it comes to review submissions. To limit the amount of requests I am receiving, I will only be accepting paperback/hardcover copies of books until further notice. To submit paperback copies of books, please email bookexplosion @ live . com (no spaces) or use the contact form in the CONTACT section of the website. Include a summary of the book and book cover if possible (or amazon page) and I will get back to you with a shipping address if I am interested.

My review policy is the same for paperbacks, so be sure to visit my page before submitting.

Please note that reviews are still not guaranteed with a paperback. I will write an HONEST review of your book whether I enjoyed it or not. The only way I will not write a review is if half way through the book I realize that it's not for me, or violates my guidelines in some way. I will not rip the author a new one, I simply won't read it or review it.

Thanks :-)
Crystal

Title: Blest
Author: Blaise Lucey
Reviewer: Crystal
Rating: 4 Stars

Review
I fell in love with this story from the first page.

I loved Jim as a main character, but was not too thrilled with his love interest, Claire. On his sixteenth birthday, Jim learns the truth about his family in a harsh and painful way. He discovers that he is an Angel and Claire, a demon.

I loved the author voice but did not love the relationship between Jim and Claire. I found it unoriginal and a little cliché. Also, books that navigate between different POV’s is a little annoying. That being said this book was still an awesome read. There are twists and turns around every corner, action for those who love action and love for those who love romance. This first novel by Blaise is clearly not the end of the series as there is a nice setup for a second book.

Title: The Alpha Drive
Author: Kristen Martin
Reviewer: Crystal Crichlow
Rating: 4 Stars

Review
The main character of the book is, Emery who finds herself at a mysterious boarding school where she roommates with a party girl named, Rhea. On the first day she receives a strange phone call from administration asking her to meet. It is then she finds out that the world as she knows is it not real and they are all living in a fake/alternate reality called Dormance. It is revealed that the government has plans on murdering all those in Dormance in order to create a new world. Emery is chosen to save mankind, but being in on the secret comes at a great cost. 

The Alpha Drive has major elements similar to the Matrix, but the story could use a little more tweaking as some things are a bit confusing and hard to follow along. However, it is a fresh addition to the YA genre and I look forward to the rest of the series. This is a great book for all those science nerds out there.

Lies, deceit and family secrets await you in, The Alpha Drive.

Title: Among Wolves
Author: R.A.Hakok
Reviewer: Crystal
Rating: 4 Stars

Review

The book started out with Gabriel who lived in a bunker with the President and some other kids from his class after a virus ravished their world and brought on the apocalypse. Flashbacks showed how Gabriel ended up in the bunker and what started the outbreak. 

Gabriel goes outside to scavenge for food and supplies with Marv, but they both soon realize that something strange was going on inside Eden and the president and their saviour was more dangerous than they could ever imagine.

The writing in Among Wolves was beautifully crafted and the author managed to breathe life into a post-apocalyptic world. I could imagine everything in my mind vividly, which is a very hard thing to pull off, especially in books that have a very dark setting. I liked the twist on the "zombie" apocalypse genre because the virus didn't just attack and change people, it destroyed anything with metal, including buildings and entire structures.

That being said, the book needed a little more action and didn't have very much dialogue. I would have loved to see more interactions with the infected too. Still, I enjoyed the book and would love to read the second to find out what happens to Gabriel and his band of misfits.

Title: Welcome to Sortilege Falls
Author: Libby Heily
Reviewer: Crystal Crichlow
Rating: 5 Stars

Review
Welcome to Sortilege Falls has to be the most original piece of writing that I’ve read in a while. The main character is Grape ( I love the name) who moves to Sortilege Falls with her mom and little brother, Brad. Once there, she realizes immediately that the town is acting all sorts of weird in the presence of the Models. Their every waking moment is filled with the obsession of a bunch of teenage models too beautiful for words. It’s like they have some power over people that makes them do whatever they want, whenever they want, but not Grape. Though their star power is hard for her to resist Grape manages to keep her free will when they’re around and even befriends one of them. Soon, the models start getting fatally sick and when Grape searches for a cure to save them she unravels a disturbing secret that will have her fighting to save the one she loves the most.
 
I loved everything about this story; the author’s voice, the pace, the suspense, the humour, the mysteries, the characters and the world that the author created. The books ends with a cliff-hanger so I will be waiting patiently (impatiently) for the next book in the series (I hope there is one)

This book is For The Big Screen.

Title: Revealing Hannah The Myth of Cassandra
Author: Laura Fedolfi
Released: April 13th, 2015
Reviewer: Crystal Crichlow
Rating: 4.5 stars

Review
This book is the perfect example of why we shouldn't "judge a book by its cover." At first glance this book didn't look like something I would be interested in at all, but I'm not one to judge a book by its cover. This book has everything you could ever want in a novel about Greek mythology; romance, humour, intelligence and action. Laura Fedolfi has a good voice that could only be described as "art"

The main character is sort of clumsy but has a wit about her that makes the reader love her right away. Hannah doesn't know that the Greek gods are real, or that she would become the thing they planned to use in order to reclaim their glory and power. All she wants is to hand in her paper and make it through graduation, but around every corner are twists and turns and laughs that will keep you turning the page no matter what time of night it is. I wasn't a huge fan of Carl, but John was an intelligent bad ass whose wit and humor was matched only by Hannah. I don't know if Ladies' Home and Hearth is a real thing, but I want a copy.

I highly recommend this book to anyone with a love for Greek mythology (like me). There are a few typos here and there but nothing too distracting or annoying.

Title: HELL IS EMPTY AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE
Author: Mark Rounds
Reviewer: Crystal Crichlow
Rating: 4 Stars

Let me start off by saying that I LOVE zombie movies, T.V shows, but more importantly, I love zombie books, especially books that show the beginning and then the mad decent into the apocalyptic world. Most zombie books begin when the apocalypse is already in full force and don't really show readers the how's or the why's. Mark Rounds does the complete opposite with his refreshing take on this popular genre. Fans that love zombies as much as I do will be happy to know that Hell is Empty...isn't your typical zombie book. The flesh eating infected in this book are not people who have risen from the dead. Yes, they eat you, but they are not what you have come to know and expect. Unfortunately, I cannot say more without spilling spoilers, so you're just going to have to see for yourself. There are a few grammatical and formatting errors in the book, but I promise you that it's nothing that will take away from the story. Expect to see the story unfold from different character POV's, which I usually find annoying, but it works for the story because it shows the outbreak from many different angles. Would definitely read more from this author. I highly recommend this book.