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Fire and Flood

February 19, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott

Tella and her family have moved to the middle of nowhere because of her sick brother.  Tella is bored, and sometimes resentful, but then she remembers why they are there and she manages to keep it in perspective.  One day, a blue box arrives with very obscure instructions.  She sees her father try to destroy […]

December 31, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

10 Titles to Look for in 2014 – Karen’s Most Coveted

Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott Victoria Scott is awesomesauce.  The real deal.  She totally floored me with her turn around in The Collector, which I thought I was going to hate because at first it seems shallow and superficial and bad female messaging, but then she pulled a 180 with her sexy, snarky demon […]

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