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Lish McBride

March 24, 2017 by Robin Willis

Book Review: Pyromantic by Lish McBride

The ARC for this sequel to her 2014 novel Firebug hit my doorstep extremely early, but I still dropped everything to read it – and I was not disappointed. I enjoyed this entry into McBride’s universe every bit as much as her previous novels. Rejoining her characters felt like coming home. For some context, read […]

September 18, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Blog Tour and Giveaway – Firebug by Lish McBride

We are so pleased to be a stop on Lish McBride’s Blog Tour for her upcoming novel Firebug! In case you missed it, you can read my review of it here. (OMG, you guys, dream. come. true.) Firebug will be available next Tuesday, September 23! Lish joins us today to answer some very silly and […]

July 3, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review (and swag giveaway): Firebug by Lish McBride

Author Lish McBride returns to the world established in Hold Me Closer, Necromancer and continued in Necromancing the Stone, with the story of Ava, a teenage girl who can set fires with her mind. As a ‘firebug,’ Ava is a valuable asset to her local supernatural group of thugs, the ‘Coterie,’ to whom she is […]

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December 6, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Brief Review: I love this book hardcore and if you don’t read it minions will die and dragons will torch the Earth.  It will be all your fault.  Plus, you will be missing one of the most laugh out loud reading experiences you will ever have.  People will sit around at dinner parties talking […]

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September 15, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

“Most people felt lost after high school. Sometimes I felt like I’d never really been found in the first place.”  – Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride The first book I ever reviewed for VOYA was a Buffy the Vampire Slayer book by Nancy Holder.  I have read almost all of them, and for […]

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June 3, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

You can’t turn on the nightly news without hearing news stories about how bullying is affecting the lives of our teens.  Make no mistake, bullying has always been an issue, but the impact of it seems to be changing as bullying takes to the Internet.  Teens are talking about it.  Parents are talking about it.  […]

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