YA Buddy Readers' Corner ♥ discussion

After over 4 years, Olena comes rocketing back into Claire's life, changing everything for the worse. Picking up the shattered pieces, Claire is not sure who to believe. Is Olena who she says she is, or is she a killer to stay away from? Leaning on her new boyfriend Steven for support, Claire is faced with the choice on who to trust: a friend she barley knows, or a history lesson she barely remembers. Together, the three will begin a journey that will take Claire from the safety of her home to the last place she thought she would ever be: The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. With the wreckage of rector four looming behind her, Claire will have to see Olena's plan through until the end if she wants any chance of making it out alive.

Hi guys, we have a 'read-2-review' opportunity up for grabs! Dana Burkey is kindly offering up ebook copies of her book 'Locket Full of Secrets' in exchange for honest reviews. This is a YA thriller and was released in July 2015. The buddy read will start on July 27th ☺


To sign up, please leave your name on this thread, and then send me a message with your email address, and preferred format. This book is available in Mobi and PDF formats.

Please Note:
*This buddy read will be a read-to-review opportunity.
*The author will provide participants with a free ebook of the book, and in return you agree to:

-read the book
-join the buddy read
-write an honest review
-NOT SHARE THIS EBOOK - it is for your review purposes only.

Amazon links -
UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0...
US - http://www.amazon.com/Locket-full-Sec...


Participants:
1. Sarah - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. Abbie - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Danielle
4. Nora - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. Siobhan - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. Kayla - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
7. Thomas - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. Sharon - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
9. Isaboe - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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I'm in! Mobi please :)

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Nora

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can i sign up please?

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Anybody else for this one?? I'll be contacting the author ASAP ☺

Thomas

Thanks Thomas ☺

Hey guys! Dana has very kindly made this book free today and tomorrow on kindle, so everyone who has signed up for a kindle version needs to hop over to Amazon to download their copy! ☺ Big thanks to Dana ♡

Links -
UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0...
US - http://www.amazon.com/Locket-full-Sec...

Can I join? PDF, please!

Starting now. :)

Chapter 3 - (view spoiler)[Not a very nice thing to see! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ this must be set quite a while ago if they were bonding over New Kids on the Block! (hide spoiler)]

Sharon wrote: "Can I join? PDF, please!"

I'll message the author now ☺

Sarah wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Can I join? PDF, please!"

I'll message the author now ☺"

Thank you! :D

chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ she stabbed him 23 times?! That is not self-defense! (hide spoiler)]

24% (view spoiler)[ she didn't mean to kill anybody?! she stabbed him 23 times! Must be weird to suddenly see her again! (hide spoiler)]

I'm 40% done with this book and so far I am absolutely loving it!!! Just about to start Chapter 15.

Sarah wrote: "chapter 4 [spoilers removed]

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(view spoiler)[ You can't stab someone 23 times and say you didn't mean to kill them or it was self defense! (hide spoiler)]

Isaboe wrote: "I'll join! Just downloaded it from Amazon so why not? ;)"

Thomas wrote: "I'm 40% done with this book and so far I am absolutely loving it!!! Just about to start Chapter 15."

Yay!

39% (view spoiler)[ I hadn't considered not trusting Steven, but as soon as Olena pointed it out it made sense! (hide spoiler)]

50% (view spoiler)[ chernobyl? really? (hide spoiler)]

54% (view spoiler)[ this whole chernobyl plot has put me off a bit. (hide spoiler)]

61% (view spoiler)[ he is totally lying!!!! Olena was so right about him!! (hide spoiler)]

76% (view spoiler)[ do not wander off?!?!?! I wouldn't want to go there in the first place!! (hide spoiler)]

80% (view spoiler)[ Olena was so right!!!! (hide spoiler)]

Abbie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "chapter 4 [spoilers removed]

24% [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ exactly! That would never stand up in court! (hide spoiler)]

the end (view spoiler)[ so what was in the locket? did i miss that? (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 2 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I think NKOTB came in the 1980s. So it's like around 35 years ago. It's cool to see them bond over the band though. (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "the end [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[The locket had a key inside of it that opened the box in Uri's house. :) (hide spoiler)]

Sharon wrote: "Sarah wrote: "chapter 2 [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ Aside from a few bits the whole book takes place in 1999. But, wOlena and Claire first meet it would have been around 1993. Towards the end of NKOTBs fame, but still popular enough for girls to connect over them for sure! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 4: (view spoiler)[ If you stab a person 23 times, I do not think you can claim that it was self-defense. Olena must have some major issues if she killed this guy. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 13: (view spoiler)[ Olena stole a car along with Steven? That's going to be hard to explain if they get pulled over. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 17: (view spoiler)[ Olena does seem to trust Steven. To be honest, I have a weird feeling about him too. I hope I'm wrong, though. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 23: (view spoiler)[ It's interesting to hear the reason why Olena left Russia. Sad about her dad and uncle. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 27: (view spoiler)[ Girl, you are fooling yourself if you actually believe that the TV was on. He was obviously talking to someone. I wonder who?? This is getting interesting. (hide spoiler)]

how do you all read so fast lol :)

Dana wrote: "Sarah wrote: "the end [spoilers removed]"

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(view spoiler)[ I totally forgot that! (hide spoiler)]

Sharon wrote: "Chapter 27: [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I thought that too! He was obviously lying! (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 30: (view spoiler)[ When those guards came, I thought those were the bad guys that Olena had talked about in the beginning. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 36: (view spoiler)[ Where in the world did he get the gun from and how does he speak Ukrainian? Man, he has been lying all along. OMG...Claire was shot. (hide spoiler)]

84%: (view spoiler)[ He is related to Olena??? What? My god, to find out that you are with your best friend's cousin, hope it doesn't ruin their friendship. (hide spoiler)]

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

had two books to finish and post youtube videos for so im a bit behind and only starting this now but im excited to get into it

Thanks Siobhan ☺

Sharon wrote: "My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Thanks Sharon ☺

50% done my eyes have been acting up (view spoiler)[ The story builds up very fast and im loving every second of it. I dont trust Steven at all but that could be because it was suggested, travelling around the world to escape killers when your best friend dragged you into must not be fun, the romance isnt moving to fast which is a nice change (hide spoiler)]

my review on goodreads ill add the link to the video when i have recorded it :)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJZvY...
my video review

Isaboe wrote: "somewhere I forgot to highlight [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ that was a little unbelieveable, I suppose it was supposed to be that he was high on adrenalin? (hide spoiler)]