Posts tagged with stewart-lewis

May 18 2015

The Secret Ingredient, by Stewart Lewis

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Stewart Lewis's The Secret Ingredient has a great cover, a great hook, and the foundations of at least two—maybe more—great YA novels. Unfortunately, he seems incapable of delivering on any of that promise, and once again produces a book that is simultaneously overly dramatic and underdeveloped...

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May 18 2015

Weekly Book Giveaway: The Secret Ingredient, by Stewart Lewis

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This week's Book Giveaway is Stewart Lewis's The Secret Ingredient, which I suspect will hone pretty closely to the tone and style of his first book, You Have Seven Messages. I was underwhelmed by Messages, but...

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Apr 15 2013

You Have Seven Messages, by Stewart Lewis

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Stewart Lewis's YA novel You Have Seven Messages is a mash-up of mystery, romance, and coming-of-age plot elements. The end result is an ambitious—but ultimately pretty silly—teen-friendly soap opera...

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Apr 15 2013

Weekly Book Giveaway: You Have Seven Messages, by Stewart Lewis

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After reading Beth Reekles's The Kissing Booth last Friday (which I'll be writing about as soon as I can figure out a way to transform my immediate reaction into a halfway coherent review*), I was in the mood for something a little more... solid, let's say. So this week's Book Giveaway pick is Stewart Lewis's You Have Seven Messages, which I will be reviewing this afternoon...

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