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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">R. Caine High School 1-3</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Victoria Danann</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Genre: YA Fantasy Romance</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: January 19th 2019</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">dba 7th House, Imprint of Andromeda LLC</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Summary:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">The first three books of the series form an unforgettable trilogy that will make </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">you</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> feel like you just transferred to R. Caine High.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"FIVE STARS for one of the most peculiar high school experiences of all time!"</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> - The World is Hers for the Reading</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">When it came to the attention of the old ones that their creations, the Earth gods, had been playing games at the expense of humankind for millennia, they put a stop to it. But the rebellious gods were far too addicted to their games to give them up. After several summit meetings, they voted to use their own children as players and locate the playing field in the most treacherous environment in the known universe… high school.</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">*A goddess's favorite wolf disguised as a Norwegian elk hound.<br /><br />*A prankster god disguised as a quirky kid.<br /><br />*A sixteen-year-old who doesn't know she's an immortal Valkyrie.<br /><br />*Norse gods. Wait! What?</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Book 1. THE GAME BEGINS</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Ever Moore</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> is one of a large group of sophomores inexplicably transferring into R. Caine from all over North America. She doesn't remember that she's the favorite Valkyrie daughter of Odin and Freya. She only knows she's a sixteen year old with no interest in moving across the country to a new school.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Book 2. THE KNIGHT</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Jean Marre's</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> recent life has been one big surprise right after another. First his family moved to SoCal from a remote French Canadian town. Then he began feeling a strange compulsion to watch over a smart little blonde named Ever Moore. In fact he found himself restless, distracted, and uncomfortable if she wasn't around. Before there was time to adjust to any of that, he was informed that his parents were going to South Africa for a few months and leaving him with his mother's friend, who happened to be Ever's mother. Life just couldn't get stranger. Or could it? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Book 3. THE FOOL</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Loki, alias </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Mercury Ryder</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">, can be counted on for only one thing - unpredictability. Just because Loki had been 'good' for a thousand years didn't mean he could be trusted to carry out Freya's wishes on Earth. After all, he was the inventor of the 'long con'. There was also nothing in the cosmos that delighted him more than surprise; not the good kind.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">R. CAINE HIGH SCHOOL, Books 1-3</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <b>Guest Post<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 107%;">ar·cane /ärˈkān/ adjective: <b>arcane </b>(understood by few; mysterious or secret)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="color: #181818;">New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Victoria Danann,</b><span style="color: #181818;"> is the author of over thirty eight romances: paranormal, scifi, fantasy, and contemporary.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;">Her Knights of Black Swan series won BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE SERIES FOUR YEARS IN A ROW. </span><i style="color: #181818;">- Reviewers Choice Awards, The Paranormal Romance Guild.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818;">She also won Paranormal Romance Novel of the Year FOUR YEARS IN A ROW and Scifi Fantasy Series and Novel of the year this past year..</span></div>
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First Earl I See Tonight</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Anna Bennett<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> St. Martin's Press<br />
<b>Series:</b> Debutante Diaries #1<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Historical Romance<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> October 30th 2018<br />
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An heiress with a daring proposal. An earl who’s determined to resist her. And a love that just might be written in the stars… <br />
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Recently jilted by his fiancée, David Gray, Earl of Ravenport is not in the market for a wife. Even if Gray didn’t have his hands full renovating his crumbling country house, it would take more than a bold marriage proposal from a headstrong young beauty to thaw his frozen heart. Gray is confident that spending a week at his ramshackle estate will change her mind about marriage, but every passionate moment he spends with her tempts him to change his…<br />
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A talented artist, Miss Fiona Hartley desperately needs her dowry money to pay off a blackmailer set on ruining her sister. The handsome earl seems a sensible choice for a husband…if only she can convince him that romance will play no part. But marrying in name only may prove difficult for Fiona. Gray can’t help but be dazzled by her genuine warmth. Yet as their feelings deepen, Fiona’s deadline looms. Will her secrets destroy them, or is true love their final destiny?<br />
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When I saw Anna Benett started a new series, I knew I needed to get my hands on it asap.<br />
I love her writing style, her prose is beautiful and insightful. She is witty and doesn't write run off the mill romances.<br />
So my expectations were high, I mean VERY high.<br />
And honestly I wasn't disappointed, I think, I might have set the bar a bit too high.<br />
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Well, actually. My expectations were spot on for like 80% of the book. I got exactly what I wanted. But then it became a bit too gooey for me. To the point that I found it a bit soppy and everything felt a bit over the top and cliche. I was kinda a bit taken aback by Gray's sudden overly softie behaviour. Half of the declarations, felt like just that, declarations. Declarations that were planned out. And somehow, I felt Benett took two unique characters and a fun storyline, built them up to at the end quickly make them the usual usual... and throw in your HEA.<br />
So that's what I didn't like about the book.<br />
BUT I liked everything else.<br />
I do think that most readers will not experience the same issues, I am a bit of a harsher critic, I know that. And as I said, I had very high expectations.<br />
Also, I have no issues with the HEA. I am very happy with how it worked out in the end.<br />
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The character building was as always spot on. Interesting unique characters, people I could relate to and that felt real.<br />
Well, most of them, except for the villain maybe, he was a bit too over the top. However, this was part of my last issues with the last part of the book.<br />
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The storyline is funny, unique and the perfect cute & fluffy. Just what I like in a HR.<br />
Now the mystery wasn't a mystery, I knew quite early on who was the villain. And the way it was solved, was not exactly impressive, no amazing twists or anything. Again, my end part problems<br />
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The writing style is just as expected, beautiful and insightful (most of the time anyway). There are many sweet and funny moments. I shall keep my expectations as high as ever for Bennetts future books.<br />
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A wonderful book for lovers of the genre and I am looking forward to the next instalment!<br />
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<b>Excerpt: </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s2"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>“Lord</span><span class="s3"> Ravenport,” Lady </span><span class="s4">Callahan</span><span class="s3"> intoned, closing her</span><span class="s5"> </span><span class="s2">fan </span><span class="s3">with</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s4">an</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">expert</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">flick</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s2"> the wrist. </span><span class="s3">“Please,</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">allow</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">me</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s3">present</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">my</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">daughter</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">Miss</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">Sophie</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">Kendall</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">friends</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s2">Miss </span><span class="s3">Fiona</span><span class="s2"> Hartley and Miss </span><span class="s3">Lily</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s8">Hartley.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">Gray</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">exchanged</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">expected</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">pleasantries,</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">then</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s4">turned</span><span class="s9"> </span><span class="s3">to Fiona. </span><span class="s2">A</span><span class="s3"> halo of loose curls crowned her </span><span class="s2">head,</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s3"> she</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s3">worried</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">plump</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">bottom</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">lip.</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">Her</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s4">pink</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">gown</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">exposed</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s3">long</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">column</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">neck</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">curve</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">shoulders;</span><span class="s5"> </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">could</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">almost</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">see</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">pulse</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">beating</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">wildly</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">at</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">base</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s2"> throat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s4">His</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">instincts</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">screamed</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">for</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s4">him</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s4">run</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">right</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">out</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s2">ballroom,</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">yet</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">boots</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">remained</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">rooted</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s8">fl</span><span class="s3">oor.</span><span class="s15"> </span><span class="s8">Worse,</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">before</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">knew</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">what</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">was</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">doing</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s16">he’d</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">asked</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">dance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">“It</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">would</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">be</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">my</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">pleasure,”</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">stammered,</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">taking</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s4">arm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s2">As</span><span class="s3"> he led her to </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s2">dance</span><span class="s3"> floor he questioned </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">own</span><span class="s19"> </span><span class="s3">good</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">judgment—and</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">not</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">for</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s2">first</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s2">time</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">that</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s1">day.</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s11">He’d</span><span class="s5"> </span><span class="s3">witnessed</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">Miss</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">Hartley</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s4">trip</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">tumble</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">into</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">orchestra</span><span class="s21"> </span><span class="s3">at</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">Millbrook</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">ball.</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s11">He’d</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">been</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">dancing</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">with</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">Helena</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">at</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s2">the time </span><span class="s3">but</span><span class="s2"> had </span><span class="s3">paused</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">help</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">So</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">much</span><span class="s2"> had </span><span class="s3">changed</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">since</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">then.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">He</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">had</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">no</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">idea</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s2">if</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">Miss</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s8">Hartley’s</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">dance</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">partner</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">had</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">been</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s2">to</span><span class="s24"> </span><span class="s4">blame</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s3">for</span><span class="s24"> </span><span class="s4">the</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s2">incident</span><span class="s24"> </span><span class="s2">or</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s4">whether</span><span class="s24"> </span><span class="s2">she</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s2">was</span><span class="s24"> </span><span class="s4">prone</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s2">to</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s25"></span><span class="s4">falling,</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">but</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">just</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">to</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">be</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">safe</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">he</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">tightened</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">hand</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">on</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">her</span><span class="s24"> </span><span class="s3">waist.</span><span class="s2"> And </span><span class="s3">they</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">began</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">moving</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s2"> the</span><span class="s3"> music.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s4">The</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">first</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">measure</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">had</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">barely</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">played</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">before</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">asked,</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s1">“You</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">received</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">my</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">letter?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s2">“I</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">did,”</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">said</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">noncommittally,</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">twirling</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">beneath</span><span class="s27"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s2"> raised </span><span class="s4">arm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s2">When</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">faced</span><span class="s4"> him </span><span class="s2">again,</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">looked</span><span class="s4"> him </span><span class="s2">directly</span><span class="s4"> in</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s8">eye.</span><span class="s4"> “What </span><span class="s3">do</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">you</span><span class="s4"> think </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">my</span><span class="s2"> . . . </span><span class="s3">offer?”</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s2">asked,</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s3">her voice </span><span class="s2">cracking</span><span class="s3"> on </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s2">final</span><span class="s3"> word.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">He</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">tamped</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">down</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">an</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">unexpected</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">pang</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">sympathy.</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">“I</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s4">think</span><span class="s2"> that </span><span class="s3">we</span><span class="s2"> hardly </span><span class="s3">know</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">each</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s8">other.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s2">“True,</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">but</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">that</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">is</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">easily</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">rectified,</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">is</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">it</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">not?”</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s4">There</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">it</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s2">was—an</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">unmistakable</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s2">hint</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">desperation.</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s2">And</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">sense</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s21"> </span><span class="s3">urgency</span><span class="s2"> that </span><span class="s8">even</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">letter </span><span class="s8">hadn’t</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">conveyed.</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">“It</span><span class="s8"> is,” </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">conceded.</span><span class="s8"> “However, </span><span class="s2">I</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">suspect</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">that</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">more</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s8">we</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">know</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">each</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s8">other,</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">the</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s8">less</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s1">we’ll</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">like</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">each</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s1">other.”</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">Cynical</span><span class="s21"> </span><span class="s2">but</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s14">true</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">in</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">experience.</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">His</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s4">parents</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s14">certainly</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">hadn’t</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s3">grown</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">fonder</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">each</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">other.</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">Neither</span><span class="s2"> had </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s2"> and </span><span class="s3">Helena.</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">She</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s4">winced</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s4">and</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s2">looked</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s3">away</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s2">before</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s4">regaining</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s2">her</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s3">composure.</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">“Perhaps.</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">But</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">we</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">needn’t</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s4">like</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">each</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s8">other.”</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">Gray chuckled at </span><span class="s2">that.</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s2">“I</span><span class="s3"> never thought </span><span class="s16">I’d</span><span class="s3"> meet some</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s3">one</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">more</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">jaded</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s4">than</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s1">I.”</span></span></div>
<div class="p5">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">“So,</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s8">you’ll</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">consider</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">my</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">offer?”</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">pressed.</span></span></div>
<div class="p6" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s4">“I</span><span class="s30"> </span><span class="s4">will</span><span class="s31"> </span><span class="s3">not,”</span><span class="s30"> </span><span class="s2">he</span><span class="s31"> </span><span class="s4">said</span><span class="s30"> </span><span class="s2">firmly.</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s3">Under</span><span class="s30"> </span><span class="s4">different</span><span class="s31"> </span><span class="s4">circum</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s2">stances,</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s2">fortune</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">may</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s8">have</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s2">tempted</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s4">him.</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">But</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">was</span><span class="s24"> </span><span class="s3">clearly</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">intent</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">on</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">using</span><span class="s4"> him </span><span class="s3">for</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">own</span><span class="s4"> purpose—and </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s2">suspected</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">that</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s1">she’d</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">set</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">sights</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">on</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s4">him</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">for</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">reasons</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s4">be</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s3">yond</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">title.</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">After</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">all,</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s2">there</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">were</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">half</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">dozen</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s2">peers</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">in</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s2">attendance</span><span class="s3"> right now </span><span class="s16">who’d</span><span class="s3"> leap at </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s2">chance</span><span class="s3"> to </span><span class="s4">marry</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s3">young</span><span class="s2"> and </span><span class="s3">unconventionally</span><span class="s2"> beautiful </span><span class="s3">heiress.</span></span></div>
<div class="p3">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">But</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">was</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">not</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">one</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s2"> them.</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s2">“It</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">seems</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">rather</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">closedminded</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">you</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s2">to</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">dismiss</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s2">me</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s3">summarily,”</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">shot</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">back,</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">displaying</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">boldness</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s2">that</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">was</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s3">borderline</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s4">rude—and</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">refreshing.</span></span></div>
<div class="p4" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s25"></span><span class="s4">“If</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">I</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">said</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s16">I’d</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">consider</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">your</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">offer,</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s16">I’d</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">only</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">be</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">giving</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">you</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s3">false</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">hope.</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">Delaying</span><span class="s2"> the </span><span class="s3">inevitable.”</span></span></div>
<div class="p7">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s4">“The</span><span class="s3"> inevitable rejection, you mean,” she </span><span class="s2">clarified.</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s1">“Yes.”</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">He</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">was</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">still</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">reeling</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">from</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">sting</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s1">Helena’s</span></span></div>
<div class="p8">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s4">rebuff</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">and</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s3">wouldn’t</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s2">wish</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s3">anyone</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">that</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">sort</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">pain</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">and</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s2">humiliation.</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">“Please,”</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">begged.</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">“I</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s4">realize</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">that</span><span class="s1"> it’s </span><span class="s3">highly</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">unusual</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s3">for</span><span class="s2"> a</span><span class="s3"> woman</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">propose</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s4">marriage—”</span></span></div>
<div class="p3">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s8">“It’s</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s4">unheard</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s1">of.”</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">“Surely</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">you</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">must</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">be</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">curious—as</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">why</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">I</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">did</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s8">it.”</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">She</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s3">looked</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">up</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">at</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">him,</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">shining</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">blue</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">eyes</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">challenging</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s4">him</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">deny</span><span class="s2"> the </span><span class="s4">truth</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">words.</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">Gray</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">shrugged.</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s1">“You</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s8">have</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">your</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">reasons</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">for</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s4">making</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s3">offer;</span><span class="s2"> I </span><span class="s8">have</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">my</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">reasons</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">for</span><span class="s2"> declining </span><span class="s8">it.”</span></span></div>
<div class="p9" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s8">“Give</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">me</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">the</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">opportunity</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s8">explain,”</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">pleaded.</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s8">“Just</span><span class="s33"> </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s4">quarter</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s4">an</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">hour</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s4">make</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">my</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">case.</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">If,</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s4">after</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">that,</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">you</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s2">remain</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">unconvinced,</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">I</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">promise</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">I</span><span class="s8"> shan’t </span><span class="s3">mention</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">it</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">again.”</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s3">He</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">must</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">be</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">out</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s4">damned</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s4">mind</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">consider</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">engag</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s3">ing </span><span class="s4">in</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s4">further</span><span class="s3"> discussion with </span><span class="s2">Miss</span><span class="s3"> Hartley. </span><span class="s4">The</span><span class="s3"> very last</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s4">thing</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">he</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">needed</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">was</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">another</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">conniving,</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">selfserving</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s2">fe</span><span class="s24"> </span><span class="s2">male</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s2">attempting</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">interfere</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">with</span><span class="s4"> his </span><span class="s3">life.</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s3">He</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s2">had</span><span class="s4"> </span><span class="s2">opened</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">mouth</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">tell</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">so</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">when</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">someone</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">bumped</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">into</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s4">his</span></span></div>
<div class="p10">
<span class="s3"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">back—hard.</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s1">Gray’s</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">torso</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">collided</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">with</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">Miss</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s8">Hartley’s</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">chest,</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">and</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s3">stumbled two steps before he </span><span class="s2">wrapped</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s4">an</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s4">arm</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s2">around</span><span class="s3"> her</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s3">slender</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">waist,</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">catching</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">just</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">before</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">landed</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">on</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s3">parquet</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s8">fl</span><span class="s3">oor.</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">She</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">gasped</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">clung</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">jacket,</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s1">ex</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s3">pression </span><span class="s4">an</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s2">odd</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s4">mix</span><span class="s3"> of relief </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s3"> mortification.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">“Oh</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">dear,”</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s2"> breathed.</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s2">Their</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">faces</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">were</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">so</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">close</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">could</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s2">see</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s3">unexpected</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s4">dark</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s3">blue</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">flecks</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s4">in</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s2">irises</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">individual</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s2">freckles</span><span class="s11"> </span><span class="s3">dotting</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">nose.</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">“Forgive</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s8">me,”</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">he</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">said.</span></span></div>
<div class="p5">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">“For</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">what?”</span></span></div>
<div class="p11">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">For</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">what</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">indeed?</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">Steering</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">into</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">collision?</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s4">Grip</span></span></div>
<div class="p12">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s25"></span><span class="s3">ping</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">waist</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s2">too</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">tightly?</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s4">Or</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">for</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s4">staring</span><span class="s20"> </span><span class="s3">at</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">swells</span><span class="s32"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">breasts</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">having</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">decidedly</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">wicked</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">thoughts</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">while</span><span class="s5"> </span><span class="s2">he</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4"><i>should</i></span><span class="s28"><i> </i></span><span class="s3">have</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s2">been</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s3">shielding</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s2">her</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s2">from</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">further</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s3">embar</span><span class="s34"> </span><span class="s2">rassment?</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">Ignoring</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">her</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">question,</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">he</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">asked,</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">“Are</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s3">you</span><span class="s17"> </span><span class="s4">all</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s3">right?”</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s2">“I</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">am.”</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">Her</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">cheeks</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s4">turned</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s4">charming</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">shade</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s12"> </span><span class="s2">pink.</span><span class="s34"> </span><span class="s3">She</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">blew</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">out</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">breath</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">shot</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s4">him</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s4">shaky</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">smile.</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s4">“When</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s3">it</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">comes</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">dance</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">floor</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">mishaps,</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">I</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s3">confess</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s1">I’ve</span><span class="s22"> </span><span class="s3">survived</span><span class="s19"> </span><span class="s3">much</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s8">worse.”</span></span></div>
<div class="p2" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s4">Gray</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s2">looked</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s3">over</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">his</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s2">shoulder</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s2">to</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">see</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s3">how</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">the</span><span class="s28"> </span><span class="s4">other</span><span class="s34"> </span><span class="s3">couple</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s2">fared,</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s4">surprised</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s2">find</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">Helena</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">and</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s16"> </span><span class="s2">dance</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">part</span><span class="s34"> </span><span class="s3">ner</span><span class="s2"> smiling </span><span class="s3">apologetically.</span></span></div>
<div class="p9" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">And</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">the</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s2">truth</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">struck</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s2">him.</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">For</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">the</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">last</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">ten</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">minutes,</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">while</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s11">he’d</span><span class="s35"> </span><span class="s3">been</span><span class="s35"> </span><span class="s3">dancing</span><span class="s35"> </span><span class="s3">with</span><span class="s35"> </span><span class="s3">Miss</span><span class="s35"> </span><span class="s8">Hartley,</span><span class="s35"> </span><span class="s11">he’d</span><span class="s35"> </span><span class="s3">been</span><span class="s35"> </span><span class="s1">completely,</span><span class="s5"> </span><span class="s3">blissfully</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">unaware</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s8">Helena</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">and</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">what</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s3">was</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s8">doing.</span><span class="s23"> </span><span class="s1">Even</span><span class="s21"> </span><span class="s3">more</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">remarkable,</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s16">he’d</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">forgotten</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">that</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">she</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">was</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s4">in</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">room.</span><span class="s6"> </span><span class="s4">“Meet</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s2">me</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s4">in</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s3">Hyde</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s4">Park</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s3">tomorrow,”</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s2">he</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s4">said</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s2">to</span><span class="s29"> </span><span class="s4">Miss</span><span class="s18"> </span><span class="s3">Hartley,</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">mentally</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">cursing</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">his</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">own</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">weakness.</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">“I</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s2">will</span><span class="s8"> </span><span class="s3">listen</span><span class="s36"> </span><span class="s2">to</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s3">what</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s3">you</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s3">have</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s2">to</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s8">say,</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s3">but</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s8">don’t</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s2">expect</span><span class="s10"> </span><span class="s4">anything</span><span class="s7"> </span><span class="s2">to</span></span></div>
<div class="p13" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">change</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">my</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">mind.”</span></span></div>
<div class="p9" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s4">The</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">corners</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">her</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">mouth</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">curled</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s4">in</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">a</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s2">triumphant</span><span class="s1"> </span><span class="s3">smile.</span><span class="s13"> </span><span class="s4">“Thank</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">you.</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s4">All</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">I</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">ask</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">is</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">that</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">you</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">allow</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">me</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">the</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s2">chance</span><span class="s14"> </span><span class="s3">to</span><span class="s34"> </span><span class="s3">explain</span><span class="s2"> the </span><span class="s3">advantages</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">of</span><span class="s2"> the </span><span class="s3">arrangement—for</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">us</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">both.”</span><span class="s5"> </span><span class="s3">“Forgive</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">me</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s4">if</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">I</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s4">remain</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">skeptical,”</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">he</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">drawled.</span><span class="s26"> </span><span class="s2">“I’ll</span></span></div>
<div class="p13" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3">meet</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s3">you</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s4">near</span><span class="s2"> the </span><span class="s3">footbridge.</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s4">Three</span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s8">o’clock?”</span></span></div>
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<br />Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-4395962091459421082018-08-16T07:22:00.002-04:002018-08-16T07:22:44.595-04:00Review: Pestilence by Laura Thalassa<br />
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Pestilence</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Laura Thalassa<br />
<b>Series:</b> The Four Horsemen #1<br />
<b>Pages:</b> ebook, 382 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Dystopia<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> Published March 20th 2018<br />
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<b>Summary:</b><br />
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They came to earth—Pestilence, War, Famine, Death—four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all. </i><br />
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When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly what Sara has in mind when she shoots the unholy beast off his steed.<br />
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Too bad no one told her Pestilence can’t be killed. <br />
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Now the horseman, very much alive and very pissed off, has taken her prisoner, and he’s eager to make her suffer. Only, the longer she’s with him, the more uncertain she is about his true feelings towards her … and hers towards him. <br />
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And now, well, Sara might still be able to save the world, but in order to do so, she'll have to sacrifice her heart in the process</blockquote>
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<b>Review:</b><br />
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Pestilence is surprising in so many ways, that it left me in awe of Thalassa.<br />
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But before I even delf into the storyline, character building or writing style let's just take a moment and look at the cover.<br />
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Yeah. Exactly.<br />
I'll give you another minute.<br />
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How gorg?<br />
And that's all I shall say to it.<br />
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Well, except.<br />
It is definitely the reason I looked at the summery and a huge portion why I decided to give this a try.<br />
I thought this can only go two ways, it's either okay or really terrible.<br />
And here is the first surprise of many. This is definitely more than okay. It is, in fact, a beautifully told dark story, that in some ways is so wrong, yet it is so right.<br />
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Pestilence is in many ways your adult fairytale. The kind that reminds me of the old slightly gruesome Grim's tales. Beautifully told, with plenty of gore and injustice, yet it leaves you all fuzzy and happy at the end. (and in this case some smut, hence adult)<br />
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I adore Thalassa's writing style. Her descriptions are beautiful, she sets a perfect pace, gets away with pushing boundaries, because she does it with subtlety and finesse.<br />
This is the first book I read by her, I did check out her other books and there seems to be a common theme with them: they all look like dark beauties. I shall definitely read more by her.<br />
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The storyline. Sigh. so gruesome so heartbreaking and yet so beautiful. This is your total slow burn romance- no insta at all. It is borderline Stockholm syndrome as well. I totally adore it. Yet the end left me a bit eh. I don't exactly know why but somehow I felt a bit, dunno kinda what that's it? Well, except the last, last bit. Looking forward to the next book<br />
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The character building is probably my favourite part of the book. It's so subtly done, with so much finesse. I fell totally and utterly in love with both MCs. My heart broke for both of them, I was beyond touched by their slowly growing love.<br />
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The world building is gruesome perfection. In a case of Pestilence coming, that's exactly what I would expect. Freakn well done!<br />
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And then there are the ethical implications, the reasons for being, again the bordering Stockholm syndrome.. Thalassa didn't just do a cute & fluffy. She threw in quite a few existential philosophical thoughts as well. Some are simply implied, are like faith, others are starkly put out there, like how much can you accept from your lover, where is your ethic line you going to draw. Or even what is really wrong or right? What is mercy? Quite amazing and astounding that Thalassa managed to pack all this in a beautifully written love story actually.<br />
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I didn't expect this at all. I expected some cute and fluffy steamy kinda book with a gorgeous cover. Instead, I got so much more. Great world building, amazing character building and masterful storytelling make this one of my favourites book of 2018.<br />
Can't wait for the next instalment.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Reviewed by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8552841-deniz" target="_blank">Deniz</a></span>Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-55566250201895010612018-08-14T00:09:00.000-04:002018-08-14T00:09:18.743-04:00Review: Accidentally in Love with the Pilot by Teri Anne Stanley <br />
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<b>Accidentally in Love with the Pilot</b><br />
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<b>Author:</b> Teri Anne Stanley<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Entangled Publishing, LLC<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Kindle Edition, 197 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Romance<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> August 13th 2018<br />
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<b>Summary:</b><br />
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Fighter pilot Ben Rutledge loves his solitude. Which means spending a month of leave in overcrowded, over-glitzy Las Vegas isn’t up his alley, especially after his friend ditches him. His first inclination is to bow out, and quickly. Instead, he finds himself sharing drinks—and a whole lot more—with a sexy woman celebrating her birthday. After all, it’s just one night, and he can go back to his quiet life tomorrow.<br />
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Megan Shuttlekrump doesn’t have time for a boyfriend, much less a husband. But a night of celebratory drinks with a handsome stranger ends with a ring on her finger—and no memory of how it got there. Her new “husband” is over the top hot, but he’ll be out of her life once his leave is over. As long as they can find out which of the thousand or so chapels in Vegas married them…<br />
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Accidentally in Love with the Pilot looks like a cute & fluffy, sounds like one as well.<br />
And it does deliver exactly what the package says. Light-hearted cute & fluffy.<br />
It's basically a what you see is what you get.<br />
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So on those bases, I got exactly what I was feeling for.<br />
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It is completely predictable. I mean completely and utterly. No surprises at all. Even the grand gesture. But I didn't care. Because it was sweet, funny fluff. It made me feel all sweet and fuzzy. Which is frankly why I read these kinds of books.<br />
Though predictable, it's a fun storyline. For some reason, it reminded me of the old school romcom movies a la Doris Day, just with a dash of shmexy thrown it.<br />
The only small thing I was a bit taken aback was the last announcement. I mean, I knew Stanley will throw that in, but I think the number was a bit, well over the top? Though it was for the last line clearly, which is funny. But I felt it drove home the kinda caricature aspects that surfaced during the book. I would have liked one less, in fact preferably two less.<br />
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The two MCs were both interesting. Both being introverts to some extent. Both being at times plagued by the same insecurities. I love Ben, even when he was a bit too perfect.<br />
Their assumptions about each other, grated on me. They were both pretty presumptive and worse they never actually talked about it. EVER. I kept thinking, just talk to each other, problem solved. But noooo, we rather assume and be worried.<br />
The supporting cast was quirky and funny. A bit over the top, to be honest, they very over the top. I mean even his family was eccentric, it felt a bit much. But I do like them.<br />
Though Stanley does add a few issues the MCs struggle with, which made the MCs feel more real, it still is super lighthearted.<br />
If you looking for deep character building. This ain't your book. If you feel like endearing characters who grapple with finding some love, then you at the right place.<br />
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So basically, it's nothing hugely suprising, nothing heavy.<br />
As I said, what I see is what you get.<br />
In fact, I am sure it isnt very memorable.<br />
The writing style is not amazing, but it's not terrible either. Dialogues are fun and witty but not ingeniousnius or inventive. The characters are quirky but have not much depth to them. The story line is sweet but predictable...<br />
Honestly this probably should be 2.5 Stars, however, I did feel like exactly this kind of book so I am rounding it up. <i>*shrugs* </i>I know totally subjective, but I couldn't care less. I am feeling all pink and fuzzy atm. (thanks to reading this)<br />
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Accidentally in Love with the Pilot is a perfect lazy afternoon read.<br />
It's lighthearted, sweet and leaves you smiling.<br />
Cute & fluffy happiness which will leave you pink and fuzzy.<br />
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<br />Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-68925044735312854032018-08-09T01:00:00.000-04:002018-08-09T01:00:08.989-04:00Review: Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes <br />
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Immortal Reign</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Morgan Rhodes<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Razorbill<br />
<b>Series:</b> Falling Kingdoms #6<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Hardcover, 391 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> February 6th 2018<br />
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<b>As two lethal elemental gods set out to destroy Mytica, sworn enemies must become allies in the final fight to save the kingdoms.</b><br />
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<b>Jonas </b>continues to willfully defy his destiny, but the consequences of plotting his own course are drastic. As the fight for Mytica rages on, he must decide just how much more he's willing to sacrifice.<br />
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<b>Lucia</b> knows there's something special about her daughter and she'll do anything to protect her, even if that means facing Kyan alone.<br />
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<b>Amara </b>is called back home to Kraeshia. Grandma Cortas has her own plans for Mytica's future. She promises Amara power, revenge, and dominance if she agrees to be part of her scheme.<br />
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<b>Magnus and Cleo's</b> love will be put to the ultimate test. Dark magic is causing widespread destruction throughout the kingdom. Enemies across the sea are advancing. And unrest is stirring throughout the land. Is their love strong enough to withstand the outside forces tearing them apart?<br />
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Meh. I guess it had more of a dramatic flare than real substance to it? I mean, it's the end of the world and the elementals will be free and would end the human race in Mytica and yada yada yada but there wasn't a single moment when I felt like a character was in peril ya'know? I was anxious for the Magnus and Cleo reunion at first but as soon as that was out of the way there just wasn't anything that made me even want to grab the edge of my seat. It wasn't predictable or slow, it just wasn't intense enough for a finale. The multiple POVs weren't a problem for me (even though they were cumbersome) which is a shocker cause I'm not usually a fan (and there were soo many *rolls eyes*) but I think Rhodes handled it well enough.<br />
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I suppose what I'm trying to say is that it's not a bad book but it's definitely not a great finale. I expect the last book in a series to be the best and this one tried to stand out, had the plot set right, the whole "world's ending" storyline in place..but..it just doesn't manage to deliver what it promised.<br />
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Disappointed 2.5 stars.<br />
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<b>Author:</b> Meghan Quinn<br />
<b>Series:</b> Dating by Numbers #2<br />
<b>Pages:</b> ebook, 372 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Contemporary Romance<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> March 11th 2018<br />
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I don’t know what love is anymore.<br />
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Well, that’s not entirely true, but I’m going to tell you a little secret: I’ve lost the spark. <br />
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Where butterflies take flight in your stomach from two hands innocently colliding. Or catching your breath when you first meet someone attractive. Yeah, that spark.<br />
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Except I haven't felt that feeling in forever; there is nothing left inside of me. <br />
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Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem--but I’m a writer on a serious deadline, and my editor is breathing down my neck for a romantic, Nicholas Sparks type love story. No pressure, right?<br />
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That's how I find myself flying across the country to crash a wedding in the name of research, dress and heels stuffed into my small suitcase. <br />
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It should be the easiest book research ever. Drinking some free champagne, basking in the love of two strangers, and tapping into my romantic side. That will be a breeze. I'm a pro. I can handle this.<br />
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Until I mistakenly end up in the wrong hotel room, naked as the day I was born, with the sexiest human I have ever met staring me down, wondering what I'm doing taking a shower in his bathroom. I don't think calling it research will get me out of this pickle. <br />
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But it will make for one hell of a story....<br />
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So it took forever and ever to read this.<br />
Due to two reasons actually: I was reading a few books at the same time, do be exact *looks around and whispers* six. Yeah, not a proud moment there. Alas, I am slowly working on my CR list and am as of now down to two now! One NF & one cute&fluffy, like normal people. But I digress, second: It took me nearly half the book to get into it.<br />
I mean it was funny and had its moments. But somehow though I trust that Beck is smexy and all that, I didn't see the pull. Then the wedding happened. And well, I was a goner.<br />
I am suddenly totally in Camp Beck.<br />
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The storyline is fun, to a degree slow burn just like usual Quinn goodness and has some interesting twists.<br />
The whole secretive about the past thing was taken to a whole new level. I mean I guessed at most of Becks past- btw I was a bit disappointed by how ..normal? .. it was. I kinda expected more extravagance. Don't ask me why. This is way more realistic and relatable, but I was feeling a bit deflated and thought, that's all. No fame no riches no... then I put the book down for a bit and thought to myself, is this where you at these days? You want your cute and fluffies to become cute and ridiculous? This is big enough as it is, there is some serious sh*t there and fame or money doesn't change that. So I actually like that aspect now. It is realistic and I like how Beck deals with it.<br />
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The character building is brilliant. I love the supporting cast. I mean I love them with a capital L. Seriously such vivid, quirky and funny cast. I want to be part of their squad.<br />
Then there is Beck. INSERT; *LEsigh*. I think he has become one of my favourite characters by Quinn. He is in one word amazing. swoony.<br />
okay that's two. I actually could add a whole litany of them.<br />
I am firmly in camp Beck.<br />
This is interesting because after reading Three Blind Dates I wasn't that interested in Beck.<br />
I know a lot of people were totally taken by him. Me, not so much. Sure he was smexy and all alpha hotness. I know there was a brooding side to him and some big secrets. But he wasn't enticing to me. I thought it's just physical attraction. He is your usual bad boy hottie, who will be reformed... and I was proven wrong.<br />
The slow unfolding of his past & his demons, seeing him have fun not taking himself too seriously and yet being steadfast with what's important to him? What amazing character building!<br />
Yep as I said swoony, awesome and sigh.<br />
Rylee, well I like her. But frankly, at times, she was too ditzy for my taste.<br />
Her hide and run attitude kinda made me super frustrated, especially towards the end. It didn't feel stubborn, it felt childish.<br />
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This book made me laugh a lot. It is so much fun. I mean I literally laughed out loud. I was giddy with anticipation for most of the second half.<br />
Well written, cute and swoony.<br />
Oooooh and not to forget: BABY RED PANDAS!<br />
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<br />Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-68964343095220672402018-08-07T00:12:00.001-04:002018-08-07T00:12:18.339-04:00Release Day Blitz: Inticing A Riot by Karen Renee<br />
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Cary “Vamp” Sullivan earned his Riot MC patch and shoved Lorraine Francis Ingram out of his life six years ago by cheating on her. He’s regretted it ever since because he knew she was a top-notch woman. After mentioning his regrets to his brother, Cal, Vamp suddenly finds himself faced with an opportunity to win Lorraine back. When he runs into her unexpectedly and finds out she has been beaten at the hands of a man, Vamp and his Riot MC Brothers are determined to protect her. Vamp is determined to get her back in his life, and he knows it’s going to be an uphill battle.<br />
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“You gonna sleep like that, doll? Or will you make some room for me?” Vamp asked.<br />
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I opened my uninjured eye to give him a look. I shouldn’t have looked at him. <em>Now who’s satisfied and tickled too?</em> I supposed both of us were, but the look on Vamp’s face was one part cat-who-got-its-cream and one part mesmerized. The competitive part of me hated to think that he had won the war, but was it really worth fighting the war if I ended up with those delectable triple twitches every night by surrendering?<br />
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I felt the bed depress and my cocked leg was moved to drape over the back of Cary’s thigh. He moved my hands and pinned them by my head. At that maneuver, I opened both my eyes to find his intently examining me.<br />
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After a deep breath, he said in a low voice, “I want to marry you.”<br />
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I would not freak out. My eyes slid to the side and then back to him, “Um, did you drink from your dad’s highball glass tonight?”<br />
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He smirked and shook his head. The niggle of fear I felt earlier was back except it had grown to a full-blown ache sliding through me. Mom and I were left by my dad when I was still a baby, and no man since had ever wanted to commit to my mother. <em>Maybe that’s why you go for cheaters. You kick them aside before they can love you and leave you.</em> What the fuck? Now really, my thoughts needed to get with me and not try to undermine my sanity. <em>His mother deserted him, but he’s not scared of mentioning marriage.</em> True, but hell, we just got back together.<br />
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I took a deep breath and said, “I’m thinking it might be a little too soon, Cary. We just got back together.”<br />
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More of his weight descended on me. “I’m thinking it might be six years too damn late. We gotta make up for lost time.”<br />
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“Let’s take it one day at a time, and…” I trailed off because I was going to say he could make me his old lady before we tried marriage. The problem was I wasn’t new to the MC world. I knew full well that being an old lady was a higher commitment than a marriage license and wedding bands would ever be. If I was willing to say, make me your old lady first, then any protests to marriage were useless.<br />
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<b>Author:</b> Meagan Brandy<br />
<b>Series:</b> Tender Hearts #1<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Paperback, 588 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> New Adult<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> September 21st 2017<br />
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He’s the persistent playboy who refuses to walk away. I'm the impassive new girl with nothing left to give. <br />
Things are about to get complicated...<br />
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After months of refusing, I finally agreed to make the move to Alrick Falls. My family thought it was best - that a new scene would be good for me—and I was sick of having the same conversation. <br />
So here I am, and the plan is simple. Smile through each day and avoid her at all costs. <br />
It's perfect. <br />
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Until the cocksure quarterback comes into play. <br />
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The last thing I want is his crooked grin and dark brown eyes focused on me. <br />
Yet here he is, constantly in my space, pushing me, daring me to care. Telling me what I think and feel, as if he knows. <br />
He doesn't know anything. And I plan to keep it that way<br />
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Yeah so this.. is just not for me<br />
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First up, I don’t like the writing style. It’s too.. something. Not exactly terrible- but it feels to meditated, too simplistic and woody<br />
The worst for me, however, were the dialogues, honestly who talks like that?<br />
Really who?<br />
I know not a single person who does -except the ones in series, maybe...<br />
in fact, talking TV series this kinda reminds me of them- like A mix between Beverly Hills and the OC<br />
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The second problem I had: these are kids who are supposed to be 17/18... but they behave like 20+yr old<br />
Then throw in the whole rich kids thing and every other cliche out there and we have what is supposed to be the backdrop of Fumbled Hearts<br />
So unrealistic. As I <strike>struggled through</strike> read this I actually kept rolling my eyes and kept muttering: “yeah right “<br />
I mean I like fantasy, just not this kind<br />
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Let look at the character building. I think actually this was not completely terrible. There are even some good moments - but they are few and far between<br />
Most of it is again, just cliche, so many overused cliches<br />
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The storyline was predictable with a capital P - and frankly, I wouldn’t have minded that at all, but it also feels so long wound. The whole book felt way too long- though I am not sure if it is just because I didn’t like it or if actually is long. Actually its 500+pages... it IS too long. 500pages, really?<br />
So this makes me wonder that maybe with some harsh editing this would be better?<br />
But then again, I still would have the problem of the rich kids behaving like adults thing.<br />
Again this is just not my cup of tea.<br />
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Bottom line, this too melodramatic, too cliche, too unrealistic for me but there are a couple of sweet moments - so 1.5 Stars<br />
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Not for Me<br />
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Release Date: May 2018<br />
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Manda Wolfgram is a struggling literary agent who is looking for the perfect manuscript to land in her lap and the perfect man to land in her bed. When the sixth-floor hottie finally asks her out, she get more than she bargained for. How can a girl wrap her brain around a Shakespearean actor who writes erotica?<br />
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Harry Sackes leads a double life: making a career as an author by day and dipping into the dark underworld of criminals at night. The moment he sees Manda in his twin brother's arms, his whole life becomes his personal Shakespearean trag-comedy of mistaken identity and unrequited love in this fast-<br />
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Women should meet men at balls, not bars.</div>
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The doors opened, jolting me from my British Renaissance daydream enough to step inside the claustrophobia-inducing metal box. The doors started to close when a series of rapid clicks and heavy footsteps pounded toward the elevator. A deep voice yelled, “Hi ya, George! Hey, can you hold the elevator?”</div>
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I knew that voice. Oh no!</div>
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With a jerk forward, I managed to hit the little button with two outward pointing arrows. A hand appeared in between the doors to stop them from shutting. The doors reopened. My throat seized shut, and time froze.</div>
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The sixth-floor hottie!</div>
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Every time we passed, I couldn’t form a coherent sentence. My brain cells deserted me when his male perfection entered my personal space. The last time we passed in the lobby, it was summer and Beefer sniffed his golden’s butt to my utter mortification. I think I mumbled “I’m sorry” and fled in horror.</div>
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Today I will form words!</div>
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Emboldened, I stood taller and began to formulate a witty question. My cheeks burned while I resisted the urge to gawk. He was bundled up in a winter coat and heavy boots, holding a bag of groceries and wearing an ushanka winter hat that covered most of his face. But it was him. I knew for sure because of the dog.</div>
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Instructing myself to take deep breaths, I vowed I’d say something funny and interesting. I was a literary agent for crying out loud! I lived in a world of words. But then I caught a whiff of him: masculine and heavy, like black pepper and tangerines with a splash of the fresh cool, Lake Michigan wind. After that, all words eluded me. Blank. I had nothing.</div>
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“Thanks for holding the door.” He spoke. To me. And in the most polite manner, his hint of a smile melting my insides like hot chocolate after a winter snowball fight.</div>
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The elevator slid shut. I stole a sideways glance, and his gray-green eyes locked on mine for a fraction of a second too long.</div>
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I jerked my head toward the front of the elevator again, swallowing copious amounts of saliva. Great, I’m about to drool over this guy for real!</div>
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He reached across and hit the buttons for the sixth and eighth floors. He raised one eyebrow. “Eight, right?”</div>
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I nodded like an idiot from my stupor, wishing I could channel chameleon superpowers and melt into the wall.</div>
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Hold up! He knows what floor I live on?</div>
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Trying to focus on something else, I watched his waggy-tailed golden retriever, who had pranced into the confined space and planted its furry backside right next to its owner.</div>
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He pulled a flask from his jacket and unscrewed the cap. After taking a swig, he held the bottle out to me.</div>
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I couldn’t do anything but give him a confused expression. The elevator stopped at four, but the hall was empty. I risked a look inside his paper bag. A stalk of celery was sticking out next to a nudie magazine. My precious sixth-floor hottie was hot all right…a hot mess.</div>
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“So no?” He calmly covered his flask and put it away. “Oh, Desdemona, if only she knew ‘I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking.’” He mumbled the whole thing while patting his dog on the head.</div>
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Who the heck was this guy? Quietly quoting Shakespeare but drinking from a flask in an elevator with a girlie magazine in his grocery bag? I mean, where was the guy I saw this summer out for a run? The guy whose T-shirt was sticking to him in all the right places? The guy with the defined shoulders and rippled abs that made me want to ski up and down their slopes?</div>
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“What’s your name, big guy?”</div>
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Beefer puffed out his chest to be macho and sat up nice and tall while the sixth-floor hottie scratched his chin.</div>
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“His name is Beefer,” I answered, realizing how uncool his name was compared to Othello’s Venetian debutante. “Desdemona?” I said it out loud because I still couldn’t believe it.</div>
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“Nobody gets the reference. No worries.”</div>
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The elevator opened on the sixth floor, and he stepped out.</div>
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“Shakespeare’s Othello,” I said without a moment’s hesitation. “I’m…I’m a literary agent.”</div>
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He turned quickly and stuck his hand in the other pocket of his coat. His eyes brightened, and one corner of his mouth lifted in a half smile as the door began to close. He stuck his arm inside, risking bodily injury, and the door shut on his outstretched hand.</div>
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He dropped something.</div>
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The door opened all the way back up as a safety precaution, and I bent down to pick up the piece of paper. Now it was my turn to force the elevator into an indecisive pattern. I stuck my head out into the hallway and followed the direction of Desdemona’s wagging tail. “Hey, you dropped this.”</div>
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“It’s for you. If you really like Shakespeare, come see me,” he stopped walking and looked over his shoulder.</div>
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I looked down to find a ticket for Romeo and Juliet at Navy Pier for today!</div>
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Better Together</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Crista McHugh<br />
<b>Series:</b> One Fond Embrace #1<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Kindle Edition, 168 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Romance<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> August 20th 2018<br />
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<b>Summary:</b><br />
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Hawaiian rancher Alex Kahale needs a temporary wife to close a deal that’s vital to the welfare of his herd. Thankfully, he’s already married to a woman stole his heart in less than a week, even if that same wife filed for divorce a few days after they said their “I dos.”<br />
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Rising country music star Britney Moore had a wild fling with a cowboy in Las Vegas a year ago which ended in a drunken drive-through marriage. Once she returned to Nashville, she filed for divorce to save her squeaky clean image. Besides, spontaneous marriages never last, and she knows better than to risk her heart on Alex. But no matter how many requests she sends him, he refuses to sign the papers. Then he sends her an intriguing offer. Come to his ranch on Kauai and pretend to be his wife for two weeks for business purposes, and he’ll sign the papers.<br />
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As much as Britney tries to resist his charm, Alex manages to tear down her defenses one by one until she falls for him all over again. But when the press finds out about her secret husband, will their revived romance be killed by the tablo<br />
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<b>Review:</b><br />
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3 Stars or 3.5Stars? hmm, I will still ponder on the rating.<br />
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Let's just look at what I liked and didn't like first.<br />
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So I have read several books by McHugh, so it's kinda clear I like her writing style. Better together had many beautifully written moments, which just reaffirmed my love for her prose.<br />
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The storyline is... well, honestly, kinda a little bit different and a lot of cute & fluffy. But in all fairness, this is a cute & fluffy. Which I really enjoyed, I wasn't looking for some deep mystery or beyond shocking twists. It kept me entertained, made me smile and even a little swoony. It's a fast and sweet read, perfect for a summer afternoon.<br />
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I loved the setting. I love all of Alex's clique. They are an awesome support cast and the heart of this novel. Hawaii is really high on my bucket list and while I was reading Better Together, I started thinking maybe we should move there! Mountains, Oceans, lots of green and nice people? Totally my vibe! ;)<br />
But seriously McHugh made me totally fall in love with Kauai. Her descriptions felt real and gave me a taste of the place. I would love to know what locals think of this! The sense of beauty and belonging, loving your roots- something that made my nomad heart ponder very much, yet did speak to it- is beautifully conveyed.<br />
Alex is swoony. I love love love him. (I am calling dips, just saying!)<br />
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The scenes where Britney plays her music are inspiring. And Alex'love for his island and his Ohana is infectious and inspirational.<br />
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Now my issues.<br />
My biggest issue was Britney. I mean I got why she was doing what she was doing. I got why she wanted those papers.. but the whole, okay just one little bit, a bit of flirting here and a whole lot of freakn rejection there, it was grating on me. She was complaining when Alex kept her distance, yet she didn't want to be close to him. She ran so hot and cold all the time, I just got beyond annoyed.<br />
The other issue I had was actually Alex. I mean I do love him. Really I love love love him. But- yes there is always one of those. But, his chip was, well, I didn't get it. I mean I did but it didn't resonate with me. Or maybe it just felt a bit too thick layed on. I am not sure. But around halfway in I did feel, those two should just get the messages. His constant need to change her mind was too much. He kept saying, cool I am letting go, then she as much as batted her lashed and he was, let me try do this, so she will change her mind. The pull and push felt childish and was annoying. Until it wasn't. I have to admit I was naturally rooting for them, and when they both finally let go of their stubborn on mind track, I totally swooned.<br />
I love that Alex sorted stuff in the end, and naturally, I love that the gang was there supporting him.<br />
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So a few bits that I found exasperating but mostly a sweet romance and beautiful moments.<br />
Very enjoyable, a book that takes you to your own island!<br />
So a solid 3.5 twinkly Stars<br />
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<br />Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-59468906844750855362018-07-17T02:40:00.003-04:002018-07-17T02:40:57.478-04:00Review: The Becoming of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin<br />
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The Becoming of Noah Shaw</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Michelle Hodkin<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<br />
<b>Series:</b> The Shaw Confessions #1<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Hardcover, 1st Edition, 384 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> November 7th 2017<br />
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<b>Summary:</b><br />
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In the first book of the Shaw Confessions, the companion series to the New York Times bestselling Mara Dyer novels, old skeletons are laid bare and new promises prove deadly. This is what happens after happily ever after.<br />
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Everyone thinks seventeen-year-old Noah Shaw has the world on a string.<br />
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They’re wrong.<br />
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Mara Dyer is the only one he trusts with his secrets and his future.<br />
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He shouldn’t.<br />
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And both are scared that uncovering the truth about themselves will force them apart.<br />
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They’re right.<br />
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I don't even know...<br />
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This book was depressing.<br />
Noah was kinda boring, also in full on ostrich-sticking-head-in-sand syndrome.<br />
Noah was depressing to read.<br />
(I get that's kind of the point because he is depressed, but still.<br />
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I miss Mara, she was more interesting, especially now that she is fully manifested. Unfortunately, we don't get much of anyone else at all except for Noah.<br />
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The plot was...I don't even know!<br />
I mean there was a stuff happening...kind of, but the characters weren't actually doing much of anything about it, till the last like 15%.<br />
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Too much shit happened in the last 15%.<br />
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And guess what? Not only do we not have any answers but there are so many more questions. It would have been nice if there was like, idk, a single book arc, and an overarching series plot arc, and oh, I don't know, have a resolution for the single book arc? Is that too much to ask?<br />
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This book just felt like a huge filler.<br />
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Am I going to read the next one? Yes, because I need freaking answers and I kinda want to know what crazy shit Hodkin is going to come up with next.<br />
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Crave the Mark</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Veronica Roth<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> HarperCollins<br />
<b>Series:</b> (Carve the Mark #1)<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Paperback, 468 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> January 18th 2017<br />
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<b>Summary:</b></h3>
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In a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift.<br />
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Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power — something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows.<br />
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Akos is the son of a farmer and an oracle from the frozen nation-planet of Thuvhe. Protected by his unusual currentgift, Akos is generous in spirit, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get this brother out alive — no matter what the cost.<br />
The Akos is thrust into Cyra's world, and the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. Will they help each other to survive, or will they destroy one another?<br />
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Carve the Mark is Veronica Roth's stunning portrayal of the power of friendship — and love — in a galaxy filled with unexpected gifts.<br />
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When I was initially excited about reading this book, it was because I had confused Veronica Roth with Victoria Schwab in my head. Stupid, I know. But by the time that I actually came around to reading this, I didn't really care about who the author was. I didn't even read the blurb to refresh my memory and just went straight in. I think the element of surprise really worked well for me this time.<br />
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This book has a nice mixture of fantasy and sci-fi elements that kinda blend well together in some places but lack the finesse I'm used to in my fantasy and sci-fi novels at others. I'll start with the things that I like and then talk more about some things that could have been handled better.<br />
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So. <b>Things I liked:</b><br />
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<li><b><i>The characters</i></b></li>
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It's no surprise that I'm a sucker for good characterization. It's one of those factors that can make or break a book for me. Fortunately, Carve the Mark, got that right. I liked how every character was portrayed in this novel and I liked all their quirky characteristics that made them who they were. Cyra steals the show for me though. She hates herself for a lot of things and considers herself a monster but the way she handles herself and tries to be a better person even when doing the wrong thing would be somewhat easier for her, just makes her character such an intriguing one. As a reader, I understood her choices, I sympathized with her situation but I also remarked at her strength, willpower and sensibility throughout the book. She might have made some stupid decisions and she might not have a diplomatic bone in her body but she feels real. Her emotions are sometimes too much and she tries to deal with them on her own cause that's all she's know but you see her inhibitions fall away slowly and see her unfurl into this beautiful, strong woman by the end of the book. It's great! She's just a really good character, okay? As for Akos, he is a likable enough guy but he's mostly in the background for me. He is dedicated, humble, sensitive, brilliant with his potions and kind of a prejudiced fellow but overall, a good fit for Cyra. I would have loved to get more insight on Vas' character and I'm sure there will be more on Isae in the future books but I really appreciated every character's presence in the book. Although, Ryzek could be made a better villain..but that's not a complaint. I'm hoping to see more depth to his character in the sequels.<br />
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It's always such a breath of fresh air when there isn't instant attraction or feelings of lust (confused with lurvvv) in YA these days. Cyra and Akos were perfect together! I loved the budding romance. If the MC wasn't Cyra, I would have thought that the girl needed to calm down and not give away her life for the first guy she could literally touch, but it was her and the reasons she decided to do the things she did for Akos just made her so much more special for me. It took a while for Akos to really appreciate how amazing Cyra was, but he got around to it. I was pretty happy with the slow pacing of their romance and their eventual confession of feelings. Akos understood when Cyra needed space and Cyra knew just the right to do or not say when Akos needed his space. It was a lovely dynamic to read about and I loved it.<br />
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So. <b>Things I didn't like/think could have been done better:</b><br />
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<li><b><i>The world building </i></b></li>
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Even though I understand that the story is set up in another solar system, where intergalactic? interplanetary? travel is possible, where the politics encompasses all the planets that an Assembly approves? adds? to the list of "valid" nations/planets, I can't quite picture the constitution of it all? I mean, I get that the Shotet are pissed at the Assembly for not considering them as "nationals" so to speak. But why? Because their people don't get the "government" benefits? Because they don't get recognition and get treated as pirates? I'm speculating because at this point, even after recently finishing the book, I don't get it. Maybe I'm just daft or maybe Ms. Roth needs to work a little better on her world building.<br />
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I do like the idea of the current that flows through their world and its symbolic, physical and spiritual impact on different people. It's an interesting concept but the notion of it is still pretty vague to me. What I understand is that it affects everyone in a certain way but the engrossing why or how questions are never touched upon. If this was supposed to be a romance novel, it wouldn't have mattered. But it's not and the world building is a crucial step. There is always a balance an author needs to find but I think Ms. Roth skipped it all together.<br />
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<li><i><b>The beginning</b> </i></li>
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I'm all for changing POVs and alternating timelines if they are executed seamlessly and are necessary to the plot machinations but somehow the introductory choppy, rushed events of Akos and Cyra's childhood didn't really feel seamless or well executed to me. I feel like the extra page time that was devoted separately for their childhood could have been covered as flashback scenes and would have made the story feel more present.<br />
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This is starting to look like a theme and I feel like I'm complaining a lot but believe you me, I did enjoy the story! The pacing though..<br />
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The book is slow. Most of it is. I didn't mind reading about Cyra and Akos so it didn't botch the story for me but if someone can't get into the characters, I'm sorry but this book might be a drag for you. Pacing and plot-wise, the book does need refinement.<br />
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However, that being said, I still enjoyed reading the book quite a lot. I would definitely come back for more. Mostly because all the flaws I mentioned didn't bother me too much. It's the characters, I tell ya.<br />
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Anyway, a solid 3.5 stars from me!<br />
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Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-80111833095023618442018-07-13T01:45:00.000-04:002018-07-13T01:45:02.739-04:00Review: The Cruel Prince<br />
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The Cruel Prince</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Holly Black<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Little, Brown Books for Young Readers<br />
<b>Series:</b> The Folk of the Air #1<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Hardcover, 370 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> January 2nd 2018<br />
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Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.<br />
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And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.<br />
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Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.<br />
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To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.<br />
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As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.<br />
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I seem to have this issue with Holly Black's books where I just can not for the life of me connect with the characters. This book, as its rating suggests, has all the winning ingredients. Everything from great characters/growth, world building, awesome creatures, good plot, good pacing, awesome action and badassery, and yet...I couldn't care one bit. I almost DNF'd this, but I was already more than halfway through and said what the hell, might as well finish at this point. I'm glad I did cause that last 100 pages was where it made me truly interested in what was going on.<br />
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Here is the kicker though. I still don't really care about our main character. I feel more for Cardan, which we know much less about, but I still got hooked enough to want to find out how this series is going to play out.<br />
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The Difference Between Us</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Rachel Higginson<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Reckless Siren Publishing<br />
<b>Series:</b> Opposites Attract #2<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Kindle Edition, 284 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Romance<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> July 17th 2017<br />
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I'm cursed.<br />
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At least when it comes to finding Mr. Right.<br />
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I'm tired of men that only want one night stands or blind dates that are nothing but awkward and uncomfortable. I'm tired of avoiding inappropriate text messages and the constant disappointment of always meeting Mr. Wrong.<br />
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After all these years of dates that lead nowhere, I can admit that it's me. I'm the problem. I'm shy and picky and cursed. Definitely cursed.<br />
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So I've decided two things.<br />
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The first? I'm giving up dating and relationships and men in general. Maybe, possibly, forever.<br />
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The second? I'm going to have to try harder to avoid Ezra Baptiste.<br />
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If I couldn't hack it in the kiddy pool of dating, I certainly can't swim in his deep end. He's too successful. Too intense. He's all man when I'm used to nothing but boys pretending to be grownups. He's everything I'm afraid to want and so far out of my league we might as well be different species entirely.<br />
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So he'll need to find a different artist to paint his mural. And a different graphic designer to help him with his website. He'll need to find someone else to glare at and flirt with and kiss.<br />
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It can't be me.<br />
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We're too different.<br />
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<b>Review:</b><br />
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So I like some parts of this, and others... well not so much<br />
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But lets cut to the core: my biggest issue, just like in the first installment, with this, is inconsistency.<br />
And we talking in every aspect.<br />
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I like certain descriptions for example. They are beautiful and feel authentic. Others feel run of the mill, very cliche and unreal.<br />
Some moments are poignant they feel real, go straight to the heart. And others... well they felt formulaic and extremely planned.<br />
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The character building is the same. There are things I adored about the characters. Others felt too shallow and also very inconsistent.<br />
In both books, there is a kinda back and forth between the MCs. The men are clearly into this idea and are pursuing the gals. I quite enjoyed it, but at times I felt the women were a bit obtrusive. It did feel out of character.<br />
Then there is the Molly in this book and the Molly in the previous book. I don't think the two pictures align. I got the impression that Molly was loyal, sassy and confident in book one. In this installment, however, she stresses how shy she is, all the time. I mean I got she was intimidated by Ezra. But... she didn't come across as shy.<br />
Then there is Ezra. I loved Ezra in the first installment. And I like him in here, but- and there is a but, somehow I didn't get enough depth from him. I mean Higginson scratched at some of the surfaces. And that was awesome, but most of the time it was just not enough. We didn't get any insight into his relationship with his sister for example. We got more in book one, considering this is his book, I felt unsatisfied. I had questions about his father, his previous relationships - but basically got no answers. I mean they were hinted at, but that's that.<br />
There were a few moments where one got a feel for what lurks behind Ezra's intensity and his drive. But not enough<br />
This being written from Molly's POV one could kinda say I am nitpicking about Ezra. But I was left with a lot of questions. Hinting at stuff made Ezra feel a tad too planned and at the same time not thought through enough to make him tangible and real.<br />
I had moments where I could relate to Molly. Others where I should have been able to relate, but simply couldn't.<br />
Like I totally got her problems with Henry. I have never been in a situation like it, I got her. Her reluctance at first, her assumptions all of it felt real. Higginson did a really good job at that.<br />
But then there are Molly's issues with cooking. I mean really?! I could so not relate. I honestly couldn't. It felt like Higginson just needed to add another element of them being opposites. But it made Molly look ditzy. Which is totally out of character. The entire scene felt wrong to me<br />
Then there is Molly's are and her work. Her assessment of Graphic Design was rather annoying since I am in that field I strongly disagree with her. Also, Molly was complaining about it, but in the end, she didn't choose to become an artist. Again, it felt inconsistent.<br />
Then there is the subject of being creative. I don't think Higginson and I see eye to eye on that. So I won't bore you with that bone I want to pick with her. But, while on some occasions, I could feel Molly's love and her losing herself in her art, most of the time it felt like how one should feel about art. Or at least how the run of the mill describes it.<br />
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There are zero surprises in here. But I was okay with it. It is what I expected in many ways. It's cute and fluffy set around chefs and all that.<br />
But while Higginson does touch on some heavy subjects. And she does a really good job at it if you ask me. Every time it comes to its peak- it's kinda swept aside. Done. Solved. It felt like not enough.<br />
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I did enjoy it. But I also felt like there are plenty of inconsistencies, enough to make me think - here we go again, this was different a few pages ago...<br />
Alas, I am going to read the next installment next. Because while I feel this needs some more work it also is actually not bad. In fact, I think it could be quite a great book if one would iron out those inconsistencies and add more depth to subjects that have already been touched.<br />
So a generous 3 Stars it is.<br />
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The Freedom Club<br />
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by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2829622.Cindy_Vine">Cindy Vine</a><br />
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Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction<br />
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Release Date: May 2018<br />
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“We could be anybody and everybody. A group of high school stereotypes with one thing in common. Every one of us has a story.”<br />
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Every high school has the bullies, the freaks, and the weird kids that make you feel uneasy. Rourke High has more than their fair share. A few months before the end of their senior year, a group of seemingly mismatched kids get together to form The Freedom Club, hoping that they can support the victims of bullying, before they graduate. As they uncover secrets and lies they plot revenge - and discover love, friendship and truths about themselves, building up to a shocking climax that will leave you reeling.<br />
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Do you ever really know the person next to you?<br />
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<b>About the Author</b><br />
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Cindy Vine is an author, mother of three kids, with lots of life experiences she uses as an inspiration source to write her books about. She is a teacher and uses her teaching qualifications to travel around the world teaching.<br />
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Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-55985861826367522232018-07-10T00:54:00.002-04:002018-07-10T00:54:34.433-04:00Review: Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima <br />
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Flamecaster</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Cinda Williams Chima<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> HarperCollins<br />
<b>Series:</b> Shattered Realms #1<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Hardcover, 535 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> April 5th 2016<br />
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<i>A burning vengeance.</i><br />
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Adrian sul’Han, known as Ash, is a trained healer with a powerful gift of magic—and a thirst for revenge. The son of the queen of the Fells, Ash is forced into hiding after a series of murders throws the queendom into chaos. Now Ash is closer than he’s ever been to killing the man responsible, the cruel king of Arden. As a healer, can Ash use his powers not to save a life but to take it?<br />
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<i>A blood-based curse.</i><br />
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Abandoned at birth, Jenna Bandelow was told the mysterious magemark on the back of her neck would make her a target. But when the King’s Guard launches a relentless search for a girl with a mark like hers, Jenna assumes that it has more to do with her role as a saboteur than any birth-based curse. Though Jenna doesn’t know why she’s being hunted, she knows that she can’t get caught.<br />
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Destiny’s fiery hand.</i><br />
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Eventually, Ash’s and Jenna’s paths will collide in Arden. Thrown together by chance and joined by their hatred of the king, they will come to rescue each other in ways they cannot yet imagine.<br />
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Set in the world of the acclaimed Seven Realms series a generation later, this is a thrilling story of dark magic, chilling threats, and two unforgettable characters walking a knife-sharp line between life and death. <br />
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Hmm... I don't know how to put into words (or rating) my thoughts about this book. I was kinda sad with how the book started but I guess it was important to get the plot moving? That being said, it didn't take me long to get invested into the story but at the same time, the crux of the story wasn't that appealing to me. I mean, I remember that the King of Arden was an ass but for him to hold a grudge for that long? And then the ending? I don't know man..it could have been spun out a lot better IMO.<br />
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As for the characters, I think they were alright. Not great enough to leave a remarkable impression but interesting enough to stand out. Speaking of, what's up with Jenna and her secret powers? I really really wanna know but after reading the blurb of the sequel, I'm kinda bummed that the next book isn't going to focus on Ash and Jenna and also confused about how the author plans to progress with all these secrets.<br />
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Anyhoo, I liked the book but it did fall short on leaving a lasting impression. It wasn't bad but it wasn't memorable either. Meh 3 stars.<br />
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The Changeling's Fortune<br />
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by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17010659.M_C_Aquila">M.C. Aquila</a> & <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17950529.K_C_Lannon">K.C. Lannon</a><br />
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Genre: YA Urban Fantasy<br />
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Release date: May 25th 2018<br />
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When optimistic seventeen-year-old orphan Deirdre travels to Neo-London, a city created after a near-apocalyptic attack by Unseelie faeries, she is caught in the tension between faeries and the Iron Guard, a militarized faction created to keep the peace. After a banshee tells her fortune, Deirdre develops destructive magical abilities but quickly discovers she cannot control them. These powers soon make her a target of Alan Callaghan, an extreme anti-faery general.<br />
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His sons, Iain and James, cross paths with Deirdre. Iain is a rookie soldier in the Iron Guard trying to atone for past mistakes and keep his younger brother from harm. James, a fourteen-year-old aspiring scholar fascinated by faeries, becomes fast friends with Deirdre. They soon plot to escape the barriers and lies of the city to find answers about her magic and James’s disappeared mother.<br />
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However, when Deirdre is framed for a treasonous crime, their search for answers soon becomes a quest for freedom. Beyond the iron walls of Neo-London that protect the city from the Winter Court lies a landscape of unchecked magic, faeries, and monsters.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kallista Callaghan had heard the rumors: there was a faery in the Neo-London Hospital. In all her years of working as a nurse, she had never had a faery patient before. She was determined to see if there was any stock in the whispers that circulated the building. If what she heard was true, then Kallista had to act quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Where are you, Marko? You’re late…</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She tapped her foot impatiently and gazed out the wall of windows at the cityscape while she waited. A spring shower dotted the windows with rain, distorting the view of the city that had once been known as Portsmouth forty years ago, built up into a grand city that mirrored its namesake in small ways. The lights of Neo-London winked in the darkness, and the city was quiet. The maternity ward was also absent the usual cries of pain, cries of joy, cries of relief. Tonight only one infant was delivered. Tonight there was only stunned silence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hearing footsteps, Kallista looked up to see Marko, a fellow nurse, walk down the hallway to meet her, still in his hospital scrubs despite his shift having ended.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I was about to go in without you,” Kallista informed him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He placed his hand on her shoulder, squeezing reassuringly. “Maybe you shouldn’t go in at all. Maybe you should go home to your husband and son, Kalli. Don’t get mixed up in this.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“So what they’re saying is true.” Kallista rubbed her hands furiously on the front of her scrubs as sweat bloomed on her palms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Marko nodded. “Supposedly, the mother threw half the staff against the wall when she went into labor—without even touching them. It was <i>magic.</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“What business does a faery have at a maternity ward? They have their own healers, their own ways of doing things.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“The father is human,” Marko answered. “You might’ve heard of both parents, actually. Aino and Oliver Windsor. They were just on the radio the other night, pushing for faery protection laws.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kallista’s eyes widened, and she nodded in understanding. This was not the first time she had heard of such a thing, a faery and a human marrying, but it was rare. She knew of the Windsor couple and of their outspoken criticism of the military system, only because her husband had been fighting against their proposals for years. Oliver’s relation to the king, his cousin, protected the couple’s objections.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Do you really want to get involved?” Marko asked. “Chances are, we’ll have to smuggle the infant out of the city to get medical attention.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“I told you before,” Kallista said. “I want to help.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">For several years, Marko had also been practicing medicine outside the hospital, offering his services to those who could not afford it. While he rarely brought up faeries around her, Kallista knew that his help often extended to them—even though human medicine could not help much in some cases. Still, Kallista wanted to be a part of that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Marko smiled at her faintly. “You have a family. People who need you. People who would hate to see you in prison.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She took his hand. “You have family too.”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Not one that depends on me.” Marko gently pried her hand away; she pretended not to notice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A few of Marko’s relatives still lived in Neo-London after the government policies forced most of the Roma and Travellers away. His mother and father and a few cousins remained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">He looked her in the eye. “Kallista, are you sure?”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Devil in Tartan</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Julia London<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> HQN Books<br />
<b>Series:</b> Highland Grooms #4<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Mass Market Paperback, 379 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Historical Romance<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> February 20th 2018<br />
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Peril and passion on enemy seas…<br />
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Lottie Livingstone bears the weight of an island on her shoulders. Under threat of losing their home, she and her clan take to the seas to sell a shipload of illegal whiskey. When an attack leaves them vulnerable, she transforms from a maiden daughter to a clever warrior. For survival, she orchestrates the siege of a rival’s ship and now holds the devilish Scottish captain Aulay Mackenzie under her command.<br />
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Tied, captive and forced to watch a stunning siren commandeer the Mackenzie ship, Aulay burns with the desire to seize control—of the ship and Lottie. He has resigned himself to a life of solitude on the open seas, but her beauty tantalizes him like nothing has before. As authorities and enemies close in, he is torn between surrendering her to justice and defending her from assailants. He’ll lose her forever, unless he’s willing to sacrifice the unimaginable… <br />
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I am rather sorry that I didn't particularly enjoy this installment of the series. And while there are good parts, I have quite a bit of issue with others.<br />
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This is the fourth in a series I have come to enjoy and like. I love Julia London's writing style.<br />
However, sometimes the brogue was a bit distracting. I am not sure if I am ever going to like people writing out accents in dialogues. For me, it's about readability rather than authenticity. Also, I keep thinking if they all speak to the same way, why highlight it?<br />
I should mention that if I would have listened to the audiobook, I would have loved the fact that the dialogues were written in Scottish brogue.<br />
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The storyline was entertaining. I enjoyed the ups and downs of this adventure. Maybe we should call it a misadventure?<br />
Now the romance is a whole other cattle of fish. I mean, it's not really terrible I guess. But I just didn't get where they were coming from. I get there was sexual attraction. But how on earth did this shift from it to the big L?<br />
I just don't get it. It's way to insta for me. It just doesn't work for me.<br />
Then add to it that some of it was just too generic and we have a big no-no for me.<br />
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At least I felt like that until Auley declared his feelings. And let's just say someone might have or might not have been all gooey. He had me at my inner sea turned over ...<br />
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The character building left me divided. I love the supporting cast. Most of them anyway. I am not a huge fan of the villains. They feel a bit generic. The rest of the support cast is vivid, unique and interesting. A great backdrop for the MCs<br />
I adore Auley. I loved him from the get-go. I could relate to him ( hello! middle child over here!)<br />
I got his worries, his thought process, I got it all except how or why he fell for Lottie. Except for the superficial that is.<br />
Lottie, well, let's just say she grew on me. I didn't care much for her for most of the book. I found her really immature and fullish most of it. I guess she is quite young, but some of the things she did were annoyingly childish.<br />
Then I found the way Aulay saw her didn't really correlate with the way I see her. And somehow that made it worse, it felt inconsistent. She did towards the end grow on me, not as much as her merry band or Aulay, but still enough.<br />
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All in all, this isn't bad. It's entertaining, but not captivating. Great storyline, fab support cast but the romance wasn't for me.<br />
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<br />Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-68509366018948914822018-07-05T01:08:00.002-04:002018-07-05T01:13:07.472-04:00Review: Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann <br />
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Let's Talk About Love</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Claire Kann<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Swoon Reads<br />
<b>Pages:</b> ebook, 304 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> YA<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> January 23rd 2018<br />
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Alice had her whole summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest dash of adulting--working at the library to pay her share of the rent. The only thing missing from her perfect plan? Her girlfriend (who ended things when Alice confessed she's asexual). Alice is done with dating--no thank you, do not pass go, stick a fork in her, done.<br />
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But then Alice meets Takumi and she can’t stop thinking about him or the rom com-grade romance feels she did not ask for (uncertainty, butterflies, and swoons, oh my!).<br />
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When her blissful summer takes an unexpected turn, and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library employee badge (close enough), Alice has to decide if she’s willing to risk their friendship for a love that might not be reciprocated—or understood.<br />
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Always there for some ace rep! This book was adorable and the rep was mostly great and on point (that weird freak out when she meets Takumi was well, weird for me, cause I just don't get it? but other than that it was great.)<br />
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What I didn't like was just how cutesy this book was and Alice as well. Felt a bit childish at times and it reminds me of how people usually think aces are childish because we don't like sex would have been nice if it was a bit more adult or serious, but that might just be me reading too much into it.<br />
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Another problem was Feenie and their main fight at the costume party. Feenie never apologized. SHE NEVER APOLOGIZED. It was Family Night and she gets ditched in the middle of a party after she went to get them drinks ffs. Like high school all over again and yet these are people she considers family, and somehow Feenie feels entitled to ditch her bff in that manner to go have a quickie WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FAMILY NIGHT. If this had been any other random day where they had just decided to go to this party it wouldn't be quite as big of an issue, still one because ditching, but not quite as hurtful, and Feenie still never apologized, and that's fking rude. How was it ever okay to treat Alice like a random third wheel? Boundaries and such should have been done earlier in this friendship they've got but it's still in no way excuses Feenie's behavior. It infuriated me because Feenie blamed it on Alice's aceness. Like Alice wouldn't have been pissed that she had gotten ditched for sex during family night if she weren't ace. No Feenie, it's called being A DECENT FRIEND.<br />
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Anyway...That ending, when Alice confesses to Takumi killed me. I don't even make it that far cause unlike Alice I'm upfront about my aceness so we don't even make it to the friendship stage. Not worth putting in the effort if nothing is ever gonna come out of it I guess.<br />
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If anyone is looking for more ace rep try How To Be Normal by TJ Klune, hilarious read.<br />
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<br />Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-29510867395599812792018-07-04T01:19:00.000-04:002018-07-04T01:19:02.275-04:00Review: The Protection of Ren Crown by Anne Zoelle<br />
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The Protection of Ren Crown</h2>
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</b> <b>Author:</b> Anne Zoelle<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Excelsine Press<br />
<b>Series:</b> Ren Crown #2<br />
<b>Pages:</b> ebook, 597 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Fantasy<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> May 9th 2014<br />
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Barely surviving her first term at college, all Ren wants to do over break is relax and bond with her roommate—not get eaten by a sentient building or attacked on the street. But with increasingly open warfare brewing between the magical factions and Layers of the world, this time, Ren will not fail in making sure everyone she loves stays safe and protected. <br />
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That includes doing things like filling her parent's house with personal art heavily embedded with wards, bubble-wrapping her increasingly imperiled roommate, and even making sure that a certain sexy thorn-in-her-side continues to breathe free air.<br />
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Finding herself on duty protecting the entire university alongside campus god Alexander Dare...was not what she'd had in mind. <br />
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But this time it's not only her life on the line. And Ren will do anything to protect those she loves.<br />
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</b> Gaahhh this book is such a delightful read! There is lots of action, great character developments, some pretty important reveals and overall 400+ pages of awesomeness and magical ka-pow. The pacing is pretty good. The book starts and ends with a bang..and the middle is full of Ren growing her friend circle at Excelsine, trying to free herself of Raphael, working with Con and Will on more crazy inventions, getting to know Dare better and being adorably dorky and brilliant at the same time (oh and simultaneously trying to save the Second Layer from the increasing threat of Verisetti and other Third Layer terrorists. Talk about being busy..wheww!)<br />
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Let me first talk about the character development for some of the characters in this book. After finishing book 1, I wasn't sure why or when I had developed a soft spot for Olivia but while re-reading book 2, it all came back to me. We see Olivia's character come to realize what families and friends could mean to each other. She tries to maintain her distance from Ren but fails miserably and ends up getting reeled into Ren's close-knit circle of "friends-to-die-for".<br />
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Besides Olivia, we also get to see a lot more of Dare. You know how authors like to make some male MC's to be this exceptionally, absurdly perfect guy? Well, Dare isn't quite that perfect but in Ren's eyes, he definitely is the all-knowing, incredibly gorgeous, extremely dangerous and kind guy that she knows she doesn't stand a chance with but can't help falling for. However in this book, we see her getting to know him more as a person instead of just someone who saved her life and gave her the last few moments with her brother. And at the same time, Dare also gets to know Ren. He sneakily lets Ren know that he knows. I think he does respect and admire her in his own way but it's Dare and I think even after all that, his end goal is something that would end up sacrificing Ren for his family or himself.<br />
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As for my favorite person (other than Ren) in this series: Constantine Leandred. He is the epitome of what authors want their dark, hot, gorgeous bad boy to be. He is so wonderfully brilliant, devious, and dedicated to Ren that it just makes my heart swell with so much love for him and Ren that the thought of them not having a happy ever after makes me anxious, resigned and depressed. All at once! I love his relationship with Ren. I love how he treats her so differently than everyone else. I love how they work together in his workshop. I love how Ren doesn't ever give up on him. I love how she keeps on believing in him and defending him from all her friends. *sigh* My poor heart..<br />
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As for the other characters (some new, others old): Can I just say that I ADORE them all?? Will & Neph are as fantastic as ever. Mike is GREAT! Trick and Saf are hilarious and Delia is freaking cool. I just want to give them all a big hug and not let them go.<br />
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Now, moving on to the actual plot and the ending. I think the story progressed really well. We see Ren trying to acclimate to the fact that Christian has found his peace and that she has to start living without him now. She keeps trying her best to protect her family and friends. It's so heart-warming to read Ren trying to protect everyone in her life because she couldn't protect her brother. She keeps on giving and giving without any strings attached. She is so naive in some matters, yet so smart, observant and quick in others. I loved how she made Olivia a member of the Delinquent Club. I loved how she made with Con. I really liked the fact that some important questions about Raphael's hooks and how he used Ren's magic were answered. Con's motives were also laid bare and even though Dare's motives about Ren are still shady and glossed over (even now.. AFTER 4 freaking books <i>*grumbles*)</i>, I'm hoping that they will be answered in the final installment.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">Anyhoo, to wrap up, here's a list of some of my favorite scenes:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">- The library scene in the beginning</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">- Ren trying to tell Dare about her mixed algorithm spell</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">- The lighting festival (dem feeelzzzz)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">- Ren making the caterpillar protection egg for Olivia</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">- All of Guard Rock and Guard Friend scenes!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">- Dare sneakily handingn</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">to Ren to draw on</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: inherit;">- Will, Con and Ren working together <3 span=""><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">- Ren finding out that Dare and Con were roommates</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">- Con protecting Ren in the end</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">- Actually, all of Ch. 34</span></3></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Triplets</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17510992.Nicole_M_Davis">Nicole M. Davis</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Genre: YA Fantasy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: September 8th 2017</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Sarenia is a land choked with turmoil, courtesy of its tyrannical king, Shirot Tybold. It’s not surprising that a rebellious group of sorcerers has taken it upon themselves to overthrow him. While the King busies himself searching out and destroying unregistered sorcerers, the rebels are gathering their forces. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Those forces include Anna Thomas (the captain of a pirate ship), Kaylor Williams (a knight in the King’s Guard), and Sarah Miller (a dragon rider), three best friends and powerful sorcerers who come from a place drastically different from the magic-filled land of Sarenia: Denver, Colorado. A power-hungry rebel sorcerer with an unshakable belief in an old prophecy is the reason they’re so far from home. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">But the prophecy calls for three others: a rebel agent is sent to Denver to find Tyler Martin, Alex Scott, and Max Harrison and bring them back to Sarenia. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">What’s so special about these six teenagers? Why does the prophecy call for them specifically when Sarenia is full of other sorcerers, some with far greater powers? And why should they cooperate with the rebels when they’ve been ripped out of their lives without warning or explanation and dumped in a world full of dangerous mythical creatures?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Something rustles in the dense tangle of trees and brush to Tyler’s left. A whisper—barely louder than the quiet murmur of the wind—snakes its way across the surface of his mind. Tyler turns toward the noise, body stiff and ready to move. Another noise, to his right. The whisper skims through his thoughts again, and this time he catches a word:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“…<i>daylight</i>…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tyler gets to his feet and slings the backpack onto his back, staring deep into the tangle of woods, trying to see past the shadows of undergrowth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“…<i>should not be awake!</i>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tyler almost jumps out of his skin. Where is that voice coming from? It doesn’t seem to be from any particular direction—and something in his gut says he’s not hearing it aloud. Tyler takes a step backward, hardly daring breath. What is this thing, and what does it want with him?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“…<i>not welcome here</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The brush in front of him starts to move, and doesn’t stop. Something’s coming towards him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“…<i>is for creatures of darkness</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The voice is growing louder. Tyler takes a few more steps backwards, still wondering what the hell’s after him. Or if he’s just going crazy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“<i>You should be sleeping…of darkness. You are not…night is for those</i>…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The murmur grows into a whirlwind, chasing his own thoughts around in circles through his head. A single voice rises above the wind, in an icy moment of clarity:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gifted: Awakening</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17853517.John_R_Sankovich">John R. Sankovich</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: April 20th 2018</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The supernaturally-gifted Followers will kill anyone unwilling to use their powers to find their leader. The self-righteous Trinity, led by a man named Ulysses, won’t stop until all supernaturally-gifted people are dead. Sixteen year old telekinetic Rebecca Stevens is stuck in the middle of their war. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">When her mother dies in a Follower attack and her father mysteriously disappears, Rebecca is left with only the guilt that, had she known how to safely use her swelling telekinetic ability, she might have saved them. Staying hidden is impossible once her brother, who hides his power, pledges his loyalty to Trinity. With both sides knowing of her power, she must navigate the battlefield between the two groups. As Ulysses’ power expands, The Follower’s numbers grow, and violent clashes threaten to tear apart the city. Rebecca’s only hope to stop them both is to master her ability before it’s too late to save anyone.</span></span><br />
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Rebecca Stevens stared at the crate twenty yards away; the breeze blew her hair across her eyes. The weight of the railroad spike hovering nearby rested on her mind. The sensation of a foreign object inside her head quickened her pulse like always. At her command the spike spun. Her skill had improved over the past months, during her very limited practice time, but one thing remained constant; if she didn’t manage her emotions she lost any sort of accuracy. Perfect concentration was required, and she hardly ever achieved that.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With her energy focused, sweat ran down her back and neck. A stiff wind chilled her cheek and rattled the nearby trees. A twig snapped and she glanced toward the sound. A dog stood in the clearing, its brown eyes studying her. At least he wouldn’t give away her secret. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A tingle intensified in her fingertips to the point of triggering an adrenaline rush, and she flung the spike toward the target. With a <i>whoosh,</i> the spike nailed the target a bit to the left. The wood box splintered, the crack of the wood echoed, and birds scattered from the nearby trees and the dog barked once before his escape. The spike drove into the ground, out of sight, behind a puff of dirt, as the force propelled it deep. Someone shouted in the distance, and she bolted toward the cover of the trees. She hid in the shadows of the trees like a criminal. Her body shook from the telekinetic exertion and with someone hearing the sound, they would come investigate. She needed to get out of here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Her hands quivered and she knelt on the hard soil to calm her twitchy nerves. She hated the weakness in her stomach after every use of her power, but her instincts nagged her to practice. The control would get easier. It had to. <o:p></o:p></div>
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She dug into her backpack slung over a tree branch, and pulled out her cell phone. She had two text messages from her dad, both telling her to get home for dinner. She replied she was at the library and hurried through the forest as the sun set behind her. Her dad, they mayor of Peakside, would never understand what she was doing. He had been under constant pressure to do something about the growing voice of the public about people with powers. Her father kept to himself, but she knew he felt the burden. She hoped he would do the right thing; whatever that was. Maybe someday she would trust someone with her secret, but so far she couldn’t. The world wouldn’t allow her to.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At the edge of the woods, she scanned the adjacent street. Night crept in as the sun fell behind the horizon. Shadows reached forward like prying fingers as gloom surrounded her. A familiar loneliness fell upon her. A few porch lights dotted the neighborhood. In the distance, a dog howled. She hiked up her backpack and ran. Darkness scared her; she didn’t know why, but every time she was alone in the dark her nerves twisted into knots. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A pair of young men sat in a dark car near the forest. Smoke billowed up from the driver’s side when one of them opened his door. Did she see a flicker of fire on his arm? She looked away.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Hey, girlie, you seen my dog?” the man called out. His voice had a raspy sound to it like he suffered from smokers’ cough. “It’s a small puppy.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rebecca glanced back at him, but didn’t offer an answer. In the pocket of her sweatshirt, she clenched her fists; a faint energy pulsed in her arms.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You too good to answer me?” the man yelled. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The car door slammed and the engine revved. They were after her. Fear shot through her veins, and she didn’t have time to give it a second thought. With them already in the car, she didn’t want to risk her life to stop them. She didn’t even know if she could stop them if she tried. She knew she could move small objects like her laptop and the railroad spike, but the heaviest thing she had moved with her mind was the washing machine, but a car, she couldn’t fathom doing that while she escaped.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rebecca bolted toward the corner and hooked around. She hoped to put some distance between them. Her sneakers slapped against the pavement, still three blocks away from her house. Tired from her telekinetic training session, her body revolted--cramps hit her legs and she almost collapsed. She couldn’t outrun them, so she frantically searched the neighborhood for a place to hide. The first fence she came to, she scrambled over, and landed next to a tree. Her throat burned. Her chest heaved. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Beneath the Earth</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4935886.H_S_Stone">H.S. Stone</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Genre: YA Suspense</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: May 10th 2018</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Summary:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Laura and her classmates have been looking forward to their senior camping trip for weeks. Three days on an island paradise, away from school and their parents. What more could they ask for? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">The camping trip starts out well enough. The island is scenic and just the kind of escape to nature that Laura had hoped for. However, cracks soon begin to appear in her plans. Her boyfriend ditches her to hang out with his friends. She has to share a room with one of the teachers. But those are the least of her worries. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">A student disappears, and no one can find him. Soon, Laura and the other students realize that the camping trip is anything but a dream vacation. There’s something else on the island. Something large and frightening. Something that lurks unseen beneath the earth. Something that welcomes the presence of the students because they will satisfy its appetite.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Initially, the ground where we searched was trampled, both from<br />our large group and from Mr. Messick’s exploration last night. We walked over<br />broken branches and flattened grass. We imitated the park ranger’s<br />technique of stabbing the ground with sticks, hoping to uncover hidden holes<br />that were now covered up. However, we found no hints as to where Brandon<br />could have disappeared to.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Heather, Katie, and I walked shoulder to shoulder. As the<br />distance between us and the neighboring search parties grew, we also spaced<br />ourselves farther apart. We slowed down our pace, not wanting to miss a<br />potential nook or cranny that could hide Brandon’s location.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If I were paying attention to the island’s sounds, I would have<br />noticed that the usual chirping of birds had faded. There was only the crunch<br />of the ground beneath our feet. My eyes swept the forest floor in front of me,<br />and my focus was strictly on looking for my missing classmate.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our first hint of danger came when we heard a scream behind us.<br />The three of us turned around, frozen in our tracks.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“What was that?” Katie asked.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The scream pierced the quiet of the forest again. We pinpointed<br />the direction it came from and hurried toward the sound.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We were almost back to the search’s starting point when a wave<br />of students ran toward us. They motioned for us to go back in the direction<br />from where we had come. </span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We didn’t ask any questions. We turned around and ran as fast as<br />we could in the opposite direction. I had no idea what we were running from,<br />but from the terror in the voice that sent us fleeing, I wasn’t going to stand<br />around and ask questions.</span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-92213998978299451352018-01-11T22:12:00.000-05:002018-01-11T22:12:08.237-05:00Review: Off the Ice by Julie Cross<br />
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Off the Ice</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Julie Cross<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> Entangled: TEEN<br />
<b>Series:</b> Juniper Falls #1<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Kindle Edition, 320 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> YA<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> February 28th 2017<br />
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<b>Summary:</b><br />
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<i>All is fair in love and hockey…</i><br />
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Claire O’Connor is back in Juniper Falls, but that doesn’t mean she wants to be. One semester off, that’s what she promised herself. Just long enough to take care of her father and keep the family business—a hockey bar beside the ice rink—afloat. After that, she’s getting the hell out. Again.<br />
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Enter Tate Tanley. What happened between them the night before she left town resurfaces the second they lay eyes on each other. But the guy she remembers has been replaced by a total hottie. When Tate is unexpectedly called in to take over for the hockey team’s star goalie, suddenly he’s in the spotlight and on his way to becoming just another egotistical varsity hockey player. And Claire’s sworn off Juniper Falls hockey players for good.<br />
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It’s the absolute worst time to fall in love.<br />
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For Tate and Claire, hockey isn’t just a game. And they both might not survive a body check to the heart. <br />
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<b>Review:</b><br />
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Off the Ice has been on my TBR since I heard the about it. I planned on reading it as soon as it was released last February.<br />
In fact, if you would have asked me last week, I would have told you, I am pretty sure I read it. Yet somehow I didn't. Don't ask me why. But let me tell you, if you interested, go read it. It's well worth your time.<br />
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There isn't much that I didn't like about Off the Ice, except that the first quarter was bit slow? It's a bit long wound at times.<br />
In the end, however, it doesn't really matter.<br />
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This is well written, with insight and subtlety. The writing style is beautiful. There are loads of descriptions that touched me. I love the hockey scenes.<br />
The storyline is sweet, to say the least. But it is full of depth, there are some real issues tackled during the novel, while the love story is swoony, it feels tangible and very realistic. I think I like that best.<br />
Actually, I love the character building even more.<br />
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It's done immaculately. I mean there are characters that are mostly negative. But all in all each and every character has depth, different sides and I feel like I gotten to know the entire group of friends. And while we talking about the group? I hope there will be a book about all of the guys?<br />
The two MCs are strong, stubborn and work through some heavy stuff. They are both likable and loyal. Both unique, but can I just say Tate.. swoooon. The sketch? Just one of the things I adore about him.<br />
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A wonderful start to the series. Must read for lovers of the genre.<br />
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<br />Denizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09189998954966111460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704409341734120765.post-38442525927978011352018-01-09T05:30:00.000-05:002018-01-09T05:30:04.152-05:00Review: The Rogue Is Back in Town by Anna Bennett <br />
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The Rogue Is Back in Town</h2>
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<b>Author:</b> Anna Bennett<br />
<b>Publisher:</b> St. Martin's Paperbacks<br />
<b>Series:</b> English<br />
SeriesThe Wayward Wallflowers #3<br />
<b>Pages:</b> Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages<br />
<b>Genre:</b> Historical Romance<br />
<b>Release Date:</b> January 2nd 2018<br />
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<b>Summary:</b><br />
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Hide your daughters and your maiden aunts…Lord Samuel Travis is back.<br />
―The London Hearsay, special society edition<br />
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Equal parts scoundrel and seducer, he’s returned to London determined to mend the rift with his older brother. All Sam must do is take possession of a tumbledown town house. A seemingly simple task, except the house is occupied—by an infuriating, whip-smart beauty who refuses to do his bidding.<br />
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Miss Juliette Lacey’s wallflower days are over. She has a plan to turn her eccentric family into the toast of the ton—but the devilishly handsome rake trying to oust them from their home thwarts her at every turn. How can one man be so vexing and make her simmer with desire?<br />
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As her attraction to Sam deepens, Julie’s problems grow—she may have, once upon a time, secretly shared a kiss with his honorable older brother. Suddenly, Julie’s caught between a rogue and a marquess, between passion and respectability. Torn between two brothers, what’s a girl to do? <br />
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<b>Review:</b><br />
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I am a bit sad, that this didn't work for me.<br />
Look this is okay. It's not terrible or horrible or anything. It's just kinda too fluffy for me.<br />
I honestly didn't expect anything else. It's in line with the series.<br />
So I am not sure if it is just me. You know, after reading two romances with some heavy subjects, maybe I wasn't in the frame of mind for a lighthearted historical romp?<br />
But then there is also the fact that I couldn't connect to either MC. I didn't get their chemistry or attraction for most of the book. I found some of the drama a bit annoying but mostly very predictable.<br />
This though it is quite well put together, not badly written and all, just didn't gel with me.<br />
Might be a case of me not feeling it right now or maybe ever.<br />
I think, if you looking for a light-hearted historical romance and don't mind a wee bit of cliche, give it a go.<br />
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