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Title:
The Bachelor Auction</div>
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Author:
Rachel Van Dyken</div>
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Series:
The Bachelors of Arizona #1</div>
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On
Sale: October 4, 2016</div>
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Forever</div>
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Price:
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<b>Cinderella
never had to deal with this crap.</b></div>
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</span><span style="color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #262626;">Jane
isn't entirely sure that Cinderella got such a raw deal. Sure, she
had a rough start, but didn't she eventually land a prince and a
happily-ever-after? Meanwhile, Jane is busy waiting on her demanding,
entitled sisters, running her cleaning business, and . . . yep, not a
prince in sight. Until a party and a broken shoe incident leave Jane
wondering if princes---or at least, a certain deliciously hunky
billionaire---maybe </span><span style="color: #262626;"><i>do</i></span><span style="color: #262626;">
exist.</span></div>
</span><span style="color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #262626;">Except
Brock Wellington isn't anyone's dream guy. Hell, a prince would </span><span style="color: #262626;"><i>never</i></span><span style="color: #262626;">
agree to be auctioned off in marriage to the highest bidder. Or act
like an arrogant jerk---even if it was just a façade. Now, as Brock
is waiting for the auction chopping block, he figures it's karmic
retribution that he's tempted by a sexy, sassy woman he can't have.
But while they can't have a fairy-tale ending, maybe they can indulge
in a little bit of fantasy . . .</span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040;"><i>Excerpted from</i></span><span style="color: #404040;"> </span>THE BACHELOR AUCTION by <i>Rachel Van Dyken</i><span style="color: #404040;"><i>. </i></span></div>
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“<span style="font-size: small;">Jane.”
It was a whisper, it was a question, and then his mouth was on
hers—harsh, forceful, but so inviting she whimpered at the contact
and leaned into him, begging him with her body to take what she
couldn’t voice aloud.</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
It
was a bad idea.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
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was a bad idea.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Taken.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Ready
to be married off.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
But
here, in this moment, he was hers.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
So
she kissed him back with as much passion as she possessed, her hands
digging into the front of his shirt while his teeth nipped at her
bottom lip.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
His
hands slid beneath her shirt, unhooking her bra with ease as he
nudged her thighs apart.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">You
feel so soft,” he murmured against her mouth. “Perfect.”
Another plundering kiss, his tongue flicking hers before his lips
slid down her neck. “So damn good.”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
With
a moan, she pressed as close as she could against him, nearly riding
his leg in an effort to get more of him.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">That’s
it,” he encouraged while she clawed at him.</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">Brock!”
Bentley’s voice pierced the air. “Did you need help?”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Brock
froze above her, his face filled with irritation. “Open that door,
Bentley, and I’m selling every car you own and replacing it with a
Honda!”</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Silence.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">You
don’t mean it.” The knob turned.</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Jane’s
eyes widened in alarm as Brock quickly moved away from her and tossed
the blanket…over her head. Right, like that was going to look
normal. She pulled the blanket off her face and tried in vain to fix
her bra while frantically pulling her hair back into a ponytail.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Bentley
entered, took one look at both of them and smiled. “Clearly this
room was dirtier than we thought?” He tilted his head at Jane. “Or
maybe not dirty enough?”</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">Out!”
Brock barked.</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">But—”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">Go!”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">Fine,”
Bentley grumbled. “I’m leaving. I just thought you should know
that Grandfather called and wanted to know how the maid was working
out. I told him that you’ve been helping her since she sprained her
ankle. He was concerned about her finishing the job.”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">What
did you say?” Brock grabbed Bentley by the shirt and gave a little
shake.</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Bentley
held up his hands. “Chill. I told him that she would make a full
recovery, that she refused to sue, and that you were taking care of
the situation. Because that’s all you’re doing, right Brock?
Taking care of the situation…” He peered around Brock at Jane.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Feeling
suddenly more naked than she actually was, she covered herself up
with the blanket.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
What
had she been thinking?</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
It
was beyond unprofessional.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Tears
burned the backs of her eyes.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks,
Bent.” Brock sighed, running his hands through his already mussed
hair.</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Bentley
saluted him then added quietly. “For the record, any girl that can
get Boring Brock to bend the rules is a keeper.”</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
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bit back a curse as Bentley shut the door.</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">Boring
Brock?” Jane asked.</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">It’s
about as bad as it sounds.”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">Well,
I’m Plain Jane, so…I understand.”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
He
turned. “You’ve never been plain a day in your life.”</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">I
think you’ve already learned that you don’t need to give me
pretty compliments to get me to kiss you.”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">You
have seven freckles. You press your lips together to keep yourself
from saying things you shouldn’t. You hum when you clean, and
though I’m not sure what the tune is, it’s familiar. When you
eat, you watch people rather than your own food, and I’m just going
to come out and say it: you eat like an animal, the most erotic thing
I’ve ever seen.”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Jane
covered her face with her hands. “It was flattering until you said
that last part.”</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Brock
laughed. “Seeing a woman dig into her food like she hasn’t eaten
in weeks? It’s one of the most erotic visions I’ve ever had.”</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Emotion
flashed across his face as he made his way over to her and kissed her
again, pulling away with her name on his lips. “Jane, I want you.”</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">Thought
I was just the help.” The walls around her heart started to slip;
she felt it in the way her body rose against him. He’d noticed
things about her nobody ever had, he was helping her, and he was
beautiful. Was it so wrong to want this? For herself? Once in her
life?</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">You’re
more than that, and you know it.” His eyes locked on to hers as his
deep voice washed over her.</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">You’re
getting auctioned off in two weeks and you know it.”</span></div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
He
paused, his expression going completely ice cold before he looked
away and then back at her. “And if I wasn’t? What then?”</div>
</span><span style="color: black;"><div style="text-align: left;">
“<span style="font-size: small;">Then…”
She bit down on her bottom lip. “I’d ask you to kiss me again.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">When Jake receives devastating news about the last remaining member of his unit, the darkness he’s resisted for so long begins to overwhelm him. Scared to let anyone close, he pushes Maddie away. But she isn’t about to give up on Jake that easily. Maddie’s fallen for him, and she’ll do anything to keep him from the edge as they both discover that love is a battlefield and there are some fights you just can’t lose.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Have
you been crying?” Warm fingers touched my cheek and I jerked in
surprise at the sparks that danced through my blood. I couldn’t
remember if he had ever touched me except for obligatory dances at
celebrations and fund- raisers. “What happened? Are you okay?”</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">No,
I’m fine.” I stepped out of his reach and rubbed under my eyes.
Tearing my gaze from his I leaned over and picked up his cane. “It’s
allergies.”</span></div>
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known each other too long for you to lie to me.” He let his hand
fall back to his side. I handed him the cane and stepped back.
“Someone told you that I was on my way, huh? We all know how much
you hate me. I’m surprised you didn’t jump out of the window.”</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It
was an option.” I rolled my eyes. I guess I wasn’t the only one
that remembered our last meeting hadn’t been pleasant. “I also
considered hiding in the closet, but was too slow.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">There!
Take that, perfect Jake Simmon. I was quick on my feet today.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">So,
you know why I’m here.” The way his eyes ran over me as if taking
stock was obnoxious.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I’m
your body guard. When the crazy women start running after you, I’m
to dive in the way.” And damn if they wouldn’t come running when
they saw how he looked all grown up and rough around the edges.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I’m
glad they have a plan.” He scratched his chin. “Getting bombarded
with underwear and bras is a health issue.”</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">If
they got to know you, it wouldn’t be a problem.” I rolled my
eyes. </span>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">What
does that mean?” His head cocked to the side.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I
thought you lost your leg, not your brain.” My eyes widened, but it
was too late to take it back. Why was it that I said the most
horrible things around him? Even when we’d been younger I’d had
diarrhea of the mouth. Especially around Jake.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1kbzzdcw9Mk1p5h59DZUeXpQ7Icl2MN8GDYIz4pEuEFOwRxIzx7RAUsg-TZnhibySOy1vL4oGboFmedlZdAsaYxeW-26sq-G9TGFjDXYQyCBYqhnAOEU2jTgHYsEnzSJm1jv0rdMEW8/s1600/Bedmates+Teaser+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1kbzzdcw9Mk1p5h59DZUeXpQ7Icl2MN8GDYIz4pEuEFOwRxIzx7RAUsg-TZnhibySOy1vL4oGboFmedlZdAsaYxeW-26sq-G9TGFjDXYQyCBYqhnAOEU2jTgHYsEnzSJm1jv0rdMEW8/s320/Bedmates+Teaser+2.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">He
threw his head back and laughed. “I don’t think they’re after
my brain, Maddie. Thankfully the part they’re most interested in is
still fully functional.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">His
lazy smile and sparkling eyes had me swallowing hard.</span></div>
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crept up my neck and I fought to not look away. “Well, good for
you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nichole Chase is the </span><i style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">New York Times</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and </span><i style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">USA Today</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> bestselling author of Suddenly Royal, The Accidental Assassin, Flukes, The Dark Betrayal Trilogy, The American Royalty Series and several short stories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />Nichole lives in Georgia with her husband, energetic daughter, two rescue dogs, Sulcata tortoise, and two cats. When not writing, you may find her reading, painting, crafting, or chasing her daughter around the house while making monster noises. </span></div>
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<b style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I will start by saying that ever since Nichole Chase announced Bedmates it was one of my most </b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>anticipated reads of 2016. </b></span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">in a warm cozy chair I snuggled and sat down to read my ARC, pretty soon I realized Jake was an army veteran missing a leg (not to talk about the psychological damage he suffered during his employment in A</b><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>fghanistan).</b></span></span></div>
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<em>From the New York Times bestselling author of Suddenly Royal comes the first in a sparkling new series about America’s favorite royal—the First Daughter.</em></h1>
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Everyone makes mistakes, especially in college. But when you’re the daughter of the President of the United States, any little slip up is a huge embarrassment. Maddie McGuire’s latest error in judgment lands her in police custody, giving the press a field day. Agreeing to do community service as penance and to restore her tattered reputation, Maddie never dreams incredibly good looking but extremely annoying vice president’s son, Jake Simmon, will be along for the ride.</h2>
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Recently returning from Afghanistan with a life-altering injury, Jake is wrestling with his own demons. He doesn’t have the time or patience to deal with the likes of Maddie. They’re like oil and water and every time they’re together, it’s combustible. But there’s a thin line between love and hate, and it’s not long before their fiery arguments give way to infinitely sexier encounters.</h2>
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When Jake receives devastating news about the last remaining member of his unit, the darkness he’s resisted for so long begins to overwhelm him. Scared to let anyone close, he pushes Maddie away. But she isn’t about to give up on Jake that easily. Maddie’s fallen for him, and she’ll do anything to keep him from the edge as they both discover that love is a battlefield and there are some fights you just can’t lose.</h2>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhT6x7dXwMM_0tSTcFdO7dQhSuIS2lQ90ZlDojqXSujbCjTs-El41ZJ6OuTJlzYc08TEXbzD9r04ZjuAkV9u7_rmnPGydDE6GITRNz1wksMAjLZ9Beq1FKhZFP5Ri5RSJGO7uVyt6KNf3ueVH6vV8UO3IJlRx5gL6AQT0uaIYtG3z_j2IvkEQ8XmO9km7zsQg=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nicholechase" border="0" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-19699" src="http://www.inkslingerpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NicholeChase-200x300.jpg" height="300" width="200" /></a><strong>About Nichole Chase:</strong>
Nichole Chase is the <em>New York Times</em> and <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author of Suddenly Royal, The Accidental Assassin, Flukes, The Dark Betrayal Trilogy, The American Royalty Series and several short stories.
Nichole lives in Georgia with her husband, energetic daughter, two rescue dogs, Sulcata tortoise, and two cats. When not writing, you may find her reading, painting, crafting, or chasing her daughter around the house while making monster noises.
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<i><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 21.1111125946045px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 21.1111125946045px;">Luckily for Kenzie, exile is suiting the man formerly known as Prince Fredrik very well. And it’s not long before his rugged, pirate charm is proving hard to resist.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 21.1111125946045px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 21.1111125946045px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 21.1111125946045px;">But Rik’s been spending his time in paradise exorcising demons of his own and he has danger written all over him. If Kenzie was sensible she’d run a mile instead of lose herself to lust - although, they do say sometimes you have to get lost before you can be found...."</span></i><br />
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This story begins with a prolog that tells the story of how the island Tortuga came to be abandoned. A princess came to the island of Los Pajaros to marry it's governor, but once she arrived she met a pirate and the two fell in love and ran away together to Tortuga, the governor chased them but when he failed to retrieve his bride he cast a spell on the island, a curse that says that those that come to Tortuga would suffer from misery and a horrible death.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, I don't know what about you, but when I hear Pirates, Curse, Romance and the Caribbean my imagination runs wild (The Pirates of the Caribbean wild).</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Even so, I'll have to warn you: This is a nowadays romance story, which means that despite it's very original beginning the Curse and the Pirates play little part here.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But you know what? The Caribbean plays big part here, and was it beautiful! But before I start raving and stop to make sense I think I should go to the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kenzie Cole is a thirty-something single, beautiful, talented location scout that needs to find some locations to an upcoming film production. Kenzie has been through a lot in life- really, I thought her problem was some relationships with bad boys go wrong. But I didn't expect what actually happened. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rik is a thirty-something exiled prince (exiled on his own decision) after living his entire life in a lie- grooming himself and dedicating himself to his country and position as king he learns something that changes his life forever. Now he spends his time in Los Pajaros drinking himself to oblivion, looking like a pirate and a bad boy and mourning his lost life. His secret is not surprising.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;">The two meet when both drink in a bar, and strike a deal that Rik would help Kenzie with her locations scouting. The electricity between them is high, and the attraction is almost tantalizing. Soon, a Caribbean romance begins. As in every book, they think it would be only for a short while but they find forever.</span><span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The big question is: what makes this book a 4 stars book? First of all the writing. Sommer's writing is light, funny and well done. Her descriptions of the Caribbean- the weather, the sun, the sunset, the smell, the wine, the trees and the turtles is so rich you can see it in your mind's eye. I haven't though much of the Caribbean as one of the places I <b>must</b> visit before, and now I do!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The sexual tension and the sex scenes are an added bonus. As well as the fact that some of the usual drama is avoided- there is not even once something like "you want me for me money and my title" and it was so very refreshing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Closer to the end there's a little drama that shows just how much Kenzie had been through, and you know what? Rik didn't flinch, he chased her, he accepted her, he supported her and he loved her. And what a chasing scene that was! I wish for a flash mob and exotic flowers too! Sommer knows how to write her HEAs perfectly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Also Sommer surprises with Kenzie's best friend Lee, and each chapter has a tweet. Some are really funny: </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"@KEnzieCole101: in most fairy tales the bad boy turns into a prince. Just once I'd like to kiss a prince and have him turn into a steady dependable guy"<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yes, this book is falling to some tropes of the genre- the love interest is rich, there are secrets, and the immediate attraction as well as the fact that they fall in love within a week's time, even the ever so perfect HEA. But it never claimed to be different, it just promised me a good time and a smile and it delivered that promise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.0774993896484px;">So, as I already said-<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #181818;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #181818;">if you want to read light romance that would keep a silly smile on your face with exotic setting and likeable characters (don't forget the sex) this is your book! it even had it's funny moments (and tweets!)</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 24px;">and THIS is how you write a HEA (including a wonderful chasing scene)</span></div>
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In short, I was so immersed by the book I forgot about the people around me and the things I needed to do, my full attention was on the book (thus all those mistakes I made). </div>
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It has been a long time since I was this caught up in the book- up until now I was sure it was my great discipline and self-control, I was fooling myself to think so. </div>
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Brenda Novak says in the introduction how she wrote this book inspired by the gothic feeling of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Only time will tell if she accomplished her goal. But your humble servant here thinks she did but she also managed to create something entirely her own!</div>
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This historical romance is written so very beautifully, and sometimes it had maintained a gothic feeling, but even when it didn't it was still chilling heart wrenching or heartwarming and completely terrifying, especially the last few chapters that had me so nervous and afraid!</div>
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I have to give you a fair warning- unlike Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights or any historical romance that was written at that time, this book, influenced by these day and age, had sex in it. At first I found it somewhat weird, since I thought that if the author aimed at a certain style she would not write such thing. But she did and I'm glad she did, because despite my love for Jane Eyre I found it lacking in sexual tension and I didn’t know that it bothered me until I read the sex scenes in this book, that are wonderfully and tenderly written. </div>
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Both main characters- Rachel and Truman (the earl), might not be likeable at first (though I loved them in first read). They are full of pride, and property and passion. Sometimes they can be found a bit cruel or naïve, full of prejudice. They can appear somewhat cold- but they stay true to themselves and their ideals through the whole story, not wavering even once.</div>
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Rachel with her naiveté, pride, stubbornness and honesty- showed her strong will enduring all the hardships in the village. I could not belief the lengths to which she went to keep her brother safe and to provide to him, her actions were truly admirable. </div>
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And Truman, with his determination to find his wife's killer, his will to protect and help Rachel, his love for her and the way he noticed every little change in her. He was truly a noble man.</div>
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The mystery is not that much of a mystery though some of the reasons behind things were surprising, and even when I suspected who the "bad guy" was, Mrs. Novak managed to have me wishing it wouldn't be him. </div>
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This book avoids all the tropes historical romance book are so well known of. The things I usually find annoying in these books- like a lousy excuse for a lady/lord- you won't find here. Both characters are smart and act accordingly. And all the things there is to love about historical romance- like the time and the love in the etiquette- are all presents here. Oh, the time, Mrs. Novak did a wonderful job describing the work in the mines, the poverty in contrast of the high social standing of the earl and all his money. The village life just sprang to life out of the book- with the brothel and how many didn't know how to read, the rumors and the fact the each and every character was more than the sum of her actions and what she seemed to be. Mrs. Tate and Mr. Linley were wonderful side characters and very loyal it was touching. And Geordie (Rachel's brother) was such a sweet kid. </div>
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I enjoyed every minute of reading this book, even when I thought it might break my heart and when I was so afraid, so very afraid of what was to come.</div>
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<em>A copy was kindly provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!</em></div>
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<em>*Looking around in a haze, damn, I missed my bus station! oh well, at least I finished the book* </em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Date published: 18th December 2013</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Most times I'm either speechless or you can't shut me up. Right now I'm both. Yes, I'm very well aware of the paradox.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">But I don't give a damn.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Anyway, let's start this.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Lately I've given many 5 starts, more than I'm used to, and I consider myself lucky for that. But a 5 stars rating can mean so many different things- it can mean I loved the book, it can mean the book is really well written, and it can be a 4.5 stars rounded up, and it can be my gut telling me that even if I have tons to complain about it is a 5 stars book. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">In </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Angelbound'</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">s case it is because the book is well written and the ARC had only 8 typos (in a book that is more than 300 pages, that's little, almost nothing). But more importantly, it's because </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"><em><u>this book is perfect for me. </u></em></strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">There aren't so many books that I loved and managed to hold my interest from start to end. If you need an example I'd say- anything written by Ilona Andrews, The Fever series by Karen Marie Moning, Binding the Shadows by Jenn Bennett, Through the Smoke by Brenda Novak. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">That's it.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Now I can add to the list Christina Bauer.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Yes, there are many books I loved, but I'm an impatient reader. It's a gurantee somewhere along the ride I'd lose interest. </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Not here.</strong><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">As I've already said this book is perfect for me- it has EVERY damned thing I want in a book- interesting world, great world building, realistic and great sidekicks- most characters have some hidden depth and we get to glimpse it, Myla is an amazing character, the love interest is totally swoon worthy, the relationship is mature with</span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"> no love triangle</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">, the love is building slowly and believably. You know what else? Myla has a true best friend that is a girl- not some stupid "Best" friend. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Most of the women here are strong willed and reliable just as the men. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">No slut-shaming or stupidity. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">With all this, I think this book is a breath of fresh air. But then I wonder fresh air to what? The answer: to almost every genre you'd like to put it in. New Adult or Young Adult, Fantasy or Urban Fantasy.</span><br />
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">This book avoids my most hated tropes in all of them.</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Now, I'll talk on every aspect the best I can:</span><br />
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"><u>The World Building: </u></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Christina Bauer has created a really intriguing world in </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Angelbound </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">beside the human world there are five realms- </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">3. The Dark Land (with Ghouls. Most of them are semi hated by me) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">4. Autrum (with Thrax- half human half angels. Because they are cool) 5.Purgatory(with Quasi-Demons because damn are they hot?!)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">The roles of the angels and the demons are no mystery, the ghouls keeps order and rules (they also portal people between the realms). While the thrax are hunting demons in the human world the Quasis are in charge of the souls- which go to heaven and which to hell. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">This is where Myla comes in, but I'll get to it in a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Sometimes, the residents of those realms mingle- an angel will mate with a ghoul or some other pairings. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Our story takes place in Purgatory- where the Quasis live. Purgatory is run by the ghouls and the Quasis are their servants, I'm not going to explain it because you need to read the book for that! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">As I've already mentioned Quasis are the off springs of humans and demons- or at least they were at first, since there are plenty of them in Purgatory the Quasis breeds among themselves (mostly). </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Each Quasi has a tail of some sort of animal- dragon tail (Myla) pig tail, dog tail, really the options are infinite. Also, each and every Quasi has an affinity to one of the seven deadly sins-</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Envy, Wrath and Pride. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">With each one comes certain skills- Envy can feel when someone's envy them, Lust are seductive and irresistible, Wrath are natural born warriors. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">When a human dies, there's need to decide where his soul would go, thus can be decided by trial or combat. When choosing combat the soul can choose it's opponent from three options- ghoul, demon or Quasi. If the opponent is defeated the soul goes to heaven, if not then hell. Myla(our SUPER KICKASS heroine) is one of the arena's warriors. Fighting evil souls and beat them so they'll never get to heaven is her job, and she does it fantastically. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">the fighting and action scenes in this book are enough to keep anyone happy- quantity and quality wise. The one responsible for transferring the soul to heaven or hell is the Scala- the one creature with human, demon and angel blood. Usually there are two of those- the Scala and the Scala heir. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">I'll stop now, because I see I'm getting carried away. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">The thing is, Christina Bauer has created a well-rounded world with definite rules and what I told you is just the tip of the ice-berg.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Also, the world building is done gradually without over tiring info-dumps. Each information comes exactly when it needed to come- not only in order to move the plot forward but also to allow the reader to understand things while the happen. </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">There are no contradictions in the world building and no dropping of weird terms that will be discovered later once the author needs a way out </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">. </span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">The world and the book are so well built it is obvious the author paid great attention and thought to them both. </em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Before I continue to other aspects of the book, let me just say, even though I don't complain much about world building in other books- for me this aspect is the difference between 4 and 5 stars. </span><u style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">So rarely do I really enjoy the world building in a book as much as I enjoyed it here </u><br />
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"><u>The characters: </u></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">beside the really not important characters, those I doubt would appear on the second book, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"><strong>Each and every of the characters is rounded with depth and contradictions. And even as we learn of those, all their actions stay true to their nature</strong> </em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">I'll talk about some of the characters right now.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Cissy- Myla's best friend. Hell, I can't explain how fucking annoying she was at times. I was really tempted to reach into the book, grab her by the shoulders and yell at her "Pay attention to your best friend!!!" she made mistakes, she ignored Myla's feelings at times, she was far from a perfect best friend and yet, she was there for Myla when she needed her most. She understood Myla most times, and she apologized when she fucked up. And that what made her a true friend. In most UF books the heroine does not have a best friend that is that much present in her friend's adventures and life. In NA books the best friend is rarely a real friend and in YA books with paranormal elements most of the times the best friend is just there to show how amazing and extraordinary the MC is. Well, Myla </span><u style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">is</u><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">extraordinary, but so is her friend. Cissy is this gentle girl that saves lost things, she is this girl who had an obsessive crush on someone for years, she's the girl who stands on her own when she wants something and will not be pushed and stomped on. And it's wonderful to see that the author paid attention to her character while writing this book. It's wonderful to know that Myla has such a good best friend, even if annoying at times. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Zeke- Myla's friend and Cissy's huge crush. Honestly, he's a player and he can't shut his mouth. But he also shows other sides of him later, he takes risks to help Myla, he cares about Cissy. And his playboy acts are just a façade as much as they are real. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Armageddon- The king of hell and the big bad guy. Really, you can't be the king of hell and not being the big bad guy. At least not in this book. But damn, he was terrifying, of the pure evil kind. He's a power hungry sadist, and he's so good at what he does. His level of scheming can compete Verus's. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Verus- The representative of the angels. Sweet heavens, I simply adore the little minx- while everyone on the board play backgammon she plays chess. You can never take her words of what they are, because even if she can't lie, there are plenty of other things she can do.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Myla's mom- I think she is one of the most complex characters in this book. an overbearing mother, she's a scardy cat, she worries about her daughter constantly, she has depressions and every so often you catch a glimpse of something else- of fire and steel. I can’t talk about her in details as her contradictions are very important to the plot. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Myla- I've talked about other characters so much, it's time to cut the bullshit. Myla is amazing by every standard possible, in my opinion. She looks good (and she knows it), she fights (damn well), she stands on her own, she's a warrior and she takes shit from no one. Myla is a Quasi furor demon, which means that beside being a natural born warrior she has an affinity to both wrath and lust and she has a dragon tail. When she wants to know something she'd push all the buttons and go to anywhere she needs in order to get the information she sought. Even when she meets Lincoln and is instantly attracted to him physically she acknowledge that he's a jerk, and she doesn't caught him some slack just because he looks good. She demands his respect, and she doesn't respect him until he proves worthy of it. She's also very kind. In my humble opinion Myla balances well between being a total Kickass and being gentle. She cares, she is not a tomboy and she does not mock girls- only irrational and foolish behavior. She cries, she gets injured and hurt, she's not perfect. She's afraid at times, she doesn't always think things through, but she learns from her mistakes. And she stays true to herself and her nature throughout the book. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">It is no secret I'm a fan of Kate Daniels (Seriously, how can you not love that girl?), well, I love Myla just as much. She's just as kickass as kate, just as sharped tongued, almost just as funny, but unlike Kate, Myla is not emotionally detached (yes, Kate is a little detached and she's closed), she doesn't push people away, she's mature and childish in a balanced way. She is fun. If Kate is a bad guy that chose to be good, then Myla is a good humble guy that stays good. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Lincoln- The Thrax prince, the love interest and a royal pain in the ass…at first. It is not hard to make me swoon over a swoon worthy guy, and it is not hard to make me hate/dislike a jackass. But you know what? I hardly can do both. I know, I know that many women around the world love Mr. Darcy, I'm not one of them. He was a stupid, prideful jackass in the beginning and even as his intentions became clear, even as he was redeemed, even as he apologized, I couldn't help but hold a grudge. He hadn't changed, not entirely. And what made me not like him from start remained there by the end. On the other hand I like Jericho Barrons (even though he doesn't turn my oven on) and I liked Curran even though he was annoying at first, because I understood why both men acted like they did from start. And here we have Lincoln- he starts out like a prejudiced jackass, calling Quasis 'demons', refusing to understand the difference while acting so high and mighty. </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">That pissed me off. I black listed him right away </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">. </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">I really found it impossible to think that I'll like him in the end. That he would end up worthy of Myla </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">. but he did, he so did. And not by doing a sudden change of 180 degrees. No. By slowly unraveling and showing his true nature and good points. Little by little he showed respect for Myla when she proved worthy of it. He showed his gentle side. He showed his fair side- the side that would care for a demon because this demon could not protect itself. He thanks Myla for saving one of his own and stands up for her even when the idiot she saved fails to understand that he is an idiot. And when Myla gets injured he takes care of her. He also apologize once he realizes his mistakes. And the way he supports and loves Myla is so swoon worthy that </span><u style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">I call dibs on Lincoln as my book boyfriend and main squeeze </u><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">I won't say who, what or when, but let's just say Christina Bauer know how to create totally swoon worthy guys- the kind that is dependable, supportive, cute, nice, manly and totally loved you. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Also, the relationship between Myla and Lincoln is one of the best</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"> I've ever seen<em>. While the attraction between them might be instant, their relationship and love are not. It takes time for the feelings to appear and grow, but once they do- well let's just say it's the mature kind and not the stupidlit obsessive kind. They are synchronized- even when they fight something together. They understand each other perfectly. They support each other. When Myla decides to do something dangerous Lincoln tells her he is not happy with that and that he is worried but he doesn't try to change her mind. He understand her choices and supports her. Myla does the same for him. Considering how many stakes are against them, it's lovely to see that they work as one unit and don't add wood to the fire. They care so much about each other that whenever one of them is insecure the other chases those insecurities away. If Lincoln thinks some guy is interested in Myla and that she may be somewhat interested too, Myla quickly tells him it's not like that, and vice versa. They trust each other. If Lincoln has some bad news and Myla is already aware of them, she lets him know that she's aware of the situation because she doesn't want him to hurt while saying that. He tells her he has a plan and she tells him she trust him. <strong>their bond is that deep </strong>.<br /><br />Myla's tail- that thing can only be described as BEST SIDEKCIK IN THE HISTORY OF TIME. Witched would give up their familiars for such a tail if they knew it existed. Really, that tail is another character and a wonderful one at that. Funny too. I absolutely freaking love it!<br /><br />The end of the book is somewhat bittersweet, both Lincoln and Myla make some tough choices, both understand and respect those choices. Still, somehow, I know they will be OK.<br />So, the next book comes out on May 2014, and It is one of my top five most anticipated books of 2014. I would attach myself a tail and take a picture with it if it would help me get an early copy of the book.<br />If so far, I haven't been clear as to how much I loved this book I would give you more indication- This is one of the books I REALLY want in print. If it was available in paperback or even hardcover I'd totally buy it! [yep, I loved it that much to the moon and back and round earth 20 M times].<br /><br /><em>A copy was kindly provided to me by Ink Monster through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I'm grateful for the opportunity to read it.</em></em></em><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29CX6yQeYI6OPIQ0BuILcjm_wEZJr_W4wjr9Noy_E5yT0AeuDbfW1LynQlKzFXtobt6Dqym8gY7fODbB0nRstzwRCUTeC8ePio3dyWa2-1ETtXBIXnvHV0RDyc6HAGbOY5W3ZmyKT2JE/s1600/sh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; color: #3f0606; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="65" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29CX6yQeYI6OPIQ0BuILcjm_wEZJr_W4wjr9Noy_E5yT0AeuDbfW1LynQlKzFXtobt6Dqym8gY7fODbB0nRstzwRCUTeC8ePio3dyWa2-1ETtXBIXnvHV0RDyc6HAGbOY5W3ZmyKT2JE/s1600/sh.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-64758564590088426412016-09-14T09:59:00.000-07:002016-09-14T09:59:39.683-07:00Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Series: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #382110; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 18px;">The Malediction Trilogy</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Number: 1</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Number of pages: 480</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Publisher: </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Strange Chemistry</em><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Date published: 1 April 2014</span><br />
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<i>"<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">For those who have loved </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Seraphina</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> and </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Graceling</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> comes another truly fabulous fantasy...</span></i></div>
<i style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.8500003814697px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">For five centuries, a witch’s curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins of Forsaken Mountain. Time enough for their dark and nefarious magic to fade from human memory and into myth. But a prophesy has been spoken of a union with the power to set the trolls free, and when Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and taken beneath the mountain, she learns there is far more to the myth of the trolls than she could have imagined.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Cécile has only one thing on her mind after she is brought to Trollus: escape. Only the trolls are clever, fast, and inhumanly strong. She will have to bide her time, wait for the perfect opportunity.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">But something unexpected happens while she’s waiting – she begins to fall for the enigmatic troll prince to whom she has been bonded and married. She begins to make friends. And she begins to see that she may be the only hope for the half-bloods – part troll, part human creatures who are slaves to the full-blooded trolls. There is a rebellion brewing. And her prince, Tristan, the future king, is its secret leader.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">As Cécile becomes involved in the intricate political games of Trollus, she becomes more than a farmer’s daughter. She becomes a princess, the hope of a people, and a witch with magic powerful enough to change Trollus forever."</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">1. I know some people do not love the cover, personally, I think it's gorgeous. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">2. This book is long. Then again, so are many other books. and I don't mind the lentgh. IMO, if a book is well written and well developed- I don't care how long it is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">3. In the blurb there is comparison to both <i>Serephina </i>and <i>Graceling. </i>I have yet to fully read the former, but I skimmed through it and though it looks like a great book I doubt I'd love it. As for the latter, I read it and throughky enjoyed it- but it's a far cry from being a favourite of mine. Which is why I was somewhat hesitant to read this book. What made me want to read it anyway? The rest of the blurb that sounded just right up my ally. This is one of those times I'm glad I listened to my instinct. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Truth be told most books can be put [and are put] down. However, the real question is <b>how fast did I want to pick it back up again?</b> the answer is every five minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Another question is <b>while reading the book and after reading it, did it hunt me? </b>The answer is like villagers hunting a witch in the old times. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><i>Stolen Songbird </i>is this amazing book that achieved so many things I always want to see in a book I read, I'll try to explain. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I. <u>A Great Heroine</u></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Cécile<i> </i>was great, she was fun and realistic and smart. She was nice, and courageous, full of life. She was brave. While she was kidnapped, she fought her captor. When she arrived in Trollus she soon realized that she might not be able to escape as fast as she'd want, but she didn't give up hope on escaping. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">She learned about the trolls and Trollus realizing that while she's there she might as well get to know the gameboard and the players. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">II. <u>A Wonderful Hero</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Tristan. oh, Tristan. He was so many things- kind, brutal, caring, manipulator, politician, honest. At first I appreciated him as a character and later on I came to love him. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Through the book, Tristan is playing a dangerous game. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">III. <u>A Mature Realtionship</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Triatian's and </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Cécile's relationship developes under the most horrible conditions, and yet, the development is nothing short of spectacular. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">They start as strangers, enemies even, thrust together in an unlikely situation that each of them wish he could have escaped. They becoming begrudging alliances, working together to achieve their goals. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Slowly, they become friends and evetually lovers. Even then, they are both aware of the fact that their circumstances aren't ideal and it stands between them. </span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">But their love is true. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">IV. <u>The Setting</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I just loved the setting. Trollus exist underneath a mountain, and it's folklore and the Troll's origin are interesting, well thought of and simply enchanting. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><i>"Not all of them were deformed, but they were monsters still, every one of them."</i></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Trollus is this magical place covered in darkness, horrors and empty beauty. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><i>"At his side stood an exceptionally lovely troll, long black curls cascading over her jeweled velvet clothing. Her expression was vacant and unseeing, and I shivered as a dreamy smile crossed over her lips."</i></span></div>
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The Trolls are these crazy, intelligent, beautiful yet terrifying creatures. They are cruel, they choose to be cruel, they are evil that chose to be evil. I was afraid of the dark while I was reading the book. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">V. <u>Side Characters</u></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The side characters, the supporting characters are standing out just as much as the main ones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>“I think it is our nature to believe evil always has an ugly face,” he said, ignoring my question. “Beauty is supposed to be good and kind, and to discover it otherwise is like a betrayal of trust. A violation of the nature of things.”</i></span></div>
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">There's Tristan's cousins, who become good friends with Cecile. </span></span><br />
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Author: Amanda Carlson<br />
Series: Jessica McClain<br />
Number: 1<br />
Number of pages: 322<br />
Publisher: Orbit<br />
Date published: 6 September 2012<br />
Buy on: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blooded-Jessica-McClain-Amanda-Carlson-ebook/dp/B008K5TDSM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1396549860&sr=8-4&keywords=amanda+carlson" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blooded-Jessica-McClain-Amanda-Carlson-ebook/dp/B008K5TDSM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1396549883&sr=8-5&keywords=amanda+carlson" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon UK</a><br />
Rating: 3 stars<br />
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<i>"<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">Born the only female in an all male race, Jessica McClain isn’t just different—she’s feared.</span></i><br />
<i><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">After living under the radar for the last twenty-six years, Jessica is thrust unexpectedly into her first change, a full ten years late. She wakes up and finds she’s in the middle of a storm. Now that she’s become the only female full-blooded werewolf in town, the supernatural world is already clamoring to take a bite out of her and her new Pack must rise up and protect her.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">But not everyone is on board. The werewolf Rights of Laws is missing text and the superstitious werewolves think that Jessica means an end to their race. It doesn’t help when Jessica begins to realize she’s more. She can change partway and hold her form, and speak directly to her wolf. But the biggest complication by far is that her alpha father can't control her like he can the rest of his wolves.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">When a mercenary who’s been hired by the vampires shows up to extract information about the newly turned werewolf only days after her change, they find themselves smack in the middle of a war and there's no choice but to run together. When it’s up to Jessica to negotiate her release against her father’s direct orders, she chooses to take an offer for help instead. In exchange, Jessica must now swear an oath she may end up repaying with her life"</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">But this one is worth reading on it's own accord too. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">First of all, this series is a great example as to how the author is writing each and every book with the thought of the total series plot. Yes, each book has a plot of its own. But they all add up to the great plotline and I love it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Much thought was put here, and I appreciate it so much I can't even start to explain it. This book focuses mostly on character development, defining the various relationships and explaining a little about the werewolves' world and their folklore.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">This is the foundation for books to come. And while weak on it's own (hence, 3 stars) I am happy to say I appreciate it much better after reading the next two books. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">It has been a while since I read the books, so I'll try my best to write for each of them a well explained review.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Jessica- the books are told from her POV, and she's a great character. She's loyal, smart, stubborn, and rational. She manages a good balance between being one the takes action but always thinking and learning. And yes, more often than most she tries to do the right thing. She yields quite a lot of power, and she stumbles around while she tries to figure things out. Her wolf is a character of her own.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Tyler- aka Jessica's twin brother. He's very protective and loyal, he's smart and charming, strong and very reliable. He also has some prejudice regarding other sects and how werewolves are superior which is fun to see as he keeps on having to overcome them. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Danny- this British flirtatious overly smart mouthed werewolf that provides lots of comic relief as well as smart remarks. </span><br />
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<strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"><u>The Plot :</u></strong><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;"> as I said, this book while being a great debut is somewhat weak. It shows lots of potential (that is being delivered later), and it has great foundation. Amanda Carlson's world is fairly interesting. A few good points I liked:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">1. Jessica has some steamy sex with someone, just because the two of them feel like it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">2. There is relationship here, family love and support. Jessica has a female friend (though, she doesn't appear much in the book)</span><br />
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Author: Amanda Carlson<br />
Series: Jessica McClain<br />
Number: 2<br />
Number of pages: 336<br />
Publisher: Orbit<br />
Date published: 23 April 2013<br />
Buy on: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blooded-Jessica-McClain-Amanda-Carlson-ebook/dp/B009SQ019C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1396549860&sr=8-3&keywords=amanda+carlson" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blooded-Jessica-McClain-Amanda-Carlson-ebook/dp/B009SQ019C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1396549883&sr=8-4&keywords=amanda+carlson" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon UK</a><br />
Rating: 4 stars<br />
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<i>"<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">It hasn't been the best week for Jessica McClain.</span></i><br />
<i><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">Her mate has been kidnapped by a Goddess hell-bent on revenge --- but Jessica is playing for keeps.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">Because she's the only female werewolf in town...it comes with its own set of rules...and powers.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">Aided by two vamps, two loyal Pack members, and one very reluctant human, Jessica must rescue her man while coming to terms with what being a wolf really means.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">All in a day's work for a girl.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">The second novel in the Jessica McClain series is a full on action adventure featuring one angry Goddess and plenty of monsters, demons, and a few newly risen beasties..."</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">There is a fair share (the lion's share) of world building here. We encounter demons, bats, mermaids (of sorts), spiders, ants, magic, and a little witch's potions. Furthermore, we learn of the system- the hierarchy between the sects and who controls and enforce laws on </span><u style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">all </u><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">the sects, we also learn how one achieve the status of a goddess. There is more character development as we get to know some of them better.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">There is lots (!!) of action, for those of you that like fighting scenes, some hard decisions are made and some new alliances are forged.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">There are only few things to complain about, but complain I shall-</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">First of all, the romance; Jessica and Rourke had a brief encounter before he was kidnapped. Thus their relationship didn’t develop much. As the whole book si about saving him from the goddess, you can guess how much development can possible be here (almost none).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Secondly, while I appreciate information and good dialogues as much as the next person. When a killing scene takes too long because everybody is too damn busy with talking you can guess how irritating this might become.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Thirdly, in case you find yourself not liking this book and consider a drinking game- each time someone threatens to kill someone else you are most welcome to drink. Considering, of course, that you'll take small gulpes or you have a high tolerance for alcohol. Another option is drinking each time someone threatens to kill the human. Or whenever a vampire says that something is impossible to achieve. Both will get you happily drunk quite fast, so still don't use a strong drink.</span><br />
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Author: Amanda Carlson<br />
Series: Jessica McClain<br />
Number: 3<br />
Number of pages: 336<br />
Publisher: Orbit<br />
Date published: 8 October 2013<br />
Buy on: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Blooded-Book-Jessica-McClain-ebook/dp/B00B27ECKY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396549860&sr=8-1&keywords=amanda+carlson" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cold-Blooded-Book-Jessica-McClain-ebook/dp/B00B27ECKY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1396549883&sr=8-3&keywords=amanda+carlson" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon UK</a><br />
Rating: 4 stars<br />
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<i>"<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: 25.7600002288818px;">Jessica arrives back in town to find her best friend missing and the most powerful witch in the country is blaming her for it. But before they can move to save her, the group is attacked.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14.6666669845581px; line-height: 18px;">Basically, the last book has left us with a warning regarding the underworld, and here Jessica tries to figure out what she should do while dealing with one missing friend, one angry witch, some crazy stupid dudes, a father that might just die if no one is careful, a new born (very hungry and very angry) vampire, one plotting vampire queen and one Hotter than Hot, absolutely and McSteamy and McDreamy all rolled into one in the form of a mate. </span><br />
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Series: Addicted<br />
Number: 2<br />
Number of pages: 324<br />
Publisher: K.B. Ritchie<br />
Date published: 22 August 2013<br />
Buy on: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Addicted-Now-2-Krista-Ritchie-ebook/dp/B00H06NGBM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1398544623&sr=8-5&keywords=krista+and+becca+ritchie" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Addicted-Now-Series-2-ebook/dp/B00H06NGBM/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1398544640&sr=8-5&keywords=krista+and+becca+ritchie" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon UK</a><br />
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<i>"<strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">He's addicted to booze. She's addicted to sex...staying sober is only half the battle.</strong></i><br />
<i><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">No. More. Sex. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Those are the three words Lily Calloway fears the most. But Loren Hale is determined to be with Lily without enabling her dangerous compulsions. With their new living situation—sleeping in the same bed, for real, together—Lily has new battles. Like not jumping Lo’s bones every night. Not being consumed by sex and his body.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Loren plans to stay sober, to right all of his wrongs. So when someone threatens to expose Lily’s secret to her family and the public, he promises that he’ll do anything to protect her. But with old enemies surfacing, Lo has more at stake than his sobriety.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">They will torment Lily until Lo breaks. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">And his worst fear isn’t relapsing. He hears the end. He sees it. The one thing that could change everything. Just three words. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">No. More. </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Us</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">New Adult Romance recommended for readers 18+ for mature content"</strong></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Here is the thing about Ktista and Becca Ritchie, their first book tore me apart. The second left me bleeding and the third, the third healed me while leaving a huge ugly scar. And I'm thankful for all of it. Actually, I can't wait for the next books in the series.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I am not a masochist. Not even a little. Or at least, I thought I'm not until I met the Ritchie sisters. Seeing Lo & Lily's journey broke my heart. It was a sad, beautiful, hopeful journey.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Addicted for Now ends with a satisfying ending, and still leaves much to be desired. </span><strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I am not ready to say goodbye just yet, in a way, I wonder if I ever will. But that's what rereads are for</strong><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I'll try to make sense. But I promise nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I would start with the writing, it's good. It's very good. Full of harsh truths and wisdom. The first and second books are solely from Lily's POV. But we get Lo's POV as well in third book. And both voices (Lo's and Lily's) are solid so much so I am sure I could tell them apart. There is more, please don't hate me. But not many female writers can write a good guy's POV. Same to be said of male writers and female POV. But Lo's voice is good and realistic.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The guys in the addicted books are just as real as the girls- in words, behavior, feelings. Everything.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">As for the characters- Rose is my favorite. And Connor is the type of alpha male I really love and respect, maybe because he's not really alpha, but more of a gamma. So you can imagine how excited I am for their book to be released soon (24th January 2014). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">That aside you need to understand something about the characters- they are complex, human. They are not very likeable. Sometimes I wanted to hit them hard, other times I was tempted to yell in frustration because they annoyed the hell out of me. They have faults, many many faults.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">And yet, I love them. I feel like I met new-old friends. Each one stand on their own. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Lily is supportive, perspective, slow, weak, dependant, true to herself, slowly she becomes stronger. She finds her strengh but she stays fragile. She is determined. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Lo is an A-hole, he's selfish, protective, strong willed, understanding, twisted anf broken. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Ryke is brutally honest, he's a busy body that shoves his nose in other people's business. He's caring and knows no limits. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Daisy is full of fire, she takes dangerous risks all the time, she's mature for her age. She is honest and smart, she's cool and tries to please everyone. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Connor is super smart, he's vain and hardly lets anyone in. He's an manipulator and almost nothing is beneath him in order to get to the top. Still, he has principles. He notice everything, he collects information and use it for his own benefit. He's a manipulator. But also a true friend, and a caring boyfriend. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Rose is smart, cold, composed, she can hurt people with her words very easily, she's full of pride, competitive, she loves without limits and support those she care for. She's fragile, insecure and self confidant. She's a fighter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">And that's exactly the thing. We get to know the supporting characters just as well as the main ones. Each relationship is complex. Nothing is easy. There is no black and white- just like the covers of the books, it's crystal clear but it's also very grey. Each relationship is different and fucked up in her own way, while still being oh so right.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I can't talk about the plot- because each book is long and lots happen. If in the first book we see how Lily and Lo become a couple and slowly, painfully spiral to rock bottom, then the second is about them being apart. Starting recovery. And learning to relay on others. The third is about relaying on each other, finding balance and intimacy, fighting their addictions together. Finding support in friends, family, each other and themselves. It's about screwing up, it's about falling and getting up. Keep trying. It's about finding their way, facing the demons, learning limits, facing the truths, accepting them and move on. It's about learning from mistakes, learning to forgive. Even to the things you think are unforgivable. It's about forgiving yourself.</span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Seeing Lo and Lily supporting each other when, even with tough love when needed was heartwarming. I love seeing the two of them growing up. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The truth is, after this book you can stop reading the series. It's satisfying. Personally, I don't want to. I want to see all the journey. I want each and every book to come out already so I can read them. Yet, I don't because then I'll have to say goodbye. I can only hope that once this series is over, Krista and Becca Ritchie will write something new. Just as good if not better.</span><br />
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-19047788128436785152016-09-14T09:58:00.001-07:002016-09-14T09:58:30.241-07:00Ricochet by Krista and Becca Ritchie [Review by Sharon]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Series: Addicted<br />
Number: 1.5<br />
Number of pages: 260<br />
Publisher: K.B. Ritchie<br />
Date published: 1 August 2013<br />
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Rating: 5 stars<br />
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<i>"<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">As a sex addict, Lily Calloway must do the impossible. Stay celibate for 90 days.</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span></i><br />
<i><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Cravings and fantasies become her new routine, but while Loren Hale recovers from his alcohol addiction, Lily wonders if he’ll realize what a monster she really is. After all, her sexual compulsions begin to rule her life the longer she stays faithful to him. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Progress. That’s what Lily’s striving for. But by trying to become closer to her family—people who aren’t aware of her addiction—she creates larger obstacles. When she spends time with her youngest sister, she learns more about her than she ever imagined and senses an unsettling connection between Daisy and Ryke Meadows. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">With Lily and Lo’s dysfunctional relationship teetering and unbalanced, they will need to find a way to reconnect from miles apart. But the inability to “touch” proves to be one of the hardest tests on their road to recovery. Some love brushes the surface. Some love is deeper than skin. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Lily and Lo have three months to discover just how deep their love really goes.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">------</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Includes the first chapter to the sequel Addicted for Now</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Companion to the Sequel: A full-length New Adult Romance that continues where Addicted to You left off. As a companion novel, it bridges the gap between the first and second book. It is highly recommended to be read beforeAddicted for Now."</strong></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Mainly because the love interest is missing. After the events in Addicted to You, Lo is in rehab and lily started therapy. For the first time they can remember, they are separated for 90 days. </span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">More over, they hardly talk to each other because of Lo's rehab program. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Lily copes by crying. She's got Rose's unconditional support and she tries to be a better sister to Daisy. Also, she learns some harsh truths about herself and her addiction. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">While being physically missing most of the book, Lo's presence is stronger than ever because of his unique relationship with Lily. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">They are so Co-dependent on each over, their love so consuming it is hard to know where one begin and the other ends. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">We also get a glimpse to Rose's and Connor's unique relationship, to Daisy's fire and to Ryke's soft side. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">We also get to know better Samantha and Greg Calloway. As well as Jonathan Hale. They are far from being perfect parents, or even dotting one s. But they still all care, they love, even if that love comes through in a wrong way. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">What hurt me was seeing how Rose and Lily were both forced to see the faults in their parents parenting. They understood the consequences, and now were left to fend for themselves and deal on their own. </span><br />
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<em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"the damage is done. I think we ate old enough to feel the scars of our upbringing. Now we just have to find a way to heal. </em><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This series describe it so well- being part of a family, with the complexity of each and every relationship within. Trying to find your own place, to know your limits and overcome your fears. To understand your parents are far from perfect, that sometimes they won't hear you while you tell them what you need. and still love them. to know that despite their flaws your family will stand by your side when you need them most, just like they do when everything is OK and you wish to be left alone. To know you are loved</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I'm going to sound like a broken record, but the Ritchie sisters have created a wonderful set of characters. So great they feel real. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">P.S. Krista and Becca Ritchie shows different ways of therapy regarding sex addiction. They stress how hard thise addiction is. Because unlike alcohol, a sex addict need to learn to live with his addiction and control it. It is a constant battle. The Ritchie sisters treat the addiction problems seriously throughout the series.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This review is also on: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/728259785" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">GoodReads</a>, <a href="http://sharonl.booklikes.com/post/866660/wow-" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">BookLikes</a></span></div>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-73687584897205636472016-09-14T09:58:00.000-07:002016-09-14T09:58:23.221-07:00Addicted to You by Krista and Becca Ritchie [Review by Sharon]<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Lobster; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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Series: Addicted<br />
Number: 1<br />
Number of pages: 488<br />
Publisher: K.B. Ritchie<br />
Date published: 30 November 2013<br />
Buy on: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Addicted-You-1-Krista-Ritchie-ebook/dp/B00DE5EBZ8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1398544623&sr=8-2&keywords=krista+and+becca+ritchie" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Addicted-You-Series-1-ebook/dp/B00DE5EBZ8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1398544640&sr=8-2&keywords=krista+and+becca+ritchie" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon UK</a><br />
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<i>"</i><i><strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">She’s addicted to sex. He’s addicted to booze…the only way out is rock bottom.</strong></i><br />
<i><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">No one would suspect shy Lily Calloway’s biggest secret. While everyone is dancing at college bars, Lily stays in the bathroom. To get laid. Her compulsion leads her to one-night stands, steamy hookups and events she shamefully regrets. The only person who knows her secret happens to have one of his own.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Loren Hale’s best friend is his bottle of bourbon. Lily comes at a close second. For three years, they’ve pretended to be in a real relationship, hiding their addictions from their families. They’ve mastered the art of concealing flasks and random guys that filter in and out of their apartment.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">But as they sink beneath the weight of their addictions, they cling harder to their destructive relationship and wonder if a life together, for real, is better than a lie. Strangers and family begin to infiltrate their guarded lives, and with new challenges, they realize they may not just be addicted to alcohol and sex.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Their real vice may be each other. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">New Adult Romance recommended for readers 18+ for mature content"</strong></i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">My name is Sharon and I'm addicted to books. I'm also addicted to chocolate. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Out of my two addictions I think the first is the less harmful. But that would be a lie- thinking of all the nights I decided to stay in and read instead of going out with friends (luckily, they never resented me for that), thinking of all the times I read instead of doing things I ought to do because I was just so engrossed in a book- I wasn't studying, I wasn't talking to people, I wasn't sleeping. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">While it's not bad, it is not good either. Hell, my room is full of books. I even once half joked that the perfect man will be the one who will build me a house with a big room for all my books, a place where I could read quietly. And if he buys me books that I wanted, I'd love him forever. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I am by no means an expert in books. But I am a reviewer, and as a result I think I developed a criticizing mind over the years. I speak my mind. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">So believe me when I say that when I read the blurb of this book all I could think of was 'just another NA book'. I mean, don't most of them talk about two people who lead shitty life while trying to find their place in a cruel-cruel world? Well, they aren't. </span><strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Most NA books try to be about that, but sometimes despite the author's good intentions they relapse into stupidity</strong><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I thought that </span><em style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Addicted to You </em><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">will be just another one of those, which is why I decided to avoid it at first. I mean, how many times one of my friends complained that the NA genre contain slut shaming?! How many times I made that complaint?! And here we have a book that talks about addiction. </span><strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">SEX addiction</strong><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">. it seemed like a sure recipe for slut shaming, for disaster. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">What made me change my mind?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">One of my friends gave this book a high rating. Then this book appeared on NetGalley, I hit the request button and was approved. </span><u style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This means, a copy was provided by the authors in exchange for an honest review. This has not affected my opinion on the book in any way</u><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">. In the name of full discloser, I have to admit the authors are my friends. But they became my friends only after I became so engrossed with the series. Now, I read this book a few weeks(?) months (?) ago. And it took me so long to review it because I was simply speechless when I finished the book [I immediately continued reading the series]. BTW, you can read my pre-review if you scroll down, just to understand how speechless I was. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">At first I was flooded with so many emotions. Then, I kept reading the series and with each book my ability to speak returned. But in was still incoherent. I think, I hope I am now in the state to review this book, and the rest of the series in the way it deserve.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This is going to be a long review. So be prepared. [if you have no power/will to read it, feel free to PM me and I will send you a short version….or not…the short version is- "Read it because it smart, beautiful, realistic, funny, heartbreaking, thought provoking. Because Lily, Lo, Rose, Connor, Daisy & Ryke are all my friends. </span><strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Because you don’t want to miss it</strong><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">."] </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">First of all, I'd like to talk about the setting of the book- college kids, privileged kids. What I appreciate about the setting is that even though the characters are privileged, their parents practically swim in money, it serves to make their lives easier on the material level. But the problems, the stress, the emotions are all the same, actually their problems are something money can't solve. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Yes, living is easy when you don't have to pay bills, when you don't have to work and earn money to support yourself. It's easy when you get into college because your daddy is rich.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">On the other hand, there are the expectations. The pressure. The need to save face. Money does not guarantee happiness, Sunday morning in the park playing football with dad, Saturday evening sitting around playing cards with the family. It does not guarantee movie nights or happy birthdays. It does not guarantee sweet kisses before bed-time and huge smiles in the morning. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The story is told from Lily's POV, she's a sex addict, living with her best friend, Lo, who is alcoholic. Their families think they are dating. When we meet them, they are still faking it, but slowly we see how they keep on stretching the line between fake and real, how badly they want to cross that line, how they don’t because crossing it might be a turning point in which they'll have to face their addictions and take responsibility. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">They enable each other, they care about each other, and they worry. But they also know that saying something, anything will be hypocrisy. It is hard thing to watch. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Slowly, they are spiraling. At first Lily spirals out of control because of her feelings for Lo. Then, they both descend rock bottom so slowly it's terrifying. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">We also meet other characters (that play major roles here and later books). Lily's sisters- Rose and Daisy. And two other friends Connor and Ryke. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The sex addiction is portrayed very well with Lily's needs, her fantasies, her compulsive behavior without ever showing it as something disgusting, or using it as an excuse for multiple sex scenes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I'll be honest; I love Lily & Lo whole heartedly. I loved them in the first book and I love them even four books later. But, they are not likeable. They are selfish, they keep to themselves, and their promises are worth nothing. They are shitty friends, shitty family members. They cheat, they lie- all in order to get what they want, the satisfaction of their addiction. they have built this relationship where they support each other, enable each other. Lily drives so Lo can drink. Lo plays Lily's boyfriend once she finish screwing someone, so the guy would go away. They are weak. Lily is goofy and later on very dependent on Lo. Their relationship is far from healthy. Lo is a selfish asshole that slices into people with words. And still, I love them. I hurt for them. I root for them. I admit that while reading the first book, I thought Lily's & Lo's love is so selfish and wrong that it was hard to understand that they really do love each other. That they need each other like one needs to breath [but I understood that after reading the second and third books]. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">For those of you that wonder, yes, there's slut shamming. But it's one you'll want to see. In the end of the book, Krista and Becca Ritchie mention how they wanted more people to be aware of sex addiction and it's implication. How they wanted people to understand that slut shamming is a bad thing. Lily suffers from slut shamming throughout the series- from herself, from society. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">She feels like she needs to be ashamed of the number of people she slept with, that she needs to be ashamed of her compulsions. Society told her she's disgusting, and her friends tell her that she needs help because she's an addict. The series shows that everyone has a right to sexual freedom, that they can do what they want however and with whomever. that's an important message.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Just a heartbreaking story, that was so beautiful and hopefull. Full of wonderful, deep, round characters. Also, there's great banter and lots of funny moments.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">I had a few times, but never like this. I can't explain this level of sadness. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">This book is so realistic, so hunting, such wonderful chatracters each flawed and strong and broken, each different, each so very beautiful. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The subject is a tough one to deal with, yet, the Ritchie sisters doe it so well. yes, this book is not your average New Adult book, it deals with real problems. I don't think it's right to compare to other books in the genre. For me it stands on it's own. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Let's just say, I do not do angsty books because so rarely do I feel while reading them. I've been called ice princess and cold hearted more than once by many people. This one has my emotions all over the place, I feel so many things all at the same time I need time to gather myself.</span></div>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-65352370472333099592016-09-14T09:57:00.000-07:002016-09-14T09:57:30.990-07:00Firefly Hollow by T.L. Haddix [Review by Sharon]<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Lobster; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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Series: Firefly Hollow<br />
Number: 1<br />
Number of pages: 354<br />
Publisher: <span style="font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Streetlight Graphics Publishing</span><br />
Date published: 23 September 2012<br />
Buy on: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Hollow-T-L-Haddix-ebook/dp/B009G8ELXY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1398501828&sr=1-1&keywords=firefly+hollow" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Firefly-Hollow-T-L-Haddix-ebook/dp/B009G8ELXY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1398501820&sr=1-1&keywords=firefly+hollow" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">Amazon UK</a><br />
Rating: 3 stars<br />
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<i><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The mysterious recluse…</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Owen Campbell holds himself apart from other people. Badly scarred from emotional wounds that have never healed, he doesn’t expect to find true love or happiness. He remains isolated in a prison of his own making, determined to not let anyone close enough to hurt him again. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">But his willpower is shaken to the core when Sarah Browning enters his world. </span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The girl next door…</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Sarah Jane Browning is three years into her college degree when a call from home changes everything. Back at the family homestead in the heart of Appalachia, she’s forced to reevaluate her hopes and dreams for the future.</span><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><br style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;" /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Distraction from her heartache comes in the form of her parents’ neighbor. Whispers about “odd Owen Campbell” abound in their small community, and Sarah’s curiosity is aroused. When she breaks the rules and trespasses onto his land, what she finds is beyond her wildest imaginings."</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">There are many reasons to love this book- the effortless beautiful writing, the paranormal side that really is just there without making a big deal out of it, the small town setting, even the time period that is mostly felt through things that are missing than being shoved down you throat. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">And still, I can't explain how annoyed I was at this book. You see, both Owen and Sara are really good together. I really loved their interactions when it was just the two of them, but whenever someone else joined to the party I felt the rage coming through. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Sara and Owen are just so good…they are smart, kind, funny, the care for others, they are selfless they are Mary & Gary Sue. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">On their own they are OK. They can even be funny. And Sara can take care of herself. If not for one person in this story I probably wouldn't have felt it all that much. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Sara's sister. I just hated the way she was treated. As if Sara is everything that's good and kind in the world and her sister is not. </span><br />
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<strong style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Even their parents acted like that and I was so angry with that.</strong><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> Especially with what happned to her later on. The poor girl was just not the favorite child, and was ignored, neglected and judged for it and her choices in each and every moment of her life. </span><br />
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<u style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">A review copy was kindly provided by the publisher through NetGalley. Thank you! </u><br />
<u style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></u><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">this review also appears on <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/694027162" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">GoodReads</a>, <a href="http://sharonl.booklikes.com/post/865612/great-setting-cute-story-but-" style="color: #3f0606; text-decoration: none;">BookLikes</a></span></div>
Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-27089900702191771772016-07-20T13:41:00.001-07:002016-07-20T13:41:38.259-07:00Hidden Blade by Pippa Dacosta (Soul Eater #1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Name: Hidden Blade</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Author: Pippa Dacosta</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Series: Soul Eater</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Publisher: Self Published by Pippa Dacosta</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Publication Date: July 11, 2016</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Number of Pages: 176</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Rating: 5 my heart is still out of my body stars</span><b><br /></b><b><br /><br /></b>
<b>"</b><em style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>They call me devil, liar, thief. In whispers, they call me Soul Eater. They’re right. I’m all those things—and more."</strong> </em><br />
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Pippa Dacosta had done it again. I can't trust my heart around that woman, she tears it out mercilessly.<br />
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I'm not growing used to seeing it outside my body. But that's the thing about Pippa, multilayered characters, great actions scenes and an emotional rollercoaster can be expected EVERYTIME you pick up one of her books.<br />
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Pippa Dacosta is one damn awfully good author. And I just.... well, it's hard to review each and every one of her books considering I'm really trying to avoid being repetitive. Since I had some time to lick my wounds, here I shall attempt another try.<br />
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Pippa had created a New York were the ancients gods roam free, there are demons of course and soul devouring monster but mostly Egyptician myth.<br />
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In that regard it kind of reminded me of Gods Misbehaving or was it Gods Behaving Badly? you know that book with the greek gods...? only better.<br />
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anyway, Ace and Shu and Bas and Ozzy were all great characters. though Bas was my favorite.<br />
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I really do feel bad for Ace for all he has been through. suddenly living forever feels more like an awful punishment than anything else.<br />
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shit, I'm bad at this. in format it's a bit more like The Girl From Above series, but really this is a different beast... with all the trademarks and the right choices and the heart out of your body ending.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">'When the veil fell, any half bloods not strong enough to withstand Chaos were torn apart. Some, like me and my brother, survived The Fall. Most did not.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">That's the good news. The bad news saw a whole other world try and devour ours. Demons, we call them. They came in countless waves. Destroying. Killing. Many people thought it was the end...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The Fall lasted a week. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Tens of thousands died. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Hell almost claimed our world as its own. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">And then, from one day to the next, it was over. The veil came back, stronger than ever. I'm not sure if anyone knows how it was put right. But I do know it's been six months since The Fall, me and my brother are on the run, and the leftover demons aren't the most dangerous things in LA. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We are.'</span><br />
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"They have no defence against chaos."</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> ~ Asmodeus, Ties That Bind, #5 The Veil Series.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Set in the same 'world' as the Veil Series, </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Chaos Rises, #1 The Chaos Series </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">will feature some of the characters we love (and hate?), and also introduce some new faces. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The streets of LA are about to become a demon proving ground. Chaos will find a way. And as the Prince of Greed once said, "When chaos reigns, the veil falls."</span><br />
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Basically here is what you need to know:<br />
1. Gemm is awesome<br />
2. The world post The Veil series is scary awesome shit and so thrilling you need to read this.<br />
3. Demons everywhere, sexy demons, maniluating demons, demons communication. Damn, but when you read this book you realize they are different- the way they act, think, demonstrate their power. and Damn are they HOT or what?<br />
4. Twists, turns everywhere, you don;t know who to trust. You can't be sure what will happen next. or in other words- Pippa's usual trademark of messing with your feeling and your mind is evident here.<br />
5. Gemm really loves and cares for her brother, their connection is unique and I personally think it added a lot to this book and their characters. Don;t get me wrong, if you read The Veil series than you know Muse and she's made of stardust, but Gemm and Dell's sibling relationship? I loved that.<br />
6. You can read this book and you wouldn't be lost even if you are not familiar with The Veil series<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">One might think being an immortal was a blessing, never grow old, never grow sick, never die. At one time in St. John Evernight’s life, he considered it a blessing too. He would be around long after the simple humans who surrounded him were nothing but dust. They could stare all they liked at his “strange” hair and frosty green eyes. They could gossip and speculate about him until they lost their voices. It didn’t matter. He was untouchable, and they were but fragile sacks of blood and bone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">How naive he’d been. Because living forever merely meant a lack of escape from the desolation of regret and loneliness. He knew now that he could walk down Jermyn Street endlessly, see the sands of time shift and rearrange before him, and never be a part of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Sin almost jumped at the sudden sound of Augustus’s voice by his side. Damn, the blasted man loved to startle him. He gave Augustus a passing glance. Dressed in conservative brown tweed and a bowler hat, the angel appeared every inch the English gentlemen, save for his dark coloring that marked him to be from Southern climes.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">It’s really quite the trick, popping up like a soap bubble whenever you choose, Augustus. You must teach me how one day.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">The man’s mouth twitched. “With your luck, you’d pop up in the middle of a parliamentary session.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, Sin had abominable luck. Or perhaps it was more a matter of making abominable choices.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">You’re brooding again,” Augustus remarked.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">I’m not brooding. This is simply my face.”</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Care to tell me why you called me here?” Sin asked, when they came upon the grounds of Westminster. For the past year, Sin had been in Rome, soaking in the warmer temperatures, drinking espresso in cafes along the Piazza della Rotunda, under the shade of the ancient Pantheon. He’d eaten simple but delicious food, and listened to the rapid fire of Italian, and felt…well, not peace, but a measure of contentment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Until Augustus had sent for him. Returning to England sat like a stone in his gut. But he would obey. Augustus was his mentor, and the man who’d given him salvation. The price was a lifetime of servitude. To be fair, his role was for justice, not evil, which was a nice change of pace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">A massive dray rattled past, kicking up dust and sending a fug of stale manure into the air. They hurried past the cloud and headed for Westminster Abbey. Sin hadn’t planned on visiting today, but here they were all the same. He wondered if Augustus somehow had led him to their usual meeting place or if Sin had merely headed that way because of the man’s sudden arrival.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">He’d like to think the latter. It did not sit well with him having another control his actions. Not since a certain evil fae had kept Sin as a blood slave for years. Even now, the memory made his stomach turn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Not a soul acknowledged them as they walked through the abbey and into the cloisters. Here, a rare bit of sunlight peeked through the constant cloud cover and cast lacy shadows along the walkway. The sound of their boot heels clacked out a steady rhythm as they strolled along.</span></div>
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“<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Layla returns to London tonight.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">At the mention of her name, Sin’s heart stilled within his breast. He’d tried his best to ward off all finer feelings, to remain numb, detached from life. And yet he could not, for the life of him, remain immune to Layla Starling. His childhood friend. The one woman who could take his breath, his reason, simply by laying eyes upon her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Stuffing his shaking hands into his trouser pockets, Sin forced himself to keep an even tone. “So then I am to begin watching over her?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">God, but he did not want to. It would be agony, staying so close to her and never being allowed to show his true feelings. And yet a thrum of anticipation went through him at the mere prospect of seeing Layla once more.</span></div>
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About BEDMATES<br />
Everyone makes mistakes, especially in college. But when you're the daughter of the President of the United States, any little slip up is a huge embarrassment. Maddie McGuire's latest error in judgment lands her in police custody, giving the press a field day. Agreeing to do community service as penance and to restore her tattered reputation, Maddie never dreams incredibly good looking but extremely annoying vice president's son, Jake Simmon, will be along for the ride.<br />
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Recently returning from Afghanistan with a life-altering injury, Jake is wrestling with his own demons. He doesn't have the time or patience to deal with the likes of Maddie. They're like oil and water and every time they're together, it's combustible. But there's a thin line between love and hate, and it's not long before their fiery arguments give way to infinitely sexier encounters.<br />
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When Jake receives devastating news about the last remaining member of his unit, the darkness he's resisted for so long begins to overwhelm him. Scared to let anyone close, he pushes Maddie away. But she isn't about to give up on Jake that easily. Maddie's fallen for him, and she'll do anything to keep him from the edge as they both discover that love is a battlefield and there are some fights you just can't lose.<br />
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About Nichole Chase<br />
Nichole Chase is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Suddenly Royal and Recklessly Royal. She lives in Georgia with her husband, toddler, superhero dog, Sulcata tortoise, and two cats. When not devouring novels by the dozens, you can find her writing, painting, crafting, or chasing her daughter around the house while making monster noises.Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-91568158779731870842016-05-25T11:20:00.000-07:002016-05-25T11:21:24.817-07:00Girl From Above: Trust (The 1000 Revolution Book 4) by Pippa Dacosta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Author: Pippa Dacosta</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Series: The 1000 Revolution</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Publisher: Self Published by Pippa Dacosta</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Publication Date: March 1, 2016</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Number of Pages: 224</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: "copse"; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Rating: 5 awesome stars! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">my heart is breaking but it feels so good. </span><br />
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">“I didn’t sign up to die a hero.”</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> ~ </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Caleb.</em><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The nine systems hang perilously close to a second fatal Blackout. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The lives of billions of people are at stake. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Does Captain Caleb Shepperd have what it takes to save the nine systems, or just himself?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Caleb never wanted to be a hero. That was his brother’s dream. Keep it simple, get away clean. Flying a ship packed with explosives into Janus orbit station isn’t simple, and there ain’t no way he’s getting away clean. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">He knows the Fenrir Nine have sent him on a suicide mission, but he’s not about to lay down his life for them. He’s not a hero, and he sure ain’t no fool despite what the Nine must think. There’s another way, he just has to figure it out before the bomb he’s carrying ticks down to zero. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">One survived; against the odds, the brutality, and the betrayal, she survived, but inside, in the part of her that’s real, she’s broken. Broken in ways that cannot be fixed. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">She’s going back to where it all began, to Janus—to Chitec, to the ‘man’ who made her. It will take all that she is, all that she was, and all that she could be, to save the nine systems from the synthetics. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">She will not fail. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">“I am One, and I cannot be stopped.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">now that I finally have some free time after quite a few hectic months (though really I feel as if I always say I have a hectic time, I think the right thing to say is that I can finally, if only for a while, focus on some of the things I love- like, books) I am finally going to attempt at a review of this book and the entire series. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Let's talk about trust, shall we? what is trust? do we really trust the people around us? </span></div>
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I know in my life there are some people I most definitely don't trust. Then there are those I am neutral about, which is really most people, and there are those few that I really do trust. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">As for the neutral part that's a given. As for those I trust- why do I trust them? I think it's because I know them well enough to understand them, their motives, I know their inner workings. thus I can trust them. they still might hurt me, but really there are few things they could do that would really surprise me and change the whole way I see them. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Girl from Above is not like that. One trusted someone she shouldn't have and now she is paying the price. Caleb can't trust Fran and let's face it, Haley couldn't trust Caleb. </span></div>
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I don't know. I think she can trust him to fight for her. to care. but I don't think she can trust him with no limits. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Can Caleb trust One? </span></div>
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I think so. but this trust is also limited. there are things One would or wouldn't do that Caleb would find hard to accept. truthfully, I think the main problem is Caleb's own insecurities but that's another matter. </div>
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and Caleb is a twisted cold hearted bastard. but he is more than that. he is broken. he hurts. in a way he is a lost man. he is not a decent guy, but he is someone that tries to act decent every once in a while and just doesn't know how. he is a rebel. he is complicated (if you right in Facebook it's complicated what you actually mean is that you are dating Caleb. he is his very own brand of complications)</div>
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So Caleb did something horrible because of his ambition and he did it in order to further himself up the ladder. he paid a terrible price but did not recieve the prize he hoped for, instead he was punished. Suddenly looking in the mirror didn't feel so good anymore. what he saw was something he didn't recognize or liked to see. And so, Caleb's aiding the rebels is part of Caleb trying to get some of his humanity back, it is about Caleb seeking redemption. </div>
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">many thanks for the ever awesome Pippa Dacosta for the ARC. she's a queen.</em>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-49577213310937333162015-12-24T11:43:00.000-08:002015-12-24T11:43:33.329-08:00Girl From Above: Trapped (The 1000 Revolution Book 3) by Pippa Dacosta<div>
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Name: Girl From Above: Trapped</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Author: Pippa Dacosta</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Series: The 1000 Revolution</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Publisher: Self Published by Pippa Dacosta</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Publication Date: November 9, 2015</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Number of Pages: 182</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;">Rating: 5 awesome stars! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">1002 stars and forever love. </span><br />
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"When are you going to stop running, Caleb?" </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Taking the synth to the casino capital of the nine systems seemed like a great idea at the time, but as Caleb Shepperd's many enemies close in, he only has one way out. He must betray #1001. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Caleb can't make the same mistake twice. Can he? </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">#1001 has a price on her head. The Fenrir Nine and Chitec will stop at nothing to secure her secrets. The very same secrets that riddle her synthetic mind with faults. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Her systems are failing. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">And the one man she's come to trust may prove to be her enemy.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>The sizzling, fast-paced, and action packed science-fiction continues in Trapped.</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Reading order:</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Girl From Above 1: Betrayal </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Girl From Above 2: Escape </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Girl From Above 3: Trapped </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Girl From Above 4: Trust (coming soon) </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Here is the thing. I'm speechless. Completely, utterly speechless for the first time in my life. I want to give this book 1002 stars (1001 for One and 1 for Caleb. I love the guy)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">I can't explain this book- what it did to me. It wasn't the plotline, it wasn't the never-ending action, the backstabbing, the pain, the heartbreak, the death, the sweet feelings and the tears. It wasn't 1001's humanity or Caleb's dark shattered heart. It wasn't the revenge, it wasn't the sit at the edge of your chair can't tear myself away from the book things. It wasn't even the fact that these characters got me and gut me so much, craving a hole in my iced heart and making camp there. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Yes, all of that was in the book. yes, I love this book so much for each and every thing that happened and for each and every character (Mostly One and Caleb, of course). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">But the thing is, what makes this book so meaningful for me, so loved, cherished and well just fucking awesome is the fact that ever since I started reading this series I wished for a book like this one. I wanted this book, I wanted a book exactly like this. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">It was as if the author read my most secret wishes and decided to put them in the book. Psyche. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwMCHTn-_aFNJ4lFJsuc8RyHM5Q2TTZdAE-R5u3EIhnyCHKtD-93lMqNCFD0fyNoHLZAVdXOvDEmVuN1kropw-1DRBj4bf8kaqtZXQ2e8K4yxB5bPMo8J8jcGTOMLRKvDWowLOnhHBCY/s1600/1350244.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwMCHTn-_aFNJ4lFJsuc8RyHM5Q2TTZdAE-R5u3EIhnyCHKtD-93lMqNCFD0fyNoHLZAVdXOvDEmVuN1kropw-1DRBj4bf8kaqtZXQ2e8K4yxB5bPMo8J8jcGTOMLRKvDWowLOnhHBCY/s400/1350244.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">A copy was provided by the ever-awesome Pippa Dacosta in exchange for an honest review</em>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-4763474633867207792015-12-11T03:29:00.000-08:002015-12-11T03:29:00.191-08:00The Dogs By Allan Stratton<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">By Allan Stratton<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">September 1, 2015; ISBN 9781492609384<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Title: The Dogs<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Author: Allan Stratton<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Release Date: September 1, 2015<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">“Stratton masterfully constructs a creepy gothic setting…A monstrous, stalking father, unhinging nightmares, a ghostly boy, wild dogs, and a moldy basement add creepy deliciousness to a murder mystery and tale of a boy who, in trying to solve a mystery, may just discover what a loving family might be. An engrossing blend of murder mystery and family story.” –<i>Kirkus </i>STARRED Review<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Cambria, serif;">"There’s fear aplenty in Allan Stratton’s </span><i><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, serif; padding: 0in;">The Dogs </span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Cambria, serif;">and a tantalizingly uncertain element of the supernatural… refreshingly like an old-fashioned mystery, but the passion and terror underlying (our hero's) own family give it emotional complexity and suspense."</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"> - <i>Toronto Star</i><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria, serif;">“A real page-turner... [<i>The Dogs</i>] stayed with me for days, author Allan Stratton having created an unsettled aura the likes of which Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King routinely built into their work, too... Stratton’s depiction of setting and characters is masterful, and his ability to create tension and keep readers on edge is equally strong.” – <i>Montreal Gazette<u></u><u></u></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">“A chilling tale of a mother and son on the run, from the author of the award-winning Chanda’s Secrets…Written in accessible prose, <i>The Dogs</i> manages to thrill while exploring the mindset of the victim in ways that are both insightful and affecting, artfully portraying permanent state of dread and a creeping self-doubt. This is an accomplished, gripping and thoughtful story, whose dramatic ending delivers on every level.” –<i>The Guardian</i><span style="color: black;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria, serif;">“Brilliant, page-turning, and eerie. Had me guessing to the very end.” –Joseph Delaney, author of <i>The Last Apprentice</i> series.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria, serif;">“An Agatha Christie mystery novel on cocaine” –<i>SLJ Teen Newsletter<u></u><u></u></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Summary:<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Constantly on the run from a dangerous father, Cameron’s used to pushing away the trauma of his past. But when his mother moves them to an old farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, he discovers that there are some things you can’t escape.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria, serif;">His new schoolmates taunt him about the bloodthirsty dogs that supposedly haunt the farm, and Cameron soon stumbles upon a child’s drawings in the cellar that depict a violent history. The line between reality and nightmare begins to blur as the house’s horrifying secrets mix with fragments of Cameron’s own memories—some best left forgotten.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Goodreads Link:</span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25496559-the-dogs" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">https://www.goodreads.com/<wbr></wbr>book/show/25496559-the-dogs</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">About the Author:<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Allan Stratton is an internationally published playwright and author. His awards include a Michael L. Printz Honor Award, multiple ALA picks and the Independent Publisher Book Award.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">go up to my bedroom. It’s at the top of the living-room stairs, next to a small bathroom and near the big room over the kitchen. That’s the room Mom thought I’d pick, and I would have, except for the trapdoor in the ceiling. It’s sealed up with nails and paint. When I saw it, I asked Mom what she thought was up there.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">“An attic.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">“Yeah, but what’s in it?” I pictured a dried-up body, half eaten by mice. I mean, who seals up an empty attic? Anyway, that’s why I didn’t choose the big room. If I don’t see the hatch, it’s easier not to think about what’s on the other side.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">The bedroom I picked came with an oak desk, a wooden chair, a night table with a lamp, and a metal-frame bed. The mattress is new, unlike the wallpaper, which is stained and peeling along the seams near the window. Under the peels are layers of older wallpaper, one with little orange canaries on it.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">The window over my desk is the one good thing about my room. Looking out, I can see the barn with the fields all around and the woods in the distance. At night, the stars and the glow of the porch-lamp light up bits of the barn and the first row of cornstalks.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">I start to do my homework. Pretty soon, though, I’m looking out the window, watching the stars come out and trying to forget my life. I wonder who all are staring up at the moon right now. Are they wondering the same thing?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">Out of the corner of my eye, I catch something moving by the barn. When I look, it disappears. Wait. There it is again at the cornfield. Some movement, some <i>thing</i>.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">I count to twenty. Nothing. I relax. Then—did that stalk move? I turn off my light so whatever’s out there can’t see in.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">It’s probably just a breeze.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">Or Mr. Sinclair. Or Cody and his gang.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">Don’t be nuts. If it’s anything, it’s an animal. A coyote or a dog.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">The dogs. I close my curtains. If I don’t look out, whatever’s there will go away. But I can’t <i>not</i> look. I sneak a peek. Nothing. <i>Wait. By the barn. Is that a boy?</i><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">I blink. The boy is gone.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">My eyes scan the barn. There’s a missing board up in the loft area. The more I stare, the more I think I see the boy staring back at me from the shadows behind the hole. He’s maybe ten, very pale, and he’s wearing one of those old Davy Crockett hats with the raccoon tail hanging from the back. Are those freckles on his cheeks?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">Don’t be crazy. The barn’s too far away to see stuff like that.</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">The face disappears. I stare till I see double. The face swims back into view.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">This is too weird. I close my eyes and try to clear my head by thinking about the bus and the Cheerios between Benjie’s teeth. When I open my eyes, everything’s normal. There’s no face. Nothing. Just the night.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">And that’s how it stays.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">I close my curtains, get ready for bed, and crawl under the covers. I hate the way I scare myself. It’s always the same and it’s always stupid. And the scared-er I get, the more I talk to myself, which is even stupider.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">Besides, even if there <i>was</i> a boy in the barn, what’s scary about that? Maybe he just likes exploring places like I do. Still, it’s weird he’s on our property, especially so late. I wonder where he lives.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">Who</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;"> <i>says</i> <i>he</i> <i>lives</i> <i>anywhere? Who says he’s real? What parents let a kid that young wander around at night?</i><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">Mom knocks on my door. “Cameron?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">“May I come in?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">“Sure.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">I know she wants to give me a good-night hug, but I told her to stop it when I was twelve, so she just stands in the doorway. “I know you didn’t mean anything. You’ve had a hard day. I’m sorry I overreacted.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">I hate it when she’s all understanding. It makes me feel like an even bigger jerk. “That’s okay. Mom, I really <i>am</i> sorry.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">“I know.” She pauses. “’Night, then. I love you.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">I want to say the l-word back, but I feel dumb, so I just say,<br />“You too.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular;">Mom closes the door. I go to turn off my lamp and get flashes of Mr. Sinclair and the dogs and the kid I maybe saw in the barn. What’s out there in the dark, circling the house when we’re asleep? What <i>could</i> be out there?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">By Rin Chupeco<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">September 1, 2015; Hardcover ISBN 9781492629832; Trade Paper ISBN 9781492629849<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Title: The Suffering<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Author: Rin Chupeco<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Release Date: September 1, 2015<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Praise for the Suffering:<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">"Rin Chupeco's <i>The Suffering</i> is a horror lover's dream: murders, possessed dolls, and desiccated corpses. I cringed. I grimaced. You won't soon forget this exorcist and his vengeful water ghost."<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">--Kendare Blake, author of <i>Anna Dressed in Blood</i><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">“Chupeco deftly combines ancient mysticism with contemporary dilemmas that teens face, immersing readers in horrors both supernatural and manmade. <i>The Suffering</i> is a chilling swim through the murky waters of morality.” <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">--Carly Anne West, author of <i>The Bargaining</i> and <i>The Murmuring</i><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Summary:<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Breathtaking and haunting, Rin Chupeco’s second novel is a chilling companion to her debut, The Girl from the Well.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">The darkness will find you.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Despite uncanny resemblances to Japanese revenants, Rin Chupeco has always maintained her sense of humor. Raised in Manila, Philippines, she keeps four pets: a dog, two birds, and a husband. She's been a technical writer and travel blogger, but now makes things up for a living. Connect with Rin at<a href="http://www.rinchupeco.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.rinchupeco.com</a>.</span><b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">It’s still early morning when our group is given clearance to enter. Aokigahara is a deceptive forest. It has all the hallmarks of a popular tourist destination: narrow but well-maintained hiking trails with a surprising amount of litter, not to mention strips of tape and ribbon wrapped around tree trunks. The leader explains that hikers use them as markers to maintain their bearings. Later on, one of the other volunteers whispers to us that some of the tapes were left by those who came here to kill themselves, in case they decided to change their minds. The revelation horrifies Callie.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">A few miles into our hike, anything resembling civilization disappears. Roots crawl across the hard forest floor, and it’s easy to trip if you’re not constantly looking down. We’re outside, but the trees make it feel claustrophobic. They reach hungrily toward the sun, fighting each other for drops of light, and this selfishness grows with the darkness as we move deeper into the woods.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">It’s quiet. The silence is broken by the scuffling of feet or snapping of dry twigs as we walk. Every so often, volunteers call back and forth to each other, and rescue dogs exploring the same vicinity that we are will bark. But there are no bird calls, no sounds of scampering squirrels. We’re told that there is very little wildlife in Jukai. Nothing seems to flourish here but trees.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">This deep into the woods, any roads and cleared paths are gone. At times, we’re forced to climb to a higher ledge or slide down steep slopes to proceed, and there’s always some root or rock hiding to twist an ankle.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">And yet—the forest is beautiful. I like myself too much to seriously think about suicide, even during my old bouts of depression, but I can understand why people would choose to die here. There is something noble and enduring and magnificent about the forest.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">That sense of wonder disappears though, the instant I see them. There are spirits here. And the ghosts mar the peacefulness for me. They hang from branches and loiter at the base of tree trunks. Their eyes are open and their skin is gray, and they watch me as I pass. I don’t know what kind of people they were in life, but they seem faded and insignificant in death.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">Okiku watches them but takes no action. These are not the people she hunts. They don’t attack us because they’re not that kind of ghosts. Most of them, I intuit, aren’t violent. The only lives they had ever been capable of taking were their own.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">I’m not afraid, despite their bloated faces, contorted from the ropes they use to hang themselves or the overdose of sleeping pills they’ve taken. If anything, I feel lingering sadness. I can sympathize with their helpless anguish. These people took their own lives, hoping to find some meaning in death when they couldn’t find it in life. But there’s nothing here but regret and longing.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">And there’s that tickle again, so light it is nearly imperceptible. Something in this forest attracts these deaths. It lures its unhappy victims with its strange siren’s call and then, having taken what it needs, leaves their spirits to rot. A Venus flytrap for human souls.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: AGaramondPro-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">Something is wrong here, and suddenly, the forest no longer looks as enticing or majestic as when we arrived.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">New in Paperback from this Author:</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"> <b>The Girl From The Well<u></u><u></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“[A] Stephen King-like horror story.” -<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Told in a marvelously disjointed fashion.” <i> -Publishers Weekly STARRED Review <wbr></wbr> <u></u><u></u></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“</span></i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">This gorgeously written story reads like poetry.” -<i>Brazos Bookstore <wbr></wbr> <wbr></wbr> <u></u><u></u></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Darkly mesmerizing.”<i> -The Boston Globe</i><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“A superior creep factor that is pervasive in every lyrical word.” -<i>Booklist<u></u><u></u></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"> <i>The Ring</i> meets <i>The Exorcist</i> in this haunting and lyrical reimagining of the Japanese fable.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Okiku has wandered the world for hundreds of years, setting free the spirits of murdered children. Wherever there’s a monster hurting a child, her spirit is there to deliver punishment. Such is her existence, until the day she discovers a troubled American teenager named Tark and the dangerous demon that writhes beneath his skin, trapped by a series of intricate tattoos. Tark needs to be freed, but there is one problem—if the demon dies, so does its host.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">With the vigilante spirit Okiku as his guide, Tark is drawn deep into a dark world of sinister doll rituals and Shinto exorcisms that will take him far from American suburbia to the remote valleys and shrines of Japan. Can Okiku protect him from the demon within or will her presence bring more harm? The answer lies in the depths of a long-forgotten well<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-63971800650681209502015-12-05T03:25:00.000-08:002015-12-05T03:25:00.061-08:00Meant for You by Samantha Chase <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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Title: <i>Meant For You</i><u></u><u></u></div>
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Author: Samantha Chase<u></u><u></u></div>
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Release Date: April 7, 2015<u></u><u></u></div>
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Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca<u></u><u></u></div>
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Genre: Contemporary Romance<u></u><u></u></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">She dares to dream...</span></strong><br /><br /><u></u><u></u></div>
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Summer Montgomery wants to be taken seriously almost as much as she wants her brother's best friend, Ethan. But with a long resume of seemingly random career choices and a protective brother on watch, those things are nothing more than pipe dreams...<u></u><u></u></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Does he dare to try?</span></strong><br /><br /><u></u><u></u></div>
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Ethan Reed would like nothing more than to live by his own rules. Not wanting to disappoint his best friend Zach, or any of the Montgomerys, Ethan's had to push his long-denied feelings for Summer aside. But it only takes one night away from watchful eyes to make impossible dreams come true...<u></u><u></u></div>
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“This trail is a little bit boring, don’t you think?” Summer asked several hours later as they made their way down a marked path.<u></u><u></u></div>
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“I hadn’t really thought of it that way. There’s so much to see—different kinds of birds and plants… The weather is just fantastic—perfect for hiking.” He reached out and took one of Summer’s hands in his. “And the company is perfect.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Aw, aren’t you sweet,” she cooed and pulled him close for a kiss and sighed. “It is a beautiful day and everything is really pretty to look at… I was just hoping to see a little something more.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“More? Like what?”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Oh, I don’t know. Deer. Bears. A moose. You know, wildlife.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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Beside her, Ethan chuckled. “Summer, trust me when I say that you do not want to have an up-close encounter with any of those animals.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“I just was expecting something a little more exciting. The only wildlife I have seen is a squirrel. And he wasn’t even doing anything entertaining.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“What were you expecting? For it to be juggling or something?” he teased.<u></u><u></u></div>
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“No,” she said with a pout. “Maybe. I don’t know.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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Ethan pulled Summer into his embrace and took a moment to enjoy the feel of her in his arms. “What’s going on?” he asked softly.<u></u><u></u></div>
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“I don’t know… I feel like you’re always off doing these really cool, crazy things and that this seems a little tame for you.” She shrugged. “I’m not big on dangerous stuff, but I wanted us to have our own little adventure. Just the two of us.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Sweetheart, we’ve been having our own adventures for days,” he said and placed a kiss on the top of her head. “I don’t need an adventure. I just want to spend time with you.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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Summer looked up at him and smiled. “Really?”<u></u><u></u></div>
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He nodded. “Absolutely. I’m thankful that we have this time, without any prying eyes, just to get to know one another.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Ethan, we’ve known each other for years,” she said with a chuckle.<u></u><u></u></div>
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He shook his head. “No. The Summer Montgomery I knew was a girl. When you showed up at the office for the first time? I thought I was going to have a heart attack.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Really?” she purred and snuggled closer. “Do tell.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“You’ve blossomed into this amazingly beautiful woman,” he said and kissed her temple. “I mean, you were always beautiful, but when you walked into my office that day, it was like you’d transformed. Gone was the young girl I always pictured when I thought of you and in her place was…” He pulled back and looked into her face. “You.” He sighed. “I look at you sometimes and it’s like I can’t breathe. And even standing here right now with you in my arms I can’t believe it’s real.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“I feel that way, too,” she said quietly. “I’d had a crush on you for so long and you never noticed me and…”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Wait, wait, wait… You had a crush on me?”<u></u><u></u></div>
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She rolled her eyes. “Oh come on, Ethan. You can’t tell me you didn’t know!” she said with a laugh. “Everyone knew! Hell, my brothers used to throw things at me to stop me from staring at you!”<u></u><u></u></div>
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Ethan stopped and thought about that for a moment and then started to laugh. “Seriously? That’s what that was about?”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“I remember your brothers always throwing stuff at you…popcorn, socks… I think I remember James throwing a basketball at you once and I thought it was odd.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“They told me I was being a nuisance.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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Shaking his head, Ethan continued to laugh. “Not to me, because clearly I didn’t even notice.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Thanks a lot!” she cried and went to pull away, but Ethan pulled her in close.<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Don’t take it like that,” he said and wrapped his arms around her. “I just meant that I never knew. I always thought you were beautiful and sometimes I had to wonder if your brothers ever caught <span style="color: windowtext;">me</span> staring at you.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“I don’t know. Did they ever throw anything at your face for no reason?” she asked with a smirk.<u></u><u></u></div>
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“Not that I can remember. But it doesn’t matter. All I know is that you’re here now and I’m seeing you, Summer. Really seeing you.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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Her eyes went wide at his words and the sincerity behind them. “What do you see?”<u></u><u></u></div>
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“I see a woman I want to get to know better. A woman who is sexy and intelligent and just…everything.”<u></u><u></u></div>
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<b>Goodreads Link</b>: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23167014-meant-for-you" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/<wbr></wbr>book/show/23167014-meant-for-<wbr></wbr>you</a><u></u><u></u></div>
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New York Times and USA Today Bestseller/contemporary romance writer Samantha Chase released her debut novel, Jordan's Return, in November 2011. Although she waited until she was in her 40's to publish for the first time, writing has been a lifelong passion. Her motivation to take that step was her students: teaching creative writing to elementary age students all the way up through high school and encouraging those students to follow their writing dreams gave Samantha the confidence to take that step as well.<br /><br />When she's not working on a new story, she spends her time reading contemporary romances, playing way too many games of Scrabble or Solitaire on Facebook and spending time with her husband of 25 years and their two sons in North Carolina.<u></u><u></u></div>
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Website: <a href="http://www.chasing-romance.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.chasing-romance.<wbr></wbr>com/</a><u></u><u></u></div>
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Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1250276.Samantha_Chase" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/<wbr></wbr>author/show/1250276.Samantha_<wbr></wbr>Chase</a><u></u><u></u></div>
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-10212056100919986752015-12-04T02:51:00.003-08:002015-12-04T02:56:28.288-08:00Did I Mention I Love You? By Estelle Maskame Spotlight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Did I Mention I Love You?<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">By Estelle Maskame<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">December 1, 2015; ISBN 9781492632153<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Title: Did I Mention I Love You?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Author: Estelle Maskame<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Release Date: December 1, 2015<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Publishers: Sourcebooks Fire<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.3333px;">At the time I was really into YA novels where the two main characters couldn't be together, but the reason why was usually rather easy to overcome. I wanted to write my own YA forbidden romance, and that's when I got the idea of stepsiblings falling in love, and I wanted to write and explore the issues that are raised from this type of relationship. I absolutely loved writing the scene up at the Hollywood Sign!</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Praise for <i>Did I Mention I Love You?<u></u><u></u></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">“An edgy young adult romance with dark layers” –<b><i>The Examiner</i></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">“A believable coming-of-age story and an unconventional romance, set against a present-day California summer...</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> . The fallout of divorce, the insidiousness of substance abuse and family secrets, and especially the pangs of first love drive this emotionally resonant tale.” <b><i>– Publishers Weekly</i></b><i><u></u><u></u></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">“Written in first person, Maskame’s trilogy opener is an excellent portrayal of a teenage girl’s life in the 21st century. Eden has to adjust to her blended family, try to feel pretty, be body conscious, and make friends, all while falling in love for the first time. She is someone all young people can relate to...Romance fans will be captivated by Eden and her journey to finding herself and true love.” –<b><i>School Library Journal<u></u><u></u></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Love is everything but expected.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Eden Munro came to California for a summer of sun, sand, and celebrities- what better way to forget about the drama back home? Until she meets her new family of strangers; a dad she hasn’t seen in three years, a stepmonster, and three stepbrothers.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Eden gets her own room in her dad’s fancy house in Santa Monica. A room right next door to her oldest stepbrother. Tyler Bruce. Whom she cannot stand. He has angry blue eyes and an ego bigger than a Beverly Hills mansion. She’s never felt such intense dislike for someone. But the two are constantly thrown together as his group of friends pulls her into their world of rule-breaking, partying, and pier-hanging<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">And the more she tries to understand what makes Tyler burn hotter than the California sun, the more Eden finds herself falling for the one person she shouldn’t…<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Did I Mention I Love You?</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"> is the addictive first book in Wattpad sensation Estelle Maskame’s DIMIY trilogy: three unforgettable summers of secrets, heartbreak, and forbidden romance.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Goodreads Link:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Amazon- </span><a href="http://ow.ly/SAmvg" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;">http://ow.ly/SAmvg</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Barnes&Noble- </span><a href="http://ow.ly/SAmJH" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;">http://ow.ly/SAmJH</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">BooksAMillion- </span><a href="http://ow.ly/SAmR5" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;">http://ow.ly/SAmR5</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">!ndigo- </span><a href="http://ow.ly/SAnIE" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;">http://ow.ly/SAnIE</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Indiebound- </span><a href="http://ow.ly/SAnRt" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;">http://ow.ly/SAnRt</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Estelle Maskame started writing at the age of thirteen and completed the <i>Did I Mention I Love You? </i>trilogy when she was sixteen. She has built an extensive fan-base for her writing by serializing her work on Wattpad. Fitting book writing between work, Estelle has amassed followers from all over the world. She lives in Scotland. For more visit <a href="http://estellemaskame.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">estellemaskame.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<a href="http://books.sourcebooks.com/dimily/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;">http://books.sourcebooks.com/<wbr></wbr>dimily/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.1px;"></span><u></u><u></u></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/EstelleMaskame" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">https://twitter.com/<wbr></wbr>EstelleMaskame</span></b></a><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I can almost see the road through the gaps in the fence by the side of the house, and I squint through. There’s music playing. More like blaring. I can hear it over the crappy music that’s already bouncing around the back yard, and as a sleek white car speeds up to the edge of the sidewalk and skids against the curb, I grimace in disgust. The music cuts off the second the engine is killed.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“What are you looking at?” Rachael asks, but I’m too busy staring to even attempt to answer.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The car door swings open roughly, and I’m surprised it doesn’t fall straight off its hinges. It’s difficult to see clearly through the fence, but a tall guy gets out and slams the door shut just as aggressively as he opened it. He hesitates for a moment, stares at the house, and then runs a hand through his hair. Whoever he is, he looks su-per depressed. Like he’s just lost all his life savings or his dog just died. And then he heads straight for the gate.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Who the hell is this jackass?” I mutter to Rachael as the figure nears us.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">But before either of us can say anything more, Jackass decides to hit the gate open with a fist, drawing the at-tention of everyone around us. It’s like he wants everyone to hate him. I figure he’s probably that one neighbor that everyone despises, and he’s only here in a fit of rage because he wasn’t invited to the lamest barbecue get-together that’s ever been hosted.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Sorry I’m late,” Jackass comments sarcastically. And loudly too, with a smirk on his lips. His eyes flash green as emeralds. “Did I miss anything besides the slaughtering of animals?” He throws up the infamous mid-dle finger to, from what I can see, the barbecue. “I hope you guys enjoyed the cow you just ate.” And then he laughs. He laughs as though everyone’s expressions of disgust are the most entertaining thing he’s seen all year.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">“More beer?” I hear my dad call out to the silent crowd, and as they chuckle and return to their conversations, Jackass heads through the patio doors. He slams them shut so hard I can almost see the glass tremble.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’m stunned. I have no idea what just happened or who that was or why he’s just entered the house. When I realize I’m slightly slack-jawed, I close my mouth and turn to Rachael.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b>Did I Mention I Need You (March 2016) & Did I Mention I Miss You (June 2016)<u></u><u></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Title: Did I Mention I Need You?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Author: Estelle Maskame<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Release Date: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_614461129" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">March 1, 2016</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Publishers: Sourcebooks Fire<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Eden and Tyler have desperately tried to ignore their love for each other for the sake of their family. But they can’t seem to stay apart for long, especially once Tyler invites Eden to spend the summer with him in New York.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Away from their life in California and caught up in the excitement of the city, their summer fling turns into something much more serious. Unable to deny their feelings, Tyler and Eden must face reality. But how will their family react when they confess their romance? And is their relationship strong enough to survive the fallout?</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Title: Did I Mention I Miss You?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Author: Estelle Maskame<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Release Date: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_614461130" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">June 7, 2016</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Publishers: Sourcebooks Fire<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Eden’s on her way back to Santa Monica for the summer, and she hasn’t seen Tyler since the devastating fallout of their forbidden relationship. Eden claims to have moved on—but Tyler wants to rekindle the flame.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">He convinces Eden to visit his new home in Portland, Oregon, where he has set up a center for troubled teens. Eden’s proud of what he’s built, but the last time they were together, it nearly destroyed Eden and their family. Then a tragedy draws them together, and Eden must search her heart and decide if Tyler is worth the risk once and for all.</span></div>
Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295218311737313857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213433464597501881.post-37342391961150883362015-10-17T09:08:00.000-07:002015-10-17T09:08:00.229-07:00Book Review: The Girl From The Well by Rin Chupeco<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7v0WQZKXhGAMXFOG2SnGomhpWBIQXQ9PN9DVb5bumx8k0ckMtTCqgtKReNOZSJW4-gaDgoLUd0bydA-g9F-n61XFf5BSRfPNwuWKj0mGC1MClrt5F7JK_JrAKMCj_irPwi1sQkMK7iF4/s1600/17847318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7v0WQZKXhGAMXFOG2SnGomhpWBIQXQ9PN9DVb5bumx8k0ckMtTCqgtKReNOZSJW4-gaDgoLUd0bydA-g9F-n61XFf5BSRfPNwuWKj0mGC1MClrt5F7JK_JrAKMCj_irPwi1sQkMK7iF4/s1600/17847318.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Author: Rin Chupeco</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Number of pages: 304</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Publisher: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Sourcebooks Fire</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Copse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Date published: 5 August 2014</span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">You may think me biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has nothing to do with the curiosity toward my own species, if we can be called such. We do not go gentle, as your poet encourages, into that good night.</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">A dead girl walks the streets.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">She hunts murderers. Child killers, much like the man who threw her body down a well three hundred years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">And when a strange boy bearing stranger tattoos moves into the neighborhood so, she discovers, does something else. And soon both will be drawn into the world of eerie doll rituals and dark Shinto exorcisms that will take them from American suburbia to the remote valleys and shrines of Aomori, Japan.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Because the boy has a terrifying secret - one that would just </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">kill</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> to get out. </span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">The Girl from the Well</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> is A YA Horror novel pitched as "Dexter" meets "The Grudge", based on a well-loved Japanese ghost story</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b><u>Review:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">So...I've been thinking of trying a new style of reviewing. It is quite simple, really. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b>Why you should read the book</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">So, first of all the writing. What a beautiful writing. I think the best way to describe it is as a Japanese writing. While you may think me somewhat not politically correct with that phrase I will explain.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">While there are all sorts of writing styles- as many as there are people on this earth, I'd say culture and roots and language affects the writing style.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">For example what few books by French authors I read had the same feeling to them in the writing style- the beat wasn't fast but it was steady, the language and descriptions were matter of fact and though it was not dramatic the drama level was kept at the same level all along, hanging in the background just beyond your reach yet tainting everything.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Japanese writing style is calm, somewhat leisure and descriptive, with an emotional undertone. It has a prolonging tune that keeps you waiting to a climax that is rather disappointing and anti- climatic in its existence. It is lyrical, and in my opinion at least very beautiful. I usually look at things somewhat differently after reading such work.</span></span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">"Time had taught me to temper the malice within. But for a long long time, I was a great and terrible thing. I was a creature that found pleasure in the ripping. In the tearing. I am no longer that monster. But memories of that creature still lurk within this well. There are some things that never fully die." </em><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Secondly this IS a horror story. True, those that really love horror stories might not feel the goosebumps while reading this book but scardy cats such as myself surely will. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Those who are interested in the Japanese ghosts stories and culture will find this interesting enough. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b>Why you shouldn't read the book</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">First of all, if you are one of those that wake up in the morning dreaming of Jack the Reaper and think that was a <i>good</i> dream, if you like horror and your room is painted in black or of you are just a horror geek then truth be told this book might be just a little anemic for you. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Secondly, not much is happening. There is a plot and there is a climax and we are being led to something but it happens slowly. So if you are looking for a nightmare of a rollercoaster this is not for you. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Thirdly, I'd like to point it out right now- while the story is told by the ghost, fact is she is more of an observer (some would say stalker) than a MC. Some of you might not like it. Personally, I think that the very fact that the author chose such MC has set problems to the book since a ghost can't do much but observe and scare. Which is exactly what she does - shame is for some what she observe may not be that inetresting or scary.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span></span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">"It is not in my nature, to be interested in the living. But there are many things, I have found, that defy nature."</em><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><b>My thoughts</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">All that being said truth is I loved this book. From the writing style to the story to the way it ended. I was scared shitless from all the scary moments (I'm a scardy cat. when I go to a horror movie I grip my friends' hands tightly). </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">I loved what was seen here from the Japanese culture and I loved the fact that Akiko wasn't good or bad but somewhere in between. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">So yeah, while I am well aware to the fact that this book is far from perfect for me it is a 5 stars read. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"><i>An ARC was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.</i></span></span><br />
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