![]() ![]() ![]() If you believe that LJ Shen writing YA means that her words and her story are going to be an easy and sexy read about two young characters, you could not be more wrong. I have been thoroughly touched on so many emotional levels by the story of Pretty Reckless. This is the reason why my words will fail me for this review, because there are no words that could really describe what this book meant to me. Love is so much uglier than hate because when you hate, youre not confused. It tarnishes all that is beautiful and corrupts the soul. Dont get me wrong it was not different bad it was a different that left me speechless and in awe. ![]() Yes, I was super excited to read Pretty Reckless, Yes I freaking love the covers, Yes I am a big fan of LJ Shens words BUT this time it was different. For the first time, I found myself staring at my computer screen in silence, struggling to write a review. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Lara seems to hate Keris as much as he hates her, but it's clear that there's love hiding there, especially since she began recalling some bittersweet moments from the time they spent together as children. She's gross, mean, and a cockblocker, even though she was actually being pretty helpful. Aren and Lara were as beautiful and sweet as ever, and I still can't find it in me to like Aren's Nana. While Ahnna, Aren's sister does not have it in her to forgive Lara's betrayal, Aster, the one who hated her the most at first is literally her biggest fan now, and it was hilariously adorable. We get to see the aftermath of the events of The Traitor Queen with Lara's injuries being more severe than was let on, and her being once again accepted by most of the Ithicanians. ![]() ![]() Thrice, death has tried to claim her, and thrice was he denied. "The queen was chosen by Ithicana’s guardians. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wax must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. ![]() And Trell isn’t the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere-Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial.at any cost. Conflict between Elendel and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate-whose corruption Wax and Steris have sought to expose-and Bilming is even more entangled.Īfter Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial’s god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. ![]() When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner Wayne find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with The Alloy of Law, comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in The Lost Metal.įor years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set-with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders-since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But when she discovers that ‘Freesia’ is an avatar in a virtual reality experiment, she’s forced to contend with a real world she barely remembers. ![]() “Freesia’s world is perfect: sunny weather, extensive wardrobe, no homework. “Carol Snow’s provocative novel asks teens to consider various ways in which people escape from reality.” -Shelf Awareness “Snow nestles a powerful message about bravery, self-confidence, and integrity in the midst of fluffy, irreverent talk of fashion and teen idols and a virtual world at the crossroads of The Matrix and Barbie’s Dreamhouse.” - Booklist Freesia’s plenty spunky, and so is this hilarious book.” ” -Kirkus Reviews With constantly clever comic writing, Snow disguises her serious examination of the dangers involved in immersion in fantasy and living by whim. “Freesia lives on a seemingly magical island where every whim is answered in this nifty sci-fi comedy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bolted and glued together from parts of at least 17 different spaceships, each ship from a different spacefaring civilization, no less. Like the old lame steed of that fictitious character it was a hapless piece of junk. I had christened the Karthanian raider after the horse of Don Quixote. I turned the viewer to aft as we emerged from the Igras Nebula and the USS Rosinante was in normal space once more. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.Īll characters appearing in this work are fictitious. ![]() (Galactic Chronicles Series, Books V – X)Īll rights reserved. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some groups who sold out, like Green Day and Blink-182, rose to surprise super stardom, while others, like Jawbreaker and At the Drive-In, buckled under mounting pressures. Focusing on eleven prominent bands who made the jump from indie to major, Sellout charts the twists and turns of the last gold rush of the music industry. In Sellout, seasoned music writer Dan Ozzi chronicles this embattled era in punk. ![]() The result was a schism: those who accepted the cash flow of the majors, and those who defiantly clung to their indie cred. But the DIY punk scene, which had long prided itself on its trademark authenticity and anti-establishment ethos, wasn't quite ready to let their homegrown acts go without a fight. Looking to replicate the band's success, major record labels set their sights on the underground, and began courting punk's rising stars. After indie favorite Nirvana catapulted into the mainstream with its unexpected phenomenon, Nevermind, rebellion was suddenly en vogue. A raucous history of punk, emo, and hardcore's growing pains during the commercial boom of the early 90s and mid-aughts, following eleven bands as they sell out and find mainstream fame, or break beneath the weight of it all Punk rock found itself at a crossroads in the mid-90's. ![]() ![]() ![]() She started writing when she was still working at a historical house museum and published her first novel “The Witch of Willow Hall” in 2018. During her time working for the museum’s collections, she was responsible for caring and cleaning collections that ranged from early American furniture, ancient artifacts, and paintings from old masters. ![]() This is why she decided to pursue a degree in art history and medieval studies and a master’s in historical archeology that led to a career as a museum collections maintenance technician. ![]() She grew up in New England and had always been intrigued by local history and as such read a lot of historical fiction and watched movies about different historical periods. She worked in places such as Historic New England and the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum before she quit to become a professional author. Fox previously worked as a preventative maintenance technician and also did some museum work in historical archeology. Hester Fox is a Historical Fiction, Horror and Romance author who loves to describe herself as a mother and full-time author. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are so many versions of the story, so many neat distillations of what had happened. ![]() ![]() Now, ten years later, detective Colborne feels every choice he’d made, every action he took that fatal night, as a weight he carries with him. At some point, our merry band of thespians become less friends and more things for each other to hit. The friendship, once beautiful, begins to hold something worth fearing. But as these things so often go, something dark and sinister soon sews hatred in them, and wedges its way between them. If We Were Villains is the story of a tightly knit group of seven lyric-mad Shakespearean thespians who seem to prefer each other’s company to anyone else’s, thereby offending the rest of the world. If you still want to know more about this book, I assume you're a masochist. You are literally a bound bundle of dead tree. That ending grabbed an invisible dagger and twisted it between my ribs. I tore through it, but I feel like it tore through me. I hate this book so much I can't bear it. Reader, when you read the synopsis for this book, you will likely hear a voice saying, “Oh, this sounds interesting! Let's do it.” And I’m here to tell you right now-that’s the devil talking.ĭon't let my five-star rating fool you. ![]() ![]() ![]() But, Stella’s mother wants grandchildren. ![]() Stella is a brilliant, beautiful and perfect econometrician who has intimacy issues and blames them on her having autism spectrum disorder. The Kiss Quotient doesn’t have much going for it other than it’s autism representation and it being an #ownvoices book, making it very clear as to why I avoid all forms of contemporary romances. I am also all kinds of confused as to why people enjoyed this so much that it won the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Romance. ![]() I wanted to love it and as I wrote down the points for this review, I realised I was forcing myself to give it a glowing review. I absolutely hated the movie and I wasn’t impressed with The Kiss Quotient either. If I had known that The Kiss Quotient was based on Pretty Woman, I would not have touched it with a ten-foot pole. The Kiss Quotient: Great Rep for Autism, Horrible Rep for Relationships I say may because what’s a spoiler to you may not be a spoiler for me. As always, my reviews may contain spoilers. Hi, book fam! Read on below to find out what I thought of Helen Hoang’s The Kiss Quotient. ![]() Taking a quick break from reading and reviewing ARCs to read one of the most hyped-up romances of 2018. ![]() ![]()
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