tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43481376491980756902024-02-06T19:23:52.144-08:00Book AddictBook Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-69562747952222981902021-10-06T13:59:00.002-07:002021-10-06T13:59:40.070-07:00Mad World by Hannah McBride ARC review<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnqGvS9p8CIKNe9gJhyphenhyphen8SoHlBphof-Iau0d_UlGedPB9Uj6KiPPb2jw5-sTStHrMwwmLGd0tZrbW5PotCfHjO74Ln0MlR5zL8PKfl3c6PlJhK3llsFgQPQeLR1L2SX_NjB-vAPGpJ/s1863/IMG_4614.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1863" data-original-width="1242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnqGvS9p8CIKNe9gJhyphenhyphen8SoHlBphof-Iau0d_UlGedPB9Uj6KiPPb2jw5-sTStHrMwwmLGd0tZrbW5PotCfHjO74Ln0MlR5zL8PKfl3c6PlJhK3llsFgQPQeLR1L2SX_NjB-vAPGpJ/s320/IMG_4614.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I'm Madison.</b></div></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I spent the last seventeen years in a trailer with my mom as she rolled from one addiction to the next. All I wanted was to survive high school and get out of this place. Finding out I had a long lost twin sister on the other side of the country seemed like something out of a movie.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Too bad I didn't realize it was a horror movie.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Now I'm Madelaine.</b></div></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">We were only supposed to switch lives for a summer. But then the unthinkable happened and now I have the chance to be my twin for the rest of my life. I get the fancy house, the rich father, and the elite school.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">But all of those things come with a price I don't think I can afford.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Maybe taking over my dead twin sister's life isn't as easy as I thought it would be.</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Mad World </b></i><b>is the first book in a new series by Hannah McBride .</b> It contains dark themes (including bullying, drugs, and mentions of past/implied assault) that may be triggering for some readers.</div></i> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxn3BhsgghY9An6-ALc6HJj2QWvkD6Usf6LT2nAafvyN8N0QPHYI8IjznRLZ3Ha_GCLM3fY7LKP4B00KYPVw5X-G0nFxvxn1AWU7ew5ONn_t3WjRA89JzK6AHoWu6b6SQxkkdB15V/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxn3BhsgghY9An6-ALc6HJj2QWvkD6Usf6LT2nAafvyN8N0QPHYI8IjznRLZ3Ha_GCLM3fY7LKP4B00KYPVw5X-G0nFxvxn1AWU7ew5ONn_t3WjRA89JzK6AHoWu6b6SQxkkdB15V/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mad world is a one of a kind, rollercoaster of
emotions book.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After reading the prologue I was suspicious of
every character intention, every word and action was to me, something to analyze.
I was sure I was going to be able to figure out who that person was, I wasn´t
going to be led astray, no sir… I WAS WRONG. Very wrong.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On Mad world no one is as it seems and every
situation can spiral out of control in an instant. Hannah McBride has always
been an amazing talented writer but this time, she out did herself. Mad world
is her best book yet. I can see this story going places that scare me and at
the same time excite me.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I loved the enemies to lovers/bully romance
type of relationship the characters have. The characters interactions, the friendships
everything was designed to suck you into the world in a way I’ve never felt
before. Ryan is a very complex character, I didn´t know if I loved or hated him
half of the time. Bex is my ultimate friendship goals, loyal to the core and that
relationship that’s cooking OMG freaking hawt.<br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I even had to confess that for the first time
ever I peeked at the last page to figure out who was the person on the
prologue. What did I learned???<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing!!!!!
I was going crazy, my anxiety levels where through the roof.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The ending killed me in so many ways I have no
clue how I’m going to survive until next spring for the next instalment. I had
to read the book 2 times and still my heart was broken by the end.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This series contains a lot of hard topics, surrounded
by a story that needed to be told, wrapped by a dose of perfect world building
and the incredible writing style of the author. There´s romance, action, drama,
suspense, mystery and even a little bit of comedy sprinkled around and it
creates a truly magical first book for what I’m sure is going to be a perfect
contemporary series.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Thank you to the author for allowing me to read
an ARC of this book in exchange for my voluntary and honest review.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2KHJVTMJ7kPz1xGFZJF_7QINK3lj7ELasRDy2vxsZxmdM94IhmyE-cu10jIiDVROyW8uIKeE3axfHRLyuslU1eLoK5rTLlPEuKZU5Q9tECwNW7QH0H2GtiPYyNaPr7BBsxmxlc_6/s467/5starsplus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2KHJVTMJ7kPz1xGFZJF_7QINK3lj7ELasRDy2vxsZxmdM94IhmyE-cu10jIiDVROyW8uIKeE3axfHRLyuslU1eLoK5rTLlPEuKZU5Q9tECwNW7QH0H2GtiPYyNaPr7BBsxmxlc_6/w200-h81/5starsplus.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-7gEgpNzNdWDBdPkLJvGJEDd0rItwVnfJVwvHIhiFx60uA4n4mKXz7k_JPH5t4vnGFNIgOIjl22td3cp6w0I7k9KK-JOl992MTfTzFd9sBXZaUc2VSeQxaJF7-ujbGuhBbXNlDTK/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-7gEgpNzNdWDBdPkLJvGJEDd0rItwVnfJVwvHIhiFx60uA4n4mKXz7k_JPH5t4vnGFNIgOIjl22td3cp6w0I7k9KK-JOl992MTfTzFd9sBXZaUc2VSeQxaJF7-ujbGuhBbXNlDTK/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fv16ATz629J7ljjkrmQyO6ijHbZUFtnG09hBqU_1S5VGD0WLbVJGk6LYb1GJpyTY4ves0qPmEsdm6k-jhcq_wdHB_qxMmSa0AyXemdiJlFMhx8V3uwTO4celofle8H_30wDQU3A7/s450/hannah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fv16ATz629J7ljjkrmQyO6ijHbZUFtnG09hBqU_1S5VGD0WLbVJGk6LYb1GJpyTY4ves0qPmEsdm6k-jhcq_wdHB_qxMmSa0AyXemdiJlFMhx8V3uwTO4celofle8H_30wDQU3A7/s320/hannah.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hannah McBride has been many things in her life - a manager, a clinical research coordinator, a dreamer, a makeup brand ambassador, an event coordinator, a blogger, and more. But at heart, she's always been a writer, and in 2020 she decided to make it official with her first release, SANCTUM.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Things that Hannah loves include: horror movies, makeup, glitter, and her opossum,Tink.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">website: </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #00635d; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">https://hannahmcbrideauthor.com/</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #00635d; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Twitter: </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Ideally_Hannah" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; color: #00635d; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Ideally_Hannah</a></div>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-16347398302095431862021-03-31T11:15:00.069-07:002021-03-31T11:15:00.340-07:00ACOTAR by Sarah J. Maas SERIES REVIEW<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsBJMnBnDxyq-G5b56bPJGTPjqH2_gei6EX9sD7bAHw3QLqCUAavwSKKPGORlJTqpDIXSvULUUrM9e_Gx_gU4sgDfdS3sbE5jEqmzYwVE0wgsFU3sOnneMWiqg7Ok0Ry4S1nupa2A/s640/125100153_390290592389654_2761258832857867805_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsBJMnBnDxyq-G5b56bPJGTPjqH2_gei6EX9sD7bAHw3QLqCUAavwSKKPGORlJTqpDIXSvULUUrM9e_Gx_gU4sgDfdS3sbE5jEqmzYwVE0wgsFU3sOnneMWiqg7Ok0Ry4S1nupa2A/s320/125100153_390290592389654_2761258832857867805_n.jpg" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b>A Court of Thorns and Roses</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at a price ...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Dragged to a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding far more than his piercing green eyes would suggest. Feyre's presence at the court is closely guarded, and as she begins to learn why, her feelings for him turn from hostility to passion and the faerie lands become an even more dangerous place. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><b>A Court of Mist and Fury</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.</div></span><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;">With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights.</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Court of Wings and Ruin</span></b></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia; text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">FEYRE WILL BRING VENGEANCE.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">She has left the Night Court - and her High Lord - and is playing a deadly game of deceit. In the Spring Court, Tamlin is making deals with the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees, and Feyre is determined to uncover his plans. But to do so she must weave a web of lies, and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As mighty armies grapple for power, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords - and hunt for allies in unexpected places.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">BUT WHILE WAR RAGES, IT IS HER HEART THAT WILL FACE THE GREATEST BATTLE.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">THE THRILLING THIRD BOOK IN #1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLING FANTASY SERIES FROM SARAH J. MAAS.</span></div><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2Etol9ojWBGW1LQ05oI4Qyyt5NOPmEwO_UM2FRb6_nBNEb8v6T4aiyHVmiE5d6lGuyAFkCgczcFb8pITONiwH2lFqRRqgUYdFzzFBkgsz_MnGGqHbNXyid0j8syLRnVE2s7Z39Lg/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2Etol9ojWBGW1LQ05oI4Qyyt5NOPmEwO_UM2FRb6_nBNEb8v6T4aiyHVmiE5d6lGuyAFkCgczcFb8pITONiwH2lFqRRqgUYdFzzFBkgsz_MnGGqHbNXyid0j8syLRnVE2s7Z39Lg/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #181818; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I love this series and I felt the need to reread this story, so I caved and here we are.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The first time I read this series I was team Tamlin all the way until under the mountain. I couldn't wrap my mind around how he didn't tried to help her once.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Rhys on the other hand was intriguing since the start. Yes he was bad but he never did truly bad things to Feyre. I didn't understand why I felt such a fascination with this character until this reread.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Rhys is present in this series before we even get to meet him. Feyre always looked to the night sky for comfort and I started to associate it with Rhys unconsciously.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I started to truly see the difference between Tamlin and Rhys on the second book. Tamlin didn't care for Feyre's wellbeing while Rhys did everything he could to help her push through her trauma. She never seek one for comfort while she leaned on the other.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I realized that I started to fall for Rhys right along with Feyre, while he still was an enemy. The story was crafted perfectly.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Knowing how everything ended, gave me the opportunity to see things I didn't saw at first. How wrong Tam was for her, how wicked Ianthe truly was since the beginning. The why of Nesta's attitude. So many things I didn't picked up on the first time.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I can't wait for the next book and see how Nesta's story is going to unravel.</div></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMzTrTOH6AE2Zii5zGoQH118GUgGIbJX09NhaLCPmo7b_bzUX7IMZH-e-hIkOwhBgg1-3ytLj_NcG2BTbASe_M69fs8QvvFaV1uJKJKN7iGFsS97eDC2mxQdrvI3EQSQ-APq-4Zb0/s467/5starsplus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMzTrTOH6AE2Zii5zGoQH118GUgGIbJX09NhaLCPmo7b_bzUX7IMZH-e-hIkOwhBgg1-3ytLj_NcG2BTbASe_M69fs8QvvFaV1uJKJKN7iGFsS97eDC2mxQdrvI3EQSQ-APq-4Zb0/w200-h81/5starsplus.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJN2n-X_rO2V0d4ov_Ixi4n2361815LRJyAS3rvDmdzSxZm6x6KUf809ayKMsbCaxjyymY6qKE63NRB0lq2RCYJd1ccNkik_xjFuPk2iGt0lXew3JXloc-1YBDic4NRfqOLPVNvyHV/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJN2n-X_rO2V0d4ov_Ixi4n2361815LRJyAS3rvDmdzSxZm6x6KUf809ayKMsbCaxjyymY6qKE63NRB0lq2RCYJd1ccNkik_xjFuPk2iGt0lXew3JXloc-1YBDic4NRfqOLPVNvyHV/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmoegnYeCABw0JaTS1Snr6JFfxXjZTfzrrO65kPSrEaql_lYaCjHlP5dxA_FXp6aTEyPkUJLZG5a8JfClH2zrGinZkFd9FahH7AxluQBAD891X6hRasOO3TKqy5UxR_vPPZzXDhBO/s266/sarah+j.+maas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmoegnYeCABw0JaTS1Snr6JFfxXjZTfzrrO65kPSrEaql_lYaCjHlP5dxA_FXp6aTEyPkUJLZG5a8JfClH2zrGinZkFd9FahH7AxluQBAD891X6hRasOO3TKqy5UxR_vPPZzXDhBO/s0/sarah+j.+maas.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #181818; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sarah J. Maas is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Crescent City, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and the Throne of Glass series. Her books have sold more than twelve million copies and are published in thirty-seven languages. A New York native, Sarah lives in Philadelphia with her husband, son, and dog. To find out more, visit sarahjmaas.com or follow @therealsjmaas on Instagram.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div></span></div><p></p><div class="dataTitle" style="background-color: white; float: left; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 1px 0px; width: 125px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://sarahjmaas.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></div>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-50894100497087221982021-03-30T11:07:00.034-07:002021-03-30T11:07:00.946-07:00Broken by ℍ𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒𝕙 𝕄𝕔𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕖 Book Review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqhx5nWI2Epe8Zxto5z9Suqy3Q-scLm9trl0dMXDmqKdKR6Wzf9g3mq0DwA6bY5-gLWSwbpLPe0U4-Y3WHeQjUo_ZtKTtOzsDkVTrp5qK2xCPazEVGIB8AQoWWT2m20i-oKSUH8UZ/s640/123945254_352024375893005_7291584849022065940_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqhx5nWI2Epe8Zxto5z9Suqy3Q-scLm9trl0dMXDmqKdKR6Wzf9g3mq0DwA6bY5-gLWSwbpLPe0U4-Y3WHeQjUo_ZtKTtOzsDkVTrp5qK2xCPazEVGIB8AQoWWT2m20i-oKSUH8UZ/s320/123945254_352024375893005_7291584849022065940_n.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #181818;">A beta in denial</b></div><span id="freeText781060941152666332" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Rhodes DeWitt has always known he was a lost cause. The Blackwater beta embraces the bad boy label with open arms, praying that the girl next door will never know that the one thing he wants is the one girl he can’t have.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b style="color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A heart that’s breaking</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">After spending years in love with the boy next door, Larkin Dawes is ready to move on. Her head knows this is for the best. Her heart hasn’t quite gotten the memo.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><b style="color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The storm of the century</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="freeText781060941152666332">Trapped and isolated together as a blizzard rages around them, Rhodes will finally have to decide if he’s going to watch Larkin move on with or without him.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitldk6uNjAKEGS4jYMzjd7BBZKBpYmwGds_2zFSb8tiU68Ut1xt-NPlssiY5RfuJ9FIF6lcRPUNkBikCnhXbTjhcmMP5_buBVR3Us-CR8hsfhyxiADiKhoJviHd4Zvmlfey0cdndQE/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitldk6uNjAKEGS4jYMzjd7BBZKBpYmwGds_2zFSb8tiU68Ut1xt-NPlssiY5RfuJ9FIF6lcRPUNkBikCnhXbTjhcmMP5_buBVR3Us-CR8hsfhyxiADiKhoJviHd4Zvmlfey0cdndQE/w200-h95/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">I fell in love with Larkin and Rhodes since Sanctum.</span><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">The bond they had went beyond friendship and everyone knew it but them.</span><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">It was hilarious watching them dance around each other.In Broken we finally see them come together.</span><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">Larkin has come a long way since the events on Sanctum, she's coping as best as she can but she misses her best friend whom she's been in love with for years.</span><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">Rhodes is in love with his best friend but feels she deserves better, his life hasn't been an easy one and he refuses to drag her down with him.</span><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">I absolutely loved this book is steamy and super sexy. Rhodes and Larkin are explosive together and I can't wait to see how everything goes for them when the next book on the Blackwater pack series comes out.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxaLFXGci48dqC9xhW0F-O_RxgSDwY01bJUVtVhpFfsGBeyv3co7hNch_YqryDxNPCHvons533qInnTwKqorsDIw-1yC9cqOENjNQgVfuFnGiL0PYeNaKocobtAkLA1b8kGjnM0EW/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxaLFXGci48dqC9xhW0F-O_RxgSDwY01bJUVtVhpFfsGBeyv3co7hNch_YqryDxNPCHvons533qInnTwKqorsDIw-1yC9cqOENjNQgVfuFnGiL0PYeNaKocobtAkLA1b8kGjnM0EW/w200-h81/5stars.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #262626; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2xhWdtOzwZtrsUv5UMds-BfnRN-JrcMiOKBs2Ob4VH_kstjnhiqBhMJUnejCmnqo16mYyPlBUBcRVy1GHKkq2RQnYDVtDJgtdo07FU-htcdTp7QfjUiG4a-1gcQvPfy1jiPbu09f/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2xhWdtOzwZtrsUv5UMds-BfnRN-JrcMiOKBs2Ob4VH_kstjnhiqBhMJUnejCmnqo16mYyPlBUBcRVy1GHKkq2RQnYDVtDJgtdo07FU-htcdTp7QfjUiG4a-1gcQvPfy1jiPbu09f/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmkHMvbx0mkLtSBtyjpNxDfeH0hY2RwddmQTuYlldWAjEpj52_VPfA1xc8Lc4L8B2dd_E6y8hk5c21FhK8J0htfWeLiU9FeHYeihqG9arFnUsLZXarOT-Njv1PMxr6QZnshetkEcj/s200/hannah+mcbride.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmkHMvbx0mkLtSBtyjpNxDfeH0hY2RwddmQTuYlldWAjEpj52_VPfA1xc8Lc4L8B2dd_E6y8hk5c21FhK8J0htfWeLiU9FeHYeihqG9arFnUsLZXarOT-Njv1PMxr6QZnshetkEcj/s0/hannah+mcbride.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hannah McBride has been many things in her life - a manager, a clinical research coordinator, a dreamer, a makeup brand ambassador, an event coordinator, a blogger, and more. But at heart, she's always been a writer, and in 2020 she decided to make it official with her first release, SANCTUM.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p><div class="dataTitle" style="background-color: white; float: left; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin: 1px 0px; text-align: center; width: 125px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HannahMcBrideAuthor" target="_blank">Website</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="dataTitle" style="background-color: white; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin: 1px 0px; text-align: left; width: 125px;"><span style="font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="Ideally_Hannah" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></div><br /></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></span></span></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-70464248847167902862021-03-29T11:07:00.000-07:002021-03-29T11:07:44.094-07:00Of Thorns and Beauty by 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐃. 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐞 BOOK REVIEW<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3y6m3xVcwbiSUAFnNeB1sU9k9CP5uQ0_1JlopNE0VXy4YrH9o9uZrapbynnzeW0cg5oOe_tDzDmtpKPVj_Q3JMDq8yuMHhRgJj-o5QTidbyd3lDsfDJwteXIw7vmrKiVUKWhe8J6V/s640/123859003_110500500764540_7099890716582000315_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3y6m3xVcwbiSUAFnNeB1sU9k9CP5uQ0_1JlopNE0VXy4YrH9o9uZrapbynnzeW0cg5oOe_tDzDmtpKPVj_Q3JMDq8yuMHhRgJj-o5QTidbyd3lDsfDJwteXIw7vmrKiVUKWhe8J6V/s320/123859003_110500500764540_7099890716582000315_n.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">"You think you know the tale as old as time, but you’ve already got it wrong.</span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">There never was a beauty and a beast, only a girl who was both.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">And that girl was me."</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Zaina will never be free.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">She's forced into an arranged marriage to a Viking King in a castle full of secrets. But she carries secrets of her own, and the scars of her haunted past.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Handed off from one monster to another, she has no choice but to do her best to survive and protect her sisters.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Even if it costs her everything.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia;">A Beauty and the Beast retelling you won’t want to miss, where nothing is what it seems and time is</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> running out.</span></div></span></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9a5em1dPkvN9tYUWkB4i-HRsTm1Ll73ZXR5bzmf50JS9v-YAAU1uzXk6XoH7ZPn3FXBYIVbZpB3DSNHn6CWDw5mUODJdVCF3ClerQF3t5meqncbE7snydNA9x3JXBFVKaofTgsgb3/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9a5em1dPkvN9tYUWkB4i-HRsTm1Ll73ZXR5bzmf50JS9v-YAAU1uzXk6XoH7ZPn3FXBYIVbZpB3DSNHn6CWDw5mUODJdVCF3ClerQF3t5meqncbE7snydNA9x3JXBFVKaofTgsgb3/w200-h94/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">If you guys know anything about me as a reader is that I hate cliffhangers that being said I knew well in advance this book had one so here we go...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I absolutely adored Einar and Zaina their differences made a unique couple and their interactions spirited as they may be where witty and funny. I loved the slow burn romance and spend most of the time hoping for a kiss.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I spent quite a lot of time trying to figure out who was who on this beautiful retelling of the beauty and the beast. Keep in mind that I used the word retelling as loosely as possible, there are a couple of hints here and there but for the most part Of Thorns and Beauty is a different story all together.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: justify;">There were a couple of instances when I got so mad at Zaina she could’ve spill the beans at any point and Einar blessed his heart would have helped her fight her demons.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The only reason I didn’t give this book a 5 rating, is because sometimes it felt a little rushed and the chapters where super short giving the impression that this was supposed to be a bigger book but somewhere along the way the authors decided to make it a series.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: justify;">That being said the story is amazing, the characters are well rounded with pretty defined background stories. The whole ambience of the book is dark and chilly so the sprinkles of warmth throughout makes them even more special. I truly enjoyed how the authors took inspiration from Beauty and the Beast and the way they transformed the story.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Of Thorns and Beauty is a perfect first book for a series and I would definitively read the next one because I really want to know where the story goes.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I was given this ARC for free in exchange for my voluntary and honest review.</div></span></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZSdnXsVni5ouqXfJdj_anqc8-JxptWHADG5qwoRgic9vL5-FAEnsK6jP826HiiMbZwB5n_dLA04bL5AZe1d9BCo47zhOs6M2ag2ZKA1PghN3JiazewfRXTnv14iBmMxbp9BsG493o/s467/4stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrhpMLiuNQUDFCvDaVAFfEABy0Q-Apdmb1lZAaRtw_gjeCt-3G3TX3X9BCuHYn2OaZs-FJTbdaEr1t0bIr2arKE9lhg5VnY7Oz-QXgGIzOWoxyom0Giw7Uh7vEGEtyb6iXXBvFw3S/s200/Elle+Madison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrhpMLiuNQUDFCvDaVAFfEABy0Q-Apdmb1lZAaRtw_gjeCt-3G3TX3X9BCuHYn2OaZs-FJTbdaEr1t0bIr2arKE9lhg5VnY7Oz-QXgGIzOWoxyom0Giw7Uh7vEGEtyb6iXXBvFw3S/s0/Elle+Madison.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elle Madison is a faerie disguising herself as an author in the human world.</span></div></span><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia;">When she isn't wrestling her children, she's busy baking cookies for her husband and becoming a regular at every taco shop she comes across.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">After hours, when she puts the kiddos to bed, you can usually find Elle working on creating new fantastical worlds, reading about them or playing Stardew Valley like the child she is.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elle enjoys watching the sunset, trying new wines, the occasional raccoon or two, and being with people who make her laugh.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #181818;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #181818;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27575rXQr0cEphJmkqKleyMV6Us7UofaOqtyT9MDaVS82XahufSeohB5ot8oIzUTeBQn4A6hnRySaDxvBTW1m2xx2RWmgy4jHLsE-B2Dpq8CNaSFgQ9JSqegTVF7S4IrXXIMEZGrG/s200/Robin+D.+Mahle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27575rXQr0cEphJmkqKleyMV6Us7UofaOqtyT9MDaVS82XahufSeohB5ot8oIzUTeBQn4A6hnRySaDxvBTW1m2xx2RWmgy4jHLsE-B2Dpq8CNaSFgQ9JSqegTVF7S4IrXXIMEZGrG/s0/Robin+D.+Mahle.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Robin D. Mahle started out as a pen name I shared with my husband for The World Apart Series, but since then, I've absconded with it to delve into the wonderful world of fairy tale retellings and fantasy romances with my partner in crime, Elle Madison.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"><div style="text-align: justify;">When I'm not writing, you can find me spending time with my seven hundred cats and drinking wine by the barrel.</div></span></span><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-3256605672148286792021-02-18T10:57:00.005-08:002021-02-18T10:57:54.815-08:00A Court of Silver Flames REVIEW<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBFB6443hME7Wf2ctDAvDzF5wIMQylm3LIwFRhGeom4Vol8jlk47EH9pNZhBWzQpBIDoolPHTZFJevFTFqtYqAQjOHotw_A3ZpXr3uTEQn_2aOPMPj5Rg0qxZV9sqNH9qtOkX0SOp/s1322/8163Ov12ixL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="869" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBFB6443hME7Wf2ctDAvDzF5wIMQylm3LIwFRhGeom4Vol8jlk47EH9pNZhBWzQpBIDoolPHTZFJevFTFqtYqAQjOHotw_A3ZpXr3uTEQn_2aOPMPj5Rg0qxZV9sqNH9qtOkX0SOp/s320/8163Ov12ixL.jpg" /></a></b></div><b><br />Sarah J. Maas's sexy,
richly imagined series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister,
Nesta.</b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud,
swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the
Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a
place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Worse, she
can't seem to move past the horrors of the war with Hybern and all she lost in
it.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">The one person who ignites her temper more than
any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and
Feyre's Night Court keeps him constantly in Nesta's orbit. But her temper isn't
the only thing Cassian ignites. The fire between them is undeniable, and only
burns hotter as they are forced into close quarters with each other.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Meanwhile, the treacherous human queens who
returned to the Continent during the last war have forged a dangerous new
alliance, threatening the fragile peace that has settled over the realms. And
the key to halting them might very well rely on Cassian and Nesta facing their
haunting pasts.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Against the sweeping backdrop of a world seared
by war and plagued with uncertainty, Nesta and Cassian battle monsters from
within and without as they search for acceptance-and healing-in each other's
arms.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9s9TzxebJl_8gji3ky8D6OCCbMnwFuAXPDJllQ0Yg6cB5wrTLzNYT4NDhtwJkV_CFPJkXodVQ2TlLOgyJvVt5nEEMIL8Za8YYUzCkT3GjK0KdsgJK6PHBTmXWxy2R5n3oW7mapoU/s400/border.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="77" data-original-width="400" height="39" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9s9TzxebJl_8gji3ky8D6OCCbMnwFuAXPDJllQ0Yg6cB5wrTLzNYT4NDhtwJkV_CFPJkXodVQ2TlLOgyJvVt5nEEMIL8Za8YYUzCkT3GjK0KdsgJK6PHBTmXWxy2R5n3oW7mapoU/w200-h39/border.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">It’s finally here OMG I have it in my hands I
feel I’ve waited forever for this story and after I read it my heart is full. I
cried and laughed so hard that the roaring in my head stopped and recognized a
kindred spirit on the person behind this words.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Favorite part:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> The training<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Favorite character:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> The House<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Best scenes:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> The Blood Rite<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Smut level</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> 15/10 my boy Cassian knows what
he’s doing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Fav. Quote:</b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You
were trying to show me. Show others. Who you are, down deep. What haunts you.
You were trying to show them all those dark, broken pieces because the
priestess and Emerie, and I… were the same as you.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSBEoVyEoI___mynUCDGr3eA4k6N1-Go1mlIvYiaosjbOHn5av6fk5DPTyINv9cLxAdQmbn1BvTSe-KFFs4UrGofXyy9cP7HT1YliXfmwCEuMV6VXLyHxsCMltsGZtDYt1rP2cmMP/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSBEoVyEoI___mynUCDGr3eA4k6N1-Go1mlIvYiaosjbOHn5av6fk5DPTyINv9cLxAdQmbn1BvTSe-KFFs4UrGofXyy9cP7HT1YliXfmwCEuMV6VXLyHxsCMltsGZtDYt1rP2cmMP/w200-h94/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="200" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">I really liked Nesta before, now I love her. I
am a Nesta and her journey to self-recovery truly resonates within me.
Sometimes it’s easier to fight against that which surrounds you than fight
yourself.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">I’ve been there and I think
that’s the reason I connect with her so much.</span><span style="text-align: justify;">
</span><span style="text-align: justify;">I know how hard and how much work it takes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nesta feels too much and doesn’t know how to
cope with everything she’s feeling. She´s like a wounded dog that bites out of
pain and fear of being harmed again. She’s broken and there’s no putting the
pieces back together so she reinvents herself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Cassian is perfect in every sense of the word,
he knows when to push and when to hold, no matter his feelings for Nesta he
lets her hit rock bottom and work her way up. He´s her anchor but knows that he
can’t do anything to help her, she needs to help herself. His I will help you
pick your pieces but you need to stich yourself back together is what’s pushes
her to be better. No judgment just an unmovable force at her side. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I loved
that we could spend some time with the rest of the court and know a little
about what’s going on at the other courts. I didn´t like Rhys as much in this
book, I get the Drama but he was too different to the all-powerful high lord I
am used to. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Azriel is
getting more interesting by the second and I feel we finally meet his lady. I
hope I´m right cause I adore Gwyn, nothing really happens between them but
there’s this vibe I can’t forget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
really don´t think Elain is going to be endgame in fact I think something more
is going to happen with her she is too nice to be real. So I’m calling it,
she´s either going to die or turn evil, No goodie two shoes has ever lived that
way in a Maas world. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I don’t
want to give much away but let’s just say that this book is filled with action
both heart stopping and heartwarming. There are old and new players in the game
trying to ruing everything the court of dreams has work for and there’s no way
the gang it’s going to let it all slide. There´s politics, new beginnings and
new life. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This is a book
worth reading with very hard topics but with beautiful stories about rebirth
and self-discovery. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Court of Thorns
and Roses and the Crescent City series, as well as the Throne of Glass series.
Her books are published in thirty-seven languages. A New York native, Sarah
lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, son, and dog.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-32769646384065193342021-02-07T08:00:00.001-08:002021-02-07T08:00:01.779-08:00War Storm by 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓪 𝓐𝓿𝓮𝔂𝓪𝓻𝓭 REVIEW<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCQeWaozVcG0Pgo9XF_OKbOaMjJiu8VGFwOW7tpT7A5QW9GSGvUUEPEp51Yf0NPndc23mnsBi44QD-6VttAhJQLbvNj_3FoFymNSjcusFrgj7Aoy_8fY2L_Z8gBcdYCfTbCR-dN5d/s640/123125418_2716106935295888_8453128475333851176_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCQeWaozVcG0Pgo9XF_OKbOaMjJiu8VGFwOW7tpT7A5QW9GSGvUUEPEp51Yf0NPndc23mnsBi44QD-6VttAhJQLbvNj_3FoFymNSjcusFrgj7Aoy_8fY2L_Z8gBcdYCfTbCR-dN5d/s320/123125418_2716106935295888_8453128475333851176_n.jpg" /></a></div><br />Mare Barrow learned this all too well when Cal’s betrayal nearly destroyed her. Now determined to protect her heart—and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods like her—Mare resolves to overthrow the kingdom of Norta once and for all… starting with the crown on Maven’s head.<p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">But no battle is won alone, and before the Reds may rise as one, Mare must side with the boy who broke her heart in order to defeat the boy who almost broke her. Cal’s powerful Silver allies, alongside Mare and the Scarlet Guard, prove a formidable force. But Maven is driven by an obsession so deep, he will stop at nothing to have Mare as his own again, even if it means demolishing everything—and everyone—in his path.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">War is coming, and all Mare has fought for hangs in the balance. Will victory be enough to topple the Silver kingdoms? Or will the little lightning girl be forever silenced?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">In the epic conclusion to Victoria Aveyard’s stunning series, Mare must embrace her fate and summon all her power… for all will be tested, but not all will survive.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBgM7t4zEPK4P7-EkXkYF0J6A707qW6F6q9LyToxnTw1ijW5tWpX70OJ3k6tSIVlUo2Eu29Fa8rCbCWM4wdcM5mP9hH46mh5AVCUIN5Dv6Wk2TW1TsyjmLk2YEkr_Bb2R6EmvVaiG/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBgM7t4zEPK4P7-EkXkYF0J6A707qW6F6q9LyToxnTw1ijW5tWpX70OJ3k6tSIVlUo2Eu29Fa8rCbCWM4wdcM5mP9hH46mh5AVCUIN5Dv6Wk2TW1TsyjmLk2YEkr_Bb2R6EmvVaiG/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Was it all worth it?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Author 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓪 𝓐𝓿𝓮𝔂𝓪𝓻𝓭</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Kindle</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Series: 𝙍𝙚𝙙 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣</div></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed the ending of this series.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">As a whole the series was very dark, what the main characters go through was traumatizing so even though I wished for a HEA I knew it wasn't going to be.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">That being said the ending felt like a natural progression of events.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Evangeline's POV was the one I enjoyed the most. She finally stood up for herself and fought for her right to be whoever she wished to be and for who she wanted to be with. As much as I hated her on the first book she became my favorite character by the end of the series.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Mare is a great character too, true to herself and her beliefs, she's willing to make Sacrifices for the greater good. She's been hurt, betrayed, imprisoned but none of that pushed her away of her goal.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Maven I feel sorry for. He never had a chance. Yes he was evil and did awful things, but his mind wasn't his own almost since birth. He could have been a great man or maybe he was part monster from the start. The truth is he never got a chance to figure himself out and when he did it was too late.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Cal is meh, he can't think for himself even if his life depends on it. Unsure to the bone and just going through the motions, doing whatever he's told to do. He kinda smartened up at the end.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I loved the pace of the book, it truly felt like a ticking time bomb, each chapter getting us closer to the final showdown. The battle scenes are amazing I enjoyed them immensely.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I know there's a little novella that gives us a better insight on what happens with Cal and Mare after everything, but it isn't necessary.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I know there's no way those two are going to stay apart too long. They are just going to cleanse, regroup and heal.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Loved this series, it had some ups and downs along the way but as a whole its amazing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboaesMmZO5S5qdGUHQjFw_rCf85I2d-yEzf5GY6PL1sIipsgWcNRc_EreOTOZ6ca9y7Ya64ovXuAM8J6MVK1FVj7FhzUY4WNmYnrSPmtCatO0yPyFzx1AjoOc-S7lAdZfYq5tvM3E/s467/4stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboaesMmZO5S5qdGUHQjFw_rCf85I2d-yEzf5GY6PL1sIipsgWcNRc_EreOTOZ6ca9y7Ya64ovXuAM8J6MVK1FVj7FhzUY4WNmYnrSPmtCatO0yPyFzx1AjoOc-S7lAdZfYq5tvM3E/w235-h95/4stars.png" width="235" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwtBzBaLBptL18GA-x8VhCoF-oxyasX8gzbpNKIcm7ewXt8U7_wlB2Bk05G4IDIdtI6BPNN9ptLXThrGMepOiBcMZUViVup3k6kHheg2lmZ9g7NnZME6Cg-AjRtBQEXhRQQFRyoPv/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwtBzBaLBptL18GA-x8VhCoF-oxyasX8gzbpNKIcm7ewXt8U7_wlB2Bk05G4IDIdtI6BPNN9ptLXThrGMepOiBcMZUViVup3k6kHheg2lmZ9g7NnZME6Cg-AjRtBQEXhRQQFRyoPv/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXA-4reqXUYN3OrFzm_dYbbCdrgBPgL9jCcYzmuqKlKCAR2aZ91Kp-IaBtkABZgLkz7bFeQHd2zhxCi3BE6qR0E_uVS9p78oA1RTV_q1vRbR8R-21sbZrxmWMmn0itqVgrNOleVcf/s230/victoria+aveyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXA-4reqXUYN3OrFzm_dYbbCdrgBPgL9jCcYzmuqKlKCAR2aZ91Kp-IaBtkABZgLkz7bFeQHd2zhxCi3BE6qR0E_uVS9p78oA1RTV_q1vRbR8R-21sbZrxmWMmn0itqVgrNOleVcf/s0/victoria+aveyard.jpg" /></a></div><br />I'm an author/screenwriter who likes books and lists. This site is the nexus of my universe.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I wrote the #1 NYT bestselling series RED QUEEN and my next series, REALM BREAKER, will be out in May 2021.</div></span><div style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The genres I'm into include YA, Fantasy, Historical, Adventure, Apocalyptic - if people are dying, I'm buying.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Website: https://victoriaaveyard.com/</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Twitter: https://twitter.com/victoriaaveyard</div><div style="text-align: justify;">goodreads: <span style="color: #999999; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">https://www.goodreads.com/victoria_aveyard</span></div></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-43603106931819495162021-02-06T08:00:00.001-08:002021-02-06T08:00:05.034-08:00King´s Cage by 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓪 𝓐𝓿𝓮𝔂𝓪𝓻𝓭 REVIEW <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLhTiMfh2l2s9y8JVB1O6oWYUjcEde6pA0yGdsEGNwZc3JHzfKmUBxVyc4-I9dMbuC9KjW_NYjx0FEkW8aUdvLTH8knaNYc9XSGydd19P5OW40ValFJizfIfH2uJ2cznTbiObnBQS/s640/123145854_415121856548228_6249346748808300808_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLhTiMfh2l2s9y8JVB1O6oWYUjcEde6pA0yGdsEGNwZc3JHzfKmUBxVyc4-I9dMbuC9KjW_NYjx0FEkW8aUdvLTH8knaNYc9XSGydd19P5OW40ValFJizfIfH2uJ2cznTbiObnBQS/s320/123145854_415121856548228_6249346748808300808_n.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard’s bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl's spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?</div><p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country—and his prisoner.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare's heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;">When blood turns on blood, and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fire—leaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down.</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7XPznRZSW4j1sDixOhFDMYyD07rNdog0Z8ZYg-RLfAEM_bgGAswyMWd85bOkEVYEzxUZG7l37beIsgGiDwPNre0ZYbUTQW_g3QmYyW3bI0S9pSbOT-ls0zvH_J712MnMVcpRaQcQ/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7XPznRZSW4j1sDixOhFDMYyD07rNdog0Z8ZYg-RLfAEM_bgGAswyMWd85bOkEVYEzxUZG7l37beIsgGiDwPNre0ZYbUTQW_g3QmYyW3bI0S9pSbOT-ls0zvH_J712MnMVcpRaQcQ/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Author 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓪 𝓐𝓿𝓮𝔂𝓪𝓻𝓭</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Kindle</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Series: 𝙍𝙚𝙙 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I can't for the life of me do this review without spoilers. So if you haven't read this book, consider yourself warned.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">°•🅢🅟🅞🅘🅛🅔🅡🅢•°</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I didn't hate this book, it's just that for me, it wasn't as good as the others.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">We spend the vast majority of the book with Mare. She's trapped and can't do a thing to escape.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The book is very very slow, mare is always walking somewhere or in her cell either reading our throwing a tantrum or thinking something.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">There are some things that happen purely for shock value, like the assassination attempt, nany or that guy that can see the future that appears from maybe like 3 pages to save Mare's life and disappear again.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Mare is interrogated once and then left alone, she isn't tortured. Maven sends her clothes, books to read, etc. Yes she can't go anywhere but it makes for a whole book of her just sitting around doing nothing.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This book has changes in POV and that's what saved it for me.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Once Mare is rescued the book picks up a bit. There's war and family time, training and plotting.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Cal and Mare as a pair do nothing for me and I didn't understand the shock at the end. We've been told from book 1 he was born to be a king, we know he isn't truly a part of the red guard, he hates killing silvers. So what's the point in trying to make us believe he's madly in love through smut. I already knew he would choose to be a king. There was no surprise there.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">At least Maven has a motivation he's crazy as hell. But Cal has none.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I loved the battle, that was amazingly choreographed and I'm liking Evangeline very very much. I enjoyed Cameron's POV too.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">But that was it. This book was way to slow. 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font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">https://www.goodreads.com/victoria_aveyard</span></div></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-81947209858878227852021-02-05T09:29:00.003-08:002021-02-05T09:29:51.216-08:00Glass Sword by 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓪 𝓐𝓿𝓮𝔂𝓪𝓻𝓭 REVIEW<p style="text-align: justify;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwNnESqAltq_34jSV_adZR6ZeIuxb1bYS7NpeA18Tj6OJ7RH9ZtwlkButOGRztx6EsDlENUK5Jj6yM8TXJgddtwfbCSdB2m02BKWV_Ic3kN513yEnL8vL23__N9Ajzw9Q07H_4J8k/s1080/123020424_3705285216203117_674351138476119534_n%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwNnESqAltq_34jSV_adZR6ZeIuxb1bYS7NpeA18Tj6OJ7RH9ZtwlkButOGRztx6EsDlENUK5Jj6yM8TXJgddtwfbCSdB2m02BKWV_Ic3kN513yEnL8vL23__N9Ajzw9Q07H_4J8k/s320/123020424_3705285216203117_674351138476119534_n%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></i></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br />If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different.</i><p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;">The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvC4capbirPw3atHHouM2oZRPua6rQwGthyphenhyphenD4l4SRNpHABocxsv6Md2vlmKXwORp7dc34T_yHoXkoQ-W1QR4sSHUqpSRbjHor4enHr5tejjcYb0x-_9znA72WxhJSdzay4I5MezUX/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvC4capbirPw3atHHouM2oZRPua6rQwGthyphenhyphenD4l4SRNpHABocxsv6Md2vlmKXwORp7dc34T_yHoXkoQ-W1QR4sSHUqpSRbjHor4enHr5tejjcYb0x-_9znA72WxhJSdzay4I5MezUX/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Is the enemy of my enemy always my friend?</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Author 𝓥𝓲𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓪 𝓐𝓿𝓮𝔂𝓪𝓻𝓭</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Kindle</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Series: 𝙍𝙚𝙙 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">This book was awesome, it picks off exactly where the last book ended. Cal and Mare barely escaped the arena thanks to the Scarlet Guard. Now they are on the run from a cruel and psychotic king and a manipulative queen.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Glass Sword is action packed, I truly enjoyed the pacing of it. It game breathing room to prepare for what was to come.There's heartbreak, loss and betrayal and some shocking moments.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">It feels like a crossover between X-men and the Hunger Games. Mare has changed a lot from the first book. She's not as naive, she's fiercer and stronger but she's also lost herself in the process, She's darker too. She feels there's no one to trust and the weight of it all is crushing her.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Cal is dealing with loss and betrayal he's out of his element and doesn't have a clue how to get afloat. He becomes a crutch of a sort for Mare.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">There's a super ultra slow burning romance, completely in the background of the story. This book is a harrowing journey, a solid sequel that takes our characters to dark places while trying to save as many people as the can.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The lines between red and silver get somewhat muddled, pushing Mare to make some brutal decisions.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The ending was somewhat predictable but still beautifully accomplished.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I can't wait to start the next one.</div></span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaITgwiOZ_XRB8Mjk2OC17r2iaSnESQ7oLnttr-z6V-Sze2ZmBC8p_0ZiuiCQeI8FjS5_pv2Yd1MpfxBZNndoH4Kfc9UWtDuN1jU2JmTD5jou-lln9QHKBQKcArFwn_UZjha_pcs0/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaITgwiOZ_XRB8Mjk2OC17r2iaSnESQ7oLnttr-z6V-Sze2ZmBC8p_0ZiuiCQeI8FjS5_pv2Yd1MpfxBZNndoH4Kfc9UWtDuN1jU2JmTD5jou-lln9QHKBQKcArFwn_UZjha_pcs0/w201-h82/5stars.png" width="201" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKUWW6oLhEFyCVcjwSVJRfucmeYihXy8aArSisGIZpO9DpaMFmslxZ9EgJi0SlKGX2QsiUNA2VRpSP09FBCtIzpkCUyhEbMQh7gC2ukm4TwNzZuoid2bGxEJnIwCxZhxsFvDRtvfH/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKUWW6oLhEFyCVcjwSVJRfucmeYihXy8aArSisGIZpO9DpaMFmslxZ9EgJi0SlKGX2QsiUNA2VRpSP09FBCtIzpkCUyhEbMQh7gC2ukm4TwNzZuoid2bGxEJnIwCxZhxsFvDRtvfH/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9RHcR14Jh5rD4L62yx88G2NnfBiwDzSDtTSGccvgAvrVFHh5im5Lz6Bn4vxotR9PDaPGxtPLl4TW4isBCyQ5VImecYmVSG6-GHbR_Z40lqfraWIzNgU_KBJBfPM2gXWRfTK2mMkT/s230/victoria+aveyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9RHcR14Jh5rD4L62yx88G2NnfBiwDzSDtTSGccvgAvrVFHh5im5Lz6Bn4vxotR9PDaPGxtPLl4TW4isBCyQ5VImecYmVSG6-GHbR_Z40lqfraWIzNgU_KBJBfPM2gXWRfTK2mMkT/s0/victoria+aveyard.jpg" /></a></div><br />I'm an author/screenwriter who likes books and lists. This site is the nexus of my universe.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I wrote the #1 NYT bestselling series RED QUEEN and my next series, REALM BREAKER, will be out in May 2021.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The genres I'm into include YA, Fantasy, Historical, Adventure, Apocalyptic - if people are dying, I'm buying.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Website: https://victoriaaveyard.com/</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Twitter: https://twitter.com/victoriaaveyard</div><div style="text-align: justify;">goodreads: <span style="color: #999999; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">https://www.goodreads.com/victoria_aveyard</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-82441004567242341402021-01-30T17:30:00.003-08:002021-01-30T17:30:03.168-08:00Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard REVIEW<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyW8iUs_bPdyfoHMrVFLfejR9MuJ8kBsPGxlaGt5OEm76tj9WdY8yYrUo-ChC36TbznIznW40_hbOgpCqlMxIJXElnSAApWMKIGAabNS3Oss91dR8gbrFKQ1o5ikk1uhbo8VecOdnS/s475/red+queen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyW8iUs_bPdyfoHMrVFLfejR9MuJ8kBsPGxlaGt5OEm76tj9WdY8yYrUo-ChC36TbznIznW40_hbOgpCqlMxIJXElnSAApWMKIGAabNS3Oss91dR8gbrFKQ1o5ikk1uhbo8VecOdnS/w266-h400/red+queen.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />This is a world divided by blood—red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power. Fearful of Mare's potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime. But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance—Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWhqsC_PW0fHEqiM5kynxnbv2Y9Susdamk8T0Gjs9sXeacSzUq3ZsDT148Eh2ioQolJ0N2ReWXws-ETu34NxNy6dtDNHQN7x0gabHnGscU27i-6W703M-LDn8HvLD5AoqXhlYqhHi/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyWhqsC_PW0fHEqiM5kynxnbv2Y9Susdamk8T0Gjs9sXeacSzUq3ZsDT148Eh2ioQolJ0N2ReWXws-ETu34NxNy6dtDNHQN7x0gabHnGscU27i-6W703M-LDn8HvLD5AoqXhlYqhHi/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm glad I finally picked this book up.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Red Queen is perfect mix between Dystopian and fantasy. It feels like a post apocalyptic world, with the red villages and factories and places so destroyed that couldn't possibly sustain life and on the other hand you have the palaces and court it reminds me a bit of the hunger games districts.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Mare it's a naive and not so bright girl from a red village who passes her days pickpocketing to provide for her family until she targets the wrong person and her whole world changes suddenly she's trapped in a game she doesn't now the rules of and her life depends on her wining.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The world building is fantastic, without being overly descriptive I could visualize everything from the Stilts to the palace it played like a movie in my mind.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The characters are amazing and perfectly crafted, so much that I got lost for a bit and couldn't detect friend from foe.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">There's romance, intrigue, deception, action, magic. You name it this book has it.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Cal and Maven are amazing, the first has the power but the second is all brains. This Brothers couldn't be more different if they tried.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a great start of a series I'll be reading on the next few days, I can't wait to see what happens after that ending. It was shocking and brilliant. I just found another author to stalk and I'm so happy about it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCGpnQfQL1eX819NvXlhmri_MQjixd_dqAZtEthV59281U7jyBIKD2zJdIL-DpO3b98Ny7YBxiKnWvp3yhoNDVj3zBDwclJcS2qAt9XLefKLX1CkLUSFoBsUdtKQu_h9ddzr3Bs5H/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCGpnQfQL1eX819NvXlhmri_MQjixd_dqAZtEthV59281U7jyBIKD2zJdIL-DpO3b98Ny7YBxiKnWvp3yhoNDVj3zBDwclJcS2qAt9XLefKLX1CkLUSFoBsUdtKQu_h9ddzr3Bs5H/s320/5stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwhYQBm58Xm8AoR_3sHA1kUpyhdaRyajjf2PXTeRKgRqIjZN5bjqFOFMsnBlC8Dwxo2gVzV3wKAIW-LNVhAGXHGa6pbFO5A4ZaiK9T0o4CpbkjQ8Q4JA8Cn1WdGehpXmvKs1hpRYJ/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwhYQBm58Xm8AoR_3sHA1kUpyhdaRyajjf2PXTeRKgRqIjZN5bjqFOFMsnBlC8Dwxo2gVzV3wKAIW-LNVhAGXHGa6pbFO5A4ZaiK9T0o4CpbkjQ8Q4JA8Cn1WdGehpXmvKs1hpRYJ/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVxX-y8MFp9KZzcPxOr7F8PmoBHbRZ01WwFAWKPPk8Wd3SxS5_ECc1_HJiIsOOqN5kQjbw64efLwRsecex3SA-NyQS3KNPXod6mF4dy_AsutSJRJKKGnCoN1TbMpAIQ55lB2aYads/s230/victoria+aveyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVxX-y8MFp9KZzcPxOr7F8PmoBHbRZ01WwFAWKPPk8Wd3SxS5_ECc1_HJiIsOOqN5kQjbw64efLwRsecex3SA-NyQS3KNPXod6mF4dy_AsutSJRJKKGnCoN1TbMpAIQ55lB2aYads/s0/victoria+aveyard.jpg" /></a></div><br />Victoria Aveyard graduated from USC, where she majored in screenwriting. RED QUEEN is her first novel. She splits her time between Massachusetts and Los Angeles. You can visit her online at <b><u>www.victoriaaveyard.com.</u></b></span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span><p></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-57813387651752044542021-01-30T09:44:00.025-08:002021-01-30T09:44:01.678-08:00The Glass Queen by Gena Showalter REVIEW<p><b style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFImmpNiXBQjQ_S7go12klp6iuZC9y_hhDDcKCBuEn_GJ7fbm44gBo1HwWEjuu8btjnlvxNexpf6AWToYQXpBkeg1mLfhH-QErh-ZCGXY81CsayfReEDf2xxDVPX5_8Eyh3UlLFM7K/s475/glass+queen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFImmpNiXBQjQ_S7go12klp6iuZC9y_hhDDcKCBuEn_GJ7fbm44gBo1HwWEjuu8btjnlvxNexpf6AWToYQXpBkeg1mLfhH-QErh-ZCGXY81CsayfReEDf2xxDVPX5_8Eyh3UlLFM7K/w264-h400/glass+queen.jpg" width="264" /></a></b></div><b style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">D</span>are to enter the Forest of Good and Evil, where strength is weakness and weakness is strength. Don’t miss book two of <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Gena Showalter’s magical, romantic and fascinating fairy-tale series, in which the fairy tales we know and love are prophecies of the future…</b></div></b><p></p><span id="freeText8229061792734508472" style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>Pitied.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sickly.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Unfit to rule.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Princess Ashleigh Charmaine is known as the Glass Princess, fragile enough to shatter with a whisper of wind. Born with a weak heart, she dreams of being treated like anyone else. Unlike her headstrong sisters, she received no magical ability at birth and lives every day expecting to die. Until an oracle announces that Ashleigh is fated to play the part of Cinderella, wed a handsome royal and save the Kingdom of Sevon from the evil king and queen who once ruled the land.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">As war rages, Ashleigh begins to doubt her role in the fairy-tale prophecy. Animals despise her, she can’t carry a merry tune and she has zero social graces. Worse, the king she’s supposed to enchant is the newly crowned sovereign of the winged warriors known as the Avian…and he despises her, too.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span id="freeText8229061792734508472">When Ashleigh develops a terrifying magical ability to commune with dragons and create fire from air—a power she cannot control—she must work with King Saxon to save their kingdoms and their lives. By the stroke of midnight, she must warm his icy heart…or forever break her own. Will Ashleigh ever become the queen she’s prophesied to be…or will she lose everything she’s come to love?</span> </div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUnzSGy8xKXdpixqW864IIUYmOY0vVN98wTUIJkf8c7IyKcRqMdk_d0U4CHzsoq9oh7IZ0MZdk42a6SPSGZSsxtLH-MJ8s5CvSCh6yCKenmpNVCXfU6AxHjcZDZzDtoEnU8UfuuR3/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUnzSGy8xKXdpixqW864IIUYmOY0vVN98wTUIJkf8c7IyKcRqMdk_d0U4CHzsoq9oh7IZ0MZdk42a6SPSGZSsxtLH-MJ8s5CvSCh6yCKenmpNVCXfU6AxHjcZDZzDtoEnU8UfuuR3/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">A retelling of Cinderella with a twist.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I really loved the Glass Queen, I had a lot of fun trying to figure out who was who.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Ashleigh is an amazing character, she's a good doer with a backbone of steel. She knows what she wants out of life and is not afraid to fight for it and at the same time she's sweet and caring. She's never had someone to love her other than her mother but she doesn't let her circumstances pull her down.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Saxon is a dark night in shinny armor, he's fierce handsome and can easily take down an opponent with just a rage filled look. He hated Asha as soon as he saw her and is willing to do whatever it takes to save his kindom from a tragic ending.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I really enjoyed this book, I had a deeper insight on the characters that confused me and I was finally able to look at the bigger picture.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I loved that I got to see some of my favorite characters from the evil queen and that even though it wasn't their story they played an important part.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm hoping the next book is about Dior and Vikander. I really liked her and I'm hoping to see her grow out of her shell and become as fierce as Ashleigh.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The retelling wasn't as straightforward as the fairy tale, every character has the potential to be anyone, so it was fun to figure out each role.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Sax and Asha as a couple are great I really enjoy the enemies to lovers trope and this was very nicely done. And their "babies" are the cutest things. I can't wait for the next book.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The witch and the Oracle are the weirdest characters ever I still don't know if I like them or not but I'm starting to understand them better. They are pretty interesting, I'll give them that LOL.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm falling in love with this series and I'm dying for more.</div></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLd0Edg58Lv9bUl8OdnWJJ06kEi3xl2yuSU8Nc2ZS49LQXuSMRsifG3oUF2i8MMJ77pyHzE2YxFJb1ZLYX7lpA4AJMFPfEMRehpLU3xPEHedfN1IUVMoA_pqdqU1SuuYyQqSjbfXRz/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLd0Edg58Lv9bUl8OdnWJJ06kEi3xl2yuSU8Nc2ZS49LQXuSMRsifG3oUF2i8MMJ77pyHzE2YxFJb1ZLYX7lpA4AJMFPfEMRehpLU3xPEHedfN1IUVMoA_pqdqU1SuuYyQqSjbfXRz/s320/5stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnLDmPy_5f1Q3Lb9tX4HGAJGqQiH1tnpooxhEEduAAPsbQmFDuWqhaXArSyHONzrVLA4lCv8t_Q8vN2q2weBAOLgMwaGhHCUdv_fyyFVZ9ZTBadTsaS6tjFFgkowezt-4PBqK9RLS/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcnLDmPy_5f1Q3Lb9tX4HGAJGqQiH1tnpooxhEEduAAPsbQmFDuWqhaXArSyHONzrVLA4lCv8t_Q8vN2q2weBAOLgMwaGhHCUdv_fyyFVZ9ZTBadTsaS6tjFFgkowezt-4PBqK9RLS/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHwDTtMOEdsnj8_7dcQ1EcLIPwb2i9-Y5StHGibzkRIFbFZd3R_AkOE5C20Iges-HsdZ4rVzsmxn2GoqjdNMHzIGbNrafq795zOZErUL8vPgP6BUXuptSGZ_5aavpBRCZoWVzF4rO/s230/gena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTHwDTtMOEdsnj8_7dcQ1EcLIPwb2i9-Y5StHGibzkRIFbFZd3R_AkOE5C20Iges-HsdZ4rVzsmxn2GoqjdNMHzIGbNrafq795zOZErUL8vPgP6BUXuptSGZ_5aavpBRCZoWVzF4rO/s0/gena.jpg" /></a></div><br />Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of multiple "unputdownable" series in paranormal, contemporary, and young adult romance. Learn more about Gena, her menagerie of rescue dogs, and all her upcoming books at genashowalter.com</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-79548297290574554692021-01-29T12:00:00.020-08:002021-01-29T12:00:06.252-08:00The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter REVIEW<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HA-dXmEoSKaROfUU819BJwTaAi8cpbSqsZEwu9adGveV64lzvgiCzzGB8ArnQJcM96hyphenhyphenGKtqxON9-Cj4OttAtJ0x-7j-MoOQwWN6KlhpU7RDmmmS7RCQLVY2KujburrHPwpIqEtH/s2048/the+evil+queen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4HA-dXmEoSKaROfUU819BJwTaAi8cpbSqsZEwu9adGveV64lzvgiCzzGB8ArnQJcM96hyphenhyphenGKtqxON9-Cj4OttAtJ0x-7j-MoOQwWN6KlhpU7RDmmmS7RCQLVY2KujburrHPwpIqEtH/s320/the+evil+queen.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">WELCOME TO THE FOREST OF GOOD AND EVIL.</b></div><p></p><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A DREAM COME TRUE…AND A LIVING NIGHTMARE.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Far, far away, in the realm of Enchantia, creatures of legend still exist, magic is the norm and fairy tales are real. Except, fairy tales aren’t based on myths and legends of the past—they are prophecies of the future.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Raised in the mortal realm, Everly Morrow has no idea she’s a real-life fairy-tale princess—until she manifests an ability to commune with mirrors.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Look. See… What will one peek hurt?</i></div></i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Soon, a horrifying truth is revealed. She is fated to be Snow White’s greatest enemy, the Evil Queen.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">With powers beyond her imagination or control, Everly returns to the land of her birth. There, she meets Roth Charmaine, the supposed Prince Charming. Their attraction is undeniable, but their relationship is doomed. As the prophecy unfolds, Everly faces one betrayal after another, and giving in to her dark side proves more tempting every day. Can she resist, or will she become the queen—and villain—she was born to be?</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;">The battle between good and evil is on.</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXZLogXqNkt4KTXB0Sm6sfxR-vC8AsNSH_ozSbaKNJBeauFA6il3Ol6RhY3TyIv0Mp6iZe2wxVVh7NEW7XkYq3-8l68L55DteUrKyBrEbj8DF0NyUSWOiCt8S8PEovlqCqmiZScxm/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXZLogXqNkt4KTXB0Sm6sfxR-vC8AsNSH_ozSbaKNJBeauFA6il3Ol6RhY3TyIv0Mp6iZe2wxVVh7NEW7XkYq3-8l68L55DteUrKyBrEbj8DF0NyUSWOiCt8S8PEovlqCqmiZScxm/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">A great retelling of Snow White, the Evil Queen gives us a different view of our favorite characters.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">First I have to say this is an instalove book, but be mindful that EQ is based on a fairy tale, so insta love it's a most.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The characters are great I really enjoyed Everly's voice. like everyone in real life her choices set the path to her future and like everyone she gets things right and wrong but she tries to do her best in every situation.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I felt sorry for her more times than not, yes she did bad things but it was always prompted by the actions of the other key players in the book. She tried her hardest to be good but betrayal and hurt tend to obscure her decisions.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Roth is the epitome of a fairy tale prince and at the same time he's everything a prince should not be. He's loyal to his core and handsome as sin but he's also judgmental and a hypocrite.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This books is exactly why I always side with the villain, it's why Maleficent and the Evil Queen are one of my fav. Characters ever. They wouldn't be "evil" if the people around them haven't shattered their trust and their hearts. They are the ones to blame, after all how can you be evil when you are fighting for your life and those you hold dear?</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">EQ is a unobstructed view of human nature, we all have the potential to do great things but we also have the ability to be despicable.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I really enjoyed it, the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because I got lost a couple of times, some characters didn't make sense to me, like there was no motivation behind them. Maybe is something that will be addressed in next books. Which I'll be reading for sure.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">All in all The Evil Queen is a nice new look on one of my fav. villains and I enjoyed it deeply.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmzlA2AglFQs8cQAC3bUsOhpkFYeyEbuR_OziOOco8NvOJM43lt1R9_z3-zZ-1sABzqdtw5_ImdQ6l3RF1-ux-OsffhUN9SjKKJHShARa4UTxSiFdwjNF9v-1rh8Qe4liz771HIy3/s467/4stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmzlA2AglFQs8cQAC3bUsOhpkFYeyEbuR_OziOOco8NvOJM43lt1R9_z3-zZ-1sABzqdtw5_ImdQ6l3RF1-ux-OsffhUN9SjKKJHShARa4UTxSiFdwjNF9v-1rh8Qe4liz771HIy3/s320/4stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_884cUVB-MwuO3SCpofFW9VGIWxD-jVeevXM583iWe7MShn95cLPNp2FRc_bQ5jolyN4aGa1aKFDhzwWNqBQyFCTExmXcUdTZ9c3wKbbwzc6Te4MoIobuEVu3p5YxhT5SiKvUG_Ns/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_884cUVB-MwuO3SCpofFW9VGIWxD-jVeevXM583iWe7MShn95cLPNp2FRc_bQ5jolyN4aGa1aKFDhzwWNqBQyFCTExmXcUdTZ9c3wKbbwzc6Te4MoIobuEVu3p5YxhT5SiKvUG_Ns/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oOJ7FcDaEsGIRxyrdLzF_X_sgiPJw6tNEsQMaB-jrBJpBtfWtqMqWbi0k1csN9Zozr3_CTNwT6jFPfz-ziwlSZYdi031nshQ0eeFCp_kgvmXEudfYh8cqQXD_i0Z_1xD0b6a4MaA/s230/gena.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4oOJ7FcDaEsGIRxyrdLzF_X_sgiPJw6tNEsQMaB-jrBJpBtfWtqMqWbi0k1csN9Zozr3_CTNwT6jFPfz-ziwlSZYdi031nshQ0eeFCp_kgvmXEudfYh8cqQXD_i0Z_1xD0b6a4MaA/s0/gena.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of multiple "unputdownable" series in paranormal, contemporary, and young adult romance. Learn more about Gena, her menagerie of rescue dogs, and all her upcoming books at genashowalter.com</div></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><br /><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-50294003594637617012021-01-29T08:00:00.027-08:002021-01-29T08:00:03.931-08:00Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff REVIEW<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4pkazAbAhc8KfoDiMe4L114FViQblzoRhDWdZaGKe6TFYNEor8s_-AiOQVXF0TX_uRliNwQjI3zvmbOU8t6_zxS-jscozCJmkk2NdmwY2bSxxUYaZxImJEj2xdYnxVRiTdrvg9Bb/s475/obsidio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4pkazAbAhc8KfoDiMe4L114FViQblzoRhDWdZaGKe6TFYNEor8s_-AiOQVXF0TX_uRliNwQjI3zvmbOU8t6_zxS-jscozCJmkk2NdmwY2bSxxUYaZxImJEj2xdYnxVRiTdrvg9Bb/s320/obsidio.jpg" /></a></div><br />Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza--but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys--an old flame from Asha's past--reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heros will fall, and hearts will be broken.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>From bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff comes the exciting finale in the trilogy that broke the mold and has been called "stylistically mesmerizing" and "out-of-this-world-awesome."</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqkDr0MkVZOqpkk-7rKZBGMhyL65sGFxL8D2_YPepfeeGf0gbH3psDlI_voZr8N6kRe1P3W13qaEzNV6lX3H7KUyQydAAfLf3uYf_nhh_OE-RyIjeF8X3YuMYxsdSOLYvmOh84N_Z/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqkDr0MkVZOqpkk-7rKZBGMhyL65sGFxL8D2_YPepfeeGf0gbH3psDlI_voZr8N6kRe1P3W13qaEzNV6lX3H7KUyQydAAfLf3uYf_nhh_OE-RyIjeF8X3YuMYxsdSOLYvmOh84N_Z/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Absolutely brilliant is what this series is. I loved it. It's easily one of the best series I've read ever.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">In Obsidio we get to tag along our favorite ragtag team as they embark in a win all or lose all mission. The fate of thousands rest on the hands of a bunch of teens who have balls of steel. Every second counts and every decision has consequences.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">This book gave me everything I was hoping for and then some. I cried, laughed and got so angry I almost tossed it across the room.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">I loved how everything was wrapped up. The goodbyes, the encounters. The battles. The growth of the characters. Everything was on point.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">I won't spoil it for you but I'll say this, some goodbyes were hard. Some hellos were anticlimactic but every page was magic.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">The world building even on the last book was magnificent. The character development all the different interactions on point.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">My fav. Character and please don't burn me on the stake for it;was Aidan. Even though everyone hated everything he did, he did it for the greater good. If it wasn't for him no one would have survived. He was the one that saved all the MCs. We wouldn't have this amazing journey if it wasn't for him.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">I can see this series becoming a movie or a series and it would be awesome.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlnk986EjT91Dud9WmPYrnIyZfI03evGz9VyyBQH0YnGcUXurkyXDZCCmRA466DiL_xgF40v4y6U5mi9gQ8o4SiDWKkySu4G5YfqTULHnRXofPDuyEbQOyPblX93vWETuzx443BSg/s467/5starsplus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlnk986EjT91Dud9WmPYrnIyZfI03evGz9VyyBQH0YnGcUXurkyXDZCCmRA466DiL_xgF40v4y6U5mi9gQ8o4SiDWKkySu4G5YfqTULHnRXofPDuyEbQOyPblX93vWETuzx443BSg/s320/5starsplus.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbWb5_mmk67v0khQcd3H8pe3FM_fQLDHuMnnLJVVUCrp-1Q9bqAJK4jNjC9Ifcx4I3J966CMFHiRpf1Cdwt0kYxugnM38DvT1vulnFmUHTV4NHLzExnlUxcpfi3d4lw4cXBRtLqJ7/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbWb5_mmk67v0khQcd3H8pe3FM_fQLDHuMnnLJVVUCrp-1Q9bqAJK4jNjC9Ifcx4I3J966CMFHiRpf1Cdwt0kYxugnM38DvT1vulnFmUHTV4NHLzExnlUxcpfi3d4lw4cXBRtLqJ7/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IRWXSwm1x75AluZ3cqKcpCzuuJzzu0It302nwemPoBsjnk_lllbZu6rWz2aNJddCJUkhAovnbLGgYfzpTq3fMrQgWDGRDeB_A_64U8ErsjcCdSP7ILZw1ZDZFmKWDjE8lRg9n3j8/s230/amie+kaufman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IRWXSwm1x75AluZ3cqKcpCzuuJzzu0It302nwemPoBsjnk_lllbZu6rWz2aNJddCJUkhAovnbLGgYfzpTq3fMrQgWDGRDeB_A_64U8ErsjcCdSP7ILZw1ZDZFmKWDjE8lRg9n3j8/s0/amie+kaufman.jpg" /></a></div><br />Amie Kaufman</span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"> is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of young adult and middle grade fiction including the Illuminae Files, the Starbound trilogy, the Aurora Cycle and the Other Side of the Sky duology. Her multi-award winning work is slated for publication in over 30 countries, and has been described as "a game-changer" (Shelf Awareness), "stylistically mesmerising" (Publishers Weekly) and "out-of-this-world awesome" (Kirkus). Raised in Australia and occasionally Ireland, Amie has degrees in history, literature, law and conflict resolution, and is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing. She lives in Melbourne with her husband, daughter and rescue dog, and an extremely large personal library.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;">To learn about her latest releases or be notified about events and signings in your area, you can sign up for her newsletter at www.amiekaufman.com.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;">Instagram: @amiekaufmanauthor</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;">Facebook: @amiekaufmanauthor</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;" /><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;">Twitter: @amiekaufman</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDMy5pdhgj6nSsxDi7FyjRyI1UfVT9WZ2fxoWE7d0hj-iSe2Ea6XWVwYu3LTJuH31y2XBXEsHQZCsOPWtCsTVI2nfzxnYzlwpMJqBSaBX-l2B6to8KSQI6B3yEGYizCzIMOYbCnv8/s266/jay+kristoff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDMy5pdhgj6nSsxDi7FyjRyI1UfVT9WZ2fxoWE7d0hj-iSe2Ea6XWVwYu3LTJuH31y2XBXEsHQZCsOPWtCsTVI2nfzxnYzlwpMJqBSaBX-l2B6to8KSQI6B3yEGYizCzIMOYbCnv8/s0/jay+kristoff.jpg" /></a></div><br />Jay Kristoff</span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"> is a #1 international, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of fantasy and science fiction. He is the winner of eight Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, has over half a million books in print and is published in over thirty five countries, most of which he has never visited. He is as surprised about all of this as you are. He is 6’7 and has approximately 12,000 days to live.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">He does not believe in happy endings.</span></div></strong><p></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-70166132097427734962021-01-28T15:30:00.005-08:002021-01-28T15:30:04.567-08:00Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff REVIEW<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsEfozUPFJM-9yK4xZJMfdVSkdkqv6gIee9a2LuhmXr2SwfJM7w38OpG4DfQRHnwxqIMLuWHYXgd4CZLclpa14Mu12-wYhObPkpXIGg_cMDkZxI6UJYD9NeUYlUyK_49Mom90UDDY/s475/gemina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="315" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsEfozUPFJM-9yK4xZJMfdVSkdkqv6gIee9a2LuhmXr2SwfJM7w38OpG4DfQRHnwxqIMLuWHYXgd4CZLclpa14Mu12-wYhObPkpXIGg_cMDkZxI6UJYD9NeUYlUyK_49Mom90UDDY/s320/gemina.jpg" /></a></div><br />Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.<p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller <i>Illuminae</i> continues on board the Jump Station <i>Heimdall</i>, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the <i>Hypatia</i> are headed right toward <i>Heimdall</i>, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station’s wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the <i>Hypatia</i>—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;">But relax. They’ve totally got this. They hope.</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPhMzMcX9pPbeegWt1-qMVa5PZ1JK6iZOqBzpTkcEsBzOeO2LCHeiH3m_6rne6IYGq_JnukgWStUKmh8Y6ITwSGce1oJKh_wSaOD7GoLLc1z08EU3NYm79IjBUsNkyepzkQ-dytyc/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbPhMzMcX9pPbeegWt1-qMVa5PZ1JK6iZOqBzpTkcEsBzOeO2LCHeiH3m_6rne6IYGq_JnukgWStUKmh8Y6ITwSGce1oJKh_wSaOD7GoLLc1z08EU3NYm79IjBUsNkyepzkQ-dytyc/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I'm obsessed with this series, the format, the characters everything. I'm in love with it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Hanna and Nik are awesome, they are real. It truly feels like I'm reading reports on actual living people.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The way they think and react to everything that's going on and to the things they have to do to survive rings true. Its human nature at its finest.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I was rendered speechless more times than I can count and I truly thought this time around they weren't gonna make it.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I cried more times than I can count. The train scene "you know what I'm talking about" broke me.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The way the story is told makes it easier to dive into it and difficult for the reader to predict the outcome of any given situation. It's amazing.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">All the characters become and integral part of the story every little detail was planned perfectly.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Gemina is truly a work of art. If this where to become a movie it would be right up there with star wars and star trek. Its marvelous.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBpUvNao-zL-Phygy1tuxOQZw-edi_2SyXh3Eyp76jNSbrpjgPJHsyJgfWJHIBLqibtHMnDMX8-eeQfDktyD4WkRWWQa-LhbTdjENlyHDeSPKec1w2z4cUbdxGmAxgfmYoqXy-G_X/s467/5starsplus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBpUvNao-zL-Phygy1tuxOQZw-edi_2SyXh3Eyp76jNSbrpjgPJHsyJgfWJHIBLqibtHMnDMX8-eeQfDktyD4WkRWWQa-LhbTdjENlyHDeSPKec1w2z4cUbdxGmAxgfmYoqXy-G_X/s320/5starsplus.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DPxtKjY1mruLnuJKcTfOR7PBVvpyzIFvCve-VlBTr3TZJMrczZqovaiFovCbLKyy6kJunrukuaUNSgTu7fmy8mqbtunVah26mrSR7ylc6wa_HbQy8p942LkEnS0v0AX9A5pg-yCp/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DPxtKjY1mruLnuJKcTfOR7PBVvpyzIFvCve-VlBTr3TZJMrczZqovaiFovCbLKyy6kJunrukuaUNSgTu7fmy8mqbtunVah26mrSR7ylc6wa_HbQy8p942LkEnS0v0AX9A5pg-yCp/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GjjitZrPADovOd7kPdxGLh0iXDXIhhehQ1-XYwcdnzmrIM3WWQ0dBX-eTcpSkoXDfJV9B7il0EP3d9m8w93x3NA-PyZ6CGPQ81V7nYD9qBWJOybG6-mQVEPU-2U1LZ5eBKxbfUWt/s230/amie+kaufman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GjjitZrPADovOd7kPdxGLh0iXDXIhhehQ1-XYwcdnzmrIM3WWQ0dBX-eTcpSkoXDfJV9B7il0EP3d9m8w93x3NA-PyZ6CGPQ81V7nYD9qBWJOybG6-mQVEPU-2U1LZ5eBKxbfUWt/s0/amie+kaufman.jpg" /></a></div><br />Amie Kaufman is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of young adult and middle grade fiction including the Illuminae Files, the Starbound trilogy, the Aurora Cycle and the Other Side of the Sky duology. Her multi-award winning work is slated for publication in over 30 countries, and has been described as "a game-changer" (Shelf Awareness), "stylistically mesmerising" (Publishers Weekly) and "out-of-this-world awesome" (Kirkus). Raised in Australia and occasionally Ireland, Amie has degrees in history, literature, law and conflict resolution, and is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing. She lives in Melbourne with her husband, daughter and rescue dog, and an extremely large personal library.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">To learn about her latest releases or be notified about events and signings in your area, you can sign up for her newsletter at www.amiekaufman.com.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Instagram: @amiekaufmanauthor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7FTZg22TI9xhGbzm2xUCey4v96-Uexc2TPRctK7CpMVdH7I8deLL4A_lmlcxQw0VNgSKnqXcop38kvyscgqSEy_lg165g4QCiiLdaT6y3R7mmqpanYLkbygwBzssizYj_oamGCQf/s266/jay+kristoff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw7FTZg22TI9xhGbzm2xUCey4v96-Uexc2TPRctK7CpMVdH7I8deLL4A_lmlcxQw0VNgSKnqXcop38kvyscgqSEy_lg165g4QCiiLdaT6y3R7mmqpanYLkbygwBzssizYj_oamGCQf/s0/jay+kristoff.jpg" /></a></div></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Facebook: @amiekaufmanauthor</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Twitter: @amiekaufman</div></span><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Jay Kristoff is the #1 international, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of THE<br /> NEVERNIGHT CHRONICLE, THE ILLUMINAE FILES and the forthcoming EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE trilogy. He is the winner of eight Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, has over half a million books in print and is published in over thirty five countries, most of which he has never visited. He is as surprised about all of this as you are. He is 6'7 and has approximately 12,000 days to live.</span></div></span>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-68598935409745189472021-01-28T11:00:00.000-08:002021-01-28T11:00:02.190-08:00Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff REVIEW<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOz5qzsbytaC6SdhESm7zOZlqBQXGHzIdzQGbgoioFH-JK-2RF7MzdttkE3JsPJjGy2SvhE0rL8w2Y_4-yIGVc_OcANFr2kh9P1ehrYI1rM-3BfH-DLPZpjWUpyQ8vVX3w26LJU07_/s475/illuminae.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOz5qzsbytaC6SdhESm7zOZlqBQXGHzIdzQGbgoioFH-JK-2RF7MzdttkE3JsPJjGy2SvhE0rL8w2Y_4-yIGVc_OcANFr2kh9P1ehrYI1rM-3BfH-DLPZpjWUpyQ8vVX3w26LJU07_/s320/illuminae.jpg" /></a></div><br />This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.<p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than a speck at the edge of the universe. Now with enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra — who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to evacuate with a hostile warship in hot pursuit.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">But their problems are just getting started. A plague has broken out and is mutating with terrifying results; the fleet’s AI may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a web of data to find the truth, it’s clear the only person who can help her is the ex-boyfriend she swore she’d never speak to again.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;">Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents — including emails, maps, files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more — <i>Illuminae</i> is the first book in a heart-stopping trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsIQgnwM7RojXjn3bz1F5CNUrjsQz-oYd_tcBDo15sTqM0UBdszAl3NAB88LuECqBsW5z9ViRW8ntmHDSSI_foCGFHsunIdh-NhItdRvIZdfwLSQvmw86u4pWw7PhKOjfhFs9HuiO/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUsIQgnwM7RojXjn3bz1F5CNUrjsQz-oYd_tcBDo15sTqM0UBdszAl3NAB88LuECqBsW5z9ViRW8ntmHDSSI_foCGFHsunIdh-NhItdRvIZdfwLSQvmw86u4pWw7PhKOjfhFs9HuiO/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I wasn't expecting to like this book, in fact I was sure I was gonna hate it.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Don't get me wrong I love sci fi and the whole starwars meets star trek had me intrigued.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">But I've never read a book that wasn't in prose, so I was doubtful.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This book was a big surprise it managed to intrigued me from the get go. I didn't realized I was so emotional invested until I found myself trying to read every word on the graphics cause I needed to know everyone was ok and where they where.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Illuminae is the most unique book I've read ever, Its genius, the dossier format was sublime.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This book is action packed and fast paced, there's no breathing room other than those 7 minutes of bliss when Ez and Kady interact.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This book has it all, mass murder, a crazy villain, spaceships, a plague, hackers, blood and gore, shocking twists and that ending, I never imagined an ending like that.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I felt every emotion there is, I loved it, hated it, I got angry and quite excited about what was going on and after crying all my feelings out I loved it even more.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">There was no putting this book down, I read at work, at night at red lights. I couldn't stay away and I need the next book as desperately as I need my next breath.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Illuminae is a master piece that will be talked about for years and years to come.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This book is truly out of this world pun intended. It's a most read for any scifi fans out there.</span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJq2cbxWY-p7nj8QL8YKzRznBDaxV5oPagpQ-1HrAjkHHMuyhc28Hdbf6A9XxJ5TKReTxMW7ellhbKO8uhyrGZFLjeyLhyUwcxIxrlgiyjFIOl5199g5pF15EYxuM7jEVUE4Ysg5e/s467/5starsplus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbJq2cbxWY-p7nj8QL8YKzRznBDaxV5oPagpQ-1HrAjkHHMuyhc28Hdbf6A9XxJ5TKReTxMW7ellhbKO8uhyrGZFLjeyLhyUwcxIxrlgiyjFIOl5199g5pF15EYxuM7jEVUE4Ysg5e/s320/5starsplus.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcscng8EsBK5vmuF10igDzr1GSwuY0K1fBOPklDym8H3WmDULaTt7K2ANhWPuETHdgAlXUt8QKxbzmQEQOe3Lhb1jPCzMgr1h9Tnmg6IM2VFJRCzCD9lgGtvMC2iz0WaBAEMXTDhV0/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcscng8EsBK5vmuF10igDzr1GSwuY0K1fBOPklDym8H3WmDULaTt7K2ANhWPuETHdgAlXUt8QKxbzmQEQOe3Lhb1jPCzMgr1h9Tnmg6IM2VFJRCzCD9lgGtvMC2iz0WaBAEMXTDhV0/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkL2fBu4AvPH3YxgWb1w35X4qLjV4yJcjvKOsZIFcrXSTenPWAvTsvMoqA6VQao5WrVscZTyRdV-dRWFsQ9vfOibXiLl8mGOEFtqG_1M2W3EN94QyZq45DMgnAT506XXMDyjwZTDxS/s230/amie+kaufman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkL2fBu4AvPH3YxgWb1w35X4qLjV4yJcjvKOsZIFcrXSTenPWAvTsvMoqA6VQao5WrVscZTyRdV-dRWFsQ9vfOibXiLl8mGOEFtqG_1M2W3EN94QyZq45DMgnAT506XXMDyjwZTDxS/s0/amie+kaufman.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Amie Kaufman</b> is a New York Times and internationally bestselling author of young adult and middle grade fiction including the Illuminae Files, the Starbound trilogy, the Aurora Cycle and the Other Side of the Sky duology. Her multi-award winning work is slated for publication in over 30 countries, and has been described as "a game-changer" (Shelf Awareness), "stylistically mesmerising" (Publishers Weekly) and "out-of-this-world awesome" (Kirkus). Raised in Australia and occasionally Ireland, Amie has degrees in history, literature, law and conflict resolution, and is currently undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing. She lives in Melbourne with her husband, daughter and rescue dog, and an extremely large personal library.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">To learn about her latest releases or be notified about events and signings in your area, you can sign up for her newsletter at www.amiekaufman.com.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Instagram: @amiekaufmanauthor</div></span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Facebook: @amiekaufmanauthor</div></span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Twitter: @amiekaufman</div></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6xCO53X9QIfPpnDYlJR0sYsz5Uu1yT_nwIhbdS1Z-tt-k_o7KubPoVQ1CS_DxfzJu1qgU6xOIXS62Mk-x4c9S31VChb7pOGAjIoCKN-cSIMJp6VLlKFvDZ5ZuiEPGvb_Snp8hRER/s266/jay+kristoff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6xCO53X9QIfPpnDYlJR0sYsz5Uu1yT_nwIhbdS1Z-tt-k_o7KubPoVQ1CS_DxfzJu1qgU6xOIXS62Mk-x4c9S31VChb7pOGAjIoCKN-cSIMJp6VLlKFvDZ5ZuiEPGvb_Snp8hRER/s0/jay+kristoff.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><b>Jay Kristoff</b> is the #1 international, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of THE NEVERNIGHT CHRONICLE, THE ILLUMINAE FILES and the forthcoming EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE trilogy. He is the winner of eight Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, has over half a million books in print and is published in over thirty five countries, most of which he has never visited. He is as surprised about all of this as you are. He is 6'7 and has approximately 12,000 days to live.</span></div></span>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-84504116934061253762021-01-28T06:30:00.003-08:002021-01-28T06:30:02.980-08:00Finale by Stephanie Garber Review<p> <b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BY3ipxxXN-0JNxhwWfoi7Dzi5Iv62D8HhIDq9KQU3BTQsHQY5gBHm2lGehxpg-G6g1PS4NVBPC_ctEu8ZGGrYKXt7k6WNequpRT6t3Pnxf04sFMwxn3xmn3X8ogoxhhk5GPv7wiA/s475/finale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="312" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BY3ipxxXN-0JNxhwWfoi7Dzi5Iv62D8HhIDq9KQU3BTQsHQY5gBHm2lGehxpg-G6g1PS4NVBPC_ctEu8ZGGrYKXt7k6WNequpRT6t3Pnxf04sFMwxn3xmn3X8ogoxhhk5GPv7wiA/s320/finale.jpg" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><b>A love worth fighting for. A dream worth dying for. An ending worth waiting for.</b></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the boy she fell in love with doesn’t really exist.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">With lives, empires, and hearts hanging in the balance, Tella must decide if she’s going to trust Legend or a former enemy. After uncovering a secret that upends her life, Scarlett will need to do the impossible. And Legend has a choice to make that will forever change and define him.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Caraval is over, but perhaps the greatest game of all has begun. There are no spectators this time—only those who will win, and those who will lose everything.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Welcome, welcome to Finale. All games must come to an end…</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rFebZ6cMw4M8TAROauP3IxkxG7Wr1OY38Ux32YxJ2xr2Alon4uqLHcDUHjUvBTxiJPslWbhL6B-_AexEd_iuWfXrhAc5KXt4NZ8fJFL6NWdL4nVlXoIUsaBogHTqPwdXoebZlzxd/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rFebZ6cMw4M8TAROauP3IxkxG7Wr1OY38Ux32YxJ2xr2Alon4uqLHcDUHjUvBTxiJPslWbhL6B-_AexEd_iuWfXrhAc5KXt4NZ8fJFL6NWdL4nVlXoIUsaBogHTqPwdXoebZlzxd/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Now I can officially say that I understand the hype.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">This series was amazing. I was in love with the characters from book 1, all of them are unique.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Tella is my favorite, even above Legend. She lives and loves fiercely.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Legend is cool, sexy and magical but it was Tella who sold it for me.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">I read all the books back to back so I had no problems with all the pov changes. I was used to all their voices.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Julian and Scarlett are very cute and I liked their relationship. Scarlet isn't my fav. Character but together they are so sweet.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">I loved Jacks and I wish we knew what happened to him after everything. I also would have liked some info on the rest of Legend's crew.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">The pace was great, it wasn't rushed just the right amount of shock followed by enough info to hint at the things to come.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">I've found I enjoy books that can make picture everything, see the sights, smell the roses and this series does just that. I loved that even magic has a smell and you could tell which character was going to appear based on the description of the environment.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Finale was a perfect ending to an amazing series I wish it was longer I wouldn't mind one or two more books.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6nO0KD-T9O5o_9JcoCjwd7R3SO0CJpt52Xl6lw6COSocLnMAsj4nP_17Bv1TDiCwUb0gw4HcnzptyRUMJtsaRZKlO1QQ7mLR0cj9guCK_hslrd19cCrCWA90ky6J-sEDXd2uTzEc/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6nO0KD-T9O5o_9JcoCjwd7R3SO0CJpt52Xl6lw6COSocLnMAsj4nP_17Bv1TDiCwUb0gw4HcnzptyRUMJtsaRZKlO1QQ7mLR0cj9guCK_hslrd19cCrCWA90ky6J-sEDXd2uTzEc/s320/5stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFpwckPmAacJ4LOIAyqJkSce3GP1DO0b4gtctWCa7ovgBuKift32_z9ITRAtn2YN1z2EMqNgc3oZS3CTqtLaRaU3b3MXuQ9LUzhZiAV9MkBQifMtFSGP9qIdnCEpUJ0HTfg14tG7J/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFpwckPmAacJ4LOIAyqJkSce3GP1DO0b4gtctWCa7ovgBuKift32_z9ITRAtn2YN1z2EMqNgc3oZS3CTqtLaRaU3b3MXuQ9LUzhZiAV9MkBQifMtFSGP9qIdnCEpUJ0HTfg14tG7J/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzf8JRArDu3qXL6UFC1_FpcYNFCeQR-1BLaZOV5V7xPNtPrloXpXrxHFSWln0qWbHpGOCsXtOadJtrqNwPmLiNRv_NkSiPV4gbFsMpnh5u0IVLZafajld9_Zs78V6sqZ6jeplegHLy/s230/stephanie+garber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzf8JRArDu3qXL6UFC1_FpcYNFCeQR-1BLaZOV5V7xPNtPrloXpXrxHFSWln0qWbHpGOCsXtOadJtrqNwPmLiNRv_NkSiPV4gbFsMpnh5u0IVLZafajld9_Zs78V6sqZ6jeplegHLy/s0/stephanie+garber.jpg" /></a></div><br />Stephanie Garber is the #1 New York Times and International bestselling author of Caraval, Legendary, and Finale. When she's not writing, she can often be found on Instagram, where she loves connecting with readers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://stephaniegarberauthor.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #00635d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://stephaniegarberauthor.com</a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></b>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-44433237350463232882021-01-27T08:42:00.025-08:002021-01-27T08:42:01.271-08:00Legendary by Stephanie Garber Review<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMw3hgDTaLtru_Lpzl24W0nVhhHASDHkkAEisWrxa8lqyT2ZV-_94f5cX5zREvFk6eKKq6PM2HULykbRQYbzQ_hb9sFdIUK-p1DYEitElN3rdtkEeZYNonH8TwZXkhWnhx7VVRnMG/s475/legendary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMw3hgDTaLtru_Lpzl24W0nVhhHASDHkkAEisWrxa8lqyT2ZV-_94f5cX5zREvFk6eKKq6PM2HULykbRQYbzQ_hb9sFdIUK-p1DYEitElN3rdtkEeZYNonH8TwZXkhWnhx7VVRnMG/s320/legendary.jpg" /></a></div><br />A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister, Scarlett, from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free. She made a desperate bargain with a mysterious criminal, and what Tella owes him no one has ever been able to deliver: Caraval Master Legend’s true name.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The only chance of uncovering Legend’s identity is to win Caraval, so Tella throws herself into the legendary competition once more—and into the path of the murderous heir to the throne, a doomed love story, and a web of secrets…including her sister's. Caraval has always demanded bravery, cunning, and sacrifice, but now the game is asking for more. If Tella can’t fulfill her bargain and deliver Legend’s name, she’ll lose everything she cares about—maybe even her life. But if she wins, Legend and Caraval will be destroyed forever...</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b>Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . the games have only just begun.</b></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvV1kKM93YlzZs_KbqrahPcOwbqm69OVzzB-KrvNcox2nP6hyUBUQcZ0yuXHyF6W5BsDAt1gdaJFfWLSN6uXt9X8ViCarylYvHToQiI6Phb1uwr1zaNiVxGD2cE_4Wd7zC4l1A-Wt/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvV1kKM93YlzZs_KbqrahPcOwbqm69OVzzB-KrvNcox2nP6hyUBUQcZ0yuXHyF6W5BsDAt1gdaJFfWLSN6uXt9X8ViCarylYvHToQiI6Phb1uwr1zaNiVxGD2cE_4Wd7zC4l1A-Wt/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">This book was amazing way better than the first one. Tella is an amazing character, even though on the first installment she came across as childish and reckless, she´s super complex. Her actions are always fuelled by love. Yes she does reckless things but there’s a motivation and a goal she wants to achieve. I love her way more than I did her sister.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Dante is the dark night you didn’t know you needed until falls he upon you with those intense eyes, and cockiness. He´s hot and he knows it and flaunts it like there’s no tomorrow. He´s Dark and sexy but he’s also a mystery, one I wanted to unravel which is the reason I couldn’t out this book down.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This couple is so spicy that I often forgot how young they truly are.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The game this time around its quite different form last time, the stakes are higher than ever, the lines between truth and game aren´t standing anymore and it becomes quite entertaining to theorize on the outcome of the pieces on the board.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This book is full of surprises, some I saw coming a mile away others took me completely off guard. I really enjoyed the pace and the character development and being able to see a little about the last players and how they are doing after the last game. Yes, there’s some Scarlett and Julian on this one.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I can’t say more without spoiling so I’ll leave you with this.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">In Legendary no one is who you think, no one tells the truth and the only character that does isn’t the one you think it is. Everything is a clue but none of them work as you think they do</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAL5ScweGVnDA5m7KOE-seYNHw9pM9I_78VQF0yepBHbNGZ5STzhs7FDojrBEgyJU71Qyb_RRtMz1jlJAdaBn3EYfK89pEk5IG2-_hHVT-fwtrPgbpJ7fgJH2Eq4cCZtHV1DGXBPps/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAL5ScweGVnDA5m7KOE-seYNHw9pM9I_78VQF0yepBHbNGZ5STzhs7FDojrBEgyJU71Qyb_RRtMz1jlJAdaBn3EYfK89pEk5IG2-_hHVT-fwtrPgbpJ7fgJH2Eq4cCZtHV1DGXBPps/s320/5stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzZ1Ei_0FyMhOyzkyswq2GJVC1dGPJUue1bEIyLzgUHPAbwBlsHJLXsWY6zVy11v8NdyPGeQeDFafWmbHMWUeMJr6VXp-PqWDXy4HsntQUnqqDQkvLDM7xJ2LP12bC0M7AIhmjyxa/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzZ1Ei_0FyMhOyzkyswq2GJVC1dGPJUue1bEIyLzgUHPAbwBlsHJLXsWY6zVy11v8NdyPGeQeDFafWmbHMWUeMJr6VXp-PqWDXy4HsntQUnqqDQkvLDM7xJ2LP12bC0M7AIhmjyxa/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoV9nxYgm2pt0AvRuSh10V3KZjuQ5vNWJeM5mS8vwBhan_vRsuEIk-1kwg41hUQQ1tNkmjib8rrOIhf5YaRHZT0-RGjlxUxncqd5SqYr0Qfkr6kbkbzZLvZ6AWimHSqvTjX8csHgK/s230/stephanie+garber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoV9nxYgm2pt0AvRuSh10V3KZjuQ5vNWJeM5mS8vwBhan_vRsuEIk-1kwg41hUQQ1tNkmjib8rrOIhf5YaRHZT0-RGjlxUxncqd5SqYr0Qfkr6kbkbzZLvZ6AWimHSqvTjX8csHgK/s0/stephanie+garber.jpg" /></a></div><br />Stephanie Garber is the #1 New York Times and International bestselling author of Caraval, Legendary, and Finale. When she's not writing, she can often be found on Instagram, where she loves connecting with readers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://stephaniegarberauthor.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #00635d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://stephaniegarberauthor.com</a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div></span><p></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-21473254221091132302021-01-26T11:00:00.002-08:002021-01-26T11:00:09.479-08:00Caraval By Stephanie Garber Review<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR7KZwG8OGtSQN10fLEQ53ZUfDt5_f8CHazo5ct5LpVffIMwyGYOS7dvKevMJTezvN-uWrilGMI0YVcUaehPa3C-T0RiJ_KveRYZS0isI7JWFrRD9cvdUZinVPVzBQAV8vELuLKlG/s475/caraval.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR7KZwG8OGtSQN10fLEQ53ZUfDt5_f8CHazo5ct5LpVffIMwyGYOS7dvKevMJTezvN-uWrilGMI0YVcUaehPa3C-T0RiJ_KveRYZS0isI7JWFrRD9cvdUZinVPVzBQAV8vELuLKlG/s320/caraval.jpg" /></a></div><br />Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. Nevertheless she becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic.</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFlZETyBwKNR-EcyA5nlUgCPXdkyUrPU2vOQlgK3pBzxHn_wxD9klmtVkcFteCltKjRQdpC4qZSOSrfgBLmVf7UWEJk4HReUnxuhU06mIhMdnpdgojnSQNydaj105PIrXtkL9E44f/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFlZETyBwKNR-EcyA5nlUgCPXdkyUrPU2vOQlgK3pBzxHn_wxD9klmtVkcFteCltKjRQdpC4qZSOSrfgBLmVf7UWEJk4HReUnxuhU06mIhMdnpdgojnSQNydaj105PIrXtkL9E44f/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I need to admit I was blindsided by several things that happened in this book. That ending left me scratching my head wondering what the hell just happened?</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">That being said I loved this book.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Scarlet was a very likable character, her love for her sister and her desperation to keep her safe pushed her to leave her comfort zone and discover more about herself.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Julian is a great character there where times I was so sure of who he was and what he wanted and I was wrong very very wrong.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Caraval in itself is another character, I loved how every little thing played a part of the story there was no unimportant detail from the stores to the colors of the carpets everything brings an unique twist to the events that unfold. Simply amazing.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Legend it's a complete unknown but remains the most important and interesting character of the book. I want to know what drives him, his motivation. I'm really intrigued.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I loved everything. It's different, interesting and unique. Its definitely worth the read.</span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GBh_cgReeS731xkaWsKF5rLx-VdkvIGzTnOcldAHlPYShKaC5uJ3xv2pbUJbxgw0Wj9rKY4w4YbaGEGQNTQGS0zJ6B9bchdbvPx-EgUUa5bLBaIXr7wEfLs2zoXX4kKDaD4FeZVs/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GBh_cgReeS731xkaWsKF5rLx-VdkvIGzTnOcldAHlPYShKaC5uJ3xv2pbUJbxgw0Wj9rKY4w4YbaGEGQNTQGS0zJ6B9bchdbvPx-EgUUa5bLBaIXr7wEfLs2zoXX4kKDaD4FeZVs/s320/5stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0oC3Wb-Kesr63mQNufMzhYUPwNh4Q-jMC7eGlPX_2qDMEP0Toa5hwqY9n7xaiWNp-NfxSAtpCuQjxx6Cudg2qj-3sP25Kf_pO9Np4bpuxuL_Fml2uDPjelbGD_28po2x9KChHaAY/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0oC3Wb-Kesr63mQNufMzhYUPwNh4Q-jMC7eGlPX_2qDMEP0Toa5hwqY9n7xaiWNp-NfxSAtpCuQjxx6Cudg2qj-3sP25Kf_pO9Np4bpuxuL_Fml2uDPjelbGD_28po2x9KChHaAY/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrloFGqwYz_t9L9tXw-up0cKK6LGAnEJd2dAA0gS78YM8lDkrvCsN1sMJ_9abQl8d5DAsP0oYj4MOB-YqmidCjxP5HgyuseBPh8TXZ4xZMy_v_GFfLXbyceX8Zpw8nfxfSKGEp1DiS/s230/stephanie+garber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrloFGqwYz_t9L9tXw-up0cKK6LGAnEJd2dAA0gS78YM8lDkrvCsN1sMJ_9abQl8d5DAsP0oYj4MOB-YqmidCjxP5HgyuseBPh8TXZ4xZMy_v_GFfLXbyceX8Zpw8nfxfSKGEp1DiS/s0/stephanie+garber.jpg" /></a></div><br />Stephanie Garber is the #1 New York Times and International bestselling author of Caraval, Legendary, and Finale. When she's not writing, she can often be found on Instagram, where she loves connecting with readers.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><a href="http://stephaniegarberauthor.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #00635d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://stephaniegarberauthor.com</a><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-62916631338527687742021-01-26T06:30:00.003-08:002021-02-19T09:35:47.108-08:00Marriage for One by Ella Maise Review<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUgByWP6XZgvGppYD0mI-Byc9tka2Z-UPspquuhX_q8a2fa_Zh28Ybp-93zD3dDE7BpSAlBphwFxiyatKl8ZLqLhjwLek2P6IdYJV-uOJnmROvWyYIK496-g-f06USXfVd4GO9ZBo/s466/marriage+fr+one.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUgByWP6XZgvGppYD0mI-Byc9tka2Z-UPspquuhX_q8a2fa_Zh28Ybp-93zD3dDE7BpSAlBphwFxiyatKl8ZLqLhjwLek2P6IdYJV-uOJnmROvWyYIK496-g-f06USXfVd4GO9ZBo/s320/marriage+fr+one.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Jack and I, we did everything backward. The day he lured me into his office-which was also the first day we met-he proposed. You'd think a guy who looked like him-a bit cold maybe, but still striking and very unattainable-would only ask the love of his life to marry him, right? You'd think he must be madly in love.</div><p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Nope. It was me he asked. A complete stranger who had never even heard of him. A stranger who had been dumped by her fiancé only weeks before. You'd think I'd laugh in his face, call him insane-and a few other names-then walk away as quickly as possible. Well…I did all those things except the walking away part.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">It took him only minutes to talk me into a business deal…erm, I mean marriage, and only days for us to officially tie the knot. Happiest day of my life. Magical. Pop the champagne… Not. It was the worst day. Jack Hawthorne was nothing like what I'd imagined for myself.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I blamed him for my lapse in judgment. I blamed his eyes, the ocean blue eyes that looked straight into mine unapologetically, and that frown on his face I had no idea I would become so fascinated with in time.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">It wasn't long after he said I was the biggest mistake of his life that things started to change. No, he still didn't talk much, but anyone can string a few words together. His actions spoke the loudest to me. And day after day my heart started to get a mind of its own.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">One second he was no one. The next he became everything.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">One second he was unattainable. The next he seemed to be completely mine.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;">One second I thought we were in love. The next it was still nothing but a lie.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;">After all, I was Rose and he was Jack. We were doomed from the very beginning with those names. Did you expect anything else<span style="font-size: 14px;">?</span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyvNqN0RKnDXK_dpZMvtjao1P6xdL47ipAzI_4tZZ2iqttyoFkIvRrr8sa4_e2IV2VktJFRjWtRUImcSEzUVoavOKvMTAJY03-mbTwU3Iy6xI-7sPKWcjGyRYqlMNYarHEdPknEiU/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyvNqN0RKnDXK_dpZMvtjao1P6xdL47ipAzI_4tZZ2iqttyoFkIvRrr8sa4_e2IV2VktJFRjWtRUImcSEzUVoavOKvMTAJY03-mbTwU3Iy6xI-7sPKWcjGyRYqlMNYarHEdPknEiU/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">I really wanted to like this book but I couldn't get into it no matter what.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">The pace of the book was good it's a very slow burn romance and the writing is pretty good. But the characters not so much.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">There's absolutely zero background for the male lead. other than I don't get along with my family we know next to nothing about him. He's got no personality, doesn't talk. I couldn't connect cause there was nothing to connect to.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">The MC is super annoying she's a chatterbox of randomness and passes a good chunk of the book practically begging for sex from a man she's never slept with in the first place.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626; text-align: left;">If you are looking for something to rock your socks out of your feet I wouldn't recommend this book, but if what you are looking for is an easy quick read you might like it.</span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWHF6kTsZl86xNlWvnvq3bMWRpT8gIsTR73u55tyzMY2ZnlT-xha4S_4Cf1xk2fFveY-CsYU5DmrNeIJjv51hpFT308-J4vgOwvLG2xvdnhUBHdOeLG-q-Yaggqu0Op-c8_adLMqW/s467/2stars.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOWHF6kTsZl86xNlWvnvq3bMWRpT8gIsTR73u55tyzMY2ZnlT-xha4S_4Cf1xk2fFveY-CsYU5DmrNeIJjv51hpFT308-J4vgOwvLG2xvdnhUBHdOeLG-q-Yaggqu0Op-c8_adLMqW/s320/2stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7dYxCy4i7dg1wQNuuYmlr8te-FSa-Z-Xd1ornbbjI5ao2UkVZvDZfm1LCz7m5vAVf2h1ZRQQwA4eizvheiFKAieH0fxQg2AdVpP0IOSRKb2Ou3PBM2V4EvkLdFoaA2mwuOkkCybH/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7dYxCy4i7dg1wQNuuYmlr8te-FSa-Z-Xd1ornbbjI5ao2UkVZvDZfm1LCz7m5vAVf2h1ZRQQwA4eizvheiFKAieH0fxQg2AdVpP0IOSRKb2Ou3PBM2V4EvkLdFoaA2mwuOkkCybH/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9Kd01joThpTIfCJw4ghGoviAOP6bUpbsbn6T1A5K7JLLy2Ow4kS-J_mFdS4zPUZD6ktCGWWML2ODjXAZN0KtW2FSOhv1yKmncGSwrwwExF2NylVSbg09ciRLUYioB1XTYqRf9X3a/s230/ella.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9Kd01joThpTIfCJw4ghGoviAOP6bUpbsbn6T1A5K7JLLy2Ow4kS-J_mFdS4zPUZD6ktCGWWML2ODjXAZN0KtW2FSOhv1yKmncGSwrwwExF2NylVSbg09ciRLUYioB1XTYqRf9X3a/s0/ella.jpg" /></a></div><br />Ella Maise is a Washington Post and International Bestselling Author.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0f1111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Writing became my world and I can't imagine myself doing anything other than creating new characters and telling their stories. You know how some things simply makes your heart burst with happiness? A really good book, a puppy, hugging someone you've been missing like crazy? That's what writing does to me. And all the hard work, all the sleepless nights, all the anxiety that comes with publishing...everything is worth it at the end.</div></span></div><br /><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></span>
<a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/5115807/?claim=7hgvm32qgug">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-31469902573496928222021-01-25T09:10:00.002-08:002021-01-25T09:10:01.297-08:00Crossfire Series by Sylvia Day Review<p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEF30AQPNiERyQmr_tl3m20_rv4gnUbqW4QcgJ5zyHGip7fthTmCoU0QF3O5_A4yV4wa8LBVyTmbskSHHTYrk6PONdd2bu5Ez-6yENdyDivAzULiwc7rWU-9hDIK-sybG47U4RIP_/s475/20448515._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEF30AQPNiERyQmr_tl3m20_rv4gnUbqW4QcgJ5zyHGip7fthTmCoU0QF3O5_A4yV4wa8LBVyTmbskSHHTYrk6PONdd2bu5Ez-6yENdyDivAzULiwc7rWU-9hDIK-sybG47U4RIP_/s320/20448515._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div><br />Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness. He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">Gideon </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">knew</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds and desires.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;">The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKWNt9XHuvHxu6GYbI1mlR2UQnWC9JVp0xfy8NbE977VNjMJ0UvZvPCjmcto-1TPMr4lywlZ7BYL_1Ns2mIDKs8a7rG0059CUxEWvmr6zGRNvYXoz0LS8HdYWQdI9hqkpgsVhvw-Y/s475/14622962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKWNt9XHuvHxu6GYbI1mlR2UQnWC9JVp0xfy8NbE977VNjMJ0UvZvPCjmcto-1TPMr4lywlZ7BYL_1Ns2mIDKs8a7rG0059CUxEWvmr6zGRNvYXoz0LS8HdYWQdI9hqkpgsVhvw-Y/s320/14622962.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gideon Cross. As beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on the inside. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the darkest of pleasures. I couldn't stay away. I didn't want to. He was my addiction... my every desire... <i>mine</i>.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">My past was as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We’d never work. It was too hard, too painful... except when it was perfect. Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">We were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession...</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2au-Kmla0g6eLveiIoIONsNGnB9XQswpVxIwZn_eRRpy-qO42VooUrZsvz1A7P9slLWpFsFL1RTx79uDxQmzkllAL4uk6UYAGltpjMIW1l3RZjFHHuSdNHEXlWexkwJHNgXceRJTZ/s451/15731779._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2au-Kmla0g6eLveiIoIONsNGnB9XQswpVxIwZn_eRRpy-qO42VooUrZsvz1A7P9slLWpFsFL1RTx79uDxQmzkllAL4uk6UYAGltpjMIW1l3RZjFHHuSdNHEXlWexkwJHNgXceRJTZ/s320/15731779._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div><br />From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn't resist. I saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside--so much like my own. I was drawn to it. I needed him as surely as I needed my heart to beat.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">No one knows how much he risked for me. How much I'd been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession...</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5HnqE42mw9SwUuFgXKcd48lHiVPeuxlaqpGOCbtbfOU_s9KkZoYH-xjnIzrtAVGtwVVthpd0_kwFnT95JrZpTD-JGGK1rhw3oT9MY61ByfmdyV9PldFjkd4NzKg6Cqzy3tn7lvx8/s475/17876893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5HnqE42mw9SwUuFgXKcd48lHiVPeuxlaqpGOCbtbfOU_s9KkZoYH-xjnIzrtAVGtwVVthpd0_kwFnT95JrZpTD-JGGK1rhw3oT9MY61ByfmdyV9PldFjkd4NzKg6Cqzy3tn7lvx8/s320/17876893.jpg" /></a></div>Gideon calls me his angel, but he’s the miracle in my life. My gorgeous, wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to face his own.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">The vows we’d exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. I felt him slipping from my grasp, my greatest fears becoming my reality, my love tested in ways I wasn’t sure I was strong enough to bear.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">At the brightest time in our lives, the darkness of his past encroached and threatened everything we’d worked so hard for. We faced a terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we’d had before each other or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless dream.…</span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-8r1SarIS3gMlIpp_QolPRUG2-kXNDW5U9jbS8fiLnBeuQW7M7s33K7PxXUdWy8B-ltOJ6J6wN7WtBiwN2zd9Wc1vFAG8VP4T5Fpq6eypTCi_xIl74ODCG_DZIRmZkHX1iusVyi8/s475/17876897._SY475_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-8r1SarIS3gMlIpp_QolPRUG2-kXNDW5U9jbS8fiLnBeuQW7M7s33K7PxXUdWy8B-ltOJ6J6wN7WtBiwN2zd9Wc1vFAG8VP4T5Fpq6eypTCi_xIl74ODCG_DZIRmZkHX1iusVyi8/s320/17876897._SY475_.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Gideon Cross. Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I've ever done. It happened instantly. Completely. Irrevocably.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Marrying him was a dream come true. Staying married to him is the fight of my life. Love transforms. Ours is both a refuge from the storm and the most violent of tempests. Two damaged souls entwined as one.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">We have bared our deepest, ugliest secrets to one another. Gideon is the mirror that reflects all my flaws ... and all the beauty I couldn't see. He has given me everything. Now, I must prove I can be the rock, the shelter for him that he is for me. Together, we could stand against those who work so viciously to come between us.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">But our greatest battle may lie within the very vows that give us strength. Committing to love was only the beginning. Fighting for it will either set us free ... or break us apart.</div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86a1PI7yWmnc608dWp-4odawhgqNyfduqndr29zeDQ2a1VOKC6qVF7fryWufyghENJvjgCy7sobnzj4c4zd5iLtD-r9Dw8ri9WAZmBbmZ60wrvg8VZsmo4UTSG5LJE_cwTccfhGBR/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86a1PI7yWmnc608dWp-4odawhgqNyfduqndr29zeDQ2a1VOKC6qVF7fryWufyghENJvjgCy7sobnzj4c4zd5iLtD-r9Dw8ri9WAZmBbmZ60wrvg8VZsmo4UTSG5LJE_cwTccfhGBR/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">First of all I need to be honest I wasn't too into the idea of reading this series, I hated 50 shades of grey but a friend s</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">wore by it and a few days of intensely hot read, here I am.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I tried to read one book at a time but it was impossible for me to put them down long enough to write a review so, this is my opinion based on the whole series.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Holly cow they are good, Gideon is a broken man, he holds all the pieces of himself tight together but can't glue himself back up. But when he meets Eva some part of him awakens and little by little he starts to be whole again.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Eva is a great character, she has so many facets, she's strong, tender, intelligent but hides within herself all the fears her past created.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Together they are explosive apart they are nothing.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The side characters are perfect too each one has a contribution to the story in some way, whether it's portraying the struggle of one of the characters or giving them a moment of peace. Every single one of them is so interesting I would love to have spin offs so we could explore them more.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This series is amazing, beautifully written with round characters, amazing world building and just so happens to have lots and I mean lots of sex in it. I doesn't get boring it has a great pace, the conflicts are interesting because they have everything to do with the nature of Gideon and Eva's relationship and all the secrets they keep.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I loved it. Have you guys read it?</div></span></div><br /><div style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLR_mFWfiOW0Hy0gnrIA98W4YfDL8i-RUck_q3xPyAA8y7_FwsOx_Rf4wsG-aZYVth9ZHhm5RNDgVbtBKzODzjlCxh4yxfyGAd_A81r0FUNZMuD8bLshA-6GwWflGb2aAzEPxlOQfa/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLR_mFWfiOW0Hy0gnrIA98W4YfDL8i-RUck_q3xPyAA8y7_FwsOx_Rf4wsG-aZYVth9ZHhm5RNDgVbtBKzODzjlCxh4yxfyGAd_A81r0FUNZMuD8bLshA-6GwWflGb2aAzEPxlOQfa/s320/5stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95oJQqWdJ10Gv_vMnFJARpccvprnjPm6QiULO7XEVG9SDIZcXd9vDMxRaxkse7SkWbAsqVitYLONDAO7okRxbPXQa9bpm4oaiAlBYU3AvBuX4zlMip53pkkcKvWdPcAW3tcXFmcLB/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95oJQqWdJ10Gv_vMnFJARpccvprnjPm6QiULO7XEVG9SDIZcXd9vDMxRaxkse7SkWbAsqVitYLONDAO7okRxbPXQa9bpm4oaiAlBYU3AvBuX4zlMip53pkkcKvWdPcAW3tcXFmcLB/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHna2t3xfga9PM3jsxZtUl36kfzeQL0KcKmDLySfwMUXcn88gfE7uumjJbLy8SYiro6MzttZwzbMbzJBr1oT8swUzjuxB40_QH_BE33zjUITZHRWVXbUY-dWRKn0F9a535HX0C80pb/s266/sylvia+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHna2t3xfga9PM3jsxZtUl36kfzeQL0KcKmDLySfwMUXcn88gfE7uumjJbLy8SYiro6MzttZwzbMbzJBr1oT8swUzjuxB40_QH_BE33zjUITZHRWVXbUY-dWRKn0F9a535HX0C80pb/s0/sylvia+day.jpg" /></a></div><br />Sylvia Day is the #1 </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">New York Times</i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">, #1 </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">USA Today</i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">, #1 </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">Sunday Times</i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">, #1 </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">Globe and Mail</i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">, #1 </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">Der Spiegel</i><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">, and #1 international bestselling author of over twenty award-winning novels sold in more than forty countries. She is a #1 bestselling author in twenty-eight countries, with tens of millions of copies of her books in print. Visit the author at </span><a href="http://www.sylviaday.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #00635d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.sylviaday.com</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div></span></div><p></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-19419324812347279922021-01-25T07:10:00.002-08:002021-01-25T08:56:15.927-08:00The Problem with forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout Review<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsCowyMTFf50dh37tBDy-pVpvYroXnWqLCDoZu0WPJLniQGxp4x2_rvP2Ob_4UNACuNL5f_qThySgDwlY7zh74j4TX2pB0e_jgE90Jcps7IVcaudwwXdsjPf3bJTSmA5NDlpSzGmM/s500/the+problem+with+forever.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="332" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsCowyMTFf50dh37tBDy-pVpvYroXnWqLCDoZu0WPJLniQGxp4x2_rvP2Ob_4UNACuNL5f_qThySgDwlY7zh74j4TX2pB0e_jgE90Jcps7IVcaudwwXdsjPf3bJTSmA5NDlpSzGmM/w226-h341/the+problem+with+forever.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />A story about friendship, survival, and finding your voice.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Growing up, Mallory Dodge learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it's been four years since her nightmare ended, she's beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime. Now, after years of homeschooling, Mallory must face a new milestone—spending her senior year at a public high school. But she never imagined she'd run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn't seen since childhood, on her very first day. </div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">It doesn't take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. Yet soon it becomes apparent that she's not the only one grappling with lingering scars from the past. And as she watches Rider's life spiral out of control, Mallory must make a choice between staying silent and speaking out—for the people she loves, the life she wants and the truths that need to be heard.</div><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzdFpNoOEIPtJzeQb7lU8wzbodCoBas_e6S0QlUNu9jpfgsATI2Q120g32DhOD2053wbC0nN4hLTPaDT8C84p629Gq0MbljnMvniAB2CwVpzY4gSHKGA7K-WxH1O9UIEvhaclN1vX/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghzdFpNoOEIPtJzeQb7lU8wzbodCoBas_e6S0QlUNu9jpfgsATI2Q120g32DhOD2053wbC0nN4hLTPaDT8C84p629Gq0MbljnMvniAB2CwVpzY4gSHKGA7K-WxH1O9UIEvhaclN1vX/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This book is brutal but so worth the read.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This was a very hard book to read. Is heartwrenching. What's worse is that it isn't just a book, this is what millions of children across the world endure and sometimes reality is worse.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I know this is not exactly a review, but this book really affected me.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Mallory and Rider broke my heart in more ways than one. They where left to fend for themselves when they were defenseless. Their childhood was tragic, brutal and full of monsters.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Years passed and now we see Mallory's new life but also the trauma all those terrible experiences left her with. Her struggle to be better, to feel better. To love and accept herself. Her battle to recognize that whatever happened wasn't her fault. That the fault always resides on the monsters not on the victim.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This book rings true because it is true is a terrible reality that sometimes we choose not to acknowledge.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Rider seems strong and well adjusted but in reality he's as affected if not more than Mallory. He just never learned to love himself and that broke my heart.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I truly believe that regardless of what we went through our past can't define us if we won't let it and I wish this wasn't the reality we live in.</span><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">This book did more than entertain me, it got me thinking on ways we could make the world better for all those kids that like Mallory and Raider are trapped and can't see a way out.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSn2Zv_dOsiXLRFH-0Q5CpEx0tl_WooZtySIytP2mbXma4HzfAztvxy07vKAKfOh6HqMey_Vyz2VKJpaPKBZaDdcgeAMG3gHyN894458Sie_3fd6omKQfGOuaxql9R-pZ7BIwU9l3/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSn2Zv_dOsiXLRFH-0Q5CpEx0tl_WooZtySIytP2mbXma4HzfAztvxy07vKAKfOh6HqMey_Vyz2VKJpaPKBZaDdcgeAMG3gHyN894458Sie_3fd6omKQfGOuaxql9R-pZ7BIwU9l3/s320/5stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PF5fD-NG1sk7rVGSFJeidxyZD_x7bGfuZHBe3omO6b3rO6MhHkdUX7cbRbUK_S5AcFxIvNHZmKN-7mkSJdUv5h3b08p1pbkCvDI-7HwE9Czs_X7fKBf_rL6o4sNKb3eBwngDJtn2/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PF5fD-NG1sk7rVGSFJeidxyZD_x7bGfuZHBe3omO6b3rO6MhHkdUX7cbRbUK_S5AcFxIvNHZmKN-7mkSJdUv5h3b08p1pbkCvDI-7HwE9Czs_X7fKBf_rL6o4sNKb3eBwngDJtn2/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpXkZMfFKiSn0IWHNWOg3aRFYBOaajMVorzbgp_TEesUlx5ZMUBP7qsm7tTVEPzJoU1dLgaIegnT5TLqZsoE5jsuZZl0DUeEDzmQwHSDYhyphenhyphenBC8i4Md3dAFukTqejgcA5qtFqsjx9I/s933/JLA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="622" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpXkZMfFKiSn0IWHNWOg3aRFYBOaajMVorzbgp_TEesUlx5ZMUBP7qsm7tTVEPzJoU1dLgaIegnT5TLqZsoE5jsuZZl0DUeEDzmQwHSDYhyphenhyphenBC8i4Md3dAFukTqejgcA5qtFqsjx9I/s320/JLA.jpg" /></a></div><br /># 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.</span><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more.</span></div></span><p></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-32958226175845076152020-11-23T10:46:00.000-08:002020-11-23T10:46:02.852-08:00The Bargainer Series by Laura Thalassa Review<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCK3RR-xPy3FYmtzYtfKY7o9bpxaED2X9e0WnMf4gDkNCFD5d5octDY0xBxoNFlSYKxtUtFMfnE-mGiqPm_61R2kv03xsRp67Q-qnh62Qq4u6DMNrg1Atao_E1T6rRsVPI9cMtrgHa/s475/laura+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCK3RR-xPy3FYmtzYtfKY7o9bpxaED2X9e0WnMf4gDkNCFD5d5octDY0xBxoNFlSYKxtUtFMfnE-mGiqPm_61R2kv03xsRp67Q-qnh62Qq4u6DMNrg1Atao_E1T6rRsVPI9cMtrgHa/s320/laura+1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer to make it happen. He’s a man who can get you anything you want... at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But for one of his clients, he’s never asked for repayment. Not until now. When Callie finds the fae king of the night in her room, a grin on his lips and a twinkle in his eye, she knows things are about to change. At first it’s just a chaste kiss—a single bead’s worth—and a promise for more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the Bargainer, it’s more than just a matter of rekindling an old romance. Something is happening in the Otherworld. Fae warriors are going missing one by one. Only the women are returned, each in a glass casket, a child clutched to their breast. And then there are the whispers among the slaves, whispers of an evil that’s been awoken.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If the Bargainer has any hope to save his people, he’ll need the help of the siren he spurned long ago. Only, his foe has a taste for exotic creatures, and Callie just happens to be one.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBM95YQACxXuX9qvpuKXePiYDTGl5haahxkHQE54urH65ofcLC5G_ASgO34nqx5O-ZFNapZj7GZid2aSZ3TFELLgUPhUzd9LK1sYwVu5vZavQv51OAZCoL2R-UvNIu3BkRUd8sFxt/s320/laura+2.jpg" /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Siren and soulmate to the King of Night, Callypso Lillis survived the clutches of Karnon, the mad king, and his twisted prison. But the nightmare isn’t over. Callie wears the physical reminders of her time as a captive, and mounting evidence suggests the Thief of Souls is still out there.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">When a fae celebration thrusts Callie and her mate, Desmond Flynn, into the Kingdom of Flora, they take their investigation with them. But under the bright lights and striking blooms of the realm, they find there are more immediate issues to deal with. No place is more uniquely savage than the great fae halls, and no amount of bargains can save Callie from royal intrigues.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Fairies play dangerous games. Some want love, some want vengeance, some want flesh, and some want things too unspeakable to utter. One thing is for sure: no one is who they appear to be. Not even Des, who only grows more enigmatic with every passing secret.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">But the Kingdom of Flora has its own secrets, from bleeding trees to branded slaves and missing guards. Something is stirring in the land of all that grows, and if Callie isn’t careful, it will claim everything and everyone she loves—and her along with it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC49TYMkxeZeIaQFj1YNZs1Ig5YD-bPwcKOMzrPwdonw8QNJeIn9XBKEGGJ-_PcDalAOiVspLZhSGe2f2Yp-yiaac4t1K-ZVYCVkGitxeyVk9NZ6FnUiiskJuAWIDeskPkOCpraBz5/s475/laura+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC49TYMkxeZeIaQFj1YNZs1Ig5YD-bPwcKOMzrPwdonw8QNJeIn9XBKEGGJ-_PcDalAOiVspLZhSGe2f2Yp-yiaac4t1K-ZVYCVkGitxeyVk9NZ6FnUiiskJuAWIDeskPkOCpraBz5/s320/laura+3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are worse things than death. Things that lurk in the shadows and slip into your dreams. Things that have no business existing. Things that once slept … but have now awoken.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For Callypso Lillis, the fae magic that now runs through her veins is equal parts curse and good fortune. For the very thing that bonds her to Desmond Flynn, the King of the Night, also makes her vulnerable to the Thief of Souls, a man who wants to break the world … and Callie along with it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But it’s not just the Thief whose shadow looms over the Otherworld. Des’s father is back from the dead, and he wants revenge on the son who sent him to the grave in the first place.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Des and Callie must figure out how to stop both men, and time is running out. Because there are forces at play working to tear the lovers apart once and for all … and unfortunately for them, death is no longer the worst thing to fear.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrvOAm_xaY2biFcnwsUlQB1Q7KpkRbCJ83q3RQMS-HRdY6oU_VU8b9VN6y1bcZXlfJVLFEe9XTBSNFm1eDEo1AoCVOLiCDCMj0ia5zQMwRQ0lFXahSZh9soEFtrEJ9n7TkoaV4VIL/s331/myreview-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrvOAm_xaY2biFcnwsUlQB1Q7KpkRbCJ83q3RQMS-HRdY6oU_VU8b9VN6y1bcZXlfJVLFEe9XTBSNFm1eDEo1AoCVOLiCDCMj0ia5zQMwRQ0lFXahSZh9soEFtrEJ9n7TkoaV4VIL/s320/myreview-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I don't know what it was about this book that compelled me to keep reading.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">At first I wasn't sure I was going to finish it. The first few chapters where hard to get by. Not because is bad, the book is truly beautifully written I just couldn't get into the story.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I was maybe 3 chapters in when I got really intrigued and after that I couldn't put it down.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The bargainer is such an enigmatic character, you never know what he's up to other than it can be really bad or sinfully good.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Callie is a siren. A beautiful young woman with a troubled past that pushes through her insecurities to live her best life.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">There's some dark topics that are mentioned here and there without being overly descriptive but we get the idea of when and what happened. There where times I got so angry for Callie, no child should ever be treated the way she was. I got mad and that's when I realized I was invested in the story.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Des and Callie are good for each other in the weirdest ways, despite the huge age difference they actually work together. I can't imagine Callie with anyone else. She's the good that's missing from Des's life and he's the spark that was missing from Callie's.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Callie is weird personality wise. She can be super self conscious about her looks and how she doesn't want to be a victim but always end up being one. But at the same time she's not cause she spends half the book doing the boom boom and training. Her Siren though it's super awesome I wish she was out full time. Her interactions with Des are super hawt and spicy. I love her.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Des I can't seem to figure out if I love or hate. He's super sweet and caring one second and the next he's scheming and keeping secrets. He's too manipulative but with "good intentions". He's fiercely protective and powerful. Like a huge peacock flaunting his feathers, he flaunts that body of his to have Callie do whatever he wishes.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm really liking the story and the hot scenes are super hawt. I love how their backstories are so similar it gives them a common ground. I jus wish there was a bit more info on how the Otherworld works, there are times that Des just through Callie in the middle of things she doesn't have a clue about and as protective as he is that kinda out of character.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I loved the ending. It was the sweetest thing ever.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Callie truly surprised me on this book, she's fierce and embraces her power with a vengeance. I loved her growth from broken girl to powerful woman.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Des will always be Des. He still keeps secrets even from Callie, but I have to admit that He does it all for a good reason.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I can't believe I ended up loving even the side characters that I know close to nothing about. Temper and Malaki should have their own book.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The thief of souls was down right creepy and at times I wondered if he was going to outsmart and outmaneuver Des and Cassie. He seemed an unbeatable force and I was truly worried.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I really enjoyed the story and the pace of it. It was sweet and super sexy, thrilling and agonizing. I was glued to the pages more so than the previous books.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The only reason I didn't give this book a 5 star rating is because I feel that some things were left unanswered or just glassed over but other than that it was pretty darn good.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRqrU6f4uRtyqh3Kx2-OturN-HBamWVaUNNHGbPKWrnSNKnxMBNOxT_nFhYWb0PWJdt8l1HIVNRjyetfLe99l6sfm71qnXZZ4JBjxBZwqvwT0xSZB9Yt0wIS08s95ziEsk9lmPOZB/s467/4stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRqrU6f4uRtyqh3Kx2-OturN-HBamWVaUNNHGbPKWrnSNKnxMBNOxT_nFhYWb0PWJdt8l1HIVNRjyetfLe99l6sfm71qnXZZ4JBjxBZwqvwT0xSZB9Yt0wIS08s95ziEsk9lmPOZB/s320/4stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIcm2VpNYCj-dBErFhFLr-DVwU-ddzoWR1wpYBO0YG6oGOptJii-pNuOcis3_hleFtOIQQzvSQRcHtwMGZ5dY5akHemguGah3KOSoummyNSFctwkV-irKhbEbe3CMxYacXlb6Aa6G/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIcm2VpNYCj-dBErFhFLr-DVwU-ddzoWR1wpYBO0YG6oGOptJii-pNuOcis3_hleFtOIQQzvSQRcHtwMGZ5dY5akHemguGah3KOSoummyNSFctwkV-irKhbEbe3CMxYacXlb6Aa6G/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82WID4IepjKG3P525oK2HpGmVx-xOMgli8V2QG7wRaQsHMlbQ22PjaX1J7uhq_lxHR2M0BCyupeUABGNu98m70PIvxQiIhTe13Op8wXL74-8SXBxw1JXkXW5FbIZJ5R0oU3CQnw5G/s235/laura+t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82WID4IepjKG3P525oK2HpGmVx-xOMgli8V2QG7wRaQsHMlbQ22PjaX1J7uhq_lxHR2M0BCyupeUABGNu98m70PIvxQiIhTe13Op8wXL74-8SXBxw1JXkXW5FbIZJ5R0oU3CQnw5G/s0/laura+t.jpg" /></a></div><br />Found in the forest when she was young, Laura Thalassa was raised by fairies, kidnapped by werewolves, and given over to vampires as repayment for a hundred year debt. She’s been brought back to life twice, and, with a single kiss, she woke her true love from eternal sleep. She now lives happily ever after with her undead prince in a castle in the woods.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">… or something like that anyway.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">When not writing, Laura can be found scarfing down guacamole, hoarding chocolate for the apocalypse, or curled up on the couch with a good book.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Never want to miss a release? 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Armentrout Book Review<span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCIxJuMF0YeR-JgqFNvM90zbAljpS30oO9mcsIo6vmvt4ZjpoNCtKdEtai7ms_2vzDpLT9UwPk_MaTUlq_rD8v8WB_QjMCtfzRhzMObKAuTruYM7RwwkpFJtJYwLfhaNF8wTvuQuj/s475/kingdom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="317" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCIxJuMF0YeR-JgqFNvM90zbAljpS30oO9mcsIo6vmvt4ZjpoNCtKdEtai7ms_2vzDpLT9UwPk_MaTUlq_rD8v8WB_QjMCtfzRhzMObKAuTruYM7RwwkpFJtJYwLfhaNF8wTvuQuj/s320/kingdom.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A Betrayal…</div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia. He wants her to fight him, and that’s one order she’s more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, but he will never have her.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A Choice...</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Casteel Da’Neer is known by many names and many faces. His lies are as seductive as his touch. His truths as sensual as his bite. Poppy knows better than to trust him. He needs her alive, healthy, and whole to achieve his goals. But he’s the only way for her to get what she wants—to find her brother Ian and see for herself if he has become a soulless Ascended. Working with Casteel instead of against him presents its own risks. He still tempts her with every breath, offering up all she’s ever wanted. Casteel has plans for her. Ones that could expose her to unimaginable pleasure and unfathomable pain. Plans that will force her to look beyond everything she thought she knew about herself—about him. Plans that could bind their lives together in unexpected ways that neither kingdom is prepared for. And she’s far too reckless, too hungry, to resist the temptation.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>A Secret…</b></div></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">But unrest has grown in Atlantia as they await the return of their Prince. Whispers of war have become stronger, and Poppy is at the very heart of it all. The King wants to use her to send a message. The Descenters want her dead. The wolven are growing more unpredictable. And as her abilities to feel pain and emotion begin to grow and strengthen, the Atlantians start to fear her. Dark secrets are at play, ones steeped in the blood-drenched sins of two kingdoms that would do anything to keep the truth hidden. But when the earth begins to shake, and the skies start to bleed, it may already be too late.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTMsjhqftF78lacaTB6H3b7PrHNwKeXOVB_RGFMDp86Civ2KxTXFyNT52lGtqQFLi4sgd49dyQLfibxQQ06XBWzqDF9_svlsc5lwlsjwOK1JIj4UmPfkEShwDlAhiuQc_tbbznoR8/s331/myreview-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTMsjhqftF78lacaTB6H3b7PrHNwKeXOVB_RGFMDp86Civ2KxTXFyNT52lGtqQFLi4sgd49dyQLfibxQQ06XBWzqDF9_svlsc5lwlsjwOK1JIj4UmPfkEShwDlAhiuQc_tbbznoR8/s320/myreview-1.png" width="320" /></a></div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Have you ever felt the need to reread a book as soon as you finished it?</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Edition: Kindle</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Rating 1000 out of five.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Best read of 2020</div></span></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I have no words to describe how good this books was. It has everything I love to find in a book and then some. Its action packed, funny, romantic, sad at times and hawt too.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The action scenes are flawless I swear I could see it all as if I was in a movie theater. There where times I thought they weren't going to make it and I cringed with fear for many of the characters.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The romance is slowly paced through the book but once it's on, it is beautiful. Poppy and Cas are perfect for each other. He encourages her to become her best self. He doesn't holds her back, she's his equal and he treats her as such. His love for her is all consuming. Poppy grows into herself, she learns to accept every single part of what makes her unique and in doing so she accepts Cas for who he is.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I won't deny it I cried a lot. There's something about the way the author writes that sucks me in. I felt I was Poppy her pain and fear where my own. It's been years since I was this emotionally invested in a book.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Kiernan I wish I could put him in a bottle and carry him around with me forever. He's one of my favorite side characters ever.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Alastair gave me the creeps at one point I even stopped thinking of the ascended as the main villains. I think he is the one Cas and Poppy should fear.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the best book I've read this year. I don't even think I'll be able to find another book that can ensnare me as this one did, at least not for a while.</div></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEIwYSuVbVwDHS2PqDCqSZq6hfqlSSNpeOoWj7hChka7rQ6TVCmCe1FckYCNTsAUwop_U4NLdlFjS8grZcAuTZUWmbx7y0IlzTCVUgym_UTeqAUPHuJdI4Oz10sEmzo6VhgyRNQdg/s467/5starsplus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEIwYSuVbVwDHS2PqDCqSZq6hfqlSSNpeOoWj7hChka7rQ6TVCmCe1FckYCNTsAUwop_U4NLdlFjS8grZcAuTZUWmbx7y0IlzTCVUgym_UTeqAUPHuJdI4Oz10sEmzo6VhgyRNQdg/s320/5starsplus.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJ_okn-GFkLO7qYVBEVHQjfxMow7ULVlAx3nQVt-OfyAHzYhWKMn2RPzR62Rr9rTQaoTrwM7lHpUpv_TIqYEYM6oL4nGdRsYpP_6HQBNhh916b20_2CToswPqNQn9OXowv0w9HW50/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJ_okn-GFkLO7qYVBEVHQjfxMow7ULVlAx3nQVt-OfyAHzYhWKMn2RPzR62Rr9rTQaoTrwM7lHpUpv_TIqYEYM6oL4nGdRsYpP_6HQBNhh916b20_2CToswPqNQn9OXowv0w9HW50/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9FHXZwU8c2REsUbQed0HRZ4cpxNCtg9XiON6ZhjGrY4SZwnq1FfbvL3POjKlhJ0-mqgNzG7uR7l92qpw8ZqeM66u3898kwP__GAHViL9cQETssjU1FnTEv-cqrgOaqDFqYvXThwXO/s320/JLA.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div># 1 New York Times and # 1 International Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Charles Town, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. In early 2015, Jennifer was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a group of rare genetic disorders that involve a breakdown and death of cells in the retina, eventually resulting in loss of vision, among other complications. Due to this diagnosis, educating people on the varying degrees of blindness has become of passion of hers, right alongside writing, which she plans to do as long as she can.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Tor, HarperCollins Avon and William Morrow, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her Wicked Series has been optioned by PassionFlix. Jennifer has won numerous awards, including the 2013 Reviewers Choice Award for Wait for You, the 2015 Editor’s Pick for Fall With Me, and the 2014/2015 Moerser-Jugendbuch- Jury award for Obsidian. Her young adult romantic suspense novel DON’T LOOK BACK was a 2014 nominated Best in Young Adult Fiction by YALSA. Her adult romantic suspense novel TILL DEATH was a Amazon Editor’s Pick and iBook Book of the Month. Her young adult contemporary THE PROBLEM WITH FOREVER is a 2017 RITA Award Winner in Young Adult Fiction. She also writes Adult and New Adult contemporary and paranormal romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She is the owner of ApollyCon and The Origin Event, the successful annual events that features over hundred bestselling authors in Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Fiction, panels, parties, and more.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-91442737873573963342020-11-23T09:30:00.004-08:002020-11-23T09:30:34.700-08:00Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo Book Review<div class="separator"></div><div class="separator"><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqK0Wpuflik5fN2Ty9Xayk63cjIGPxtBgx3nzqZgznfkuUVAprYE9dIRsEehpWTlDbDIY41dRut9vwHxURzwrgg4Idwwaayizcf9nZ_3dEznfPahLFeK0OMKCsS871wiVj7LE9lHrB/s320/crooked.jpg" />.</div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSqplLs5LZE982PWsbAE0dNFgtKI9eSYZrvltkKo6GBOvSBJINHSBegmHKnyfiaLEi3YeCq9Nd9dEytNe4MRfEUE17oHbUu7YnauSe-zHhCeROm64dttMfDZxKIfa7pdpZDilsBXc/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Do you prefer action or romance?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Author: Leigh Bardugo</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Edition: kindle</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Rating: 5/5 and my broken heart</div></span></b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm a romance reader, I love books that have a strong couple that endures everything that's thrown their way and come out closer and stronger.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">That being said this book got me hooked from the get go. No it's not a romance. It shows a different kind of love, one that is born out hardship, pain, loss and loneliness.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This ragtag crew is as close as a family can get. They bicker and fight but they're there for one another when it counts. They love each other even if they don't say it.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The couples that formed within the crew are beautiful. Each story has a heart of their own. I laughed and cried with them all as their stories unfolded.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This book broke my heart in more ways than one. I feared for them all and when all was said and done my heart broke some more.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Kaz and Inej I loved. They are so scarred inside and at the same time so strong. They both are the glue that holds the crew together and I can't wait to see what becomes of them on the next book.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Wylan and Jes are the funniest. They've gone through hell and back but haven't lost that spark. I loved them and how they worked their way towards one another. They are essential to the crew not just because of their abilities but because they can put a smile on their faces no matter the situation.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Nina and Mathias are the sweetest most lovable couple. He's the most innocent man. He works through his beliefs out of love for Nina and learns to accept everyone for who they are no what they are. Nina seems strong but she's the sweetest. I can't say no more, I won't spoil this for you.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">What this crew accomplished is nothing short of a miracle all the book is action packed my anxiety levels went through the roof. I swear I wanted to hurt their enemies so bad.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">I loved seeing some characters from the Grishaverse verse too. I missed them a lot.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_wQGxxeFnfsjAexlN2SMnllAP3gQRlJZc84AwbKVzb21hlC6XbGl8m2nvUV204UDwPhsumdrc4HaNBhTj2WFtPRbGQR9etb-G8DMj9bVeVYrRZa5O8c2JMeAyd9DmFPmHojz9IsI/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_wQGxxeFnfsjAexlN2SMnllAP3gQRlJZc84AwbKVzb21hlC6XbGl8m2nvUV204UDwPhsumdrc4HaNBhTj2WFtPRbGQR9etb-G8DMj9bVeVYrRZa5O8c2JMeAyd9DmFPmHojz9IsI/s320/5stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4t24RfI73XLwdHYexqLGv2Q2btOXygJsOPAwxr7zk8bsbFf2-1nKpBLlaOdhzUkFF3ZinnyMRXql_Q3_36IsNHUJflCiDGaLVOnk8moLFDP6TKlbBEbUD1C_PuCaihuPA_ya5Py6/s320/4575289.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse (coming soon to Netflix) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and King of Scars— with more to come. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Ninth House (Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Fantasy 2019) which is being developed for television by Amazon Studios. Leigh was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, and graduated from Yale University. These days she lives and writes in Los Angeles. For information on new releases and appearances, sign up for her <a href="https://https//leighbardugo.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=160b0462d4826c60dbb8af320&id=ec014907b2">newsletter</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She would be delighted if you followed her on <a href="http://twitter.com/Lbardugo">Twitter</a>, elated if you visited her at <a href="http://leighbardugo.com/">LeighBardugo.com</a>, and fairly giddy if you liked her selfies on <a href="http://instagram.com/lbardugo/7">Instagram</a>.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-68832100431805069482020-11-23T09:19:00.001-08:002020-11-23T09:19:37.575-08:00Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Book Review<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #162127;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqB2G31MbbNKphOweYA8-dnHJpf81bHDNKj04e-VyO__XOQcOI5bx0bh03gRAZ9WLo5UndHc4ypME7xRyp8yKrF-b5qcG8IMcH9OvJOo9RGWDvhiG7IGB8TkL_tEIN-m4eYrFmRiX/s475/six+of+crows.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqB2G31MbbNKphOweYA8-dnHJpf81bHDNKj04e-VyO__XOQcOI5bx0bh03gRAZ9WLo5UndHc4ypME7xRyp8yKrF-b5qcG8IMcH9OvJOo9RGWDvhiG7IGB8TkL_tEIN-m4eYrFmRiX/w212-h320/six+of+crows.jpg" width="212" /></a></div></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;">Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price--and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone...</span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #162127;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;">A convict with a thirst for revenge.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;">A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;">A runaway with a privileged past.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;">A spy known as the Wraith.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;">A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;">A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;">Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction-if they don’t kill each other first.</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgAfHTWznlIV9BBEeBSGjBy38OLBLf9Va3zzyL5Y1QKOVLokbT2EWJI-XHZP_xwtn5rKqdbWT8U5gJ7w9LZ1vcoM69-ezTSz5SBRp0fwp_9chzqe_abNlLsSLYRTUv2YGT3dncUKx/s331/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgAfHTWznlIV9BBEeBSGjBy38OLBLf9Va3zzyL5Y1QKOVLokbT2EWJI-XHZP_xwtn5rKqdbWT8U5gJ7w9LZ1vcoM69-ezTSz5SBRp0fwp_9chzqe_abNlLsSLYRTUv2YGT3dncUKx/s320/myreview-1+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #162127; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Different POVs yay or nay? It's been a while since I read a book with so many change in POVs. So it took me a while to get used to it. That been said I loved it.</span></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b>Title: Six of Crows</b></span></div><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Author: Leigh Bardugo</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Edition: Kindle</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Rating 5/5</div></span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The world </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/leighbardugo/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">#leighbardugo</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> created is amazing. My favorite character so far is Inej or maybe Matthias, I found their backstories super interesting and their voices easy to get into.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Kaz is a tough cookie to swallow but that's what makes me like him even more. All tough on the outside but a scared kid on the inside.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The way the author describes the scenery is beautiful you can picture everything.</div></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">All the gang is awesome and their adventure it's epic.</div></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUTmbx-lnlgvsaVq-nV0TeXWenWGTjoAJmofCO_Avo-Zyw89GeAjIEKx75QIljJhUzD-F912HferRrTLri3cFxNwaSaN-aGS0ptMZYPB1aGRLt1HPuN1mGw_zsRCfiRJHdHSJGUX4/s467/5stars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="467" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUTmbx-lnlgvsaVq-nV0TeXWenWGTjoAJmofCO_Avo-Zyw89GeAjIEKx75QIljJhUzD-F912HferRrTLri3cFxNwaSaN-aGS0ptMZYPB1aGRLt1HPuN1mGw_zsRCfiRJHdHSJGUX4/s320/5stars.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBm0yGkabXdXHlytN5j6e-xC4tdy6fR-N2qER1Yo94V_L2tw6KhA5gAyY0l7G7Tmq6nqvYAg6wKOGimHajbzjB0GHuBg3u6ykVW72v-ynyNrBbJAC-gGvqgI1VhXnle43CcrOSfia/s380/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="161" data-original-width="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBm0yGkabXdXHlytN5j6e-xC4tdy6fR-N2qER1Yo94V_L2tw6KhA5gAyY0l7G7Tmq6nqvYAg6wKOGimHajbzjB0GHuBg3u6ykVW72v-ynyNrBbJAC-gGvqgI1VhXnle43CcrOSfia/s320/AbouttheAuthor-1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">L</span>eigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse (coming soon to Netflix) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and King of Scars— with more to come. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer and Ninth House (Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Fantasy 2019) which is being developed for television by Amazon Studios. Leigh was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, and graduated from Yale University. These days she lives and writes in Los Angeles. For information on new releases and appearances, sign up for her <a href="https://https//leighbardugo.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=160b0462d4826c60dbb8af320&id=ec014907b2">newsletter</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdQL4MZixXMB2wwiTLA35D-HoaMRodcEGa9OgEV3iFr0VOeJv-FMe6mTwaWmonYibkv-pubiLfFPM4eXEcMcRq69bJnJkzw19B7EJfIjHoPV22ZtNin34p54M-VnLhyphenhyphenv9Z2XQc1nK/s320/4575289.jpg" /></div><br /><br />She would be delighted if you followed her on <a href="http://twitter.com/Lbardugo">Twitter</a>, elated if you visited her at <a href="http://leighbardugo.com/">LeighBardugo.com</a>, and fairly giddy if you liked her selfies on <a href="http://instagram.com/lbardugo/7">Instagram</a>.</div></div></div>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348137649198075690.post-39025456580665875192020-10-07T11:00:00.002-07:002021-01-25T07:45:55.649-08:00Grace and Glory by Jennifer L. Armentrout COVER REVEAL<p> OMG guys finally the day has arrived the cover of Grace and Glory is finally here and I can´t stop staring. It´s so gorgeous and I´ve been waiting for this book for so long that I cant think of anything else but the Pub. date.</p><p><br /></p><p>which by the way is </p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="background-color: #ffa400; font-size: large;">January 6th 2021</span></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="background-color: #ffa400; font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Now it´s is my honor to present you with this magnificent cover</span></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtScbjt1_XWOnNz4jGdzXFFr0r1vEDr54a5QAa28faEOUJ8SCAF6HgYUiF2bB-nJUZItVPzygisrp2tSmswORxJpCX3clSFQNTbJ2J6VCa_iSMtp3wN60Z4MF3ZI47XsWi5V_yalQz/s1080/Grace+and+Glory_Cover+Reveal_Square+%25282%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtScbjt1_XWOnNz4jGdzXFFr0r1vEDr54a5QAa28faEOUJ8SCAF6HgYUiF2bB-nJUZItVPzygisrp2tSmswORxJpCX3clSFQNTbJ2J6VCa_iSMtp3wN60Z4MF3ZI47XsWi5V_yalQz/w640-h640/Grace+and+Glory_Cover+Reveal_Square+%25282%2529.png" width="640" /></a></u></div><u><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></u><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> Look at this beauty!!!!!!</span></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></u></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Finally!!! It's here, </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/graceandglory/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">#graceandglory</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">. If you haven't read the Harbinger Series by </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/jennifer_l_armentrout/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@jennifer_l_armentrout</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> this is the time to do it.</span></p>Book Addict 2http://www.blogger.com/profile/10964569333896646205noreply@blogger.com0