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![]() ![]() I found it downright painful to connect to and/or have any sympathy for him. Speaking of the main character, he's another reason. And the fact that the main character is with the murderer throughout most of the book, there's no mystery of "Will he ever be found?" That makes it pretty impossible for there to be even a little twist at the end. You figure out who the killer is on the first page. One reason is that there is barely any suspense. Like other reviews and actual people I've discussed the book with, I too agree that there is a lot of gratuitous sex and gore, but that isn't what ruined this title for me. Swimsuit fails to even live up to this simple technique. They aren't very thought-provoking or seen as classics, but they are fun reads, indeed. But from my experience with Patterson and his slew of coauthors, I know that his books tend to grab on to you from the beginning, lead you through a suspenseful and twisty storyline, and let you off safely at the end. ![]() I wish I could say that I've read all of his books like many other faithful reviewers, but truthfully, I've only read about ten. ![]() Swimsuit is the latest book James Patterson has written. ![]() ![]() ![]() But all their trials on the battlefield cant prepare them for their greatest. "Spellbinding! Few writers share Margaret Mallory's talent for bringing history to vivid, pulsing life. Four fearless warriors return to the Highlands to claim their lands and legacies. "An impressive debut.Margaret Mallory is a star in the making."- New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh on Knight of Desire ![]() Her sensuous and highly passionate tale grabs the reader and doesn't let go."- RT Book Reviews on The Guardian ![]() Her characters are vibrantly alive and full of emotional depth, each with their own realistic flaws. "TOP PICK! 4 1/2 stars! Mallory imbues history with a life of its own, creating a deeply moving story. "4 1/2 Stars! The sizzling sexual tension between the hero and heroine will leave readers breathless."- RT Book Reviews on The Sinner "izzling and captivating.Mallory weaves a fine yarn with plenty of spice and thrills."- Publishers Weekly on The Sinner "A first-rate, emotion-invoking adventure.". While I enjoyed the first two books in this stellar series, The Warrior is by far my favorite one yet.". "Top Pick! Margaret Mallory is an amazing writer, capable of evoking strong emotions with her stories. Select the department you want to search in. Equal parts heart-stopping passion, heart-wrenching pain,Īnd unending adventure, Margaret Mallory has just bestowed upon readers The Sinner (The Return of the Highlanders Book 2) (English Edition) eBook : Mallory, Margaret: : Kindle Store. ![]() "THE WARRIOR has just raised the bar by which all historical romances shouldīe measured. ![]() ![]() Nothing alarming about this game whatsoever! If you, like me, are a parent who doesn't want their kid exposed to gun violence like COD or Battlefield, then don't worry about this game. BUT! I did what any sensible parent would do, and look at honest gameplay on Youtube. I was worried at first, because my child (15M), wanted to play this, and the big scary M label was something for me to notice right of way. Don't be put off by the artwork on the box, it's truly a masterpiece of a game. If your child plays games like Warface or Call of Duty, then there is no issue with R6S. It has a high focus on tactics and espionnage, rather than military. This game breaks the mold, using firearms as tools rather than weapons. Yes there are guns, and yes, there is blood, but it is VERY VERY mild and looks super fake. This game promotes strategy, teamwork, and puzzle-solving skills. Some operators (characters) might drop an f-bomb, very rarely, but that's as innappropriate as this game gets. ![]() You know how movies automatically bump up the rating to R if there is 2 or more uses of f-k? Same here. ![]() ![]() This was, undoubtedly, another great book by Andrea Stewart. I even reread The Bone Shard Daughter first in preparation for this read, and I’m not disappointed. I knew I would at least have a good time reading this, and that’s why I waited until the publication date of the third and last book of the trilogy, The Bone Shard War, is near to be released before I tackled this. This is not because I’m not interested in reading the sequel, which is this book. But despite how much I enjoyed that book, I am ashamed to admit I haven’t read the sequel until now. The Bone Shard Daughter was my favorite fantasy debut of the year 2020. One year and a half since its publication, I finally read The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart. “Old men always think they know better than everyone else, even when the world has long since changed around them.” The Bone Shard Emperor is a compelling sequel with a focus on politics and character development. ![]() Published: 23rd November 2021 by Orbit Books Series: The Drowning Empire (Book #2 of 3) ARC provided by the publisher-Orbit Books-in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() Isa is 21 and has moved to New York City for the summer with her best friend Gala, and because they aren’t there legally, they are selling clothes at various markets to make ends meet. ![]() And if they keep printing books as fabulous as Happy Hour they certainly have a bright future. I don’t entirely understand their business model but gosh darn it, I’m excited for them nonetheless. ![]() It’s published by a brand-new publisher called Flying Books, which is also a book store, writing school, and general beacon of hope for those of us in the Canadian publishing industry. Have you ever had the experience of reading a book, looking at a piece of art, or even watching a movie and feeling like you are much ‘cooler/hip’ for having taken it in? After reading Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados, I feel as though I’m on the cutting edge of something, but I’m not cool enough to know what exactly. ![]() ![]() ![]() Draper writes about the lives of teenagers with authority and believable dialogue, but the juxtaposition of banal moments with Diamond's nightmare makes the sexual violence feel uncomfortably trivialized. Diamond's chapters are brutal but, perhaps mercifully, they are few and far between the story sidetracks frequently to other characters' less urgent dramas. Diamond is drugged, tied to a bed, and raped repeatedly in the presence of some burly cameramen, who post the film online and rake in money. As readers will likely predict, the film Thane is making will not be rated G. Then there is Diamond, who goes to the mall for dance tights and leaves with a handsome older man who has promised her a film audition. ![]() Zizi is an airhead, and Mercedes lives under the thumb of her oppressively rigid mother. New tights, a slice of pizza, and they’ll be off. Justin, the academy's principal male dancer, must continually defend himself against homophobic taunts while he pines for Layla, whose low self-esteem keeps her locked in an abusive relationship. Draper Published: ApNumber of Pages: 262 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Goodreads Account: Trea Fowlkes Synopsis: It’s the night of the dance recital they’ve been working towards for months, so Diamond and Mercedes are at the mall for only a few quick minutes. A tumultuous week in the lives of students at the Crystal Pointe Dance Academy is told through a variety of viewpoints. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He would hurt her over and over again with his comments, his dismissive attitude about her job and appearance and Bobbi just took it while making herself available. Fourteen chapters of Bobbi content with crumbs while Gabe behaved like a monumental jerk. What's a girl to do? Well, if you have no self-esteem at all, are a coward and thinks settling is better than nothing, you'd become Gabe's lover and best kept secret. ![]() ![]() What's his solution? "Hey Bobbi, why don't we have sex whenever we have the itch, tell no one about it, get it out of our system and once we're done we can go back to being friends?" Bobbi is heartbroken, Gabe is not in love with her but at least wants to have sex with her. Of course, Gabe started lusting after his best friend and couldn't get her out of his mind. The morning after she is ashamed and prays that her friendship with Gabe hasn't been damaged. Bobbi gets drunk at a party and kissed and touched him as only a lover would. Bobbi has been in love with Gabe for years. I finished reading this book holding on to hope that Bobbi would stand up to Gabe but it really never happened. He's a jerk, she's his doormat and I hated it! ![]() ![]() The hosts of the celebration are Grandma Sabe and Grandpa Po’Boy, both of whom remember how their lives were affected by Melody’s birth and how much time has passed since they too were young and madly in love. ![]() At Melody’s coming-of-age celebration, Iris and Aubrey find themselves reflecting on their own relationship and mistakes and confronting their growing fears about their maturing daughter. ![]() She is the unplanned product of her parents Iris and Aubrey’s teenage tryst. The novel’s fragmented narrative style is figuratively and literally tied together by the sixteen-year-old character Melody. “Guess that’s where the tears came from, knowing that there’s so much in this great big world that you don’t have a single ounce of control over.” said by Po’Boy, Red at the Bone, page 49Ī kaleidoscope of Black experiences and parenthood, Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson is a sharp, layered novel about growing up, the tough decisions and revelations that come with it, and the responsibility we all have to our ancestors and their sacrifices. I wanted to write about friendship and all of these things that I felt like were missing in a lot of the books that I read as a child.” Jacqueline Woodson, 2009 I wanted to write about communities of color. “ to write about communities that were familiar to me and people that were familiar to me. Woodson’s novel was longlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For each myth, he includes extensive commentary, revealing the source of the myth and explaining how it relates to other Jewish myths as well as to world literature (for instance, comparing Eves release of evil into the world with Pandoras). Equally important, Schwartz provides a wealth of additional information. We discover new tales about the great figures of the Hebrew Bible, from Adam to Moses stories about God's Bride, the Shekhinah, and the evil temptress, Lilith plus many tales about angels and demons, spirits and vampires, giant beasts and the Golem. We read of Adams diamond and the Land of Eretz (where it is always dark), the fall of Lucifer and the quarrel of the sun and the moon, the Treasury of Souls and the Divine Chariot. Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in the modern era, Schwartz has gathered together nearly 700 of the key Jewish myths. The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. ![]() |