![]() Basically, please read through all the Grishaverse books. I also recommend reading Six of Crows because a main character (and massive spoilers) are in this book for her. ![]() That also leads me to my next point – you DEFINITELY need to read the original trilogy (Shadow and Bone) before reading this – which is legit one of my all time favorite series. ![]() (Yes I am unhealthily obsessed and Lauren, if you read this, I am. I absolutely 10000% recommend the audio version – and this goes for the original trilogy too (which she also narrated). I screamed my throat raw, scared my cat, and practically passed out.įirst of all, an absolute massive standing ovation to Lauren Fortgang, who narrated this book on audio and blessed me with her talent. I had to reread the last chunk about 10 times before the ending sunk in. ![]() However - I did have some issues (like the pacing), and I'll talk about them below, but overall, Queen Leigh is so freaking brilliant. Hello all, and meet my ghost, who is currently writing this review.įirst of all, I think there will be plenty of people who are not thrilled with the end, but I am LIVING for it (and I'll list my reasons at the bottom of this review under the spoiler tag). Updated with my opinions on the End! (Spoilers are hidden within a spoiler tag) ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Prince is smitten, but Dani’s not looking to get derailed. When the romantic DJ meets the ambitious writer, sparks fly. But her college essay keeps tripping her up and acknowledging what’s blocking her means dealing with what happened at that party a few months ago. She’s focused on her plan: ace senior year, score a scholarship, and move to New York City to become a famous author. Until he meets Dani Ford.ĭani isn’t checking for anybody. But being the main caretaker for his mother, who has multiple sclerosis, and his little brother means his dreams will stay just that and the only romances in his life are the ones he hears about from his listeners. Prince has always dreamed of becoming a DJ and falling in love. After all, at seventeen, he has his own segment on Detroit’s popular hip-hop show, Love Radio, where he dishes out advice to the brokenhearted. Prince Jones is the guy with all the answers-or so it seems. Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this “mega swoon-worthy, effortlessly cool” (Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author) novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a popular radio segment who believes he can get a girl who hates all things romance to fall in love with him in only three dates. “Readers won’t be able to get enough of these dope-ass characters.” -Elizabeth Acevedo, author of Clap When You Land ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bad guys want to sell this process to other countries and kill anyone in the way. The characters are trained military guys given drugs to create psychic powers, but at times they have pain from it. So get ready for wonderful ride full of thrills, passion, love, fear, betrayal, friendship … I think you get the idea an honestly what more could a reader/ listener want We meet many of the characters from Team 1 that are explored more fully in the up and coming series this gives you a sense of meeting new friends feeling what they feel as the plot unfolds. Their contrasting personalities, ( Ryland the gentle warrior, well when it comes to Lily any way) and Lily with keen intelligence and her sweet innocent to the harsh reality show us a couple that help each other grow and become stronger as a couple. Lily & Ryland are fantastic and believable characters and a great to introduce us to the Ghostwalkers. ![]() The suspense in these books are as fundamental to the story line as the romance, which leaves me feeling fully satisfied once the read has come to the and allows me to be fully engaged for the duration of the story. I love the concept that is consistent throughout all the books in this series and has strong male & females characters. Having read Christine Feehan’s Dark Hunter series I was keen to see what the GhostWalkers offered, happily, it offered it all for me and remains one of my all-time favourites series. ![]() ![]() The film is mostly loyal to Stoker's novel-with some added romantic subplots to entice viewers, as well as a backstory for the Count-so Coppola ended up strongly relying on aesthetic to make his Dracula project unique. Still, Coppola managed to set his acclaimed adaptation apart from other versions. The story of Bram Stoker's Dracula was adapted numerous times before the 1992 movie came out. Related: Every Major Actor Who Played Dracula (Movies & TV Shows) The story follows Dracula as he travels from Transylvania to England in an attempt to seduce her. In Transylvania during the late 1800s, he sees a photo of Jonathan Harker's fianceé, Mina, and believes she is the reincarnation of his long deceased wife. The movie centers on Count Dracula, who has been alive for centuries. The 1992 adaptation of Dracula stars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula and Vlad the Impaler, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker. ![]() ![]() He underlines studies about autism, facial reading and cardio uptick to urge training that enhances high-stakes decision-making. In a provocative chapter that exposes the "dark side of blink," he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us "mind blind," focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to "the Warren Harding Effect" (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"-a 24/7 mental valet-that provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior. ![]() Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. ![]() ![]() Blink is about the first two seconds of looking-the decisive glance that knows in an instant. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Since Caden is mentally ill, these narratives make sense. ![]() Alternately, Caden describes himself in second person. Much of the story is narrated directly from Caden, describing what is happening to him in first person. The captain offers him riches and power, while the parrot offers him something the captain never can: freedom.Ĭaden’s world begins to fall apart, as he must choose between the promise of power and safety, and the allure of the mutiny that means his freedom. ![]() On board the ship, Caden begins to be split between the captain and his parrot. In reality, Caden pretends to join a track team, but instead spends his days wandering for miles, haunted by the thoughts inside his head. The second version of Caden’s world exists merely in his mind, where he is on board a ship headed for Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the ocean, located somewhere inside the Marianas Trench. One side of him is still rooted in reality, but a reality in which he thinks everyone around him is plotting how to best destroy him. His previously wondrous artistry is becoming more and more abstract and wandering, and his grades are beginning to slip.Ĭaden’s world inwardly begins to split, between two worlds. Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student, whose behavior is beginning to concern his friends and family. ![]() ![]() ![]() There were many times when I laughed aloud, cursed or made otherwise grunt-y noises of disdain because of all the feels this book brings. The plot is engaging and the subtle breadcrumbs of information motivate the desire to know more.The sexy SCENES are also A+ enjoyable, and I really feel that lusty fire of being 19. I really felt a different connection between each of them, and hot damn does the tension between Archer and Madison just keep the fire flaring throughout the series. The characters are sexy as hell, and each of the bad boys are really singular in their personalities.Definitely recommend this as an audiobook read! Her intonation is perfect, and she does a wonderful job of adding to Madison Kate’s personality. I started this series out via audiobook, and the narrator is just wonderful.Madison Kate soon realizes these boys are more entwined in her life than she could have imagined, but she’s not sure even their lies are enough to keep her away.Ĭontemporary. After being sent away by her rich daddy who has investments and financial ties in big places, she returns to her hometown to find three sexy-as-sin men are living in her father’s house, under her father’s rule, but nothing is quite as it seems. ![]() This enemies to lovers story starts out with our MC’s reputation shredded by a crime she didn’t commit. ![]() 3 SEXYYYYYY Powerful “city gang” better-than-brother dudes ![]() ![]() ![]() Whether he deserted or was on orders form the captain of the Pale Lightning, Jin has been mixed up in a scheme to find the mythical Dragon Pearl, an object of unbelievable power. Looking like Jang, and applying charm magic when needed, Min assimilates into the ship life, only to learn that something happened to her brother. With his ghostly apparition giving her permission for the ruse, Min takes on a new life, navigating a world where she is searching for her brother, and trying to appease the ghost of Jang. Using her fox abilities, Min takes the form of a dead Space Forces cadet Jang. With few resources, frequent dust storms, and the constant need to fix broken materials to help the family get by in a tough world, Min finds herself allying with mercenaries, attacked by pirates and waking up on the Space Forces ship that her brother served on. Refusing to believe the investigator, Min flees her desolate home on the planet Jinju, a planet that was not fully terraformed and hardly a paradise for anyone. Dragon Pearl is about a 12-year-old girl named Min, who learns that the older brother she adored, Jun, has deserted the Space Forces. In this story there are ghosts, goblins, dragons, foxes, and tigers, that can all assume human form, and use their magic and abilities to survive in the world. The third release from the Rick Riordan Presents banner, Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee, takes readers on a page-turning cosmic adventure through the galaxy. ![]() ![]() The one thing he never would’ve imagined was that it would lead him into the arms of a man-and not just any man-the striking, never-takes-no-for-an-answer Logan Mitchell. It’s time to let someone inside.Īfter years of placing his dreams on hold for his family, Tate has finally chosen to do what makes him happy and follow his heart. The gorgeous, headstrong bartender he’d sat across from only months ago has taken a tight hold of his heart, and Logan is discovering that it’s time to let go. It’s an armor he thought was impenetrable-until he met Tate Morrison. Having struggled with a self-identity crisis throughout college, he’s spent the years since then creating a sophisticated facade to present to the world. Up until now, Logan Mitchell has never had much of a reason to trust anyone. ![]() ![]() – verb: to believe in the reliability, truth, or strength of another. Published by Self-Published on May 2nd 2015 ![]() ![]() ![]() He was so smart when he was on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ ” His material remains daring, surprising and cerebral. Jeselnik never compromised on Comedy Central or during his stand-up act. Unlike Chappelle, Jeselnik’s show was canceled after two seasons despite crafting amusing, edgy material. Much like Dave Chappelle, Jeselnik often crossed the line. ![]() ![]() Jeselnik delivered topical humor with a dark twist. The aptly titled “The Jeselnik Offensive” earned the charismatic stand-up well-deserved notice when it debuted on Comedy Central in 2013. “It’s fun for me to bring up dark topics,” Jeselnik said while calling from Los Angeles. Jeselnik, 44, who crafts heavy and surprising humor, is more than willing to go out on a limb. The veteran comic, who will perform Friday and Saturday in sold-out shows at the Spokane Comedy Club, doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him. In an age in which entertainers are often concerned about what they communicate via social media for fear of tarnishing their image, Anthony Jeselnik stands out. ![]() |
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