5/21/2023 0 Comments The kiss of the deceptionPauline sat nearby watching, probably with worried eyes. Perfect stillness helped me hide the humiliation of my nakedness as strange hands touched me. The bearers were well aware that their lives depended on their skill. I remained perfectly still, even though I knew the knives brushing my skin were held with cautious hands. I lay naked, facedown on a stone-hard table, my eyes focused on the floor beneath me while strangers scraped my back with dull knives. By this point, numbness had overtaken me, but then midday approached, and my heart galloped again as I faced the last of the steps that kept here from there. The prescribed liturgies passed as they were ordained, the rituals and rites as each had been precisely laid out, all a testament to the greatness of Morrighan and the Remnant from which it was born. I pushed away from the window, fogged with my own breath, and left the endless hills of Morrighan to their own worries. I closed my eyes against the thought, knowing that soon the day would cleave in two, forever creating the before and after of my life, and it would happen in one swift act that I could no more alter than the color of my eyes. There was no escaping what was to come.įor good or bad, the hours were closing in. It was the first of June, but cold gusts bit at the hilltop citadelle as fiercely as deepest winter, shaking the windows with curses and winding through drafty halls with warning whispers. Today was the day a thousand dreams would die and a single dream would be born.
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5/21/2023 0 Comments Dragon Unleashed by Grace DravenIn this story we see two plot lines form before our hero and heroine have the chance to meet. She works for her uncle and is devoted to taking care of her child like mother. Our heroine of the story is Halani who is the trade camp's healer and trader and works with earth magic. So that is what I would recommend since these two books are connected. So that was a delight and had me wanted to read that book again and kinda wished I had done a reread of that book because there were many connecting details that I had previously forgotten and would have preferred a retouch on before reading this one. We get to see the reunion again of Azarion and Gilene. It seems like forever since we had the first book "Phoenix Unbound" and the story starts off around the time of the epilogue of the first book. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.ĭragon Unleashed is the second book in the "Fallen Empire" series by the epic Grace Draven. This review was originally posted on Addicted To RomanceI received this book for free from Ace in exchange for an honest review. Tae Keller lights up the sky with this insightful story about shifting friendships, right and wrong, and the power we all hold to influence and change one another. But the closer she gets, the more Mallory has to confront why Jennifer might have run. Using clues from Jennifer’s journals, Mallory goes searching. She believes in aliens-and she thinks she can find them. Caroline, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Librarys YA Librarian, reviews Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller. Jennifer doesn’t care about the laws of middle school, or the laws of the universe. But then Jennifer Chan moves in across the street, and that rule doesn’t seem to apply. The most important one? You have to fit in to survive. Biracial (Korean/white) Mallory Moss, always worried about fitting in, may not believe in aliens from other worlds. Jennifer Chan (Chinese American) is obsessed with extraterrestrial life, a fascination she shared with her late dad. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Thanks to her best friend, Reagan, Mallory Moss knows the rules of middle school. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone - Ebook written by Tae Keller. Sometimes middle school can make you feel like you're totally alone in the universe.but what if we aren't alone at all? In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal for When You Trap a Tiger, Tae Keller offers a gripping and emotional story about friendship, bullying, and the possibility that there's more in the universe than just us. 5/21/2023 0 Comments Medieval bodies jack hartnellYou can read this before Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages (Wellcome Collection) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Ī SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A triumph’ Guardian ‘Glorious … makes the past at once familiar, exotic and thrilling.’ Dominic Sandbrook ‘A brilliant book’ Mail on Sunday Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love and had children. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages (Wellcome Collection) written by Jack Hartnell which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages (Wellcome Collection) by Jack Hartnell He confronts his mother about it, who tells him that she is African American and that his father is a white man of acclaim. When he stands, he is asked to sit down, and this is how he discovers that he is, in fact, an African American. While in school one day, the principal comes into the classroom and asks the white students to stand. He shows talent as a piano prodigy, and enjoys time with his white friend “Red.” He finds himself fascinated with the black students in his school, particularly “Shiny,” the very dark black boy who is the smartest kid in the class. Raised by a single mother in Georgia, they soon move to Connecticut and he starts going to public school there. The unnamed narrator of this novel starts out discussing his life from early childhood. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man and 5/20/2023 0 Comments Snowdens book"It took a lot of convincing for him, just as it took a lot of convincing for me that he was for real." "He thought that The Washington Post would be afraid to publish or would bow down to government pressure," Gellman says. Gellman says initially Snowden was skeptical of him. surveillance programs.īarton Gellman, formerly of The Washington Post, was one of three journalists - including filmmaker Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian - with whom Snowden chose to share the documents. In 2013, Edward Snowden, a contractor with the National Security Agency, rocked the world when he leaked thousands of classified documents about U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, shown broadcasting from Moscow in 2014, says he acted as a whistleblower when he shared classified documents with journalist Barton Gellman. 5/20/2023 0 Comments The Dragon's Bride by Katee RobertShe lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, children, a cat who thinks he’s a dog, and two Great Danes who think they’re lapdogs. Entertainment Weekly calls her writing “unspeakably hot.” Her books have sold over a million copies. Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. #2 The Kraken’s Sacrifice – Releasing October 11 She’s suffered enough, and she has no intention of staying in this realm…even if she leaves her heart behind when she returns to her normal life. In her experience, if something seems too good to be true, it certainly is.įalling for Sol is out of the question. The Dragons Bride A Deal With A Demon 1 Katee Robert 184 pages first pub 2022 ( editions) fiction erotica fantasy romance adventurous medium-paced Description Briar Rose might have a name out of a storybook, but she learned at a very young age that no prince was coming to save her. He might seem kinder than his fearsome looks imply, but she knows better than to trust the way he wants to take care of her, or how invested he is in her pleasure. She doesn’texpect to be put on an auction block in a room full of literal monsters and sold to the highest bidder. She expects the service to be backbreaking and harsh. Freedom from her husband…in return for seven years of service. Unfortunately, even that is an impossible task in her current situation-trapped in a terrifying marriage to a dangerous man.ĭesperate times call for desperate measures, which is how she finds herself making a deal with a demon. Briar Rose might have a name out of a storybook, but she learned at a very young age that no prince was coming to save her. 5/20/2023 0 Comments Surrender your sons bookIf you are looking for an exciting read with a dash of romance, this is the book for you. Sass knew how to make me (and I'm sure many more) feel all the feels. Connor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. I can't stress how much I loved this book and that I think it's an essential read with an excellent story. Read 692 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. This dark YA is about conversion therapy, (which, in my mind, 100 never works, and the staff are always 'ex-gays,' aka still gay but pretending they aren't in order to 'fit. I was hooked right from the first page to the last, and I secretly hope for a sequel, considering how it ended. Many queer novels are about romance, which is excellent, (and this one has a bit of it as well), but Surrender Your Sons isn't just about being in love. This novel brings up many serious topics, and I believe Sass handled them very well. Stories about new love, coming out, and found family are great, but reading a story about what could happen if you came out to your zealot mother and it goes terribly wrong, well, I think it's just as important to read. It's also a murder mystery thriller, and I'm here for it. This dark YA is about conversion therapy, (which, in my mind, 100% never works, and the staff are always "ex-gays," aka still gay but pretending they aren't in order to "fit into society"). Many queer novels are about romance, which is excellent, (and this one has a bit of it as well), but Surrender Your Sons isn't just about being in love. This book is powerful in more ways than one. 5/20/2023 0 Comments Ag howard seriesShe must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice's tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice's mistakes and save her family. The series, created by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and starring Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Lena Headey and more definitely likes to play up the comedy of errors that led to this landmark historical event. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. When her mother's mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowersprecisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl's pangs of first love and independence. 5/20/2023 0 Comments After you sequel to me before youThe group suggests playing Truth or Dare, and Tessa is dared to lock lips with Hardin. There, Tessa gets to know the rest of Steph and Tristan’s clique, which just so happens to include Hardin Scott, a mysterious boy she met in her dorm room. Steph invites Tessa to a party at a frat house, to which she reluctantly agrees. Nevertheless, Tessa gets along with her new friends and settles down at her dorm. Unlike the studious Tessa, Steph and Tristan are all about the party scene. Upon her arrival, Tessa is greeted by Steph Jones, Tessa’s roommate, and her girlfriend, Tristan. On the day of her move-in, she’s accompanied by her caring yet rather controlling mother, Carol Young, and her high school sweetheart Noah Porter. After introduces Tessa Young, a high school graduate who’s just about to start her first day at Washington Central University as an undeclared economics major. |