tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41234330917558246142024-03-05T12:18:04.624-05:00HIGHWAY-Y.A.Y.A.Fiction, N.A. Fiction, Adult, and Middle GradeErickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.comBlogger289125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-27722346613247710332019-06-07T11:27:00.000-04:002019-06-07T11:27:02.186-04:00The Mister Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Goodreads synopsis: <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">London, 2019. Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work and he’s rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and Maxim’s longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he’s been hiding secrets of his own?</span></i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I will admit I did have some kind of salty feelings going into this book. I loved the fifty shades series but I did have in the foremost of my mind that this would be like or along the same lines as the fifty shades. I don't know why I judged it but oh well. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">I don't have a lot of cons so I will start out with that. One thing that did kind of irk me was the fact that Max's sir name was Trevelyan which is Christians' mother's maiden name. On goodreads James said that there was no relation to Christian or his mother but stil......</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">So there is a good chunk of the story where Max and Alessia are in hiding because of certain events that has taken place. Obviously there are feelings involved with the two but I felt like they never really got to know each other during that time. I would say about 70 percent of them in hiding was nothing but them being intimate. Honestly, I started to skim through the scenes because it was so repetitive. I love a good sexy time book but this one didn't really tickle my feathers. Also, there was a "secret room" that the daily's could not go in to clean either. Hmmm....wonder what other book had a "secret room". There is some intimacy between Max and another character that got under my skin but it is a spoiler so I won't mention it. If you read it please let me know how you felt about that certain situation. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Max is grieving from the death of his older brother. His brother was the Earl and the promised child in the family while Max and his sister were the "spares" . Max now has to take his brother's place and is thrown responsibilities that he does not want. He spends his nights with a different woman and lives his life like how he wants. I will say that he does grow a bit throughout the story. For those of you wondering, no he isn't anything like Christian as far as personality. I understood some of his motives because he is dealing with his brother's death the only way he knew. His relationship with Alessia is so sweet ultimately. I loved how he fought for her. </span></span></span></div>
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Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-6562354339917570972019-05-29T12:40:00.002-04:002019-05-29T12:40:55.588-04:00June TBRSo I have been in a fantasy mood lately. I think it may have to do with Summer Reading at the library because our theme is dealing with fantasy and science fiction. With that being said, I used my library and gathered a bit much of some fantasy books. I am going into them blind which I prefer because I want the whole concept of the book to (hopefully) blow me away.<br />
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It's my birthday month so hopefully these books treat me well!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks, is nothing her unique abilities can’t handle. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">But unbeknownst to her, Sancia’s been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving. The Merchant Houses who control this magic--the art of using coded commands to imbue everyday objects with sentience--have already used it to transform Tevanne into a vast, remorseless capitalist machine. But if they can unlock the artifact’s secrets, they will rewrite the world itself to suit their aims. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Now someone in those Houses wants Sancia dead, and the artifact for themselves. And in the city of Tevanne, there’s nobody with the power to stop them. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">To have a chance at surviving—and at stopping the deadly transformation that’s under way—Sancia will have to marshal unlikely allies, learn to harness the artifact’s power for herself, and undergo her own transformation, one that will turn her into something she could never have imagined.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">The first lesson is to make yourself strong.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">College drop-out, Roxy Cumberland, moved to New York with dreams of becoming an actress, but her dwindling bank account is quickly putting the kibosh on that fantasy. To make some quick cash, she signs up to perform singing telegrams. Her first customer is a gorgeous, cocky Manhattan trust-funder if she ever laid eyes on one. And what could be more humiliating than singing an ode to his junk, courtesy of his last one night stand? Maybe the fact that she’s dressed in a giant, pink bunny costume...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">After a night out to celebrate winning his last case, lawyer Louis McNally II isn’t prepared for the pounding in his head or the rabbit serenading him from the front door. But the sassy wit and sexy voice of the girl behind the mask intrigues him, and one look at her stunning face—followed by a mind-blowing kiss against his doorjamb—leaves Louis wanting more.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Roxy doesn’t need a spoiled rich boy who’s had everything in life handed to him on a Tiffany platter. But there’s more to Louis than his sexy surface and he’s determined to make Roxy see it...even if it means chasing her all over NYC.</span><br />
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Since the fall of last year I had been a blogger for Red Hot Books. I had always wanted to be a part of a team of bloggers. When I had got the position of associate blogger I was over the moon. Unfortunately, the blog is no longer active but it got me missing the blogging community. I love sitting in front of a camera and filming youtube book videos but I want to be active behind the camera too. For the sake of not having a long post I want to get back with my original blogging roots and start back posting.<br />
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My reading style and preferences have changed but that is the beauty of being a reader. We get to explore all types of genres. When I first started blogging my go to was paranormal romance and it still is one of my favorites but I am into fantasy, sci fi, and a lot of new adult contemporary.<br />
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💓Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-8938293989599737782018-07-06T11:27:00.001-04:002018-07-06T11:27:19.869-04:00June Wrap UpSo for this month I did really good and read a total of 11 books! Two of those books were on my original TBR and the rest I picked up as a I saw. Normally on average I read about 4 or 5 a month but my reading has really been doing good. So here is all I read for the month of June.<br />
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Most of these were 4 stars. I read more contemporary than any genre. Home and Away is a book for School Library Journal so unfortunately I cannot share that review at this time. Have anyone of you guys read any of these topics?Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-988709771578943022018-06-25T10:43:00.001-04:002018-06-25T10:43:48.596-04:00Promo Blitz: Heartbreak at Roosevelt Ranch by Elise FaberErickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-38771655258548874282018-06-20T08:00:00.000-04:002018-06-20T08:00:07.255-04:00You Only Live Once by Haris Orkin Sale Blast and Giveaway! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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geopolitical fear. Black people were afraid of and hated White people, White
people feared and hated Black people, and everyone was afraid that the USSR was
going to blow up the world. Thus, life was tense and everyone was angry and
trying to escape via God, the movies, vacationing, or drugs or alcohol or both.
The cheapest escape was the church. Mr. Tyler took the cheapest route when he
was baptized in the Cedar Street Memorial Baptist Church at the young age of
twelve. At the age of eighteen, he graduated from Armstrong High School in June
of 1968 and continued his post secondary education at the University of
Science, Music, and Culture (USMC, campus of Vietnam). In 1972, Mr. Tyler
attended Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and graduated with a baccalaureate
in 1975. That same year, Mr. Tyler furthered his education by attending the
University of Science and Agriculture (USA, campus of Europa). He acquired his
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(UDC, DC campus). Mr. Tyler, a handsome young, mature, and intelligent man is
presently employed as an academician in Prince George's County, Maryland.
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Alchemy Initiative—a doomed scientist’s failed attempt to harvest human souls from the afterlife and bind them to complex machines—has been reinitiated. But it doesn’t take long to discover why the program responsible for making Ethan Remington the ultimate weapon was shut down when the spirit of the highly unstable and murderous Agent Drekker goes rogue, embarking on a sinister rampage in an attempt to claim the ultimate prize. That prize is Ethan—everything that Ethan has and everyone who he loves. No one is safe, especially young Hogan who has begun to display some frightening and incredible abilities. To stop this insatiable evil, Ethan may have to forfeit his humanity…and even his soul.</span></div>
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Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-31628923440930099072018-06-11T10:26:00.003-04:002018-06-11T10:26:56.081-04:00Book Review: Two Spell by Mark Morrison<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Goodreads Summary: S<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">arah and her twin brother Jon are heirs to an ancient magical realm and its most valuable treasure, an enchanted library. The library endows readers with the supernatural means of crossing into the uncharted inner-sanctum of the second dimension, inhabited with peculiar and sometimes perilous creatures.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">The children are emboldened with a wondrous mystical gift that no other being has ever possessed. But fate intervenes and triggers a disastrous inter-dimensional war that disrupts the fabric of time and space spanning multiple universes, tearing destiny a new and savage pathway. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">The two must rescue their world from a phantom hybrid alien race controlled by a demented dark-wizard, Jeremy Sermack. They will either assimilate or be exterminated. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Will they be the saviors the prophets spoke of, or will they retreat to the perceived safety of their distant homeland?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">This book had everything that I love in a book! Creatures, magic, and a library that is enchanted????? Hello?....I work in a library. What would I give to work in a library that is enchanted. Everything! This fast gripping tale has action and comedy. </span></div>
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Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-32562664756078619102018-06-06T14:17:00.002-04:002018-06-06T14:17:52.369-04:00Top 5 Wednesday! Top 5 Summer Reads to RecommendHi guys! I think I'm not alone in this when I say that my summer reading is usually contemporary. Its just something about a good contemporary novel for the summer time. I'm always a sucker for anything paranormal or supernatural but if there is any good romance new adult contemporary I'm down for it. So with that being said, my recommends for summer are some spicy, adult time, new adult books.<br />
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Goodreads Summary: <b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Here's a tip: never trust a jackass in preppy clothing.</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">The phrase "trust me" should have been my first clue to hightail it out the door, but hindsight is always 20/20. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">So there I was, on a stage with two other men, being asked ridiculous questions by a woman I couldn't see, but whose voice made my pants tighten and not around my ankles. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Before I knew what was happening, I'd signed up for six weeks in paradise, isolated on an island for forty-two days with a complete stranger. And when I finally laid eyes on the sexy brunette who belonged to that voice, a part of me thought this wouldn't be so bad.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I've always been a levelheaded guy. I am a successful, smart, and shrewd business man. But that was when I was listening to the head above my shoulders. Once the blood traveled south, I always ran into trouble. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">She called me Mr. Wrong, and that was fine with me. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Lesson learned: lust always trumps logic.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Finding Mr. Wrong is a contemporary romance stand alone novel meant for readers who are 18+ due to mature content.</i><div>
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<span id="freeText14634160322262201234" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Evelyn Thomas's plans for celebrating her twenty-first birthday in Las Vegas were big. Huge. But she sure as hell never meant to wake up on the bathroom floor with a hangover to rival the black plague, a very attractive half-naked tattooed man, and a diamond on her finger large enough to scare King Kong. Now if she could just remember how it all happened.<br /><br />One thing is for certain, being married to rock and roll's favourite son is sure to be a wild ride.<br /><br /><b>From Book 2: Play</b><br />Mal Ericson, drummer for the world famous rock band Stage Dive, needs to clean up his image fast - at least for a little while. Having a good girl on his arm should do the job just fine. Mal doesn't plan on this temporary fix becoming permanent, but he didn't count on finding the one right girl.<br /><br />Anne Rollins never thought she'd ever meet the rock god who plastered her teenage bedroom walls - especially not under these circumstances. Anne has money problems. Big ones. But being paid to play the pretend girlfriend to a wild life-of-the-party drummer couldn't end well. No matter how hot he is. Or could it?<br /><br /><b>From Book 3: Lead</b><br />Stay up all night with the sexy rockers in Stage Dive, the epic New Adult series from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott, author of Lick and Play.<br /><br />As the lead singer of Stage Dive, Jimmy is used to getting whatever he wants, whenever he wants it, whether it's booze, drugs, or women. However, when a PR disaster serves as a wake-up call about his life and lands him in rehab, he finds himself with Lena, a new assistant to keep him out of trouble.<br /><br />Lena's not willing to take any crap from the sexy rocker and is determined to keep their relationship completely professional, despite their sizzling chemistry. But when Jimmy pushes her too far and Lena leaves, he realizes that he may just have lost the best thing that ever happened to him.<br /><br /><b>From Book 4: Deep</b><br />Don't miss a beat with the fourth and final novel in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Stage Dive series from Kylie Scott.<br /><br />Positive. With two little lines on a pregnancy test, everything in Lizzy Rollins' ordinary life is about to change forever. And all because of one big mistake in Vegas with Ben Nicholson, the irresistibly sexy bass player for Stage Dive. So what if Ben's the only man she's ever met who can make her feel completely safe, cherished, and out of control with desire at the same time? Lizzy knows the gorgeous rock star isn't looking for anything more permanent than a good time, no matter how much she wishes differently.<br /><br />Ben knows Lizzy is off limits. Completely and utterly. She's his best friend's little sister now, and no matter how hot the chemistry is between them, no matter how sweet and sexy she is, he's not going to go there. But when Ben is forced to keep the one girl he's always had a weakness for out of trouble in Sin City, he quickly learns that what happens in Vegas, doesn't always stay there. Now he and Lizzie are connected in the deepest way possible... but will it lead to a connection of the heart?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I was hiding in the bathroom hallway of a restaurant, leaving a message for my best friend to save me from my awful date.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">He overheard and told me I was a bitch, then proceeded to offer me some dating advice.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">So I told him to mind his own damn business—his own tall, gorgeous, full-of-himself damn business—and went back to my miserable date.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">When he walked by my table, he smirked, and I watched his arrogant, sexy ass walk back to his date.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I couldn’t help but sneak hidden glances at the condescending jerk on the other side of the room. Of course, he caught me on more than one occasion, and winked.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">When the gorgeous stranger and his equally hot date suddenly appeared at our table, I thought he was going to rat me out.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">But instead, he pretended we knew each other and joined us—telling elaborate, embarrassing stories about our fake childhood.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">My date suddenly went from boring to bizarrely exciting.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">When it was over and we parted ways, I thought about him more than I would ever admit, even though I knew I’d never see him again.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">I mean, what were the chances I’d run into him again in a city with eight million people?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Then again…</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">What were the chances a month later he’d wind up being my new sexy boss?</span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">No dating.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">No sex outside of the game.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">No disclosing the terms of the contract.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Rules were made to be broken, right?</i><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Eight weeks ago I signed a contract. One that seemed like a good idea at the time. A handsome bachelor, luxury accommodations, and a chance to win a prize my family desperately needed. There were some rules though. Lots of them actually. Follow the script, no dating, sex, or disclosing the terms of the deal. After my self-imposed moratorium on men the last year, it wouldn’t be hard to live up to my end of the bargain... </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">so I thought.</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"> Until I realized the deal I’d made was with the devil... and I was in love with his dirty-talking brother.</span><div>
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Goodreads Summary: <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Given his well-earned bad boy reputation, Eric is having a tough time scoring.. When single Jean moves to town, she seems heaven sent by the sex gods. Only problem is, she not only wants nothing to do with him, but it turns out that she's pregnant.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This last installment is Eric's book which I could no wait to read. Everyone has his best intentions to heart but don't have a good way of approaching the matter to him. He has always stayed away from commitment and anything dealing with girlfriend material. He loves being a bachelor and a bartender until Jean comes along. When he first sees her he is instantly attracted to her. She has the whole packages until he sees that she is pregnant. Despite his decision to stay way from her he can't help but falling head over heels for the baby and the mom.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Jean is nothing like he expected. She left home because of not having her parent's support with her being a single parent. When she moved away she gained a family and more friends that truly loved her. They accepted her and her baby and that made her feel more welcomed and secured. She is a tough and strong character. I loved them both. Sweet baby Ada was just full of sweetness. </span></span></span></div>
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Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-19446950230123971862018-06-01T11:13:00.000-04:002018-06-01T11:13:03.542-04:00June TBRJune is here!! I am so excited for this month because it is my birthday month. That means this gives me an excuse to buy more books?? No? ok. Its cool...I need to stick with my budget for more adult things....(boring). But that is why we have libraries..right? So with that being said, here are my picks for this month.<div>
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Goodreads summary: <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead. But there are also opportunities—and Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. It’s a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from society’s expectations.</span></div>
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Goodreads Summary: <span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win.</span></div>
<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">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.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">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.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Welcome, welcome to Caraval...the games have only just begun.</span><div>
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;" /><div>
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Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-2420840391654035792018-05-30T11:50:00.001-04:002018-05-30T11:50:34.287-04:00Blogging updateIt has been a while since I posted. I have had so many personal situations going on with one being purchasing my home. That itself takes up a lot of time. There are some reviews that I have been wanting to review and post but I just have not had the time to do that. Things have finally slowed down enough for me to get those posted.<br />
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I have slowed down on what I do accept as far as books to review because I don't have the same time as before to stay as active on the blog. I don't think I have been able to check my blog email in a long while. I didn't want to fully stop blogging because I still love it. There is one review that I will have posted tomorrow that I really think you all will love. It is called Two Spells by Mark Morrison. It is a middle grade fiction novel and it is really good.<br />
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So for now....that is all. But I'm still here. Not gone fully. 😄Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-951217657988441872017-11-17T10:39:00.000-05:002017-11-17T10:39:29.652-05:00Audio Book Review: Asher Black by Parker S. Huntington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Five Syndicates</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Book 1</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis</span><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: He was supposed to kill me. I had done the unthinkable. I called the cops on him, on his family, but he let me live. We became friends, and then... we fell in love.</span><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lucy Ives is a foster kid, running from her turbulent past. On her first night in New York City, she accidentally calls the cops on the mafia. When their fixer comes to kill her, he spares her life in exchange for a favor--be his fake fiance or die.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">The love of mafia stories drew me to this. I love reading about them and watching the movies. This story had all the elements that I love and then some. The physical attraction between the two was undeniable and had me anticipating. The two characters was so unique. Lucy being a great female lead and Asher being complex but understandable. Even the secondary characters added the flavor to the story.</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-d25a125c-ca9c-a0f8-1ac6-08dbe1d04144"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">BIO: Parker S. Huntington is from Orange County, California, USA. She has a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside and is currently pursuing a Master's in Liberal Arts in Literature and Creative Writing from Harvard University. She has two puppies, Bauer and Chloe, and lives with her boyfriend of four years--a real life alpha male, book-boyfriend-worthy hunk of a man. She is currently working on Book 3 of the Five Syndicates Series.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Lacy lives the life of a full time wife, mother and household manager. Needing a temporary escape from time to time Lacy returned back to her first love - reading! After devouring everything she could get her hands on she thought, -what if she could mix her love of performance and literature in a professional capacity? Once getting involved in the world of book narration she quickly became hooked and when not with her family you can find her in her studio working hard to grow in her own storytelling abilities.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></span></div>
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Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-82560753741752270992017-08-17T09:45:00.002-04:002017-08-17T09:45:52.201-04:00UpdateIt has been a good couple of months since I last did anything blog related. This has not been a good reading year for me and I have been in the biggest reading slump ever. However, I am slowly getting out of the slump. I have read some books including some books that I was sent to review. I will have those posted within the next couple of days. I know that this is towards the latter part of the year but I have been brainstorming some different ideas and approaches to give good content without getting "tired" of the same old. But I wanted to let you guys know that I have not forgotten about you nor this blog but I felt I needed to stay away for a while for personal reasons.<br />
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I feel better and more refreshed. As I said before look out for some more reviews that will come up in a couple of days.<br />
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💓-ErickaErickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-25435896376972577782017-04-19T10:18:00.001-04:002017-04-19T10:20:10.375-04:00Slump Madness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First, I want to apologize for my absence. I have absolutely no idea what is wrong or where my motivation has gone to. The things that I love to do I haven't done which is reading, blogging, drawing, panting, and journaling in a month...A Month. I've never gone that long without posting anything on my blog.<br />
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I know that a lot of people have these moments and when I usually have them its never this long. I hate feeling like this. Absolutely hate it because this is something that I love to do. I have a live show coming up next Saturday and I will have the book read by then but I'm no where near finished reading it.<br />
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Most of all I don't want to feel obligated and make something forced because that will take out the fun for everything. I want to be happy and give good quality posts and content and I want that to have a good reflection on me as well.<br />
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I just have not had the urge or motivation to do any of that. So my question for you guys.What is it that you do whenever you feel yourself losing motivation or in a slump that is affecting everything that you have a love for? I'm open to any and everything and desperately want to get out of this yuck feeling.Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-62758712129162293432017-03-10T11:54:00.001-05:002017-03-10T11:54:40.150-05:00Borrow-A-Thon Round two Challenges!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had so much fun participating in borrow-a-thon last year and I'm excited to participate again. Before I show you my tbr I will give you the list of challenges.<br />
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This is a week long challenge that encourages you to utilize your library. I work in a library so I am always using one but this makes it more fun.<br />
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<li>Fun Home by Alison Bechdel</li>
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This post is what I am excited for. If you love fantasy this is for you but which side of the fantasy spectrum are you on? I am definently #TeamUrban but I do love a good epic as well.<br />
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This is for all of you guys to stand together with your sides and unite as one. There are some great Urban Fantasy and Epic Fantasy books coming out this year and I can't wait to devour those.<br />
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Here is the schedule for this week.<br />
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Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-88739619598242245812017-02-18T10:00:00.000-05:002017-02-18T10:00:04.490-05:00Spotlight: Meeting Lydia by Linda MacDonald<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: "lato"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Born and brought up in the town of Cockermouth in the Lake District in England, Linda MacDonald has a degree in psychology from Goldsmiths’, London University, and a PGCE in biology and science. She retired in 2012 from teaching psychology in a 6th Form College in order to focus on writing, and has now published three print novels, the first of which is now an audiobook. She lives in Beckenham in Greater London, and travels to speak to various groups about the inspiration behind the ‘Lydia’ series and the psychology of internet relationships.</span></div>
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</span>Erickahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875900690291194501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4123433091755824614.post-4247089025861914442017-02-08T12:05:00.000-05:002017-02-08T12:05:05.140-05:00Book Review: Caraval by Stephanie Garber<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Goodreads Summary: <b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Whatever you've heard about Caraval, it doesn't compare to the reality. It's more than just a game or a performance. It's the closest you'll ever find to magic in this world . . . </i></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved 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 far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">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.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But she nevertheless becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic with the other players in the game. And whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, a dangerous domino effect of consequences is set off, and her sister disappears forever.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The characters were easy to connect with. Scarlet is the older sister that has taken on the role as the mother. Their mother abandoned them when they were younger and Scarlet feels like it is her responsibility to be there for Tella. She is the most logic one of the two and loves Tella very fiercely. She would give up practically anything for her sister</span></span></span><br />
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Goodreads Summary: <i style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">Thou shalt kill.</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The world that was created was different from anything that I read and had an original turn on it. With the scythes symoblizing death it still contradicted the immortality of the world because the uncertanity was there. It was still sudden and people did not know when they would die. Instead of dying from sickeness or natural causes they were killed and it was just. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: merriweather, georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">The scythes had morals that they lived by but to the scythe it didn't matter if it was right or wrong. It was all right in there eyes of how or why they gleamed regardless of losing their humanity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This did have some parts where it dragged but it wasn't to much. I felt this wrapped up nicely and it was a quick read. </span></span></span><br />
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