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Book Review: Fence volume 4 C.S. Pacat

Fence, Vol. 4: Rivals

Fence, Vol. 4: Rivals by C.S. Pacat

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


December 31

The team at King’s Row must face the school that defeated them in the fencing state championships last year, but first Nicholas and Seiji must learn to work together as a team…and maybe something more!

FOILED AGAIN?

Just as Nicholas, Seiji and the fencing team at the prodigious Kings Row private school seem to be coming together, a deadly rival from their past stands in their way once more. MacRobertson is the school that knocked Kings Row out of the State Championships last year – but unless Nicholas and Seiji can learn to work together as a team, their school is doomed once again! And maybe those two can learn to be something more than teammates too… 

Review : I enjoyed this volume they get to fence against another school . I enjoy seiji and Nicholas friendship. Nicholas is trying to get better and he tells Seiji that we are a team and he needs to believe that . Eugene subs in for adien cause he was put on a date . Eugene gets super nervous but Seiji in his ways somehow encourages him . They end up winning. Can’t wait for the next one .



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Book Review: Teen titans beast boy Kami Garcia

Teen Titans: Beast Boy

Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


December 30-31
Garfield Logan has spent his entire life being overlooked. Even in a small town like Eden, Georgia, the 17-year-old with green streaks in his hair can’t find a way to stand out–and the clock is ticking. Senior year is almost over. If Gar doesn’t find a way to impress the Chosen Ones–the social elite at Bull Creek High School–he will never know what it’s like to matter. Gar’s best friends, Stella and Tank, don’t understand why he cares what other people think. They miss their funny, pizza-loving, video game-obsessed best friend.

Then Gar accepts a wild dare out of the blue. It impresses the Chosen Ones and his social status soars. But other things are changing, too. Gar grows six inches overnight. His voice drops and, suddenly, he’s stronger and faster. He’s finally getting everything he wanted, but his newfound popularity comes at a price. Gar has to work harder to impress his new friends. The dares keep getting bigger and the stakes keep getting higher.

When Gar realizes the extent of his physical changes, he has to dig deep and face the truth about himself–and the people who truly matter–before his life spirals out of control.

Review: I really enjoyed the second book in this series this is about Gar aka beast boy . Gar has these plans for his senior year and he hasn’t don’t any and he can’t seem to bulk up until he finds out his supplement his parents have been giving him have that effect he stops taking them and weird stuff starts happening. He eats a hot pepper and doesn’t feel the effect. He ends up posing with the snake mascot and finds out the school is doing animal testing and has his friends help him out . He ends up keeping a monkey he names it kong . He finds out when he was little he almost died so his parents injected him with vaccine and thats why he has these side effects and can shape shift into an animal . I can’t wait to read the next one where he meets raven.



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Book Review: The lost hero Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


October 25-December 31

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea-except that everything seems very wrong.

Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on?

Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all-including Leo-related to a god.

Rick Riordan, the best-selling author of the Percy Jackson series, pumps up the action and suspense in The Lost Hero, the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Fans of demi-gods, prophesies, and quests will be left breathless–and panting for Book Two.

Review : I really enjoyed the first book of the spin off of percy Jackson. First we meet Jason who has no memory and ends up on a bus where he meets Piper and Leo. Piper is supposed to be his girlfriend but he doesn’t remember her . Then things start happening they get attacked by venti. Jason only know the Roman version of Greek gods . Annabeth shows up with butch Percy is missing . Jason is the son of Zeus he notices a picture in his cabin its Thalia and thats his sister. Leo is son of Hephaestus and Piper is daughter of Aphrodite. Annabeth explains to piper that the mist made her believe Jason and her were together. Piper has a secret her dad was kidnapped by a giant and she has to decive her friends to get him back alive . Leo is trying to get over his past his mother being killed and he is a fire user which is very rare . They go on a quest to save hera Leo fixes this dragon . I enjoyed this book I loved Leo the most he had a rough childhood but still remained happy and cared about his friends . They have issues along the way lots of fights and monsters . They find coach hedge he was a crazy character and very enjoyable to read about . Jason finds his sister after they were almost attacked by wolves . Thalia thought Jason was dead cause thats what their mother told her . See Jason is the Roman son of Zeus and Thalia is the Greek version which is very rare . They save Piper dad and she gives him this potion that her mom gave her to have his recent memories erased. I enjoyed the Roman and Greek aspects of this book . See Jason apparently is from the Roman camp which the Greek camp don’t even know about . After saving hera they are back at camp Jason tells Annabeth that Percy is at the Roman camp and he doesn’t have his memories I can’t wait to read the next one.

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Jason scratched his head. “You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, ‘festus’ means ‘happy’? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?”

Leo: Rainbows. Very macho.
Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the pegasi.
Leo: Rainbows, ponies…
Butch: I’m gonna toss you off this chariot.”


I have lightning and wind powers,” Jason reminded him. “Piper can turn beautiful and charm people into giving her BMWs. You’re no more a freak than we are. And, hey, maybe you can fly, too. Like jump off a building and yell ‘Flame on!'”
Leo snorted. “If I did that, you would see a flaming kid falling to his death, and I would be yelling something a little stronger than ‘Flame on!”

Gaea?” Leo shook his head. “Isn’t that Mother Nature? She’s supposed to have, like, flowers in her hair and birds singing around her and dear and rabbits doing her laundry.”
“Leo, that’s Snow White,” Piper said.”


I’m the son of Jupiter, I’m a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. I slew the Trojan sea monster, I toppled the black throne of Kronos, and destroyed Titan Krios with my own hand. And now I’m going to destroy you Porphyrion, and feed you to your own wolves.”
“Wow, dude,” Leo muttered, “You been eating red meat?”



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Book Review: Unwrapping his package Cameron Hart

Unwrapping His Package

Unwrapping His Package by Cameron Hart

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


December 15
Indie: I trust my gut, the universe, and the healing power of sugar. I’ll admit I had my doubts in all three of those things when my sister wanted to move all the way here to Christmas, Michigan in the dead of winter. I’ve been scrambling to be the supportive sister after her messy divorce, but I’m exhausted. Just when I think I’m at my breaking point, I sense something. The universe is telling me it’ll all work out. I know my gut instinct is right when I see him. I instantly want to know everything about the tall, broad shouldered, blue-eyed man staring at me. I want to unwrap him layer by layer. All of him. Every single inch.

Walker: As a doctor, I trust my mind, science, and empirical evidence. Until I see her. The short, curvy minx stares right at me, her teal eyes gliding down my body. My chest tightens and I can’t catch my breath. I run through a list of symptoms and possible diagnoses, but nothing quite matches what I’m feeling. My condition only worsens the longer I look at her, yet I can’t bring myself to do anything else. Love at first sight isn’t possible, but one look at my pixie and I know she’s about to prove me wrong.

Review : I loved this one this is about walker and Indie . Indie just moved to Christmas with her sister and nephew who all have been through a lot. Indie meets walker instantly they have a connection and walker wants to take care of Indie. After a bad car crash walker finds Indie and takes her to get warm and then they hook up more than once .Walker proposes to Indie and she says yes . Five years later they have two kids so cute I loved their relationship and cute moments.
Quotes:

A painting is nice to look at. Walker Evans is holy hotness personified.

“I love you so much, Walker Evans.” “Thank fuck,” he breaths out, making me giggle






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Book Review: Red , white & Royal Blue Casey Mcquiston

Red, White & Royal Blue

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Dec 7-14

First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties do have downsides—namely, when photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids and threaten American/British relations. The plan for damage control: staging a fake friendship between the First Son and the Prince.

As President Claremont kicks off her reelection bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. What is worth the sacrifice? How do you do all the good you can do? And, most importantly, how will history remember you

Review : I absolutely loved this book I love all the characters but I love Alex and Henry. Alex is the first son of a woman president and they are going to a royal wedding and Alex kinda hates the prince Henry but he gets drunk and they end up falling on a very expensive cake so to do damage control they have to pretend to be best friends . But it starts not being pretend and they start to actually be friends . On new years June invites Henry to the new years party and Alex and Henry kiss and Alex is frozen cause since the kiss he can’t stop thinking about it and Henry he finally realizes he’s Bisexual and him and Henry start hooking up and then Alex starts to really fall for him but its complicated cause Alex isn’t out to public and Henry doesn’t think he could ever be out cause he’s a prince .Henry tries to ghost him but Alex goes to London and calls him out and tells him he loves him and that they will make this work . Then he’ll breaks loose Alex and Henry emails leak the man Richards going against Alex mom caused a sex scandle to happen so he could win but it didn’t work his mom won again .

Quotes : Thinking about history makes me wonder how I’ll fit into it one day, I guess. And you too. I kinda wish people still wrote like that. History, huh? Bet we could make some.”


Should I tell you that when we’re apart, your body comes back to me in dreams? That when I sleep, I see you, the dip of your waist, the freckle above your hip, and when I wake up in the morning, it feels like I’ve just been with you, the phantom touch of your hand on the back of my neck fresh and not imagined? That I can feel your skin against mine, and it makes every bone in my body ache? That, for a few moments, I can hold my breath and be back there with you, in a dream, in a thousand rooms, nowhere at all?”

Alex snatches a shirt and boxers at random from the floor, shoves them at Henry’s chest, and points him towards the closet. “Get in there.”

“Quite,” he observes.

“Yes, we can unpack the ironic symbolism later. GO.”

“I am the First Son of the United States, and I’m bisexual. History will remember us.”


Oh my God, I thought you were getting into international relations or something.”
“I mean, technically—”
“If you finish that sentence, I’m gonna spend tonight in jail.”


I don’t know who YOU think you’re kidding you Hufflepuff-ass bitch”


Hi,” he says, when he reaches Henry’s eye level. “Hello,” Henry says back. “I’m gonna take your pants off now,” Alex tells him. “Yes, good, carry on.”



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Book Review: Stuffing her stocking Shaw Hart

Stuffing Her Stocking

Stuffing Her Stocking by Shaw Hart

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


December 5
Beau is the least cheerful person in Christmas, Michigan. He took over his dad’s mechanic shop and now he’s stuck in this holiday town.

When his dog runs off one night as he’s closing up, he follows him to a find a car that slid off the road. He rushes down to help and comes face to face with Holly.

One look into her green eyes and it feels like his tiny Grinch heart just grew three sizes.

Will Beau be able to convince Holly that he’s the man for her and that she should stay in Christmas with him forever?

Review: this was such a cute and sexy Christmas story this is about Holly and Beau. Holly ends up kinda crashing her car and Beau owns a car shop so he offers to fix her car and they start to get to know each other and flirt and they end up fooling around. They decorate for Christmas and they sleep together and start to fall for each other and Holly decides to stay in Christmas with Beau. They end up getting married and have kids such a sweet story

Quote : I love you, Holly. This might be a terrible thing to say but I am so glad that you slid off the road. I wasn’t looking for you or to have this kind of relationship with someone but now that I’ve found you, I can’t let you go.




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Book Review: Snow Plowed Abby Knox

Snow Plowed

Snow Plowed by Abby Knox

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


December 4

Renowned LA-based photographer Aiden had one job: spend a few weeks in a tiny Midwestern town and capture scenes of a small-town Christmas. Pretty straight-forward, until he comes across one beloved — not to mention kind, funny, sassy and beautiful — citizen who keeps dodging the camera. He’ll do everything in his power to get her attention, even if it means digging himself a hole in the snow he can’t get out of.

Snow plow driver Ruby doesn’t like having her picture taken. The sooner that flirty LA photographer gets that through his head, the better. With a big snowstorm on the way, she’s got way more urgent things on her mind than flirting or posing for silly photos. He can keep trying to get her attention and to change her mind, but unless he’s buried up to his neck in snow without a shovel, he’ll be trying for a long, long time.

This book has all the stuff of your favorite Hallmark movie — small-town Christmas with a side of fish-out-of-water and a dash of we’re-stuck-together-in-a-snowstorm — with one important difference: when these two come together it’ll knock your snow boots off!

Review: this was such a cute Christmas story I love Ruby and Aiden . Ruby is well loved in the town of Christmas and Aiden is the photographer hired to photograph Christmas and he fall for her imminently. Aiden is so sweet with Ruby and cares for her Ruby doesn’t liker her photo done cause when she was 17 boys took photos of girls and rated them. Ryby wants Aiden to take photos of her naked and then sleep with her and thats what they do. Aiden wants to move to Christmas and be with her but then something bad happens Aiden accidentally mailed Ruby nudes to LA and Aiden creepy assistant posted them on social media. He comes back to Christmas and everyone is pissed at him for Ruby but Ruby explains to the town and then they go off to have some fun. A year after they meet they get engaged loved the story .
Quotes
But better get inside now and put on snow pants. Your tender LA testicles are gonna freeze and fall off if you have to hoof it.” Before I shut my door and start the engine, I hear him shout. “What are snow pants?”

“I never cried so many happy tears until I met you, Aidan.”




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Book Review: The not so silent night Megan Wade

The Not So Silent Night

The Not So Silent Night by Megan Wade

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


December 4

Book 1 of the Santa’s Coming collaboration.

Santa’s coming to town and this Christmas Eve is going to be anything but a silent night!

When Bella returns home for the Holidays, the last thing she’s expecting is to find a man in her bathroom. Turns out, her parents’ new neighbor is a bit of a handyman and was fixing a leaky pipe as a favor.
He can fix my leaky pipes whenever he likes…
The handsome bachelor isn’t much of a talker, but Ryder likes what he sees when the busty beauty busts in on him and almost falls at his feet–and lose her towel in the process.
Neither of them believe in Christmas Miracles, but with their bedroom windows facing each other, they’re in for an interesting show, and a not so silent night…

The Not So Silent Night is part of the Santa’s Coming Collaboration with five of your favorite instalove authors. As always, this story comes with Megan Wade’s Sugar Promise, low drama, high heat, guaranteed.

Book Review: Bella is back in her hometown of Christmas for Christmas where she meets Ryder who is fixing her parents sink and she’s only in a towel . They soon begin to flirt with each other but Ryder doesn’t think he deserves her cause of his past with the army . But he gives in and they end up sleeping together and engaged on Christmas and five years later they are married with two kids so cute .
Quote
just know you are the best Christmas present this man could ever ask for.”



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Book Review: Daddy’s Angel K.A Knight

Daddy's Angel

Daddy’s Angel by K.A. Knight

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


November 18-27

I never wanted to need him.

But when my boyfriend cheats on me, I decide to get a little revenge…by sleeping with his father.

Tyler, Mr. Phillips. The silver fox that fills my fantasies and has been off limits… until now. Our one night together turns into more than we could have ever imagined, but when real life explodes into our torrid romance can we handle what it brings?

Hearts are broken, lives are ruined, but if we can survive the world pulling us apart, we just might have a chance at a happily ever after.

Buckle up daddy, I’m about to be your angel.

Screw you Justin, your dad does it better

Review : I loved this book this is about Lexi she’s dating Justin but then she meets Justins dad Tyler who she can’t stop thinking about . Justin ends up cheating on Lexi and breaking up with her . Tyler comes to see Lexi at the club she works at and they end up hooking up all weekend. Lexi and Tyler know this more than just sex .Lexi doesn’t want to go public yet cause she’s afraid of ruining Tylers reputation. I love Tyler he care so much for Lexi its so sweet . Lexi ends up coming to a family thing with Tyler and Tylers dad figures out they are together. Justin starts stalking Lexi and tells her he wants to get back together but she says no but then he breaks into her apartment and catches Tyler and Lexi together and he freaks out .then he tries to blackmail Tyler but then something bad happens Justin gets in a car crash and dies Tyler is a wreck and ends up breaking up with Lexi she’s hurting and so is he and when enough time passes they get back together. Four months later Tyler proposes and shows Lexi the house he had built and then they are pregnant with a girl I loved this book.

Quotes :
Tyler Phillips will ruin me. I know it, I saw it in those eyes. But I want it. I want to be ruined at his hands. Broken and remade.



I’ve had my fair share of boys and fools, and now I want a king who will take care of me in every way.


This angel walked her beautiful ass right into the demon’s lair, and this demon


You make me want to be the man you see when you look at me.”


Tyler Phillips is my new obsession. He’s the reason behind all those love song lyrics I sing without understanding. But now I finally do, they are starting to make sense.



I’m sick of men thinking they own me just because they’ve stuck their dick in me. They never have the right to touch me unless I say they do, and they need to realise that, because I’m tired of just accepting it.


Love doesn’t have an age limit, son. As long as you’re both happy and consenting, does it matter? You only get one life on this world, Tyler, don’t waste it on worrying what others will think or do. Just spend it being happy,



Hearts heal, sometimes stronger than before, sometimes as thin as paper that’s easily shredded so they have to be protected,”


Life is too short not to live in every single second of it. The good, the bad, the ugly.



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Book Review: Asylum Madeleine Roux

Asylum (Asylum, #1)

Asylum by Madeleine Roux

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


October 26-29

Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-novel perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program—it’s a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for the summer used to be a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. And not just any asylum—a last resort for the criminally insane.

As Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, explore the hidden recesses of their creepy summer home, they soon discover it’s no coincidence that the three of them ended up here. Because the asylum holds the key to a terrifying past. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Featuring found photos of unsettling history and real abandoned asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Madeleine Roux’s teen debut, Asylum, is a horror story that treads the line between genius and insanity.

Review : I really enjoyed this book it was a bit slow in the beginning but it was an enjoyable spooky book for the Halloween season. This is about Dan he’s in this college program he meets some new friends Jordan and Abby things start to be going well for Dan but they decided to search in this old basement at their program see the college use to be an old asylum . Dan starts having weird dreams and he’s been receiving weird letters and then someone was murdered and another guy was injured this old serial killer the skulpter Dan thinks its him but he’s apparently dead . Dan was looking into him and even asked this guy a Townie who did a article about the skulpter but he freaked out due to Dan name cause apparently maybe Dan’s relative was involved with the asylum and use to do experiments. It turns out Felix his roommate was the killer but this place was causing him to act crazy very weird but I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

Quotes:
I wish this were just a nightmare that we could wake up from.”

The thing about memories was, you never could control when they came up again.”



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Book Review: Queen of shadows Sarah J . Maas

Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


August 3-October 9
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past…

She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.

The fourth volume in the New York Times bestselling series continues Celaena’s epic journey and builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.

Review: This book was insane I loved it there was action at every corner .And we meet some new people and old . Aelin meets up with Arobyn who was meeting with Chaol and he wants one of the valg and her to capture it . Chaol and aelin meet back up and Aelin wants to kill Dorian who has a collar around his neck and the king is controlling him but chaol believes Dorian is in there . Aelin is to rescue her cousin aedion. Lysandra who we met in assassin blade comes to warn Aelin about Arobyn. Aedion is waiting to be killed Dorian comes to visit him in the valg form . Lysandra and Aelin start to become friends which I think is great I love their friendship. Aelin rescues aedion yay. Aelin talks to Dorian in his valg form and tries to kill him but Nesryn stops her .we meet Elide a girl who may have some blackbeak blood in her veins who is held hostage by her crazy uncle . Manon the witch who I find to be an interesting character is trying to learn about the valg the Duke wants the valg to mate with the witches so Manon picks the yellowlegs even though he wants the Blackbeak witches .Aedion wakes up him and Aelin talk . Rowan is back and we find out gavriel is aedion father . Lorcan found aelin she threatened his manhood. Rowan discover lysandra is a shapeshifter. Aelin is planning to kill Arobyn. Arobyn invites Aelin and her court to dinner he gives her this oil which she is to put over her body and Rowan wears some to which pisses Arobyn off. Arobyn tried to enslave aelin with those rings to bad it was a fake . Lysandra killed Arobyn yes you deserve it .Aelin forges his will so they get his money. The Duke wants blackbeak witches to mate with the valg . Elide saw the man the valg and creatures are not witches the aren’t good. Aelin plans to free magic soon . Lorcan almost kills Aelin. Dorian meets Manon. Lysandra gets taken . Aelin and her court rescue her . Aelin and Manon almost kill each other but Aelin saves Manon. Rowan gets struck by and arrow .Manon learns Astrin when she was 23 got pregnant from a human but the baby died it was a stillborn so Manon grandmother branded Astrin as unclean what a bitch. Aelin pays off Lysandra and Evangeline debt .Aelin and Chaol go to the glass castle to kill the king .Rowan and Aedion go to free magic . Magic is free lysandra shifts and helps Aedion and Rowan. Dorian is back he kills the king Dorian is now king . Manon rescue elide and tells her to find Aelin to go to her .Aelin is back home loved this book can’t wait to find out what happens next.

Quotes :

Fire-breathing bitch-queen

I missed you,” he said quietly, his gaze darting between her mouth and eyes. “When I was in

Wendlyn. I lied when I said I didn’t. From the moment you left, I missed you so much I went out of my

mind. I was glad for the excuse to track Lorcan here

It’s Aelin now,” she snapped as loudly as she dared. “Celaena Sardothien doesn’t exist anymore.”


What if we go on,’ he said, ‘only to more pain and despair? What if we go on, only to find a horrible friend waiting for us?’

Aelin looked northward, as if she could see all the way to Terrasen. ‘Then it is not the end.”


What are you waiting for?’ he said, the words near guttural.

‘Bastard,’ she murmured, and kissed him.

Her mouth was soft and warm, and he bit back a groan. His body went still—his entire world went still—at that whisper of a kiss, the answer to a question he’d asked for centuries. He realized he was staring only when she withdrew slightly. His fingers tightened at her waist.

‘Again,’ he breathed.

She slid out of his grip. ‘If we live through tomorrow, you’ll get the rest.’

He didn’t know whether to laugh or roar. ‘Are you trying to bribe me into surviving?’

His name was Dorian.

Dorian Havillard, and he was the Crown Prince of Adarlan.”

And at long last, Aelin Ashryver Galathynius was home



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Book Review: Caraval Stephanie Garber

Caraval (Caraval #1)

Caraval by Stephanie Garber
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

September 8-27

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 . . .

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.

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.

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.

Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . beware of getting swept too far away.

Review: I loved this book it was beautiful and magical. Scarlett has been obsessed with Caraval since she was a kid and her grandmother told her stories about it . Scarlett started writing to Legend and he finally answered and gave her tickets. But she can’t go cause she supposed to marry some count her abusive father set her up with . Her sister tella is determined to go and her friend Julian helps kinda kidnap Scarlett to get her to the island . Caraval is very magical . Julian and Scarlett start working together and part of the game this year is a wish and Legend takes Tella as part of the game. We learn their grandmother was the woman Legend fell for but then married another man. We also learn about Rosa a woman who fell for Legend but after the game was over she killed herself. Julian and Scarlett get closer. Julian is definitely an interesting character I could tell he was hiding something. Dante a guy Scarlett met and who helped Scarlett somehow was working with Julian because Rosa is Julian sister. The count and her father shows up. Julian gets caught in the crossfire and the father tries to kill Julian he freaking nuts .Scarlett knocks the count out with some perfume and ties him to a bed . Scarlett finally meets Legend and he says him and Julian have been working together and the whole Rosa is sister is fake and Legend kills Julian. Scarlett finds Tella and Tella is trying to tell Scarlett it was all fake and that she isn’t in danger. Tella tells her she fell for someone but its really Legend and their father and the count shows up and Legend threatens the father and Tella kills herself. Scarlett tries to save her and Scarlett goes to see Legend who isn’t really Legend and is an actor whatttt. Scarlett talks with Julian and apparently Legend is Julian brother.
I loved this book onto the next one Tella gets a letter from Legend on their end of the deal.
Quotes:
Some would probably call him a villain. Others would say his magic makes him closer to a god.”

No one is truly honest,” Nigel answered. “Even if we don’t lie to others, we often lie to ourselves. And the word good means different things to different people.”

Whatever you’ve heard about Caraval, it doesn’t compare to the reality. It’s more than just a game or performance. It’s the closest you’ll ever find yourself magic in this world.”

She imagined loving him would feel like falling in love with darkness, frightening and consuming yet utterly beautiful when the stars came out.

He tasted like midnight and wind, and shades of rich brown and light blue. Colors that made her feel safe and guarded.”

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Book Review: Trouble with the hotshot boss Holly Renee

Trouble with the Hotshot Boss (Rock Bottom #2)

Trouble with the Hotshot Boss by Holly Renee

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


August 30-September 11

How do you screw up your life in three steps? Easy.

Step one: Graduate from college with no prospective jobs lined up.

Step two: Move back home with your parents because no job unfortunately equals no money.

Step 3: Forget to social media stalk the guy who broke your heart before accepting a job in a town with a smaller population than a frat party on a Wednesday night.

I should quit but living with my parents forever doesn’t seem like a solid life plan.

Jase Hale is the golden boy. Our boss thinks he’s beyond talented. The receptionist sends him more flirty smiles and baked goods than is considered normal for a woman old enough to be his mom.

I try to avoid him and his undeniable charm at all costs.

He does everything he can to get under my skin.

Every encounter leaves me reeling.

Every smirk makes my stomach flip.

I assume he’s playing with me, just pushing my buttons like always, but when he lifts me onto my desk and shuts me up with his lips on mine, I’m more confused than ever.

It doesn’t matter that he’s trying to prove me wrong. Having my heart broken by the same jerk twice in one lifetime isn’t an option.

He already blew his shot, and I have no intention of getting in Trouble with the Hotshot Boss

Review : Loved the story between Jase and Sophie
Sophie is Tucker sister and Jase is Tucker best friend
Years ago Sophie and Jase almost hooked up but Tucker almost interrupted and Jase freaked out . Sophie ends up working with Jase at a architecture company. Sophie is trying to deal with working with Jase. Jase and Sophie end up having sex . Sophie knows she shouldn’t get attached to Jase that he could break her heart .Tucker and Kennedy come into town for their wedding. Jase ends up telling Tucker about him and Sophie and Tucker punches him but he tells Tucker that he’s in love with Sophie. Sophie ends up getting a job in Seattle but turns it down but Jase hears about it and freaks out and gets pissy at Sophie cause he thought Sophie was taking the job. He apologizes they officially start dating. A year later they are working on the building Sophie is working on Jase and Sophie are engaged.

Quotes :August 30-September 11

How do you screw up your life in three steps? Easy.

Step one: Graduate from college with no prospective jobs lined up.

Step two: Move back home with your parents because no job unfortunately equals no money.

Step 3: Forget to social media stalk the guy who broke your heart before accepting a job in a town with a smaller population than a frat party on a Wednesday night.

I should quit but living with my parents forever doesn’t seem like a solid life plan.

Jase Hale is the golden boy. Our boss thinks he’s beyond talented. The receptionist sends him more flirty smiles and baked goods than is considered normal for a woman old enough to be his mom.

I try to avoid him and his undeniable charm at all costs.

He does everything he can to get under my skin.

Every encounter leaves me reeling.

Every smirk makes my stomach flip.

I assume he’s playing with me, just pushing my buttons like always, but when he lifts me onto my desk and shuts me up with his lips on mine, I’m more confused than ever.

It doesn’t matter that he’s trying to prove me wrong. Having my heart broken by the same jerk twice in one lifetime isn’t an option.

He already blew his shot, and I have no intention of getting in Trouble with the Hotshot Boss

Review : Loved the story between Jase and Sophie
Sophie is Tucker sister and Jase is Tucker best friend
Years ago Sophie and Jase almost hooked up but Tucker almost interrupted and Jase freaked out . Sophie ends up working with Jase at a architecture company. Sophie is trying to deal with working with Jase. Jase and Sophie end up having sex . Sophie knows she shouldn’t get attached to Jase that he could break her heart .Tucker and Kennedy come into town for their wedding. Jase ends up telling Tucker about him and Sophie and Tucker punches him but he tells Tucker that he’s in love with Sophie. Sophie ends up getting a job in Seattle but turns it down but Jase hears about it and freaks out and gets pissy at Sophie cause he thought Sophie was taking the job. He apologizes they officially start dating. A year later they are working on the building Sophie is working on Jase and Sophie are engaged.

Quotes :
It didn’t matter though. I would let him take a tour of my panty drawer if it meant I could get him away from my crazy mom.

I was going to tell him that, but his eyes were firmly planted on my ass. I snapped my fingers. “Up here, Mr. Hale.”

Hating Jase Hale was far easier than liking him

Jase in his work clothes was hot. This Jase, this was my every teenage fantasy come to life.

Fuck you, Jase.” She spit the words at me. “Ah, darling. You already have.”





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Book review: the tea dragon Society Katie O’Neil

The Tea Dragon SocietyThe Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

August 18

From the award-winning author of Princess Princess Ever After comes The Tea Dragon Society, a charming all-ages book that follows the story of Greta, a blacksmith apprentice, and the people she meets as she becomes entwined in the enchanting world of tea dragons.

After discovering a lost tea dragon in the marketplace, Greta learns about the dying art form of tea dragon care-taking from the kind tea shop owners, Hesekiel and Erik. As she befriends them and their shy ward, Minette, Greta sees how the craft enriches their lives — and eventually her own

Review : I loved this graphic novel it was so cute . I so want a tea dragon for myself now . This is about Greta who finds a dragon and her dad says it belongs to Hesekiel and she brings him the dragon which is a tea dragon named Jasmine . Greta meets Minette and they soon become friends and Greta is learning about tea dragons . She is given her own tea dragon named ginseng.
Can’t wait to read the next one .

Quote :Memories don’t just live inside you, Minette. They live in all the people and objects you share your life with.”

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