5/19/2023 0 Comments A dark and hollow star series![]() ![]() Like a fallen Fury set on vengeance, I couldn't get enough. ![]() The magic is bloody, the humour sharp, and the murder mystery drenched in violence and intrigue. She was once a Fury, but after burning a ship without permission was banished to the mortal realm, where she helped in the investigation about ironborn deaths, leading to Hieronymus Aurum. A kaleidoscopic narrative adds depth and drive.īeautifully written and deliciously complex, A Dark and Hollow Star is utterly engrossing. Nausicaä Kraken, formerly known as Alecto, is one of the main protagonists of the Hollow Star Saga. ![]() Shuttleworth sensitively tackles the plot's darker elements, including trauma and suicidal ideation, tempering them with tenderness and wry wit. To track down the killer, they will have to form a tenuous alliance, putting their differences - and conflicts - aside.įailure risks the destruction of the faerie and human worlds alike. The brooding guardian, burdened by a terrible secret.Įach holds a key to solving a series of ritualistic murders that threaten to expose faeries to the human world. The dutiful prince, determined to earn his place. ![]() There is an array of dark blue color on his chest, which his mother imprinted on him. He has sun-kissed golden skin and the sharp features and tapered ears that mark him as a fae. The tempestuous Fury, exiled and hellbent on revenge. 3.2 A Dark and Hollow Star Appearance Vehan is a newly Mature male with black hair and striking blue eyes. The half-fae outcast, desperate for acceptance. The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones in this thrilling fantasy where four queer teens race to stop a serial killer before their crimes expose the hidden world of faeries to humans. ![]()
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5/18/2023 0 Comments The comfort book by matt haig![]() ![]() ![]() It is yes to having space you need to live” “External events are neutral. And that sometimes all you need to do in order to rise up again is to keep moving forward.” Many aphorisms sound right, if hardly groundbreaking-e.g., a quick route to happiness is making someone else happy “No is a good word. His father said to him, “If we keep going in a straight line we’ll get out of here.” He was correct, a bit of wisdom Haig turned to during his depression when he focused on moving forward: “It is important to remember the bottom of the valley never has the clearest view. On being lost, Haig recounts an episode with his father when they got turned around in a forest in France. Much is left unsaid and left up to readers to dissect. Most chapters are only a few sentences long, the longest running for three pages. The author’s words are instigations, hopeful first steps toward illumination. ![]() ![]() This makes some of the material worthy of a second look, even when it feels runic or contrary to experience. Years ago, Haig experienced an extended period of suicidal depression, so he comes at many of these topics-pain, hope, self-worth, contentment-from a hard-won perspective. Like many collections of this sort-terse snippets of advice, from the everyday to the cosmic-some parts will hit home with surprising insight, some will feel like old hat, and others will come across as disposable or incomprehensible. Bestselling author Haig offers a book’s worth of apothegms to serve as guides to issues ranging from disquietude to self-acceptance. ![]() 5/18/2023 0 Comments The ultimatum by karen robards![]() They'll stop at nothing to capture Richard St. But not everyone believes in his death, including the US government. Their latest mission didn't go to plan - millions of dollars and top secret government documents went missing, and her father was supposedly killed. Her father has prepared her well to carry on the family business, and now the prodigy has surpassed the master. A femme fatale Robin Hood running a multinational firm with her father, she makes a living swindling con men out of money they stole and giving it back to those who should rightfully have it, keeping a little for herself of course. She's also a high-end thief, a master manipulator, a card shark, and a genius of disguise. The second book in the series, The Moscow Deception, is available to buy now Bianca St. ![]() ![]() ![]() Action-packed, fact-paced thriller perfect for fans of Karen Rose and the RED SPARROW movie. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And no matter how hard Cat tries to keep things professional between them, she’ll find that desire lasts forever … and Bones won’t let her get away again. But a price on her head – wanted: dead or half-alive – means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones. She’s still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind.īeing around Bones awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline rush of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. You can run from the grave, but you can’t hide… Reading Challenges: 2022 Beat the Backlist This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. ![]() |