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Goodness, my heart is full up after reading what is now my favorite CLo since Dating You, Hating You. While more sensual in heat than their earlier work, the chemistry and intense attraction between River and
So, apparently I never finished writing this review? But anyway I liked it a whole lot. River is a babe and this is my favorite CLo book in a long time.
So, apparently I never finished writing this review? But anyway I liked it a whole lot. River is a babe and this is my favorite CLo book in a long time.
not in the mood for this right now. absolutely a me thing, not a book thing.
Richard, Lucia, and Evelyn's lives converge during an NYC blizzard, leading to an odd road trip to hide a dead woman's body. All find catharsis while recounting their past traumas to the others, as they all have roots in Central and South America.
Wow, this was not for me. The story jumped around from the present to the past for all three characters and was mostly told in passive, past tense. There were horrific stories for all three, but all three felt it was okay to dump a body to hopefully protect Evelyn's life, as she was an illegal immigrant.
Spoiler alert, they totally get away with it, and even find out who killed the pregnant woman in the trunk and let that person get away with it. There was also an attempt at a love story between Richard and Lucia, and I didn't buy it.
AND I have to complain about chapter headings! If you are going to title a chapter with a character's name and a date range, please start that chapter with that character's POV and in that date range. So often the chapters were titled as such, but the Allende began the chapter with a different time period and in a different POV! Fine, just don't name the chapters then! Readers are smart, they'll figure out where you are.
Read to fulfill my Book Riot 2017 Reader Harder Challenge. Book written by a South or Central American author and based (in this case mostly) in South or Central America.
Wow, this was not for me. The story jumped around from the present to the past for all three characters and was mostly told in passive, past tense. There were horrific stories for all three, but all three felt it was okay to dump a body to hopefully protect Evelyn's life, as she was an illegal immigrant.
Spoiler alert, they totally get away with it, and even find out who killed the pregnant woman in the trunk and let that person get away with it. There was also an attempt at a love story between Richard and Lucia, and I didn't buy it.
AND I have to complain about chapter headings! If you are going to title a chapter with a character's name and a date range, please start that chapter with that character's POV and in that date range. So often the chapters were titled as such, but the Allende began the chapter with a different time period and in a different POV! Fine, just don't name the chapters then! Readers are smart, they'll figure out where you are.
Read to fulfill my Book Riot 2017 Reader Harder Challenge. Book written by a South or Central American author and based (in this case mostly) in South or Central America.
Unfortunately, my high hopes for this book were not met.
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While I appreciate the author's note indicating this was a very personal story, I would have preferred the note be at the beginning of the book, or at least a short list of CWs be provided. I too cared for a parent in home hospice, and this was really a really rough read for me. The descriptions of medical care are very explicit, and Anna's father also indicates to her he no longer wants to live.
As I see many readers are excited to read "Quan's Book", this is not Quan's book. Quan is a very kind and amazing partner to Anna when he can be, but he is also dealing with his own trauma and difficulties, besides being in an open relationship with Anna. The scenes with them together sparkled, their love scenes were tender and beautiful, but ultimately I did not buy their HEA.
Also, I do not believe Anna really resolved any of the real harmful behavior and abuse her family put her through, specifically her sister who told Anna she didn't believe her Autism diagnosis, that Anna didn't love her father, that Anna did a shitty job caring for their father.
And the way the book starts, with Anna basically being forced to endure a horrible BJ her "boyfriend" insists on, that was really rough to read.
Spoilers ahead:
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For the majority of the book, Anna is miserable. She's made miserable by her horrible boyfriend (not the love interest in this book), her callous and hurtful family, and having to care for a parent who has a debilitating stroke and no advance directive.While I appreciate the author's note indicating this was a very personal story, I would have preferred the note be at the beginning of the book, or at least a short list of CWs be provided. I too cared for a parent in home hospice, and this was really a really rough read for me. The descriptions of medical care are very explicit, and Anna's father also indicates to her he no longer wants to live.
As I see many readers are excited to read "Quan's Book", this is not Quan's book. Quan is a very kind and amazing partner to Anna when he can be, but he is also dealing with his own trauma and difficulties, besides being in an open relationship with Anna. The scenes with them together sparkled, their love scenes were tender and beautiful, but ultimately I did not buy their HEA.
Also, I do not believe Anna really resolved any of the real harmful behavior and abuse her family put her through, specifically her sister who told Anna she didn't believe her Autism diagnosis, that Anna didn't love her father, that Anna did a shitty job caring for their father.
And the way the book starts, with Anna basically being forced to endure a horrible BJ her "boyfriend" insists on, that was really rough to read.
A reimagined HG Well's "The Island of Dr. Moreau" with a female lead, "The Madman's Daughter" tries but ultimately falls flat as a gothic tale with the expected love triangle. In Shepherd's story Dr. Moreau has a 16 year old daughter who he abandoned after being banned from London society. She ultimately finds out he is still alive and living on an island somewhere in the South Pacific, living there so he can continue performing the medical procedures that got him in trouble with both the moral and legal authorities of his time.
To the detriment of the story, Juliet is a flat character who is quickly described as shockingly beautiful and interested in anatomy (unheard of for females of her time) but truly only serves as a someone who can react to the various events that happen around her.
The two male leads are enthralled with her (one her father's assistant, the other a castaway recovered on the voyage to the island)for reasons not readily apparent to the reader, and she of course struggles to decide which one she wants to be with. While the reader also understands the novel is set in Victorian times, the constant bosom heaving is distracting and pops up at awkward times. For example, when one of the male leads is comforting Juliet with an embrace after they find an eviscerated murder victim, her thoughts do not lie with the awful situation but instead on how turned on she gets by the embrace. Yikes.
Thankfully interesting philosophical questions are brought up in the story - What makes a man? Should man play God, even if he can? - which kept me reading. Still disappointed this is a planned trilogy. I didn't feel there was hardly enough to flesh out this volume, let alone two more.
To the detriment of the story, Juliet is a flat character who is quickly described as shockingly beautiful and interested in anatomy (unheard of for females of her time) but truly only serves as a someone who can react to the various events that happen around her.
The two male leads are enthralled with her (one her father's assistant, the other a castaway recovered on the voyage to the island)for reasons not readily apparent to the reader, and she of course struggles to decide which one she wants to be with. While the reader also understands the novel is set in Victorian times, the constant bosom heaving is distracting and pops up at awkward times. For example, when one of the male leads is comforting Juliet with an embrace after they find an eviscerated murder victim, her thoughts do not lie with the awful situation but instead on how turned on she gets by the embrace. Yikes.
Thankfully interesting philosophical questions are brought up in the story - What makes a man? Should man play God, even if he can? - which kept me reading. Still disappointed this is a planned trilogy. I didn't feel there was hardly enough to flesh out this volume, let alone two more.
23 year old slacker Scott is dating a high schooler (but they haven't even held hands yet), is in a band that kind of sucks, and is obsessed by a girl with purple hair who delivers for Amazon in Canada.
Bright, vivid illustrations and snappy dialog. Fun video game references. Good times!
Bright, vivid illustrations and snappy dialog. Fun video game references. Good times!
Not sure I like how Roland is drawn in this book. Despite having a hard life on the road, he has quite a bit more muscles then in previous volumes.
More madcap and violent action in the latest collected volume of Revival. It has been a minute since I read [b:Revival, Vol. 4: Escape to Wisconsin|22358440|Revival, Vol. 4 Escape to Wisconsin|Tim Seeley|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1409618670s/22358440.jpg|41765468], so I had forgotten some of the finer details, but I was caught up fairly quickly. I'm hoping there was a bit of a clue to WHY reviving is a thing...