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Meg Dean (138 KP) rated Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage in Books

Jun 20, 2018

I love this family! I am a huge supporter of polygamy when done right (ie all members are consenting ADULTS)...and I think the Browns are so brave for putting their lives out there and risking everything to show the world that polygamy is not necessarily evil or wrong!

4 stars :c)

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Momoverseas (2 KP) rated Córka ?upie?cy in Books

Sep 24, 2019

Probably the strangest book I've ever encountered.. good, even very good.. mind blowing imagination of the author... BUT! Why would you put in all these english dialogs (especially in the akward moments of Zuza's love life) it did not fit, felt weak and annoyed me so much! Only reason for 4 stars.

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Emblaze (The Violet Eden Chapters, #3) in Books

Sep 6, 2019

4.5 stars.

This series is so mature considering Violet's age. It's brilliant! I can't wait to see whether Violet and Lincoln will figure out the soul-mates thing. What's going to happen with Phoenix? What's going to happen after that ending?

Luckily I can find out, because I'm going straight into book 4!

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Louise (64 KP) rated The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales in Books

Jul 2, 2018

I am not going to ramble on and on giving you a synopsis for all the stories but I will let you know some of the ones that I enjoyed the most out of this collection. I really wanted to start reading some more short stories so I have continuously made an effort in reading a collection per month. With each book there are obviously going to be some better than others. I think the hardest thing for the authors is to create a really good and atmospheric story that will truly grip you and Kate Mosse has certainly done that in some of these stories. Others were a bit weak and easily forgettable.

The stories included are:

The Mistletoe Bride – 4/5 stars

Duet – 3.5/5 stars

Red Letter day – 2.5/5 stars

The drowned village – 3/5 stars

The house on the hill – 3/5 stars

Why the yew tree lives so long -1.5/5stars

Sainte-Therese – 3/5 stars

The ship of the dead -4/5 stars

La Fille de Melisande -2/5 stars

The revenant -5/5 star – FAVOURITE

On Harting hill -3.5/5 stars

The princess Alice -3/5 stars

In the Theatre at night 2.5/5 stars

The yellow scarf -3.5/5 stars

Syrinx 1/5 stars

Each of these stories comes with an authors note as what inspired her to write them. There are also some black and white gothic illustrations before each of the stories drawn by Rohan Daniel Eason which sets the tone. The stories are set in Sussex, Brittany and Languedoc that are based on Folk tales ranging from the 1800’s to the present day.

I will admit as writing this review I had to check the stories again to see which ones were which as they are somewhat forgettable. The ones that have clearly stuck with me is ‘The Mistletoe Bride’, ‘Duet’ and ‘The Revenant’.

The revenant was the best story by far in the book, it was eerie and creepy and had me on the edge of my seat with my pulse racing as I was actually scared but couldn’t stop reading. It is probably one of the scariest short stories that I have read! Mosse manages to create an intense atmosphere and completely grips the reader. The writing style is very easy to read and flows beautifully.

I would recommend this to people who are looking to read some short-stories that have historical fiction with supernatural elements and a bit of horror.

Overall I rated this 3.5/5 stars

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Witch (Sydney Hart #1) in Books

Jan 12, 2021

Witch (Sydney Hart #1)

Tim O'Rourke | 2013 | Paranormal, Thriller

10

10.0

(2 Ratings)

Book Rating

Wow!

I'll admit that up until the 90-ish% mark, that I was going to happily give this 4 stars. But then that last 10% was definitely 5 star worthy.

Another great book from the author and I will gladly admit to being a fan, after only two books (this and Vampire Seeker/Cowgirls & Vampires)

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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Cosmic Sin (2021) in Movies

Oct 29, 2021 (Updated Nov 2, 2021)

Cosmic Sin (2021)

2021 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

2

3.0

(4 Ratings)

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Another movie with Bruce Willis that doesn't just cut it, as it was today's premiere on Sky Cinema I thought I'd check it out, no idea how it got the 4 stars it showed as having via Rotten Tomatoes, I think someone at Sky was having a laugh with the the ratings!

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Mischievous Mrs. Maxfield in Books

Jan 11, 2021

3.75 stars. 4 stars for the first half, 3.5 stars for the second.

The author came out with a lot of wise words/phrases/comments in this book and made Charlotte seem older than her years but I guess she'd been through a lot in those 19 years .

I have to say that I might have liked it a little more if the story had ended after the 'I love yous' were spoken but at the same time I liked how the author wrote the rest of the story too. How not everyone was as bad as they came across initially and how every little side story got an ending.

I liked it.

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