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Merissa (12351 KP) rated 17 Marigold Lane (Prudence Penderhaus #1) in Books

Apr 18, 2023  
17 Marigold Lane (Prudence Penderhaus #1)
17 Marigold Lane (Prudence Penderhaus #1)
R.M. Gilmore | 2015 | Mystery, Young Adult (YA)
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book starts with a seventeen-year-old girl coming to terms with the fact she's dying. Now going on from that, you would expect this book to full of doom and gloom. Instead, it is funny and heartbreaking at the same time. Prudence makes a decision to do something that she has never dared to before, based on the fact of 'what does it matter now anyway?' What follows on is a mystery story that will keep you intrigued and engrossed as you turn the pages. The slowly developing relationship between our two main characters was fantastic to read about.

One of the things that makes this book so superb is that our Main Male is on the spectrum. Now it's not clearly defined in there, but you do know he is highly functioning and his life could have been 'normal' if he'd been given the right circumstances. I loved Cass and his 'quirks' and definitely want to read more about him.

Well written and with a smooth pace, and well-rounded, developed characters. There were no grammatical errors that I found. This is the first book in a series and it does come with a cliffhanger ending. I honestly can't wait to read more. Highly recommended!

* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *
 
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Oct 18, 2015
  
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David McK (3496 KP) rated Isard's Revenge (Star Wars: X-Wing, #8) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Isard's Revenge (Star Wars: X-Wing, #8)
Michael A. Stackpole | 1999
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
If, by and large, books can be compared to food - the classics being haute cuisine; the terrible books being dog-food - then the X-Wing series of Star Wars books (all written pre-Episode One, and based on the popular LucasArts games) could probably be best described as fast food: enjoyable enough in small doses but you wouldn't want to live on them and not always that memorable.

With regard to this book, which picks up from the end of Timothy Zahn's "The Last Command" (with the ending of that novel shown from a different perspective), it's also more than half way through before the jacket blurb begins to make sense.
  
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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Bottomland in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
Bottomland
Bottomland
Michelle Hoover | 2020
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
When I learned that Michelle Hoover based this historical fiction novel on a true family story about two girls who suddenly disappeared from their rural family home, I knew I had to read it. Find out why I have this book a strong four out of five stars in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/04/25/the-lost-and-what-they-find/