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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2340 KP) rated Naughty in Nice (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #5) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

Georgie manages to get a trip to Nice in the middle of winter to try to find something stolen from the palace. But then a second theft and a murder put her in danger. Can she find her way out of it? As always, Georgie and her family and friends are a delight to be around. Also as always, this book takes forever setting things up before the plot really gets going. I enjoy the series, but I wish the mystery got moving sooner.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-naught-in-nice-by-rhys.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Ross (3284 KP) created a post

Dec 10, 2018

I have decided to give up on a book for the first time in about 10 years. @Legends of Ahn is just boring me and after a week of grinding away at it I am barely a quarter of the way through. I need a book to have a plot and a purpose, this just feels like a man wandering around doing things with no clear purpose, and my reading rate has fallen so far I have to give up. I will probably pick this up again in future, ideally when the series is finished (at least then I will know it must have found a purpose eventually!).

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Ross (3284 KP) Dec 10, 2018

Thanks guys. I had DNF-guilt but it is passing.

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Rachel Maria Berney (114 KP) Dec 11, 2018

I hate when that happens, but there are so many good books out there. Sometimes you have to give up on the duds, especially if you are not enjoying, you get over the guilt, eventually. It just feels so wrong not to finish a book :)

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Leah (: (569 KP) rated The Soul Bond (Werewolf High book 4) in Books

Sep 5, 2018

The Soul Bond (Werewolf High book 4)

Anita Oh | 2016 | Paranormal, Young Adult (YA)

7.0

(1 Ratings)

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I enjoyed this book as we got to see more of Lucy and Tennyson and the growing connection between them.

I also enjoyed that some of the answers about Lucy were answered, as she possibly begins to get powers of her own, but what will they be??

I am still enjoying this series as a lighthearted teen book. We are also getting to see more of some of the other characters which is good as I particularly like Nikolai and Althea.

I still find it annoying that the main story is slow to progress, but will carry on with it as I am enjoying it.

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KM Watts (12 KP) rated Cinder in Books

Sep 9, 2018

Cinder

Marissa Meyer | 2012 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

8.5

(96 Ratings)

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Fantastic characters (2 more)

Imaginative world building

Wonderful plot

The villain could have been a bit more dangerous (0 more)

A wonderful reimagining

This book is the first in the series. This book was on my list for awhile, but I had been holding off reading it. I’m glad I finally did. It was a fast paced adventure with a sprinkle of romance. It had me rooting for Cinder the whole time, and there were enough twists to keep everything interesting. The villain was good, though I think she could have been given stonger motives. This was a fantastic retelling of an old fairytale, with an awesome sci-fi twist. I would highly recommend it.

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Merissa (12841 KP) rated The Witching Pen (The Witching Pen Novellas, #1) in Books

Dec 17, 2018

This is the full length story of Elena and Karl and it starts when Karl is 27. For a long time, Elena and Karl have kept their relationship purely platonic due to circumstances "beyond their control" but things are about to change.

This story is full of action, romance, drama and suspense. You find out little snippets as you read along and the characters are built up. There is no insta-love in this book, just a deep and true friendship that could always have been something more if things had been different.

Absolutely brilliant and an ending which definitely makes you reach for the next book in the series!

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David McK (3557 KP) rated Wolfsangel (Craw Trilogy, #1) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Described (by 2 different authors, in the blurb on the back of the book in this edition) as "A unique take on the werewolf mythos, on the Norse pantheon an on magic itself. An enthralling, mesmeric book" and "A fresh take on the werewolf myth ... Brutal and relentlessly original", I have to say: this novel was nothing at all like I expected. Where I was expecting an excting tale of Vikings, shapeshifters and magic, instead I got a slow, torpid and (sometimes) impenetrable read instead. The first in a planned series of such books, I doubt I'll be looking for any of the sequels.

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David McK (3557 KP) rated Heat Stroke (Weather Warden, #2) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

At the end of the previous book ('Ill Wind'), weather warden Joanne Baldwin had died and been reborn as a Djinn (or Genie).

What follows in this not only expands on the background story of that first novel, but is also told from a unique perspective: from the point of view of a Djinn, rather than as a mere mortal. Setting itself up nicely for the next book in the series, I actually found this to be both faster (I read it in two days flat) and more enjoyable than the previous novel - no mean feat as that novel was also a very enjoyable read.

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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated The Word Is Murder in Books

Mar 21, 2020

A good old fashioned murder mystery brought up to speed for the modern-day.

I listened to the audiobook read by Rory Kinnear who had a bit of an uperty sounding accent to me but it worked well for the character of the author who ends up trailing ex DI Hawthorne as he investigates a murder with mysterious circumstances. It's a cleverly written book.

The characters are on the grating side but it's embraced in the book and I think there is a lot of potential moving forward for this series to get into the details of the gruff no-nonsense Hawthorne. There's plenty to think about in this captivating mystery.