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Heartless (Parasol Protectorate #4)

Gail Carriger

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Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble in the air is not her...

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When I Hit You: Or, a Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

Meena Kandasamy

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Seduced by politics, poetry and an enduring dream of building a better world together, the unnamed...

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Without the Moon

Cathi Unsworth

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Hush, hush, hush Here comes the Bogeyman ...London during the long, dark days of the Blitz: a city...

James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Wakenhyrst in Books

Jul 17, 2020

Wakenhyrst

Michelle Paver | 2019 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Paranormal, Thriller

8.6

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Edwardian Gothic Horror

Michelle Paver has this exceptional ability to create a location that always becomes the lead character of her stories. Here it is The Fen and the Manor House within it. You can smell the pond weed, hear the birds and visualise the location immaculately. This incredible writer also always manages to create suggestions and hints of horror without ever over stating it. Its a beautiful subtlety which makes it even more haunting. This book also highlights strong feminist values simply by portraying female strength she ridicules the notion of patriarchy.
As you know I don't like to give away the story, wanting you to discover the pages yourself. Wakenhyrst is set in the early 1900s and is a dark githic thriller about past deeds haunting the now, and like her other books it's spectacular.

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Chloe (778 KP) rated The Last Wish in Books

Jul 18, 2020

The Last Wish

Andrzej Sapkowski | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry

8.5

(14 Ratings)

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The first of the Witcher books that covers him meeting Yennefer.

I expected to be wooed by this book as the series was really great and I had heard great things about the book too. Until the final two chapters I was quite underwhelmed, the book is similar to several short stories and these were not in order. I found this a little frustrating.

Geralt seemed to lack a personal connection and I was finding it hard to enjoy this book. Fortunately, the last two chapters are brilliant, I devoured them very quickly and cant wait to read the next one. I really hope the following installments have a longer story but I don't know if that will be the case. Either way I will probably finish the full series as I niw feel invested in the characters.