Search

Search only in certain items:

    The Resisters

    The Resisters

    Gish Jen

    (0 Ratings) Rate It

    Book

    The time: not so long from now. The place: AutoAmerica, a country surveilled by one "Aunt Nettie," a...

Smoke & Gold (Darker Desires #1)
Smoke & Gold (Darker Desires #1)
Tesla Storm | 2021 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Vivianna Sky is an addict, but not in the way you think. She must fight her addiction and demons to save herself and her Mama. Unsure of whether she will be able to she gets a helping hand from an unlikely source!


When I first started reading the story I found myself annoyed with Vivianna with her being an addict then I found out what she was an addict too.


A story that is quite full of action battling demons both physically and mentally but a rewarding fight.


There are a couple of sex scenes but they aren't crudely written quite gentle in all honesty.


I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can see me really getting stuck into the series.


A definite recommendation from me for you to read
  
The Survivor (Jude Lyon #3)
The Survivor (Jude Lyon #3)
Simon Conway | 2022 | Thriller
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a book filled with action, tension, thrills and spills and follows on from the previous 2 in the series and whilst this can be read as a standalone, I would definitely recommend reading at least the 2nd in the series, The Sabateur, as it is easy to get a little lost on the characters and the story but you won't be disappointed.

Once again, we are treated to a tense plot, fast pace and excellent characters that, although I found it hard to get into for the first couple of chapters, once there I was absolutely riveted to the very end.

Highly recommended to those of you who enjoy an excellent thriller and many, many thanks to Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of The Survivor.
  
Killing Eve - Season 4
Killing Eve - Season 4
2022 | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Funny moments (0 more)
Not at the same level as previous series (1 more)
Silly surreal episodes
Oh dear Eve
I didn't think there was going to be a 4th series after the ending of the 3rd. After watching this maybe they should have stuck at 3. It's not at the same level as the previous series, not as witty, funny and feeling a bit rushed towards the end.
The first few episodes are very odd and a bit surreal and don't fit in. After getting back on track of finding out more about the 12 it then all comes to a very quick conclusion in the last couple of episodes. Still has some funny scenes and a bit more back story to some characters. Overall though a 4th series we didn't need.
  
The Light We Lost
The Light We Lost
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
^ This is totally not what I was expecting. Maybe I thought it would a love story based around how a couple met at the time 9/11 happened. Yes. It is. But staying together and having a happy ever after? Hmm. Nope. You don’t get that, and this becomes very clear from the onset. In fact, the very way this has been written in a past tense, makes that awfully clear the protagonist is telling us something that has already happened. This in itself made for a tantalising read. The story could have gone anywhere. Not knowing what would happen between them, when at times their lives were so different and far apart, is probably why I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

^^ This story revolves around two lost souls, Lucy and Gabriel (Gabe) Samson who first meet during the Twin Towers terror attacks, and watch the horror unfold right in front of their eyes. Did fate bring these two together for a reason?

^^ Throughout the book we follow their relationship and learn how that first meeting on that fateful day effected them for the rest of their lives. Imagine being witness to something so horrifying. Surely it would affect you. Perhaps you’d want to live your life as if every day is your last, or you’ll go the other way and blame yourself for not being able to do anything to help. Even when you couldn’t have at the time. Survivors guilt, I think they call it.

^ These are the sort of issues, this couple face. You know they should be together, but they both need different things, so their lives are never as simple as you think they’re going to be.

^ I enjoyed how the author allowed this couple to search for what they wanted out of life, but they never truly forgot, or even stopped loving each other. Whenever they did meet, well, it was never the right time. Yet something in the universe, a powerful source, kept drawing them back into each other’s paths. Even when they’d both long gone their separate ways. Is it destiny? Or chance?

Overall: Well, who’d of thought the first book of the year would reduce me to tears? I kind of saw the ending coming, but when I reached those last few pages I found it much more emotional than expected. Jill Santopolo poses an elegant narrative around two people looking in very different places for that one elusive answer: What if?