Spells (Wings, #2)
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A magical romance blossoms in the follow-up to WINGS, the bestselling novel described by Stephenie...
The Amber Shadows
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In a place where everyone is keeping secrets all the time, how do you know who you can trust? A...
The Outside Lands
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'Masterly ...gloriously well-written and deeply imagined' Jim Crace Jeannie is nineteen when the...
Lost for Words
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From the bestselling author of the Patrick Melrose novels, this is a thought-provoking and...
My Gun Was as Tall as Me
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High in the Alps, Tuvol, the son of a great European humanitarian, crawls into a snow hole in a...
Girl at War
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Growing up in Zagreb in the summer of 1991, 10-year-old Ana Juric is a carefree tomboy; she runs the...
White Teeth
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Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of...
ClareR (5726 KP) rated Boys Don’t Cry in Books
May 18, 2021
Joe at 17, is the brother left to deal with the death of his 12 year old brother. His father manages to get himself in to trouble, and in to prison. His mother can’t cope. And Joe is struggling too. He is in an environment where it is all too easy for him to take the wrong path and end up like his father. Involved with the wrong people and in prison.
We see flashbacks to Finn as he is diagnosed with Leukaemia and how he copes with the treatment. He is such a happy, generous boy, who worries more about everyone else than about himself.
I don’t want to give much away, but Fiona Scarlett has created two boys who are wonderful human beings, despite the hand that has been dealt to them.
I adored this book. It still gives me a lump in my throat when I’m writing about it, never mind speaking to people about it - I’ll point them in this direction, I think.
It’s like the meme that says “This book has destroyed me and broken my heart. You MUST read it”
So yeah, just read it.
TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated No Turning Back in Books
Feb 23, 2021
This is the debut novel by Katie Vorreiter and wow. This book grabbed me from the literal first page. Quite a few authors first books are not always their best work as they are still learning. This book however, did not read like a first book! It had a great story build up with lots of twists that were fun and surprising. The character development was spot on and I really felt a connection to the characters. Livvy and Tobin had great play off each other and interacted well with the sub characters.
This story deals with a wide range of emotions and struggles, and does not get overly dramatic with them. It kept the emotions to a believable level. I so enjoyed this book from beginning to end and I cannot wait to read more from Katie Vorreiter. So many unexpected twists! I literally can not stop replaying the story in my head. I don't often reread books, but I will definitely will be rereading this one. I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars for the creativity of intertwining God in every aspect of the characters’ lives, having a well-developed plot, and for making me smile. If her next book is anything like this one she will be an autobuy author for me.
