The Vintage and Antiques Fairs of England
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England - perhaps more than anywhere - is home to many excellent vintage and antiques fairs, from...
The Girl at Midnight
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Beneath the streets of New York City live the Avicen, an ancient race of people with feathers for...
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Hypertension and Renal Organ Damage
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This book guides readers through a wide spectrum of clinical presentations in patients with arterial...
Wicked Night (A Warrior's Promise #1)
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Follow the journey of a strong, independent, yet caring woman as she navigates the supernatural...
Paranormal Romance
The Work of Byron Katie
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Byron Katie, founder of The Work, has one job: to teach people how to end their own suffering. As...
David McK (3369 KP) rated Lion of Macedon (Greek series #1) in Books
Jul 7, 2020
Unlike the Troy books, however, this is set (much) later in the ancient Greek world, even well after the battle of Thermopylae, and follows the life and times of the half-Spartan/half Macedonian Parmenion - the actual Lion of Macedon of the title - of whom little is apparently known, other than that he was an actual Macedonian general in the service of Philip II of Macedon (who doesn't even appear in this until about 2/3rd of the way through the book): the father (or was he?) of the most famous Macedonian of all: Alexander. As in Alexander the Great.
I add the 'or was he' question to the above as this novel provides an alternative patronage. It also, unlike his later Troy series, mixes on some of Gemmell's more 'fantastical' elements (I hesitate to even use that word), with the philosopher Aristotle reimagined and the inclusion of the Stones of Power (aka the Siptrassi Stones - as an aside, I'm not sure where these novels were written in relation to those?), albeit not to the extent of Dark Prince. The themes of redemption, honour, courage and Good (the Source) Vs Evil are as strong as any other in his oeuvre!
Senlin Ascends: Book One of the Books of Babel
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'One of my favourite books of all time' Mark Lawrence 'An extraordinary debut that is well worthy...
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KerysJayne Draganova (21 KP) rated Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) in Books
Jan 13, 2018 (Updated Jan 13, 2018)
I love love loved Ee's take on Angels. I'm not really a fan of paranormal books with angels usually, as generally they involve squeaky clean, day-saving, nicey nice angels....*yawn*! Same old every time. So Ee's end of the world bringing, dark, gritty angels were a breath of fresh air.
Ee has created some incredible characters in this book, Penryn is an absolute bad ass. I love that she's trained in martial arts and not afraid to put up a fight. She's ready to protect her family at all costs, whether that means fighting humans gone mad, or crazy, sword wielding, angels with super strength.
The dynamic between Penryn and Raffe is perfect. I love how Penryn saves Raffes ass so many times throughout the book, and he returns the favour. There's no love at first sight between the two. Rather their partnership starts as one of survival, and a building of trust that brings about a whole load of tension between the two. Their story gets you right in the feels.
Also Penryn's crazy Mother is freaking Amazing!!!! I can't wait to see where Ee goes with this character.
The only thing I felt let this book down was the world building/ back story, I didn't really get a proper feel for what kind of state the the world was in, and there wasn't really an explanation as to how the angels brought on the apocalypse.
Also, I will say parts of the book can be very Dark/ graphic. This book is listed as a YA but may be better for older YAs and even NAs.
Overall, this is an awesome post-apocalyptic story, and I definitely recommend it.
Beyond the Quran: Early Ismaili Ta'wil and the Secrets of the Prophets
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Ismailism, one of the three major branches of Shiism, is best known for ta'wil, an esoteric,...
The School for Good and Evil: The Last Ever After
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Can Agatha and Sophie find the perfect ending to their story in this epic third installment to this...
Fantasy Fairy Tale