Daughter of the King (The Derbfine Series #3)
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A mistaken identity. A gruesome murder. Was it defense? Or Regicide? Brighit is a trained...
Historical Romance
The Hork-Bajir Chronicles (Animorphs, #22.5)
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Dak Hamee, born into the Hork-Bajir tribe, is something special from the start. "Strange," says his...
T-Minus
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A terror with no answer needs a girl with no limits. I am the daughter of the first female POTUS,...
Young Adult Thriller
Empire's Heir (Empire's Legacy #6)
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Some games are played for mortal stakes. Gwenna, heir to Ésparias, is summoned by the Empress of...
Historical Fantasy
Merissa (12660 KP) rated Daughter of Rage and Beauty (Berserker Academy #1) in Books
Dec 22, 2019
Elin is a half-breed, part Fae and part Berserker. She has been looked down upon by her father from birth, and now, at twenty-one, she is being shipped off to the Berserker Academy in a last-ditch attempt of her not 'sullying' the family name. Trouble is, Berserkers can be just as judgmental as her father!
I was completely engrossed in this story. I loved Hauk and the connection that grew between him and Elin. There are other characters that stand out that I hope will get their own stories. So many parts of this that I enjoyed, it's hard to narrow it down. One scene I will mention is the incredibly hot scene between Hauk and Elin. I think my kindle nearly melted. It was perfectly done, being sexy and sensuous without being gratuitous.
I found the pacing to be spot on with this, giving the reader enough time to enjoy each scene without it being stuck. The world-building was great and is one I hope to return to.
For a fun, sexy and adventurous Norse fantasy, then I have no hesitation in recommending this!
The One Who Wrote Destiny
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Mukesh has just moved from Kenya to the drizzly northern town of Keighley. He was expecting fame,...
All the Light We Cannot See
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A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths...
History WWII Fiction
The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel
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From acclaimed author Marita Golden comes a moving African-American family drama of love and...
Family
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated The Identicals in Books
May 10, 2018
Elin Hilderbrand has put together another enjoyable novel. My travels have never brought me further north than upstate New York, but she paints a picture of the New England coastline as a place I have to visit.
I don't know what it's like to be a twin, but I do have a sister. I think it would be impossible to go years without speaking to or seeing my sister. What happened between Tabitha and Harper that they couldn't work out their differences? Will the death of their father prove to them that whatever it was can be fixed?
For me, I didn't really connect with either of these characters. The person I connected most with was Ainsley, Tabitha's 15 year old daughter. At the beginning of the book, she is struggling through life as all girls at that age do. Trying to find out who you are, who your friends should be, which cliques to be a part of. Ainsley is trying to figure out her place in her world and trying to find her way through that with a parent who is pretty much hands-off.
Harper is also struggling through some things at the start of the book. But unfortunately, this is nothing new for Harper. She always seems to find herself on the wrong side of trouble.
Tabitha as well is going through a tough situation. As the head of her mother's clothing empire, trying to keep the store afloat as well as raise a teenage daughter and have a social life, it's a lot on one person.
Will these three ladies be able to put their differences aside, pull up their big girl panties, and work everything out so that they all will be able to coexist and thrive?