The V Girl: A Coming Of Age Story
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Romance set in a dystopian future In post-apocalyptic North America two emerging nations are at...
Young Adult Science Fiction Dystopian Romance
The Shifter (Legends of Pern Coen: Fated #1)
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Saving her could cost him everything. Bran has spent his life being hunted for what he is. Born...
Romance Fantasy Fade-to-Black Celtic/Roman
The Blood Chain (Indulgence #3)
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Erin Kellison's Indulgence World is on fire with heart-stopping romance, perilous adventure, and...
Fantasy Romance
The Tryst List (Spicy Standalone #3)
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When a man, haunted by secrets, reunites with the only woman who's ever ignited his soul, he'll do...
Adult Contemporary Romance
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Written in Red (The Others, #1) in Books
Aug 26, 2019 (Updated Sep 3, 2019)
I found this really hard to put down, if I'm honest, the story really pulled me in and despite there not being much of a romance, I'll admit I was hooked. I loved the innocence of Meg and her just being really nice to everyone, which equally confused them and made them want to protect her. It was nice seeing them turn from scary "other" beings to almost friendly. Especially with Meg. She became one of them. Part of their family.
Despite its lack of romance--I can't decide if something may happen between Meg and Simon in the future--I enjoyed this. It had a few elements of horror style things in--at the beginning and towards the end some trespassers are eaten alive and then some detailed snow related deaths towards the end--but although I didn't enjoy that bit so much, I forgot about it quickly enough.
I loved how every species of other in the Courtyard had their own little traits. The Crows with the "shiny". The wolves with their "arroooo" greetings. Tess with her living hair. The Hawks and their love of rats and mice. The elementals and their horses.
It was really well thought out and though it was almost 500 kindle pages long, I didn't lose interest once.
I'm interested enough in this group of characters to carry on the series. I even read the excerpt for the next book and it HAS given me hope for something more between Meg and Simon so I will be buying the next book at some point in the future.
The Impassioned Choice (Etherya's Earth #5)
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A new villain emerges, threatening the peace the immortals crave… Heden, the youngest Vampyre...
Fantasy Romance Vampires
The Cryptic Prophecy (Etherya's Earth #6)
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The next generation of Etherya’s Earth begins… Calinda, daughter of Darkrip and Arderin, has...
Fantasy Romance
I desperately want to be like you ..."
So might read the opening words of my (imaginary) letter written by the protaganist of this series to the protaganist of the (more famous) Hunger Games series, as there are (more than) a few similarities in common: both novels are set in a dystopian future, both feature a female protaganist, both have some PG-rated romance thrown in, and both deal with themes of family.
Actually, on second thoughts: maybe I'm being a bit unfair on Tris Prior - if this novel had come along first (instead of [b:The Hunger Games|2767052|The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)|Suzanne Collins|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358275334s/2767052.jpg|2792775]), my imaginary letter may well have started with:
"Dear Tris Prior
I desperately want to be like you ..."
;-)
Shave & Shimmer (Sangre Trilogy #2)
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Tory Whitmore was tired of dating the wrong vampires, so he agreed to allow his friend Asher Riots...
M_M Paranormal Romance
Finding Home
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Jaden Matthews has never known his father or his father's family, but he's about to get a crash...
Contemporary M_M Romance