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Sam (74 KP) rated All That Glitters (Geek Girl, #4) in Books

Mar 27, 2019  
All That Glitters (Geek Girl, #4)
All That Glitters (Geek Girl, #4)
Holly Smale | 2015 | Contemporary, Young Adult (YA)
8
8.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
I think this was the most heartbreaking book of the series so far. It still had it’s funny parts, but it was actually quite sad. It really broke my heart when Harriet discovered that a lot of her ‘friends’ didn’t really care about her.

All of the main characters are lovable and being this far into the series, Harriet felt like a good friend to me. Her story was always close to my heart.

I did prefer the setting of this book since it is in a school and at home rather than Harriet jetting off somewhere as it made it easier to read and relate to.

This was definitely one of the most relatable books altogether, especially with the painfully truthful part about losing friends.

Harriet really started to mature in this one which really helped me love her character even more.

I don’t know why I never read past this point. A few months ago I bought the last two books so I can’t wait to get back to this series!

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Cynthia Armistead (17 KP) rated Endgame (Sirantha Jax, #6) in Books

Mar 1, 2018  
Endgame (Sirantha Jax, #6)
Endgame (Sirantha Jax, #6)
Ann Aguirre | 2012 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Endgame is the final book in the Sirantha Jax series, according to Aguirre, and it definitely shows. Everything gets wrapped up very satisfactorily. Nothing new is introduced. Jax's relationships with March and Vel are both expanded in a delightful manner, and I love the way that works out. She also gets to develop a not-quite-motherly relationship with Sasha, March's adopted son.

The entire volume takes place on Laheng, home of the Lahengrin. We've only met the race through Loras so far in the series, but their story is touching. This is Loras' story as much as anything, the story of the fight to free the Lahengrin from the Nicuans and from the need to be owned (or "protected" as it is called). The action is brutal - Aguirre doesn't hide the realities of war. She doesn't dwell on it in an obscene manner, though, so the book is readable.

Reading the ending of a wonderful series is also bittersweet, but at least Aguirre has stated that she'll revisit this universe.
  
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David McK (3932 KP) rated Robin Hood and the Caliph's Gold in Books

Mar 26, 2020  
Robin Hood and the Caliph's Gold
Robin Hood and the Caliph's Gold
Angus Donald | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The 9th entry in Angus Donald's Robin Hood Outlaw series of books, although chronologically I think this is the third (set after Holy Warrior).

As such, this starts with Robin and his men trying to make their way back to England from the Holy Land, with the entire story told (as are all the others) in first person narrative, and from the point of view of Alan a Dale, the true protagonist of these stories (let's face it, Robin isn't always a very nice man...)

Shipwrecked on the way home, this sets off a series of circumstances and encounters that sees Robin and his men hatching a plan to steal the Caliph's Gold (it's all there in the title!), with many a ferocious battle and deeds of derring do throughout.

Having recently just having read one of Angus Donald's other historical works (the Blood series: last one I read was Bloods Campaign), I have to say: I think I prefer the medieval setting of these novels better, with Alan a Dale coming across as a more relatable character than Holcroft Blood.