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Debbiereadsbook (1795 KP) rated A Spider in the Garden in Books

Feb 12, 2022  
A Spider in the Garden
A Spider in the Garden
Courtney Davis | 2022 | Paranormal, Romance
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
loved this, very different!
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.


It's quite hard, I think, to come up with new stuff these days but I'm so bloody glad there are writers who can! Cos I loved this book!


Aranha is a spider shifter, the last of her kind. Dag is a daywalker, a vampire who walks in the light, but also, his kind are dwindling. Neither should have crossed paths with each other, but they do, and there follows some interesting revelations about their history, and their future. And the battle to save a human girl from the vampire's clutches.


Aranha has lived alone for 200 years, and suddenly she has to look after someone. I loved how she just took Jonah in, knowing what he is and how it will affect her. I'm not going into details, but they should NOT have been together!


I loved that Dag, when he meets Jonah, is taken aback by him being with Aranha, but knows they come together and so accepts too.


I LOVED the history behind the webmakers and the daywalkers and how that all came about and how it all went wrong so long ago! The animosity between the daywalkers and the vampires was unexpected, but explained away perfectly. Again, not spoiling it by explaining!


I loved how it all came together, all the history, all Aranha's heritage, and Dag's brothers.


It's got some violence, but vampires trying to take over the world ain't ever gonna be a picnic. It's smexy, in places, but not ever so explicit. It's all at a level fitting for this book.


It's wonderfully told from both Dag and Aranha point of view. I would have liked to hear from Jonah, and maybe Evelyn but that's just me being greedy!


The only thing, the thing that is bugging me the most?? I want more. I want more of this world, and these people in it. I want to hear from them 6 months, 6 years, hell 600 years down the line. I want to know, if what they decided to do here works. I want to know, if Dag and Aranha are truly happy. If Jonah and Evelyn make it work. Even if Aranha's father gets a happy ever after!


Given that this only the author's second book, I can't wait to read more.


A fabulous, different 5 star read


*same worded review will appear elsewhere
  
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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Mid90s (2018) in Movies

Dec 18, 2019  
Mid90s (2018)
Mid90s (2018)
2018 | Comedy, Drama
9
7.1 (9 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
The soundtrack is dope (0 more)
I wish it was a series, I didn't want to leave these characters (0 more)
This brought back memories
Damn. I skated in the 90s and listened to hip hop this was me. Absolutely corker of a film from Jonah Hill, a kid meets a crowd of skaters deemed the wrong crowd but they help him in his transformation from kid to teen but are his heroes delinquent from their own trauma rather than just being cool?
Everything from the soundtrack to the direction is spot on. I loved it.