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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Awaken Me Darkly (Alien Huntress, #1) in Books

Jan 6, 2021  
Awaken Me Darkly (Alien Huntress, #1)
Awaken Me Darkly (Alien Huntress, #1)
Gena Showalter | 2006 | Romance
6
5.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Hmm...

Well I loved this at the beginning. Mia was kick-arse, as were the rest of her team. I was interested in what was going on with the murders and finding out who was behind it...

I also loved the little glimpses we got at the start of Kyrin. He sounded equally seductive and bad-arse--which is a great combination.

I can't say I understood Mia's need to attack him all the time...but I guess she has some anger issues regarding aliens.

The murder plot became less interesting throughout the book as I just wanted to concentrate on the sexual tension between our main characters. There were some pretty steamy scenes between them...but also not enough for my liking.

There was a shock thrown in, which did surprise me.

The thing that stopped this from having four stars was the ending. I can't say I enjoyed it that much. It seemed to resolve itself far too quickly and I can't say I felt Mia's emotions at the time.
  
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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Lizzie (2018) in Movies

Sep 21, 2020  
Lizzie (2018)
Lizzie (2018)
2018 | Crime, Drama
7
7.0 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
You won't see me denying that this has a thick, foreboding, woozy atmosphere of gothic dread surrounding it which is seldom ever less than bracingly effective; a haunting shot here, a great score there, some seriously acidic dialogue throughout, along with some fucking A-class murders and one of the best lesbian kiss scenes of the 2010s decade. But at the same time this is nearly about as on-the-nose and woefully self-serious as you could possibly play this material, you don't even need to go full-on exploitation to have some more fun with this than is had here. Closes with a shrug in its final moment, too. With a source *this* well-known and speculated upon, why not shoot for some 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘸𝘰𝘰π˜₯𝘭𝘒𝘯π˜₯-style spitballing? Chloe and Kristen's dynamite performances *and* chemistry end up (thankfully) receiving the strongest writing in this otherwise just serviceable screenplay so yeah it's still okay (even despite having no sense of pacing or structure) but I would have loved to have seen Oz Perkins take a crack at this.
  
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Kristina (502 KP) rated One Taste of You in Books

Dec 7, 2020  
One Taste of You
One Taste of You
Amanda Siegrist | 2020
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Contains spoilers, click to show
I'm sad to say I didn't care for this story. It started out with clichΓ©s, insta-love, and cheesiness (and no, not the cute kind of cheesy). Everything felt forced, none of the scenes seemed to flow - Zoe and Zeke's first night together was awkward, not sexy. Then, of all things, Zoe finds out she's pregnant! *eyeroll* The author didn't make it feel like months had passed, so it literally seemed as if she found out she was pregnant just a couple of weeks after their first time. Another thing that really, truly grated on my nerves was how Zeke kept begging Zoe to not deny him sex. This is all he worried about! His words, "please don't ever deny me sex" went straight through me, for some reason. I can say the murderer was a surprise, if only because she's mentioned once or twice throughout the whole book, and the reason behind the murders is a bit farfetched. All in all, I was disappointed and I have no plans to continue reading this series.