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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Totally Captivated, Volume 6 (Totally Captivated #6) in Books

Sep 6, 2019

So, I've finished it. It took me two days altogether for the six volumes and several WTF moments near the beginning. But by the end, I was happy. So happy for them, though admittedly up until a few pages from the end I wanted to smack a certain blonde. It was so obvious how much Boss, as you call him, wanted you!!

You drove me mad at times, made me laugh/giggle at others, and overall made me love you both.

Volume One: 3 stars
Volume Two: 3 stars
Volume Three: 4 stars
Volume Four: 4 stars
Volume Five: 4 stars
Volume Six: 5 stars

A great cast of characters, both primary and secondary and the art was pretty cool too.

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Louise (64 KP) rated The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales in Books

Jul 2, 2018

I am not going to ramble on and on giving you a synopsis for all the stories but I will let you know some of the ones that I enjoyed the most out of this collection. I really wanted to start reading some more short stories so I have continuously made an effort in reading a collection per month. With each book there are obviously going to be some better than others. I think the hardest thing for the authors is to create a really good and atmospheric story that will truly grip you and Kate Mosse has certainly done that in some of these stories. Others were a bit weak and easily forgettable.

The stories included are:

The Mistletoe Bride – 4/5 stars

Duet – 3.5/5 stars

Red Letter day – 2.5/5 stars

The drowned village – 3/5 stars

The house on the hill – 3/5 stars

Why the yew tree lives so long -1.5/5stars

Sainte-Therese – 3/5 stars

The ship of the dead -4/5 stars

La Fille de Melisande -2/5 stars

The revenant -5/5 star – FAVOURITE

On Harting hill -3.5/5 stars

The princess Alice -3/5 stars

In the Theatre at night 2.5/5 stars

The yellow scarf -3.5/5 stars

Syrinx 1/5 stars

Each of these stories comes with an authors note as what inspired her to write them. There are also some black and white gothic illustrations before each of the stories drawn by Rohan Daniel Eason which sets the tone. The stories are set in Sussex, Brittany and Languedoc that are based on Folk tales ranging from the 1800’s to the present day.

I will admit as writing this review I had to check the stories again to see which ones were which as they are somewhat forgettable. The ones that have clearly stuck with me is ‘The Mistletoe Bride’, ‘Duet’ and ‘The Revenant’.

The revenant was the best story by far in the book, it was eerie and creepy and had me on the edge of my seat with my pulse racing as I was actually scared but couldn’t stop reading. It is probably one of the scariest short stories that I have read! Mosse manages to create an intense atmosphere and completely grips the reader. The writing style is very easy to read and flows beautifully.

I would recommend this to people who are looking to read some short-stories that have historical fiction with supernatural elements and a bit of horror.

Overall I rated this 3.5/5 stars

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Jenna (87 KP) rated Fangirl in Books

Jul 29, 2017

Fangirl

Rainbow Rowell | 2014 | Young Adult (YA)

8.9

(46 Ratings)

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LOVE LEVI

Anything with Fanfic/Fandom automatically gets 5 stars

Wren (2 more)

Nick

Not a fan of Simon Snow. DON'T @ me!

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MsKris1031 (8 KP) rated Kiss of Frost (Mythos Academy, #2) in Books

Jul 30, 2018

Pretty good follow-up. 4 stars only because there was so much retelling of information from Touch of Frost. Story line is good and I'm starting Dark Frost today.