
Savage Beasts
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Bengal is on the brink of war. The East India Company, led by the fearsome Sir Peter Chilcott, are...
Historical fiction Mythology Retellings India Colonialism

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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Wolfs Heir ( The Wild Rites saga 3) in Books
May 22, 2023
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The Wolfs Heir ( The Wild Rites saga 3)
By Anna McIlwraith
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Of all the shapechanger races Emma's met so far, the wolves are the most loyal - and the least tame. When the Russian wolves beg Emma for help, she jumps at the chance to use her burgeoning powers for good, in spite of the misgivings of those who would rather she stay safe and untouched under their protection. After all, Emma Chase is the Caller of the Blood, destined to command the magic of all shapechanging races - and if her power can't save one innocent kid, what the hell is it good for? Besides, the Russian wolves might be able to help her solve the mystery of her own stray wolf's origins, or at least give her some tips on how to stop him chewing up the furniture.
But old enemies have been biding their time, and Emma's promise to the wolves sets events in motion that will push her to the limits of her mind, body and soul, and finally awaken the ancient powers that have, until now, lain dormant within.
Can she save the wolf's heir - and herself?
This is my favourite so far! Fast paced loved the story development and oh my am I a little bit in love with Alexi!! This is a pretty decent shifter series!

The Long Way Home (Coming Home #1)
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Marcus The love of my life made me promise to fall in love with someone else. How’s that for an...
Contemporary MM Romance Small Town

Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire #6) in Books
Nov 27, 2019
Unfortunately the reality for me fell well short fo what I felt could be acheived. This is the first book by Novik I have read and perhaps starting at number 6 means I am missing something, but this just failed to gel.
The concept of the dragons being a reality and influencing history was one that was easy to grasp but so very little was done with it. The dragons themselves are quite dull - far from the spectacular beast of legend they have little interesting to do and virtually no personality. There is also not a great deal of plot strung out very thinly involving a chase across Australia, but it takes so long to get going and the chase is repettitive and didn't capture my imagination.
There are some sparks of good ideas here - the smuggling, the political issues in Sydney (caused by the governer - a certain Captain Bligh) - but they end up undeveloped and drowned by the plodding narrative which doesn't seem to want to examine anything that doesn't involve the dragons.
The central idea may have promise in other books of the series, just not this one. Sorry Naomi

The Lightkeeper's Daughters
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With the lies of the past behind her, Addie finds love . . . and discovers her true Father. Addie...

One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
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A boy wins $100,000 in a box of Frosted Flakes - only to discover that claiming the winnings may...

Everything, Everything (2017)
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From Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures comes the romantic drama “Everything,...

Awix (3310 KP) rated The Living Daylights (1987) in Movies
Sep 22, 2020
Still, all the globetrotting, fights and chases and so on you would expect from a Bond film in the classic style, and Dalton brings enough of the literary Bond to the screen to make this satisfying for people who like the franchise in slightly grittier mode. Has a certain value as a historical oddity, given it concludes with Bond teaming up with (essentially) the Taliban to attack an airbase in Afghanistan. Dalton arguably never got a proper crack of the whip as Bond; in this film he shows enough promise to make that a real cause for regret.

Nobody's Fool (Fate's Fools #5)
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Fate's final mission... Deva Rainsong has a mission to take revenge on a god, but all she really...
romance fantasy adult fiction series Nobody's Fool