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Luxuries of Lust (Passing Through Cafe #3)
Luxuries of Lust (Passing Through Cafe #3)
Nik Knight | 2025 | Erotica, LGBTQ+, Paranormal, Romance
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
LUXURIES OF LUST is the third book in the Passing Through Cafe series. I would say that you don't have to have read the other books, but it wouldn't hurt.

If you have read the previous books, then you will know that Gem is a lot. And Rusty is a little bit... erm... prickly. So how on earth can these two get together? Quite easily, as it happens. I loved reading this story, especially with the soft and mushy parts that Tad abhors. My heart broke for Rusty, and it was glued back together again by Gem's care and devotion. Honestly? Gem grew on me, and I could see how much he meant to Rusty.

Lots of funny moments and rambles, coupled with sexy times. It's good to see the cafe and found family expanding. A great addition to the series and definitely recommended by me. I look forward to continuing with the series.

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* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book; the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Mar 3, 2026
  
Marvel's The Defenders  - Season 1
Marvel's The Defenders - Season 1
2017 | Action
Jessica jones and electra (0 more)
Seemed forced same old characters nothing new (0 more)
Netflix team up of there 4 marvel shows on one
I was like most haveing watched every episode of daredevil jessica jones powerman....luke cage err and iron fist.thrown together short and not lived up to the hype.the same old villians .i hate when marvel does this as in thor and avengers had loki as the villian .also captain america winter soldier and civil war witch basicly is one long movie.maybe now that disney holds all the marvel characters more will appear.
  
Marvel's Iron Fist  - Season 1
Marvel's Iron Fist - Season 1
2017 | Action
Danny rands hand raised girlfreind (0 more)
Something is wrong
I cant tell u why i dont like this series.i liked iron fist in comics.maybe beacuse with no costume i couldnt accept danny rand.not much back story shoddy put together and same old same old villian the hand.u have to have some one who is unique the first season like fisk in daredevil.who was amazing acting.or the purple man in jessica jones.but here they seem like they only made this to set up defenders.i liked the actor who played danny rand.
  
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Man Made Murder (Blood Road Trilogy, #1)
Z. Rider | 2015 | Horror
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the 3rd book I have read by this author; the 1st book I read is Suckers which is not only a pretty good horror novel but an excellently written story about friendship; the 2nd is Insylum which is much more than it first appears. All 3 I have enjoyed as once again, Z Rider writes a great story with interesting characters whose stories weave together with ease.


Full review at my blog <a href="http://readingstuffnthings.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/man-made-murder-book-one-of-blood-road.html">Reading Stuff 'n' Things</a>
  
One Year After (After, #2)
One Year After (After, #2)
William R. Forstchen | 2015 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
[One Second After] was one of those books that the cover made me want to buy. I was not disappointed. So when I was in the book store and saw [One Year After] you know I had to buy it even though I have an unusually long queue of books to read. [William R. Forstchen] writes a compelling novel that makes me want to prep for disaster. The way humanity can either come together or tear each other apart is sadly something I feel is true to human nature.
  
TL
The Light in the Ruins
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
What an awesome book! This book tells the story of the Rosati family who live in Tuscany. It alternates back & forth between 1944 & 1955. During WWII, the Rosatis were seen by the local villagers as Nazi sympathizers & many in their village grew to despise them. Then it jumps ahead to '55 as what remains of the family is stalked by a merciless murder who slits the family members throats & the extracts their hearts. All the characters' lives weave together in strange ways. This book will hook you from start to finish.
  
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmar
Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmar
Patricia Hruby Powell | 2017 | Young Adult (YA)
9
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Nine years. That's how long Richard and Mildred Loving had to fight just to live together as husband and wife in the state of Virginia, their case traveling all the way to the Supreme Court. Ms. Powell recounts their travails in alternating pages, in spare but beautiful verse that makes you feel as if this couple, who were really quite ordinary but lived in a time when what we see as such today would have been extraordinary . . . or illegal, are right in the room with you, telling you their story.
  
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
2016 | Action, Sci-Fi
Not the best X-Men
This X-Men seemed rather haphazardly put together. It is not the best X-Men by a long shot mostly because the scene ran from one story to another as if the director was running out of time. Even the ending where there is a destruction of a character, it was done rather quickly so it seemed like a total anti-climax. In this entire film Jean Gray was the best character, and there was zero character development. Fun to watch as a relaxing kind of mindless film though.
  
This was such a good conclusion to the story of Miss Peregrine and her peculiar children. I was so hoping that Jacob and Emma would get a chance to be together without the hollows and the threat of the whites and just to be normal kids, so to speak, and I'm glad that's what happened in the end. I hope that Jacob's parents come around and finally realize how special their son is and I'm glad the children and Miss Peregrine found a way to live outside a loop and experience real life.