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Entropy (Tessa Avery #3)

Lucy Roy

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Just how much pain can someone experience before they break? How much more loss can they suffer when...

Merissa (13319 KP) rated Trapped (Blood Rose Tales #1) in Books

Apr 12, 2023

Trapped (Blood Rose Tales #1)

Caris Roane | 2014 | Paranormal, Romance

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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Alesia has suffered a personal tragedy and because of that feels that Invictus pairs should be caught and rehabilitated. Zephyr firmly believes in "kill on sight" and although he knows that Alesia is completely against his viewpoint, after all, this is why they split up in the first place, he doesn't know why.

Things change when they are attacked though and sometimes it takes the confusion of battle for you to see clearly.

A quick read but a thoroughly enjoyable one. I love the Blood Rose Tales and will be reading more.

* 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!
Jun 14, 2015

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Charlotte (184 KP) rated Close Your Eyes: A Fairy Tale in Books

Jun 22, 2023

Beautiful and haunting

A well written story set in the 1400's, recounted by Samuel, the court jester. Samuel is likeable, fun and it's heartwarming to see him learn a new skill that helps him to follow a dream.

Being a jester has its advantages, not only did it gain him favour with the King, leading to working in the castle but it earned him the trust and confidence of many. With this trust he's able to weave a rich tapestry of stories together, tales of love and hope, hardships and tragedy.

A truly beautiful, heartwarming and haunting read that gives you food for thought.

I would definitely recommend this for the romantic reader, the reader that enjoys a historical background and anyone that is in a book group - it's an absolute must!

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David McK (3623 KP) rated Ant-Man (2015) in Movies

Aug 26, 2019 (Updated Dec 28, 2024)

Ant-Man (2015)

2015 | Action, Comedy, Mystery

7.8

(108 Ratings)

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Essentially a heist movie, with Paul Rudd in the lead role as ex-con Scott Lang, and with (in the intro, a de-aged) Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, the original creator of the Ant-Man suit when has hidden his creation from the world following a family tragedy.

However, when his ex-protoge also managed to unlock the secrets of the Pym particle (which allows the user to shrink or grow), Hank Pym - and his daughter, as played by Evangeline Lilly - must find a way to stop him from selling his yellow jacket suit to the highest bidder (ie Hydra: "they're not what they used to be"), which is where the cat burglar Scott Lang comes in.

And, I'll admit, I laughed the first time at the Thomas the Tank Engine bit.

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David McK (3623 KP) rated Shakespeare in Love (1998) in Movies

Oct 19, 2025 - 12:46 PM

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

1998 | Comedy, History, Romance

6.8

(11 Ratings)

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Award-winning 1998 film (supposedly) telling the story of how Shakespeare - here, suffering from writers block - came to write the tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet' (which, here, starts life as 'Romeo and Ethel the Pirate King's daughter'), as well as where he gets inspiration for several of his other plays from.

Whilst this is a bit slow starting, it gets better once the plot starts moving, roughly half an hour or so into it, with the introduction of (a very young) Gwyneth Paltrow as Lady Viola who - in the best traditions of Shakespeare - wants to become an actor herself, a role forbidden to females of the time, and so is forced to 'go undercover', pretending to be a young man.

Sound familiar?

It's a plot device Shakespeare would return to, time and time again.