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Carma (21 KP) rated Condemned & Admired - The Earl's Cunning Wife (#9 Love's Second Chance Series) in Books

Jun 17, 2019  
Condemned & Admired - The Earl's Cunning Wife (#9 Love's Second Chance Series)
Condemned & Admired - The Earl's Cunning Wife (#9 Love's Second Chance Series)
Bree Wolf | 2018
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Condemned and Admired (The Earl’s Cunning Wife) is the first book I’ve read by Bree Wolf. It is an historical story involving both England and France. It is quite a long book if you are a slow reader, just as a reference. 4 stars from this reader.

Our heroine starts as Violet Winters, daughter of Viscount Silox on a night when her mother makes the ultimate sacrifice to save both her and her daughter from a life of hell.
Fast forward the story to Violette Duret and the mission she is on to save her family.

Oliver Cornell is the Earl of Cullingwood and he is tired of the rules and regulations he must follow to keep the titles in his family. He is young and just wants to have fun and enjoy himself, much to the chagrin of his father. When he wakes up on a ship headed to see he thinks he has found his ticket to freedom.

When Violette and her family pull their ship over to commandeer the vessel they don’t realize the precious commodity they now have on board. When the Earl reveals his identity she realizes he could help with her plan.

Violette and Oliver set off on an adventure that brings her right back into the family life her mother fought to remove her from. Will she make it out a second time?

A well written historical story with plenty of description of times in 1800’s England. I enjoyed the storyline of Violette and Oliver and look forward to reading her mother’s story in Trapped and Liberated. I received a copy without expectation for review, any and all opinions expressed are my own. I have a couple other books by Ms. Wolf on my TBR, can’t wait to dive in.
  
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Phillip McSween (751 KP) rated Alpha (2018) in Movies

Apr 7, 2020  
Alpha (2018)
Alpha (2018)
2018 | Action, Drama, Thriller
6
6.6 (20 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
My Unpopular Opinion
Set in prehistoric times, a young man has to survive on his own after getting injured during a hunt. In the process of trying to stay alive, he ends up befriending a lone wolf. I was hoping to like this movie a lot more, but it seemed to drag in too many spots for me.

Acting: 10

Beginning: 10

Characters: 3
Keda (Kodi Smit-McPhee) wasn’t really cutting it for me as far as characters go. When you’re talking about one person to carry a movie, I was hoping for someone with a bit more charisma. The wolf was a cute addition, but the combo wasn’t quite enough to make me care more about the story.

Cinematography/Visuals: 8

Conflict: 4
There wasn’t a whole lot of action going on, at least not enough to keep me entertained. Yes, it’s a story around survival and that concept itself should be riveting enough, but, sadly, it wasn’t. There was too much of nothing happening for too long of stretches. I kept waiting for things to develop and, by the time I started to feel fireworks, it ended being a small fizzle.

Entertainment Value: 8

Memorability: 3

Pace: 3
Pretty slow as far as survival movies go. I kept waiting for it to pick up and, while it had a few shining moments here and there, it was pretty tame for the most part. Y’all, I tried, I really did. Just wasn’t working for me.

Plot: 6

Resolution: 8

Overall: 63
Don’t take my opinion as God when it comes to Alpha. There are plenty out there that adore this movie. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of them. It’s way too slow and uninteresting for me to recommend.
  
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starwarsluvr (236 KP) rated sassy ever after: demon mate in Books

Aug 13, 2017  
sassy ever after: demon mate
sassy ever after: demon mate
Sheri Lyn | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
sexy and wonderful
this was amazing.. i freakin loved it.. brogan is amazing.. i love love love his best friends who choose to go to hell with him to get out his mate.. his mate is sexy as hell and i cannot wait to see what happens with a wolf and a demon.. my only gripe is its too short.. i need soo much more lol.. but i knew it was short going into it so it wasnt a shock haha.. plus so many parts made me laugh and smile.. i love that these two had to get to know each other through other means then sex.. they love before they have sex and thats a fun thing for mate that we dont see often. i loved it and im glad i got to review it
  
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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Bill's New Frock in Books

Jul 2, 2019  
Bill's New Frock
Bill's New Frock
Anne Fine | 2002 | Children, Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)
7
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
The humour. Exploring the topic of gender and identity (0 more)
It is just average (0 more)
Funny and curent
I liked this book. In a nutshell, the protagonist wakes up one day and he is a girl. I guess that the reader has just to accept that because there is no indication as to whether Bill was actually a girl in the first place or if he actually physically changed. Fine explores gender inequality in her book as Bill is faced with a variety of obstacles that force him to see the way that girls are treated. I particularly enjoyed the emphasis on the pink dress and the impracticality of wearing such an item of clothing. I also liked the way that Bill reacts to the school bully who wolf whistles at him.
This book is a short read with lovely illustrations and rather funny.