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Anna Steele (111 KP) rated Noteworthy in Books

Jun 28, 2018

Noteworthy

Riley Redgate | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

8.3

(3 Ratings)

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Singing Sharp and Mending Broken Hearts

Riley Redgate is an up-and-coming author and recent graduate of Kenyon College. In her second novel, her main character goes to an arts school and has never been cast in a show. To keep herself on her toes with competition, she goes undercover and auditions for an all-male a capella group. She never expected it to go so far. It reminds me of the anime Oran High School Host Club, with Jordan being a scholarship kid masquerading in an all-male group. I wasn’t sure if a capella would stand as well on the page as it did on the silver screen, but Redgate’s prose throughout the novel sparked my imagination so much that I wasn’t worried about missing the actual notes. Striving for a sense of belonging in an artistic and scholastic setting really hits home with me, as an acting major in college.

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Hunters - Season 1 in TV

Mar 3, 2020

I added the Season 1 item, in hopes that Amazon will announce a Season 2 here pretty soon.
I don't want to give too much of the plot away, but it is inspired by true events, so obviously artistic liberties were taken with some things. I guess if you didn't already know the US government brought Nazis over then you'd find it surprising. The season spans 10 eps, and it was around 2 eps too long, it definitely threw off the pace. The twists were pretty easy to figure out, but I did not like that enough of the twists weren't fully resolved.
The cast is pretty great too, and they all worked well together. I enjoyed the thoroughly-deranged, cuckoo for cocoa puffs character of Travis. His character was both horrifying and completely entertaining.
Seriously, Amazon, announce a 2nd season! I want to know what happens after the events of season 1.