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To Hell With Love
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I seriously do not even know what to say about this piece of work. It's a rare and special day when you run across a romance novel where the male protagonist is death/devil/Hades. They are personal favorites of mine. So you can imagine I snatched this one up as soon as I saw it. I am glad I only dished out $2 for it.

The plot is as thin as wet tissue and more boring than watching mud dry. Every page was obvious and expected, the obstruction between the protagonists was blaring, and it was just very...bland. I will give the author credit for knowing how to write and tell the story she wants to tell. However, I must deduct points for the lack of creativity. I wanted so much to be wowed or at least enjoy the novel, but instead I felt like this would be a the love story about death and his lady as written by a high school freshmen, still dewy eyed.
  
Grace Thatcher is the granddaughter of the duke of Salisbury and due to his death and an issue with her and her siblings inheritance is strong armed by her waste of space gambler father, into acquiring, or at least pretending to a husband.Grace feels better her than her younger shy timid sister. What follows is series of events that puts the three main characters of the story in the spotlight. We have Grace, sweet caring and totally unspoiled by her unfortunate upbringing which was untill later life a background of poverty. mr Samuel Preston a kind charming gentleman still grieving for his dead wife Elizabeth but determined to live his life as she would have wanted and lastly Nicholas Sutherland Elizabeth brother a dark bitter gruff man who blames Samuel for the death of his sister and his bent on revenge. Saving Grace is a clean sweet romance which shows the characters evolving through their interaction, i breezed through very quickly and loved seeing the way everyone changed for the better a must read for all historical romance fans..
  
A Fine & Private Place
A Fine & Private Place
Peter S. Beagle | 1988 | Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Set in a the Yorkshire Cemetery in New York City A Fine and Private Place if doing it's job correctly; will make you think about both life and death. Michael Morgan is a man who doesn't want to be dead and will hold onto his lost mortality for all he is worth, Mr. Rebeck is an eccentric who lives in the cemetery forgotten about by the outside world, has food brought to him by a raven and converses with the recently dead. All three form an unusual friendship.
This book isn't in a hurry to get anywhere taking its time to get where it wants to go. The trip that you go on is beautifully described. There is a mystery behind the happening of Morgan's death, not hurried and at times easily forgotten.
It is a witty read and challenged me a great deal. I enjoyed the slow read so I could digest some of the concepts and think them over. A good read, if a slow one.
  
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Trusting You (Second Chances, #2)
L.P. Dover | 2013
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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This is a hot and steamy tale that starts off with a one night stand and has love, romance, mystery and danger as it carries on.

The characters are all multi-dimensional and I did like the feistiness of Melissa. Brett is all that she could ask for and I did love the descriptions of him as a hard man but gentle with those that he loves. There was only one part that confused me and that was the death of Brett's mum. It was said that she didn't die a natural death and died too soon. You know that Brett blamed his dad but that's it. When Melissa figures it out, she doesn't actually say or think through to the conclusion so I wasn't 100% sure if she had killed herself or if Brett's dad had killed her. However, as it became clear the further on I read, this was sorted.

If you like the romance hot and steamy with a hint of added spicey mystery, then get this book. Brilliant.
  
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
2019 | Horror
Basically a new spin to vampirism (0 more)
The slow stabbing and cutting death of a screaming child, and going after other children was too much for me. (0 more)
Interesting spin
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The movie takes place several decades after "The Shining", Danny is still haunted by the events from the hotel and is even hunted by the evil that was there. He has found a way to trap the "evil spirits". He makes use of his "shining" and it becomes a great story, however the main protagonist is a group of people that have the same special power as Danny and even more, but they've also learned how to suck the power from young children and this results in what I don't think needs to be in cinema. This world is evil enough as it is and to watch a child be cut and stabbed to death slowly while a group kneels over him inhaling his essence is revolting, I almost left the theater over it.
0/10 snore factor, cant sleep through this one!
  
    Samurai

    Samurai

    John Man

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    The name 'Samurai' is synonymous with the ultimate warrior. With their elaborate armour, fierce...