The Assassin and The King
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Born into a legendary bloodline of assassins, Thorne has never questioned orders—until now. Tasked...
Fantasy MM Romance Enemies to Lovers Slow Burn
This Motherless Land
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When Funke’s mother dies in an accident in Lagos, she’s sent to live with her maternal family in...
Retelling Jane Austen Mansfield Park Racism
Break My Bones (The Wish Makers #2)
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Everyone makes mistakes. Crissy’s just might kill her. Crissy is sure her boyfriend Brad is the...
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The Girl with the Green Eyes
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Bella is defective. You need to take her back. Nine-year-old Bella D’accourt has always known she...
Merissa (14102 KP) rated Midnight Conquest (Bonded By Blood Vampire Chronicles #1) in Books
May 30, 2023
This story tells the tale of Broderick and Davina, how they meet, what impact on each others' lives they have or will have, tells of the fears they fight, and the enemies who plot against them. There will be an overall story arc running through this series, as the epilogue tells us when Cordelia once again makes an appearance.
With an engaging storyline, excellent world and character building, plus a smoothly paced plot that builds to a thrilling climax, this story is a wonderful start that nonetheless will leave you wanting to know more. Definitely recommended.
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2613 KP) rated Serving Up the Truth in Books
Aug 17, 2026 - 5:52 AM (Updated Aug 17, 2026 - 5:55 AM)
The writing took a couple of chapters to smooth out, but I get it, all the character introductions can be hard. Once we got into the mystery, it got much better. The mystery was solid, although I did figure a couple of things out early on the way to the logical climax. Amanda is a different series lead since she is happily married with two young adult children. I loved that difference and what it brought to the story. I’m glad I picked this book up and hope we get to visit Amanda again.
The Connoisseur's Guide to Proper Imbibing: A Complete Course on Choosing, Serving, and Drinking Spirits and Cocktails
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Everyone thinks that they know how to drink, but do you really know the difference between a scotch...
Lighting Navigator
Utilities and Productivity
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The shortest way to do your lighting business. 《Lighting Navigator 》is an APP especially for...
Vitalbook Pro
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Vitalbook is an overall health management app that works with HealthKit. The app has many features...
Ross (3284 KP) rated Ferdinand (2017) in Movies
Dec 27, 2017
This was basically Chicken Run in a Spanish bull farm. The bulls are all vying to become the one chosen to take place in the big bullfight, not realising it meant their death.
Given the subject matter and how controversial bullfighting has become, I thought this was dealt with quite carefully. The death was only hinted at early on and then was quite a shock to the characters so was delivered as a plot point rather than a moral statement. The end does move slightly towards preaching but it doesn't force it home. My daughters both left knowing bullfighting was wrong and not nice but they weren't traumatised by it.
As usual, there is a fair amount of humour for adults mixed in through the film, and the voice actors are all quite adequate.
Overall a decent family film.