The Great Bazaar and Brayan's Gold
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Two exciting short stories set in the engrossing world of The Demon Cycle from bestselling fantasy...
Lotus
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Covert operations. Predictive dreams. Tangled jungle paths. A passionate, whirlwind romance. ...
Slayers (a Buffyverse story)
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Original cast members from the beloved TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reunite for an all-new...
Therein Lies the Pearl
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Normandy, 1064 Celia Campion, a girl of humble background, finds herself caught in a web of...
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ClareR (6253 KP) rated Epic of Helinthia in Books
Apr 18, 2025
The humans of Helinthia’s island are caught in the crossfire when other Gods (namely Hera) decide to teach her a lesson. Of course the humans are just pawns to be played with.
I liked the action (fights, chases, lion attacks (I know!!)), the interference of other Gods/ Goddesses (Artemis and Apollo in particular) in order to help their favourite humans, and the fact that you could never be quite sure who you could trust.
The writing is immersive - the scenes are well set, the characters are both easy to live and hate, as well as empathise with.
It felt as though a lot of research had gone into the culture of the time as well as the mythology surrounding it, and it was rather violent and bloody on occasion (these were violent times!).
I’m so glad that I enjoyed this, as I have the next instalment all set to go from BookSirens - the Oracle of Helinthia is set to be out very soon (and my review will be up as soon as I’ve read it!).
Lady MacBethad
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Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance. She will be Queen. Whatever it takes... Daughter of an...
Historical fiction Scotland Alba Macbeth
Merissa (14056 KP) rated The Ballad of Aramei (The Darkwoods Trilogy #3) in Books
Mar 31, 2023 (Updated Apr 10, 2023)
In this book you sort of get two stories overlapping, one concluding and then one starting - both of which will pull you in and keep you reading. I loved how this book rounded things off and tied them all together. There are still twists and turns aplenty so you will definitely not be bored. And one thing that I will say about the ending is that are little "mini" epilogues for the main characters which somehow just seem to fit better than one big one.
I won't write about the storyline as that has already been covered by others. What I will say is that the whole series is one of the best that I have read in a long time - 3 books in 3 days! This series is definitely a keeper and although I have read the Kindle versions, I will be buying the "real" books too! There is a new series coming out this year called The Darksouls Trilogy which I'm hoping will have a couple of familiar faces in there somewhere.
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!
* Verified Purchase ~ April 2013 *
Merissa
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Will (The Books of the Five #2)
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***Continue your journey in Mydren*** "Often the scars that grieve us the most are the ones we...
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Elvis (2022) in Movies
Jul 6, 2022
It's great to find out more about him, how he started out and his inspiration. Still not sure how accurate some details are and some sections of his life are barely covered. So maybe not the full story you might expect, despite the 2.5hrs run time. Some how it felt even longer.
It does feel a little disjointed at times switching between Elvis story and also that of his manager Col Tom Parker. The songs are great and Austin Butler gives a great performance. The first half of the film about his rise was intriguing the second half towards the end of his career was a lot slower.
So it's very stylish and interesting, although big fans of Elvis might be a little disappointed on how much of Elvis it a actually covers. Also how accurate it is as well. For others it was a good incite if maybe not as detailed as you might expect.
King of the North (Fire Born #4)
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An ambitious king Spring, AD 777. Sigurd Hring, new King of the Svear, is summoning all the greatest...