The Final Strife
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The Empire rules by blood Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control. Blue is the...
And I don’t blame her for one minute.
She comes across as an incredibly likeable character, while the other gods, and in particular Zeus, really are not.
Aphrodite is written in such an approachable way, and I particularly enjoyed the humour. Her relationships with other gods and Titans, her role in fate, and her frequent return to it long after it had been passed on to others, were fascinating. Aphrodite’s relationships with Zeus, Hephaestus, Ares and her son Eros gave a human slant to her life, which was messy, complicated and full of mistakes she couldn’t avoid making.
I’ve never watched any of the Real Housewives programmes, but I imagine that a series from Mount Olympus would feature A LOT of Aphrodite!
Murder at the CDC (Capital Crimes #32)
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2017: A military transport on a secret run to dispose of its deadly contents vanishes without a...
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Her Druid Fantasy (The Amber Druid Series #2)
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HER DRUID FANTASY-- Can her fantasy survive a life-altering change to become her reality? ...
Paranormal Romance
David McK (3832 KP) rated Scoundrel (the sailing thrillers, #5) in Books
Nov 29, 2023
Maybe because I'm *from* Belfast, Northern Ireland and have relatives who lived through the period of history colloquially known as The Troubles (I was a teenager in the 90s, when they 'ended', and when this is set), so know exactly what the IRA and their loyalist counterparts were/are like.
It made my blood boil to read passages in this where they were treated as heroes by some in Boston (and, yes, I know it's a fiction book): surely to goodness nobody could be that naive??
Anyway, I normally like Bernard Cornwell (Author) novels.
I know he spent a bit of time here (the BBC, I believe?), before moving to the States.
His knowledge of landmarks does show.
I would have thought he would have known better, though, in how he portrays the tangled mess that is politics and history that went on in this fair isle.
Sorry, Mr Paul Shanahan: you're unlikeable as a lead character; no match to a Richard Sharpe or an Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
(his other stand-alone sailing thrillers - those I have read, at least - are all much better)
His Lordship's Blood (His Lordship’s Mysteries #4)
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Even after a year of having an earl for a lover, Dominick still isn’t prepared for the dazzling...
MM Historical Mystery Romance
Fire Witch (Witches of Westwood Academy #3)
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Can Westwood Academy handle the blazing inferno that erupts when these two touch? Tana McKenna...
Paranormal Romance
I tore through this. When you realise that for the meteoric rise of the main character, Becky, there will be a plummet, it’s a case of morbid fascination!
And like the original, this is a story without a hero. None of the men are particularly “dashing”, or nice, in fact. Becky isn’t a likeable character either. She knows what she wants, and will do anything in the dirty world of tabloid “news” to get it.
I couldn’t stop reading this, and I closed the book after the last page thinking: “Well THAT was a good job!”
So hopefully I haven’t given too much away, and if you’ve read any of my other reviews, you’ll know that I love to hate a character, and Becky has this particular trait in spades!
It’s a cracking read!
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