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The Comet Seekers

Helen Sedgwick

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One Day meets The Time Traveler's Wife in this spellbinding, magical debut novel about love, loss,...

Fiction Literary fiction Antartica Comet Love Friendship

Brazen and the Beast

Sarah MacLean

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The Lady’s Plan When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year her own, she has...

Raiventon (Gen-Heirs: The Guardians of Sziveria #2)

Sarah Westill

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Their marriage might be the key to their freedom… Raina Merrick wants only one thing in...

Post Apocalyptic Suspense Romance

China Room

Sunjeev Sahota

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Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, the breathtaking story of a woman and a man in pursuit of...

Historical fiction Literary fiction India

Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Ignite (Midnight Fire, #1) in Books

Aug 29, 2021

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Ignite ( Midnight Fire book 1)
By Kaitlyn Davis

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Kira Dawson has the power to burn vampires to a crisp. The problem is, she doesn't know it yet. The even bigger problem is she's dating one.

When Kira Dawson moves to South Carolina, she meets Luke, a blond goofball who quickly becomes her best friend, and Tristan, a mysterious bad boy who sends shivers down her spine. Kira knows they're keeping secrets, but when she discovers Tristan's lust for blood and her own dormant mystical powers, Kira is forced to fight for her life and make the heartbreaking decision between the familiar comfort of friendship and the fiery passion of love.

Well it wasn’t terrible! If I had I’d say very middle of the line and slightly predictable. It had an interesting view on the “vampire slayers/catchers” but the end was definitely predictable. I good read if you need a gap filler. This is just my opinion and I wouldn’t put anyone of giving it a go!

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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated 9 1/2 Weeks (1986) in Movies

Sep 3, 2021

9 1/2 Weeks (1986)

1986 | Drama, Romance

7.3

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Wild, magnetic, and hot as hell - nobody does these like Lyne, man. One of the things I love most about this is that it's one of the sacred few of these that don't demonize kink *nor* make it a symptom of some trauma/mental illness; this is simply two consenting adults participating in a kinky relationship. They were getting this shit right in 1986, people - there's no excuse to keep messing it up 35 years later. Of course Rourke and Basinger have smoldering chemistry here too, their performances are so daring for the time and hold up airtight even today. Asks the devastating question of whether it's worse when passion is lost altogether, or when it becomes too consuming for one's reasonable expectations to handle? Also features a montage of the two leads fucking on a rainy alley staircase to loud 1980s synth music after beating up a random group of thugs - so you really get the best of both worlds. The last 20/25 minutes is the best work of Lyne's entire career. 80s MTV version of 𝘍𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 (still not quite as good as 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺, though).