Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2609 KP) rated A Voyage of Vengeance in Books
Aug 5, 2024
I was so happy to be back with these characters for the third novella; they already feel like old friends. While we get all the suspects introduced to us at once, it wasn’t long before I felt like I knew them well. The plot wandered a bit, but my patience was rewarded with a strong mystery and a great revelation. I also appreciated that the plot felt appropriate for the length of the story. The setting has just hints of a fantasy world to it while still being mainly about the mystery, and I love it. There are some hints at what came before, so know that going in. I enjoyed this story and can’t wait to see how the series transitions to full novels.
Rough Diamond Rough Justice
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After a first kill, MI5 Agent and erstwhile photographer Cain becomes an undercover, extra-judicial...
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Killer Research
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Spring has sprung in Briar Creek, but it is not all sunshine and roses, in the newest Library...
Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated The First Purge (2018) in Movies
Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)
The new movie in the series is set in 2017, five years before the first movie, after the rise of a third political party, the NFFA (New Founding Fathers of America), which was formed in 2014, set up an experiment where no laws can be broken or reported for 12 hours on Staten Island, a place that they class to be the perfect place to set up the controversial experiment, it’s an area that has it’s problems, people with lack of money and gangs.
As an incentive for people to stay during the experiment, they are offered $5,000 to stay during what has now become known as “The Purge”.
The First Purge has some great moments of making you jump, it also has some great use of the special effects and one that really sticks in my mind is a moment when a blood splatter hits the camera lens, shocking and very nicely done at the same time, can only imagine how something like that would look like in 3D.
Heart of the Impaler
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Alexander Delacroix’s darkly romantic debut Heart of the Impaler is perfect for fans of Kiersten...
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The Royal Fifth
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The Royal Fifth is based loosely on historical events surrounding the Conqueror, Hernán Cortés,...
Adventure Thriller
Heart Fire (Under Violet Suns #1)
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*The planet Falosia has an excess of females. The planet Verit has a surplus of males. The best of...
Adult Science Fiction Romance
Apollo's Raven (Curse of Clansmen and Kings #1)
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A Celtic warrior princess is torn between her forbidden love for the enemy and duty to her people. ...
Historical Fantasy
Merissa (14086 KP) rated Catching the Dragon's Heart (Heartstone Rescue #2) in Books
Nov 5, 2023
Eyv finds out his betrothal is being broken in favour of his younger brother. In anger, he bites off the hand of his 'beloved.' In return, his father crushes his heartstone and Evy gets sentenced to death. Nice, huh?! Durango is Boone's brother and one of the dragons sent to rescue Eyv. Their attraction is pretty much instant, but they have to cope with the whole, you know, dying part of not having a heartstone.
This was a great addition to the series but I would recommend reading it as a series rather than a standalone. It is full of characters we met in the first book, as well as new ones. There are also more rescues so that ramps up the political situation too.
Lake's story was perfect for him and Boone, just as this one is perfect for Eyv and Durango. I love their family and can't wait to see what happens next for them.
Definitely recommended by me.
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Merissa
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