Spine Chillers: The Scarecrow
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Eleven-year-old Sophie arrives at her Aunt and Uncle's farm to horrible news: her cousin, Hunt, has...
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The Doll 2 (2017)
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When an indonesian family Maira and Aldo lose their only daughter Kayla in a tragic car accident...
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Star Wars Omnibus: Wild Space Volume 2
Sergio Aragones and Ryder Windham
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A second wild omnibus filled with sparkling, rare Star Wars gems from everyone's favorite galaxy!...
Black and Blue (2019)
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'Black and Blue' is an action thriller about a rookie cop (Naomie Harris) who inadvertently captures...
Cat and Mouse (Helen Grace #11)
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When you think you’re safe, When you think you’re all alone, That’s when he’ll come for...
David McK (3496 KP) rated From Russia With Love (1964) in Movies
May 8, 2023
Here, Bond is sent to Istanbul to obtain a decoding machine from a Russian defector in what is obviously a honey trap, but there are strings being pulled behind the scenes by SPECTRE - the organisation itself only name-dropped in the previous film - who are out for revenge for the defeat of Dr No in the previous film.
This is the film with the cringe worthy Gypsy encampment fight.
On the other hand, it's also the one with Roas Klebb and her shoes ...
Sensitivemuse (246 KP) rated Assassin's Heart in Books
Jul 22, 2018
The world building is really well done with different Families pitted against each other and each one wanting to rise up in the ranks to gain more influence and power. There’s elements of fantasy, as it also involves deities and Gods (each city has their own patron deity). Lea has Safraella for example, who happens to be the Goddess of her city and protects her followers from the ghosts that frequent outside during the night. I loved this concept as it kept the world interesting and played a large role in Lea’s character.
Speaking of Lea. I really enjoyed her as a character. She’s fiercely loyal, headstrong, and her skills are on point. She’s a survivor and once she sets her goals, she does it. Despite all she goes through, she continues to keep going. I love her devotion to Safraella. It may seem fanatical to some but it’s what kept her advancing into her plot for revenge. (Also, she wouldn’t have the drive to go find Les and Marcello)
Although I rather liked Lea and Val together but well he just had to go ahead and do that thing didn’t he but well, Family before family right? Les and Lea were all right. Not the ideal chemistry that I thought she had with Val, but it’s still sweet nevertheless. I can’t say I enjoyed reading the romance in the book though. It felt awkward and out of the place (do we really have time for this when revenge is priority??) and I didn’t care too much for reading about that. I preferred the plotting and surprises that were in store for Lea with the Da Vias.
Aside from the awkward moments of romance, the plot itself was great. It’s got good amounts of action and drama to keep the reading going, and the excellent world building really helps in this case. I especially liked the encounter with Lea and the Goddess Safraella herself. The last third part of the book closed nicely (bwahaha! Revenge was sweet!!!!)
I’m looking forward to the second book, I’d like to know what happens next considering what Lea chose to do.
Billie Wichkan (118 KP) rated The Family in Books
May 22, 2019
Twenty years later, with the killer never found, Becky is ready to hunt them down and exact revenge. But the path to find the murderer is a slippery slope and she finds herself opening up some old wounds that should have been left sealed.
Will Becky avenge her family or join them?
Wow!!! What a read this one was!
This was just so gripping from the very start. I was hooked straight away.
This book ticked all my boxes. Intense, chilling, scary and absolutely gripping. I could not put this book down.
I have never read anything from this author before but I am definitely going to be looking for more.
I don't want to say too much about things as don't want to ruin it.
Becky is the main character of our story and she survived a horrific and ritualistic killing of her entire family. She was injured and rescued by a man in the woods.
Now adult Becky is looking for the killer and revenge.
Intense and dark; will not let you go.
The ending was just MEGA WOW and didn't see that coming!!
Highly Recommend!
I would like to thank the author, Aria and Netgalley for the ARC and this is my honest voluntary review.
She Came to Stay
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Written as an act of revenge against the 17 year-old who came between her and Jean-Paul Sartre, She...