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Maggie is a young girl returned to her small hometown due to tragic events. She is now working in a small hotel. One day as she is doing her work she walks in on an handsome man naked. She quickly escapes with shame but their paths are to meet again.
Well... I love the Wild Heir which is part of this serie too but this one.. I didn't hate it though. The story just didn't stick with me for no exact reason, half way through it I just wanted it to end ! It was to long for me, there is two part to this book and divide it into two distinct book would have been a good idea.
It's not really a furnished review but like I said the story didn't stick with me.
As her roomate is leaving to live with her boyfriend Zoe is looking for a new one. She was not expecting the ex of her current roommate to respond to her ad.
At first I just felt it was a good average romance. Nothing really stood out of it. But the last third of the book really made for the rest. It was romantic but too cheesy and neither too smutty. I loved the fact that they are taking it slow with their relationship, moving forward emotionally before anything else, making it really romantic at some moments. I also loved that the problem they are facing in the end is not question entirely their relationship but more how they are going to work on it. Their relation felt real and I loved it.
I am a really big fan of mythology no matter which mythology. I know quite a lot about Greek mythology and wanted to know more about Norse one because I started getting into it to write a paper and then spend a year in Norway. And to be honest the cover was perfect !
Although I really liked because it was really well written : easy to understand and more written like a story than a textbook, which I was a little afraid of. But I really think that I made the right choice by listening to it as an audio book rather that read it as a physical book. Neil Gaiman is a really good narrator. It was a really good invitation to Norse mythology that I recommend for this who are interested.
Alex is struggling to write his sci fi novel since a few years now. But things change when he decides to write romance novels. The success is immediate and more are to follow for the delight of fans. But Alex is hiding under a feminine pen name and when he starts dating, without knowing it at first, one of is alter ego online best friends things are getting complicated.
I LOVED this book. to this day it's my favorite book of the year. The characters, especially Mia are relatable. She is a shy and funny bookworm. Thanks to the double points of view we easily get attached to them. Their story is just what every romance reader want. The double identity of Alex creates suspense and kept me hooked all along the book. Both narrator were really good. And this ending is just everything that I could dream of for this book.
This second and last part of this comic is, just as the first one, a success.
The girl's adventure to the treasure of Mary is still going. The art is great and the story hooking. I loved that the 4 girls are different from each other and complete each other.
It's quick to read and I really enjoyed it. It's perfect if you are need of adventure but not ready to dive in a whole novel.
I started to watch Gravity Falls again and was really curious to read this graphic novel with all new adventures.
And I was not disappointed ! It's clear that the creator of the series is behind this book. The atmosphere is the same, the drawings too. All the adventures could be episodes of the series for sure. It's cute, funny and adventurous. I flew through it and loved it so much ! My favorite one was Comix Up. The characters are thrown in a world of comics with their own styles and characters. I just wish more of these comics were made because I will never get tired of it.
read for the magical readathon of 2019 (https://www.magicalreadathon.com/saving-ginny)
first prompt : grab your most recently acquire book.
Dot, Karma, Wylder and Macy are four young girls looking for anything interesting in their once famous town. Indeed Canon Cove lost its shininess decades after a famous movie was shot there. But as one of the inhabitants dies they discover that the town could have its own treasure.
This first volume is really good : first the pace is perfect, the way they find the map to the treasure doesn't seem like out of nowhere. They, as a group, are looking for clues. They all have different skills to help find it.
With that the characters are all so different, representing a wide range of characteristics. The art is great with perfect coloring to create a mood and set.
If you like adventure it's perfect for you.
this book was my first Tessa Dare and I was really excited about it, every romance lover recommend her. But it was a miss for me... let me explain :
Elinora is an intelligent young woman who decided to dedicate her life to her work of author. After Lord Dashwood, a childhood friend and crush, left without notice after the death of her brother she decided to pour her frustration, anger and sadness in a pretty vigorous pamphlet : Lord Ashwood Missed Out. The success is immediate and she is now a known author. As she must leave to read her pamphlet in a library in Spindle Cove her carriage left early because of the coming storm and she found herself in an other carriage with Lord Dashwood. She is not the only one angry anymore : indeed Lord Dashwood's reputation suffered from this pamphlet and he is now curious to know what he missed out...
Like I said at the beginning of this review it was a miss for me, not everything is bad and I will for sure read more of Tessa Dare. Let's begin with what bothered me to later end on a sweeter note. the first thing I didn't like were the cringy lines... some lines were cringy and really out of nowhere, not a single soul would say such things today or before in time.. It was a mix of awkwardness and laugh.
Then I think that the history of the relation of the characters was more developed. I know it is a novella but several times they talk about the death of Elinora's brother, clearly a difficult moment for both of them, hanging beyond their head as a dark cloud, but not at any moment the accident is told, no memories of them together, younger are told neither and I think I would have cared more if it was done.
The last thing I wish was done differently are the characters from previous book of the series involved in this novella : like I said I didn't read previous books in this series. So first of all I don't really care about them, second they don't push the story forward and third it doesn't seems like a lot of things happen to them, so was it really necessary to put them there ? Like I said they don't push the story forward, those scene are not necessary, it could have been used to deepen the characters of Elinora and Dashwood.
But let's move one to what I liked : the plot was interesting and quite well done. I like stories with characters that already know each other : it's more realistic and for me it opens doors for really romantic and nostalgic scenes that I am a sucker for ! Interactions between the characters were, mostly, cute and funny. And last it was easy to listen to, no reading slumps in the middle of it.
So even if there was elements that I didn't like over all this was not a bad book, I am sure that if I read more of T.D I will find something that I like more.
Brianna is the daughter of a worldwide known chef. She has 15 older brothers with that. As their father is dying he challenges all of his children. They have to create their own restaurant and the most successful one will inherit the name and legacy of the family. So Brianna decides to move to Monster City to create her restaurant.
TW : Anxiety
Overall I liked this graphic novel. The drawings are great, colorful. I like the mix of monsters and humans. The restaurant and Brianna are really cute. I also really liked the fact that it shows anxiety, something very common and unknown by many. Even if it was very cute I was not attached more than that to the characters, something was missing and I can't really explain it.
This dark version of Scooby Doo follows four kids and a dog during their summers they spend in a small town resolving cases. until their last one which seems to wreck all of them.
Years later as one of them is dead they decide to come back and find the truth behind all of it.
I enjoyed this book, I liked the vibe and the plot of something deeper hiding behind all this. but this book seemed like it never ended, and I think it comes from the fact that there is no chapter because I was not bored reading it but it felt like I was not moving forward in it. The characters were great with different ways to cope with the trauma, they have their own personality that gives something to the story. It is really mysterious with different aspects of it and plot twists.
The last thing that bothered me was the writing of dialogues that changes from time to time without a reason.
this book tells the childhood and early adulthood of Hannibal Lecter.
I read this book for the reading rush, for the prompt “read a book that inspired a movie you have already seen”. So I already so the movie, one of my favorite of the whole Lecter saga. And I must say that the movie is quite accurate to the book.
This is not an easy book to read even if it is not horrible either. The beginning is harsh for little Hannibal and I can't deny I felt pity for him. To me the whole plot made sense with the rest of the story of Hannibal. But it was rather long, a good 60% to 70% the story doesn't really go forward and thankfully I saw the movie before because otherwise it would have been really boring to me. With that the writing style is really detached and cold to asserts the emotional death of Hannibal so it's kind of boring in the beginning.
Other than that I found the characters well developed and the writing easy to go through.
Dylan is a song writer working with her current boyfriend Jett. Until she sees him with another girl in her bed. But things are not as simple as just walking away with her things. She is bound by a contract to write 20 songs for Jett. That's she finally share a house with a sexy fireman.
Men in uniform are just my weakness, so when I saw this trilogy I just had to read it. During the first 100 pages I was not convinced, it was good but I was not completely into it. Until the fake dating trope made it's entrance and then I was living for it. The characters are great they both have flaws, complexes and things they have to work on. But they also have this great chemistry that I liked. It was a really great mix of romanticism and sexiness. The writing was good. Just a really good romance, fun and easy to read, I completely recommend.
