Young Tate is the logical, reasonable one of this pair of lovers, studying to become a marine archaeologist and dreaming of one day having her own museum Matthew, on the other hand, is the stormy one who’s had a tougher row to hoe and now loves Tate’s mother’s home-cooked dinners. Matthew, though, still hits pay dirt when he and Buck team up with Tate Beaumont and her loving parents to dive for a 16th-century Spanish ship off the coast of Nevis and St. Matthew’s father was murdered by Silas VanDyke, another of this author’s sadly two-dimensional villains, while his uncle Buck lost a leg to a shark. Now, Matthew Lassiter and his family of salvage divers have known nothing but bad luck since starting their search for the necklace. It seems that Anguelique Maunoir was a 16-year-old healer who in 1533 was burned for witchcraft, but not before putting her double-whammy on the gold and bejeweled amulet her lover gave her before his own death. Leaving the “Jones curse” of last spring’s Homeport, Roberts dives now into Anguelique’s Curse and the life of another ambitious career girl. With her happy balance of love, sex, and the supernatural, Roberts has become the fairy godmother of escapists and the queen of formula romance.
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The premise sounded too good and it's two of my favorite things mixed together: dark romance/anti-hero with a kinky sadistic streak and a bully to lovers romance. while I don't usually buy an audiobook until I know I can binge the whole series one after another, I couldn't help myself. I was not disappointed in the LEAST though. I'll preface this review by telling anyone that hasn't read the book yet that it might be smart to hold off until the rest of the series is available because I'm nearly pulling my hair out over here since I decided that I HAD to hear this book right away and couldn't hold. This book is part of a trilogy and is not a stand-alone. So please don’t listen to this if any of that bothers you. This is a dark high school bully romance, mature new adult, and contains dubious situations that some listeners might find offensive. I made the irrevocable mistake of provoking the king on his throne.ĭeviant King is book one of Royal Elite Series. I should’ve remained quiet and endured the time I have left. His first words spiral my life into irreparable chaos. One glance and he issues his death sentence. One glance from the school’s king blows my plan up in smoke. Finish Royal Elite School and get into my dream university. Eight noble houses serve under the First House of the Emperor, and each of them has just received a message from their ruler. In the far future, a vast interstellar empire is ruled by necromancers whose control over the various magical disciplines of death make them a powerful force. I really liked this fantastic presentation style, and it definitely left an impression on me as I started to read the book. The hardcover copy also has some excellent visuals, as the outer rim of all the pages is coloured black, which definitely gives prospective readers a noticeable visual hook, especially when combined with the all-black binding underneath the jacket, emblazoned with gold writing on the spine and a single golden skull on the front. Indeed, the drawing of the book’s titular redheaded character with her face painted liked a skull surrounded by exploding skeletons is pretty damn cool. When I previously featured this book in one of my Waiting on Wednesday articles, I mentioned how much I loved the cover art. Publisher: Tor (Hardcover – 10 September 2019)įrom debuting author Tamsyn Muir comes a very unique and compelling science fiction novel filled with death, comedy and necromancers in space, Gideon the Ninth.īefore I begin reviewing Gideon the Ninth, I have to point out how impressive the design of the hardcover copy I received was. This the problem which Tozer confronts, this loss of pursuit which hits Christians who settle for a simply intellectual knowledge of God or who believe that the work of Christ ceases to affect their lives after salvation. He is a deduction from evidence which they consider adequate but He remains personally unknown to the individual.” Furthermore “Everything is made to center upon the initial act of ‘accepting’ Christ (a term, incidentally, which is never found in the Bible) and we are not expected thereafter to crave any further revelation of God to our souls.” As Tozer says: “To have found God and still pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love…”Īnd yet the problem for many Christians according to Tozer is that they may have come to a ‘right’ understanding of God and yet aren’t experiencing Him in their lives, “To most people God is an inference, not a reality. The Christian endeavor doesn’t end with salvation, with discovering God (or as it were, with God discovering us) even after God is acknowledged we are still to strive after him, indeed, because of this acknowledgment we strive after him. Tozer outlines what it is we mean when we speak of God, in The Pursuit of God he outlines what our response should be once we have found him. In his book The Knowledge of the Holy A.W. Promotional posts, comments & flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Suggested Reading page or ask in: /r/suggestmeabook Quick Rules:ĭo not post shallow content. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki Join in the Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread!.Check out the Weekly Recommendation Thread. I think upper elementary readers would love this book (series). Which was a disservice, because this book was an excellent book, with a great balance of characters, plot, and sports elements. To say I put off reading this book is an understatement, I loathe reading sports fiction. Will the two pairs of twins be able to reconcile their differences? When the new boys show off their amazing basketball skills Russ and Owen are worried that their favorite sport is being stolen from them. Russ is jealous, he and his brother have always been the token twins at the school. The new boys are identical twins and play basketball like they share one mind. The school basketball team is doing great this year and everything is terrific, until two new players arrive. Russell and Owen are fraternal twins who bonded in the first book over a shared love of basketball. $6.99 Content: Language: G (0 swears) Mature Content: G Violence: G CONTENTS : The love of God and the decay of the world - The world of conflicts - Shame - Shame and conscience - The world of recovered unity - The Pharisee - Proving - Doing - Love - The church and the world - The total and exclusive claim of Christ - Christ and good people - Ethics as formation - The theoretical ethicist and reality - Ecce Homo! - The despiser of men - The successful man - The idolization of death - Conformation - The concrete place - Inheritance and decay - Guilt, Justification and renewal - The confession of guilt - Justification and the healing of the wound - The last things and the things before the last - Justification as the last word - The penultimate - The preparing of the way - The natural - Natural life - Suum cuique - The right to bodily life - Suicide - Reproduction and nascent life - The freedom of bodily life - The natural rights of the life of the mind. Starting in Zurich and then off to Paris and eventually London, the Kemper family are searching for safety and livelihood, but each stop presents its own challenges and hurdles for Anna and the family to overcome. Coming from a Jewish family, her father, renown theatre critic and outspoken socialist Arthur Kemper ( Oliver Masucci, 'Look Who's Back'), is high on the Nazi enemy list, so after receiving a tip from a friend, Arthur arranges for his wife and two children to flee the country. The film opens on the cusp of the 1933 German elections, and although Anna ( Riva Krymalowski) doesn't quite realise how or why her life is about to be irreversibly impacted. Link herself notes that Kerr's book had a profound and lasting impact on her as a child, and that subsequent respect and gravity from the story is clear for all to witness. Thankfully, Academy-nominated German director Caroline Link ('Beyond Silence', 'Nowhere in Africa'), took the reigns of this film, managing to elicit the very same emotions in her screen adaption. While some may say it is more an immigrant story than one of persecution, few can argue that Kerr's novel of refuge and survival is a charming, compassionate and poignant tale. It is a wonderful book, and perfectly positioned as an introduction to the horrors of the Holocaust. I remember reading Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical novel 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit' at the young, tender age of eight or nine - the same age as the protagonist, Anna. To me, the story around Mathilde being turned into a doll sounded unconvincing. It assumes that people are already familiar with the story, so if you are not, look up the story first before reading this retelling.īefore we get to the good stuff, let me air out my pet peeves about this story. This is all true, however, I think it’s because it’s not a plot-driven story but a character-driven one. Many people were saying the book was too short (it’s a novella) and that there was a distinct lack of world-building. Now, while choosing which retelling to read, as there are a few sapphic retellings of the nutcracker, I read mixed reviews about this book. Fast-forward a few decades and Clara, Ross’ relative from the human world, manages to break the spell through an act of unselfish kindness. Her best friend and court fae Ross suggests turning her into a doll so she can heal and Mathilde agrees. The Prince and Her Dreamer is about Prince ‘Mattie’ Mathilde, who gets injured while fighting the rats. This looked like the most promising one, so it was my first read of the year. I knew it was a ballet but I didn’t know it was a story… so naturally I looked up queer retellings. “The Red Prince is like Joan of Arc, if God had been sensible and made her English”Īt the end of last year I got interested about the story of the Nutcracker. I’ve never cared about Peter Pan beyond the Hook movie, but I would gladly spend six months immersed in Chant’s beautiful portrayal of this world! Everything about this story is just so magical, whimsical, and atmospheric, and I felt genuinely transported to Neverland. He finally returns to his Neverland paradise to find a lot has changed in his absence - the Lost Boys have a new leader, and they’re at peace with the Pirates?! The story follows Pan as he tries to reassert control over the Lost Boys and resumes his struggle with Hook - though this has outcomes that neither Hook nor Pan could ever have anticipated. In this story, Peter returns to Neverland after several years away enduring the strict gender roles, misgendering and deadnaming by his family, the Darlings. Peter Darling is a delightful queer trans retelling of Peter Pan, and it’s the only Peter Pan retelling you ever need to read. |