tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60545267457372405682024-03-12T19:33:26.129-07:00Bon Bons and ReveriesMy love for good food combined with my reveries in the world of literature give you this snuggle-up-with-a-good-book-and-some-hot-chocolate blog.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15904969488911909644noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054526745737240568.post-69906834438174284972015-06-12T20:29:00.002-07:002015-06-12T20:29:13.808-07:00Book Review: Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mindy McGinnis</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis (from Goodreads)</span><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span><br />Regret was for people with nothing to defend, people who had no water. <br />Lynn knows every threat to her pond: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most importantly, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty, or doesn't leave at all.<br />Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. Having a life means dedicating it to survival, and the constant work of gathering wood and water. Having a pond requires the fortitude to protect it, something Mother taught her well during their quiet hours on the rooftop, rifles in hand.<br />But wisps of smoke on the horizon mean one thing: strangers. The mysterious footprints by the pond, nighttime threats, and gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won’t stop until they get it….<br />With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, debut author Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl’s journey in a barren world not so different than our own. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Reveries and Ramblings: </span>First, I’d like to thank <a href="http://www.epicreads.com/">Epic Reads</a> for introducing me to this book. <br />Secondly, wow….just wow. This book is gritty, realistic, tragic, horrible, bloody, depressing, heart-wrenching, and sad. I loved it! <br /> Hooked from the first sentence. <br /> The story follows the protagonist, 16-yr old Lynn. Who has only ever spoken to her mother. The only men she’s ever had contact with is her neighbor (very very very rarely and usually from afar) and the looters that she shoots. They are the ones who try and kill and steal from her and her mother. Lynn and her mother are constantly on guard against all outsiders and wolves. After Lynn loses her mother, she is left alone to defend their house and their pond - their means of survival. Sanitizing water, defending the property, and just basically surviving is a lot to handle for just one person, let alone a teenager. Finding an unlikely ally in her neighbor, Lynn is able to balance her workload and she begins to learn what it means to be human. <i>Not a Drop to Drink</i> is a fantastic example of character arc done right. Lynn changes so much. Every single thing that happens to her in this book affects her and her future self. She’s constantly changing and growing. By the end of the book, she’s very different to who she was in the beginning. Although, it didn’t come without a lot of pain and suffering. This book is heart-breaking. But so well done that I absolutely must recommend it! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15904969488911909644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054526745737240568.post-84734219833922984712014-11-01T19:17:00.000-07:002014-11-01T19:17:30.212-07:00Book Review: Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.bonbonsandreveries.com/search/label/The%20Wallflowers%20series">Wallflowers #1</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis (from Goodreads)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span><br />Four young ladies enter London society with one common goal: they must use their feminine wit and wiles to find a husband. So a daring husband-hunting scheme is born. Annabelle Peyton, determined to save her family from disaster, decides to use her beauty and wit to tempt a suitable nobleman into making an offer of marriage. But Annabelle's most intriguing--and persistent--admirer, wealthy, powerful Simon Hunt, has made it clear that while he will introduce her to irresistible pleasure he will not offer marriage. Annabelle is determined to resist his unthinkable proposition . . . but it is impossible in the face of such skillful seduction. Her friends, looking to help, conspire to entice a more suitable gentleman to offer for Annabelle, for only then will she be safe from Simon--and her own longings. But on one summer night, Annabelle succumbs to Simon's passionate embrace and tempting kisses . . . and she discovers that love is the most dangerous game of all.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Reveries and Ramblings: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Secrets of a Summer Night</i> is the first book in Lisa Kleypas’s Wallflowers series. It centers around Annabelle, the oldest member of a group of friends who have made it their mission to find suitable husbands after years of being wallflowers. Annabelle, who is very beautiful, has been unable to catch a husband since she’s poor and has no dowry. In a last ditch effort to save her widowed mother and brother from being completely destitute, she makes one last great effort to catch a husband (with the help of the other wallflowers). However, in trying to snag a titled husband, she slowly starts falling for Simon Hunt, an affluent yet rough-around-the-edges businessman. <br /> This review comes years after reading the series many many times. To be completely honest, I didn’t like Annabelle the first time I read her story. However, I grew to like her. She’s got so many admirable qualities. She’s brave and stubborn. Yeah, she is very materialistic, but her loved ones ALWAYS come first. <br /> Simon Hunt is a very hardy outspoken man. Most people find him to be a bit much. But he has such a big heart. Ah, Simon. Definitely one of my book boyfriends. (Pretty much all the guys in Lisa Kleypas books are on that list). I just loved the way that Simon was always happened to be around to help her. Even though she pretty much rejects his help for most of the book, at least he’s there. Cue sigh. <br /><i> Secrets of a Summer Night</i> is a great quick read. You’ll be smiling, gushing, and sighing the entire time. Being a huge fan of Lisa Kleypas, I can always count on a great romance read. Seriously, I reread her books at least twice a year. She has a knack for putting just enough of all the elements: romance, action, drama, humor, etc. You want it, it’s got it! Even though it’s not a Regency-era novel, it does make you feel like you are in a Jane Austenesque world. The story is engrossing and very romantic. I HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend not only <i>Secrets of a Summer Night</i>, but the entire Wallflower series. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15904969488911909644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054526745737240568.post-67175014710640836692014-10-15T21:14:00.000-07:002014-10-15T21:14:39.787-07:00Book Review: The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15904969488911909644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054526745737240568.post-83161388286714720542014-07-05T21:28:00.001-07:002014-07-05T21:28:44.648-07:00Book Review: To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Karen Marie Moning </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis (from Goodreads)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span><br />A Woman's Tender Touch<br />He was born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name and his Highland castle, determined to escape the dark fate of his ancestors. Hiding his identity from the relentless rival clan that hunted him, he called himself Grimm to protect the people he cared for, vowing never to acknowledge his love for ravishing Jillian St. Clair. Yet even from afar he watched over her, and when her father sent an urgent summons, "Come for Jillian," he raced to her side—into a competition to win her hand in marriage.<br /><br />A Warrior's Steely Heart<br /><br />Why had he run from her so many years before? And why return now to see her offered as a prize in her father's manipulative game? Furious, Jillian vowed never to wed. But Grimm was the man she loved, the one who urged her to marry another. He tried to pretend indifference as she tempted him, but he could not deny the fierce desires that compelled him to abduct her from the altar. She was the only woman who could tame the beast that raged within him—even as deadly enemies plotted to destroy them both....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Reveries and Ramblings: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i> </i></span><span style="line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>To Tame A Highland Warrior</i> is the second book in Karen Marie Moning's Highlander series. <a href="http://www.bonbonsandreveries.com/2012/12/book-review-beyond-highland-mist-by.html">Click here to read my review of the first book, Beyond the Highland Mist.</a> This installment focuses on Grimm's story. </span></span><br />
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>To Tame A Highland Warrior</i> made me super conflicted. I loved Grimm, the male protagonist! I loved his back story, how he changed from beginning to end, his tortured hero-ness, and pretty much everything else about him. What I didn't like was that all the depth in Grimm's character was basically absent in Jillian's character. She was a bit of a bore. If you asked me to describe her, all I could tell you is that she is beautiful and is obsessed with Grimm. Characters are constantly talking about how selfless and kind and innocent she is....yet....we never see it. Aside from the lack of depth in Jillian's character, I really liked everything else. </span></div>
<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quick side note: really wish Quinn, one of the other guys asked to court Jillian, had his own story. Like I REALY REALLY REALLY wish he did. </span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15904969488911909644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054526745737240568.post-19158610026324942802014-06-22T12:55:00.002-07:002014-06-22T16:20:18.032-07:00Let's Talk About That Delirium Pilot<br />
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You can read my review of the <a href="http://www.bonbonsandreveries.com/2011/03/br-delirium-by-lauren-oliver.html">book and listen to the BB&R playlist here</a> Honestly when I first heard the book was going to be made into a tv show I was excited. I really wanted to see that final scene in Book 1 played out on screen with music moments and everything. However, after the cast list came out I was….a bit skeptical. Then a bit later I heard that it wasn’t picked up. Not going to lie, I was a bit sad. But soon got over it. When they announced it was going to be on hulu, oh man, I was ECSTATIC! It was weird how excited I was. <br />
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After that moment I was like “Okay, okay, I’m liking this.”<br />
Theeeeen, BAM she’s getting taken by the police! (Now, I read this book in 2011, so I completely forgot that happened.) <br />
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I almost cried. Almost. I also thought that scene was one of Emma Roberts’s best scenes in the show (acting-wise).<br />
Seeing the final scene from Delirium coming up was a huge surprise for me Not because I forgot about it. PLEASE, that was my favorite scene in the book! It was because at this point, I’m super confused. The whole pilot is the entire first book of the series?! What?!<br />
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If putting the show on hulu is a test to see if it’ll be popular enough to make it into a series (which I’m not saying they’re doing) then how will that work. Will it just be one short season? <br />
Anyways, so….that final scene….so many mixed feelings. I REALLY WISH they had a music moment at the end. Like when I read the book, I reread that final scene over and over again while listening to this song:<br />
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LOVE that scene. Would have been more powerful with music in the background.<br />
Overall, I’ve got to say, watching this show a long time after reading the book gave me an appreciation for it. I didn’t really have any criticisms about any changes made, mostly because I didn’t really remember much of the book, just that I really liked it. <br />
It took me a while to read the book. It was hard to get through, as all dystopias are for me. I just kept getting angry and upset. I kept having to put the book down and take a break. The show didn’t give me that feeling, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. I was able to watch the show without stopping because I never felt any urgency. So that’s a good thing. But it could also be argued as a bad thing. Without urgency, it falls kind of flat. I also felt like many of the adults were acting out of love even though they couldn’t, right? Lena’s sister was the only adult character that I felt portrayed the adults correctly. <br />
I’m super happy they made a show. And I would LOVE to see more episodes. I’m super curious at how the rest of the series will play out. Also, gotta love those Alex and Lena moments!<br />
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If you haven’t watched the pilot yet, I recommend you give it a try. It might surprise you :)
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marie Hall </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pub. Date: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2013</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis (from Goodreads)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Alice is all grown up. Running the Mad Hatter's Cupcakery and Tea Shoppe is a delicious job, until fate--and a fairy godmother with a weakness for bad boys--throws her a curveball. Now, Alice is the newest resident of Wonderland, where the Mad Hatter fuels her fantasies and thrills her body with his dark touch.
The Mad Hatter may have a voice and a body made for sex, but he takes no lovers. Ever. But a determined fairy godmother has forced Alice into Wonderland--and his arms. Now, as desire and madness converge, the Hatter must decide if he will fight the fairy godmother's mating--or fight for Alice.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Reveries and Ramblings: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Her Mad Hatter</i> was such a cute story. I love retellings of <i>Alice in Wonderland</i>! That and the fact that it was free on Amazon Kindle was why I picked it up. The story immediately sets itself up for a series in the first few chapters. (The other books are about the other "bad guy" characters from popular fairy tales/stories).
Hatter is insane. He quotes Poe and rambles nonsense all the time. Although he has few brief moments of clairty. He reminds me of a spoiled child. I guess due to his insanity, he's all about instant gratification. Alice has always been obsessed with the Mad Hatter from the Alice in Wonderland book. They've met once before when she was a young girl. Alice never forgot. Hatter needs to find his Alice (his mate according to prophecy) however he's been sent so many Alices over time that he no longer trusts in love or if any Alice is the right Alice. If he doesn't find his true Alice, then Wonderland will die.
<i>Her Mad Hatter</i> is a novella (the whole series is?), therefore, it's quite short. It wasn't until I was almost finished that II realized how short it was. I kind of felt cheated. I wanted more. There was so much potential for it to be huge and epic. It felt very rushed. There wasn’t much plot and the stakes weren’t high enough. Now to be fair, as a novella it was fantastic! I just wish it was a full length novel. (<<<Pretty much why it felt rushed and why there wasn't that much plot)
Now onto what I really liked about this book. Hatter was adorable and so so hot! I really liked how Wonderland and the Hatter were connected. Wonderland was basically the Hatter. What happens to one, happens to the other. What The Hatter thought/felt would be manifested in the Wonderland world. Another thing I liked was how both Alice and the Hatter referenced/quoted a lot of profound people which was cool. The romance was also pretty hot! Seriously….HOT!
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I just wish there was more, more of everything. I just never wanted it to end! <i>Her Mad Hatter</i> is a super quick read that will leave you grasping for the rest of the series.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Side Notes: AHH! That cover! *Swoon*.....Also, THIS BOOK IS FREE ON AMAZON AND B&N....sooo no excuses ;)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Christopher Moore</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ISBN: </span>978-0060590284</span></div>
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But Charlie's been lucky. He owns a building in the heart of San Francisco, and runs a secondhand store with the help of a couple of loyal, if marginally insane, employees. He's married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. And she, Rachel, is about to have their first child.
Yes, Charlie's doing okay for a Beta. That is, until the day his daughter, Sophie, is born. Just as Charlie -- exhausted from the birth -- turns to go home, he sees a strange man in mint-green golf wear at Rachel's hospital bedside, a man who claims that no one should be able to see him. But see him Charlie does, and from here on out, things get really weird. . . .
People start dropping dead around him, giant ravens perch on his building, and it seems that everywhere he goes, a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Strange names start appearing on his nightstand notepad, and before he knows it, those people end up dead, too. Yup, it seems that Charlie Asher has been recruited for a new job, an unpleasant but utterly necessary one: Death. It's a dirty job. But hey, somebody's gotta do it.
Christopher Moore, the man whose Lamb served up Jesus' "missing years" (with the funny parts left in), and whose Fluke found the deep humor in whale researchers' lives, now shines his comic light on the undiscovered country we all eventually explore -- death and dying -- and the results are hilarious, heartwarming, and a hell of a lot of fun.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Reveries and Ramblings: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Dirty Job was so funny. Weird. But hilarious. My thoughts pretty much cycled through this: "This is really really weird.....OMG HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....huh???What's going on???......HAHAHAHAHA.....OH SHIT!!! OMG!!! OMGOMGOMG!!!!" and would just continue like that through the whole book. Kind of like how Charlie felt during the book. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Besides the writing (which was phenomenal!), my favorite aspect of the book was the characters. They were all so quirky and interesting. Even the obscure characters were intriguing, and so much fun to read. My top three, aside from the zombie-frankenstein-animals, were Charlie, Minty Fresh, and Sophie. Sophie was adorable! I just wanted to pick her up and squeeze her the entire book. Minty Fresh was hilarious! Everything he said pretty much made me laugh. And Charlie, Charlie was so funny and cute. There were quite a few times when Charlie reminded me of my boyfriend (who actually recommended the book to me). Oh, and the ending? Epic. Epic and OMG-what-just-happened worthy. <br /> I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a good laugh and a strange yet exciting story. </span><br />
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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted and created by <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">The Story Siren. </a> Once again, lots and lots of kindle books. Most or all are free on amazon (except for the books I got from Netgalley). I'll * the ones that are currently free on Amazon :) </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stacey Jay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romance/ Fantasy/ Science Fiction/ Fairy Tale/ Retelling</span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-38ac74a1-5aac-4fc9-01b6-24cda7f704d8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pages:</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 400<span style="color: #e94274;"><br class="kix-line-break" />Rating: </span>5 Kisses</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis (from Goodreads)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In the beginning was the darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and in the girl was a secret...In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city’s vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation. Neither dreams that together, they could return balance to both their worlds. Isra wants to help the city’s Banished people, second-class citizens despised for possessing Monstrous traits. But after she enlists the aid of her prisoner, Gem, who has been captured while trying to steal Yuan’s enchanted roses, she begins to care for him, and to question everything she has been brought up to believe. As secrets are revealed and Isra’s sight, which vanished during her childhood, returned, Isra will have to choose between duty to her people and the beast she has come to love.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> What a unique book! I have never read anything like this. It’s a fairy tale-science fiction-fantasy-myth-romance story. <i>Of Beast and Beauty</i> starts out like a myth or an old legend. The prologue is the history of this planet spoken by The Pure Heart (the good side of the planet). The condensed version: He explains to the readers what happened after the ships, filled with humans, arrived on his planet. How he introduced magic to them and how they split themselves up into two groups: the Smooth-skins, people without magic and the Monstrous, people who started to mutate because of the magic. The Smooth Skins locked themselves up in domes offering a sacrifice to The Dark Heart, the evil side of the planet, in return for an abundance of resources and safety. So long as they kept giving a sacrifice, nothing bad would happen. The Dark Heart placed roses in the city’s walls as a reminder of the deal. Meanwhile, the Monstrous were banished to the desert and began to go hungry and cold. After trying to convince the people to stop hating and killing, The Pure Heart used it’s magic to place a curse on all the people. The Smooth Skins would be born either with some of the mutations of the Monstrous or they would be born with missing body parts. The Monstrous could never shed tears. The only way to undo this curse is: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“If even one Smooth Skin and one Monstrous can learn to love the other more than anything else- more than safety or prejudice, more than privilege or revenge, more even than their own selves-then the curse that division has brought upon our world will be broken and the planet made whole.” -p.5</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Isra the current (blind) queen of Yuan, one of the remaining domed cities. She is to be the next sacrifice as soon as their resources start to deplete. She lives each day knowing that she could be asked to die the next day. Because her death is the city’s only way to survive, she is smothered by her protectors on a daily basis. Isra wants nothing more than to feel the wind outside Yuan’s walls. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Gem is a Monstrous warrior. He sneaks into Yuan to steal their magic roses to help save his people from suffering and dying. He gets captured and is imprisoned. Isra forces him to help her make a garden to help heal the people who were given monstrous traits at birth. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Gem is so large and masculine. (I pictured a werewolf in human form….there are no werewolves in this story, though). He wants to save his people, but instead is being forced to play gardener by Isra. He hates her. He hates her so much. But he also pities her. These two contrasting feelings frustrate him. As he spends more and more time with Isra, however, he starts caring for her. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Now, onto why I really liked this book. For starters, Ms. Jay created a heroine, who in every way should not have been one. Here’s the thing, though, Isra knew that. She had every card stacked against her. Isra did what she believed was right. She follows her gut instinct. So what if she was blind. So what if she was threatened with being locked in a tower. Even blind, she figures out a way to help her people. She’s stubborn. Even though her advisors treat her like a child and humor her, she does everything she can to help her people. I admired her so much because of this. She knew who she was and what her circumstances were. She never let any of that get her down. She was also very caring and wanted to prove that she can not only help her people, but lead them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Okay, so.... the romance….so perfect! Ms. Jay has Gem and Isra HATING each other in the beginning. And that just sounds like a boy-and-girl-hate-each-other-then-fall-madly-in-love kinda YA book but it was different. It wasn’t as superficial as one would think. There so much at stake for both sides. They have people they want to protect and help and no matter how much he/she likes the other person, they must hold true to their individual end-goals. But after a while, Gem becomes protective over Isra, and becomes disgusted at how she’s treated by those around her. Isra, in turn, wants to help him in his plight to save his people. They grow to care for each other over a very long time. The romance was really well developed. Not cliched at all. There is a love triangle. It’s okay though! It’s VERY obvious which guy we want to win. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I hated the other guy, Bo. UGH Bo! Bo and his father, Junjie, are conniving, manipulative, and just plain bad. I wouldn’t go as far as saying Bo is evil. But he’s definitely very very selfish. Ugh, the last time I felt this way about the bad guy was with Prof. Umbridge *shivers*. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The final thing I loved about this book was the world-building. It’s not an epic read, however Ms. Jay fleshed out a very detailed world. The Smooth Skins and the Monstrous had their own ways of life, their own cultures and language, as well as physical appearances and characteristics, stories, etc. Ms. Jay also gave the planet a voice. Literally. The spirit of the planet was the one who placed the curse over the people. It was the one who wanted to make people stop hating and start loving. I would love to dive back into this world. I was very sad when I finished the book. <i>Of Beast and Beauty</i> is a stand alone book. So...no sequel :( </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <i>Of Beast and Beauty</i> felt like a cross between Beauty and the Beast and the anime Romeo x Juliet (which if you haven’t seen, I HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND it...it’s a beautiful, EPIC, and very unique re-telling of the classic Shakespeare play). <i>Of Beast and Beauty</i> had an EPIC ending! Loved every minute of this book. It had the perfect blend of sci-fi, romance, and fantasy with a dash of political intrigue. I would highly recommend you read it this beautiful and one-of-a-kind re-telling...and then tell your friends to read it! </span><br />
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1. <span style="color: #ed2b6d; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #ed2b6d; text-align: start;">The Bitter Kingdom (Fire and Thorns #3) by Rae Carson </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #ed2b6d;"> </span></b></span>- I LOVE this series. I finished the first two books over the summer and have had the 3rd one since it came out. The problem is....I don't want the series to end. Which is why I haven't read it yet. I've been mentally preparing for the end. So I'm hoping to read it in the next few weeks :)</div>
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2. <b style="color: #ed2b6d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Beautiful Dark (A Beautiful Dark #1) </b><b style="color: #ed2b6d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Jocelyn Davies </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- It's been on my TBR list since it came out. 'Bout time I read it. </span></div>
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3. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #ed2b6d;">One for the Money (</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="color: #ed2b6d;">(Stephanie Plum #1) by Janet Evanovich </b></span><b style="color: #ed2b6d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Really liked the movie. Now I want to read the books. Also, I grew up in NJ and lived there until I left for college. So...obviously...I have to read this series. </span></div>
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4. <b style="color: #ed2b6d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Wallflower Christmas (Wallflowers #5) by Lisa Kleypas </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Lisa Kleypas is one of my favorite authors. I adored her Wallflowers series as well as her Hathaways series (both two of my favorite romance series). I haven't read this one yet. But I can't wait! </span></div>
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5. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="color: #ed2b6d;">Sarah J. Maas </b>- Found, bought, and read the first book when I was at the beach. LOVED IT! Became depressed when I found out that the sequel would not be coming out for another 2ish months. When it finally came out, I went to a signing at a nearby bookstore. Met Sarah J. Maas, and let me tell you, she is the sweetest! She even signed my book and gave me some great advice about writing! (I'll post the picture with the review). Anyway, I've been putting off reading this book for many reasons, but I'm totally ready to get back into this series! </span></div>
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6. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress #1) by </span></b></span><span style="color: #ed2b6d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Jeaniene Frost</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b>- I've seen this series EVERYWHERE on the blogisphere. And pretty much everyone has raved about it. Sooo why not? I'm quite excited! </span></div>
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7. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ed2b6d; font-weight: bold;">The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien </span>- I know, it's sad. I haven't read this book. And yet, I own multiple copies of it. </span></div>
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8. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="color: #ed2b6d;">The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Claire </b>- I actually read the first three books 4 years ago and they quickly earned a spot on my favorite series list. However, I haven't read the next few books in the series. After seeing the movie (LOVED IT!), I decided that it was time to reread and catch up on the series. </span></div>
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9. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ed2b6d; font-weight: bold;">World Without End (The Pillars of the Earth #2) by Ken Follett </span>- Took me forever to read the first book (I think it's around a thousand or so pages). But I loved it! It was super epic. The romance, of course, being my favorite part. Funny story, my English teacher in high school highly recommended <i>The Pillars of the Earth </i>when I asked her for a reading recommendation for my mom<i>.</i> Apparently it was one of her favorite books. And my mom then became the huge Ken Follett fan. So anyway, I started the second book shortly after reading the first, and then stopped because the semester started (I leave long epics for vacation time). </span></div>
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10. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ed2b6d; font-weight: bold;">Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) and Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins </span>- Read the first book several years ago. Really liked it, but had a hard time with the suspense. I hate suspense. And I really hate not knowing. I need happy endings. So it took me a few days to get through the first book. Then I really wanted to know where the story was going to go from there, but <i>Catching Fire</i> hadn't yet been released on paperback (I wanted to own all three books in the same format), so I waited. And waited. Years went by and still no paperback (I know, right?!). Until finally my sister bought the series on kindle, read it, and then proceeded to badger me about how i HAD to finish the series. Fast forward to a few weeks ago...went to see the <i>Catching Fire </i>movie. Thought I was going to go insane from the suspense and not knowing if it would end well. I needed to know that my favorite characters would survive. And my boyfriend would not let me look it up on wikipedia! -_- So...now...going to read the series. Because not only did I like <i>Catching Fire</i> better than <i>The Hunger Games</i> and I want to re-experience it all, but I don't think I'll be able to make it through the Mockingjay movie (movies?) without freaking out from the suspense. Best to go in knowing how it ends. Haha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/78625-light">Light #2</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pub. Date: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2010</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romance/ Fantasy/ Paranormal Romance</span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-38ac74a1-5aac-4fc9-01b6-24cda7f704d8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pages:</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 272<span style="color: #e94274;"><br class="kix-line-break" />Rating: </span>5 Kisses</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis (from Goodreads)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The saying goes that all men are created equal... but Nicole Abbot knows better. Lacking the supernatural gifts of the Sentients she has known all her life, Nicole has lived with her nose pressed to the glass, withering beneath the guilt of her own inadequacies and the disapproving glare of her father. It's easy to believe that the universe has forgotten all about her, but things are not always as they seem. With the arrival of Christian Wright, a handsome but complex Combatant with a troubled history, Nicole is forced to question everything she has ever believed about herself, proving that sometimes, our most flawed perceptions are those reflected in a mirror. Jennifer DeLucy again plunges us into the world of lingering spirits, dark apparitions, and malicious vampires. But this time she takes us to the California coast where we get to know a new ensemble of gifted souls that are just as vibrant and endearing as the Sentients we came to love in Seers of Light. In Whisper of Light, DeLucy delivers exciting supernatural encounters as well as very human interactions that will both break your heart and make it soar.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I love this book. I love this series. The. End. Seriously, though, Ms. DeLucy has delivered an amazing book. I’ve read this book probably 3 or 4 times now. Every time it’s just as amazing as the first. I even have the same reactions: OMG! AWWWWWWWWWWW! NONONO!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I actually skimmed through the book again before writing this review and had the urge to read the first book <i>(<a href="http://www.bonbonsandreveries.com/2011/03/br-seers-of-light-by-jennifer-delucy.html">Seers of Light)</a></i> so I did (that was probably the 5th or so time I’ve read that one). What I love about <i>Whisper of Light</i> as well as the whole series is that Ms. DeLucy fleshes out her characters so well. I relate to her heroines and all the secondary characters remind me of people I know. They all have talents, likes, dislikes, quirks, flaws, motivations and insecurities. No one is completely evil or completely good. Everyone is gray. Even Duncan. Ugh. He was horrible. You find out why he treats his daughter the way he does...but still...no excuse! But that is a driving force in why Nicole is the way she is. Just like with the first book, with Lily, I felt like I really related to Nicole. Nicole was never weak. She was always strong, just hidden and scared. Scared to forgive herself. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">This causes her to sacrifice things in her life to hopefully gain approval from her father or to make up for her what happened to her mother. Cue Christian. Christian is hot, British, and kind. On his own self-forgiving journey, he sees Nicole’s strength and challenges her to be brave and start thinking about herself (not in a self-absorbed way, just in a stop putting yourself last kind of way). I will admit, I was skeptical about having Christian be the love interest in this book. I found him so annoying in <i>Seers of Light</i>. But I found I really really liked him! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Part of the way through the book, we get to see William and Lily for a little bit. (OMGOMGOMG) It’s very brief, but left me very happy. What’s great about these few scenes is that we get to see their relationship through an outsider’s eyes. Let me tell you, there’s so much love, it made me tear up. (I swear I could be an empath :P) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally, my favorite thing about this book and this series is Ms. DeLucy’s story and writing. Jennifer DeLucy’s writing flows so well. Her ability to write non-cliched dialogue and story at the same time as making her characters speak like normal people makes her one of my favorite authors. This book wasn’t that plot driven. However the characters were so interesting and the dialogue was so real and at times funny that I barely noticed. This book is more about relationships, what it means to be a family, and what it means to love (not only others but oneself). I like the spiritual aspect of the books, as well. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not religious! These books have soul. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I HIGHLY recommend this book and this series. There’s tons of paranormal stuff, romance, drama, and even even some humor. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">(Hey, guess what?? This book is currently $2.99 on kindle and Nook!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stephenie Meyer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Little Brown and Company</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-38ac74a1-5aac-4fc9-01b6-24cda7f704d8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e94274; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pages:</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 619<span style="color: #e94274;"><br class="kix-line-break" />Rating: </span>4 Kisses</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #e94274; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis (from Goodreads):</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, didn't expect to find its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she's never met. Reluctant allies, Wanderer and Melanie set off to search for the man they both love. Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel about the persistence of love and the essence of what it means to be human.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• What I really loved about this book was how Stephenie Meyer dove into human nature and really explored it. When one small mistake can mean life, death, or even worse, capture, people turn to their most fundamental survival instincts (eat, sleep, kill, run, etc.) That’s the world that Wanda gets sucked into by Melanie. Desperate times call for desperate measures. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Wanda was a really interesting character. She was just as “human” as the real humans. However, each side thought of the other as the monster. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Wanda has such an awesome outlook on life. She saw so much beauty in Earth. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• The Love Story: There’s a love square going on. It’s awesome and very complicated. Love is very prominent in the book, but it’s every type of love: family, romantic, etc. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Stephenie Meyer was not afraid of killing characters, or having her characters experience real pain. Which made this book so much better. There was a threat to the happy ending which I so desperately wanted (both when watching the movie and reading the book). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Epic read! It is definitely a long book, but not one scene was wasted. Everything was put there for a reason. Not much plot, but the characters were very strong (all character driven). I felt like Wanda most of the time, torn between Ian and Jared. One moment I was all TEAM IAN…and the next totally TEAM JARED. :P </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">• Saw the movie first, because I was a bit skeptical about reading a book about aliens (which are slowly growing on me). AND FELL IN LOVE WITH IT!!!! Ummm, Hello Ian <3 so I HAD to read the book afterwards. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you liked Twilight, you’ll enjoy this book. If you didn’t like Twilight, I still recommend you try this book…It’s nothing like Stephenie Meyer’s previous series, The Twilight Saga. Also, this is an adult science fiction book…not YA. So pick it up and enjoy ☺ </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis from Goodreads: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The epic conclusion to Rae Carson's Fire and Thorns trilogy. The seventeen-year-old sorcerer-queen will travel into the unknown realm of the enemy to win back her true love, save her country, and uncover the final secrets of her destiny. Elisa is a fugitive in her own country. Her enemies have stolen the man she loves in order to lure her to the gate of darkness. As she and her daring companions take one last quest into unknown enemy territory to save Hector, Elisa will face hardships she's never imagined. And she will discover secrets about herself and her world that could change the course of history. She must rise up as champion-a champion to those who have hated her most.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Reveries and Ramblings: </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I can't wait to read this book. I read the first two books in the series ( <a href="http://www.bonbonsandreveries.com/2013/08/book-review-girl-of-fire-and-thorns-by.html">The Girl of Fire and Thorns</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10816908-the-crown-of-embers">The Crown of Embers</a>) in 2 or 3 days. I immediately hit the "purchase" button on my kindle to buy The Bitter Kingdom, only to find out that it hadn't been released yet. I cannot even begin to describe the tantrum I threw at that point. How could this happen?! How will I survive the few weeks until it came out. (Yes, I started the series several weeks ago). But now, SIX MORE DAYS! AND I have already pre-ordered it. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you haven't read this series, I highly recommend you do. It is epic, fantastic, and romantic. You won't regret it! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Title: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Girl of Fire and Thorns</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rae Carson</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Series: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fire and Thorns #1</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ISBN: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">978-0062026507</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Publisher: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greenwillow Books</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pub. Date: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">August 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Genre: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romance/ Fantasy/ Historical Romance/Paranormal Romance/ YA</span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-38ac74a1-5aac-4fc9-01b6-24cda7f704d8"><span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pages:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 448<span style="color: #e94274;"><br class="kix-line-break" />Rating: </span>5 Kisses</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial;">Synopsis (from Goodreads):</span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elisa is the chosen one. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But she is also the younger of two princesses, the one who has never done anything remarkable. She can't see how she ever will. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And he's not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies seething with dark magic are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people's savior. And he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the chosen do.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Reveries and Ramblings:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sooooo…..I REALLY REALLY LOVED THIS BOOK! Before reading this, I went on a romance novel binge. I probably read at least six romance novels. (I was at the beach…don’t judge :P) After that, I was craving to read a book with a strong kick-ass heroine. I was so tired of reading about damsel-in-distress-I’m-so-weak women. So picked this from my goodreads TBR list….and read….and read….and didn’t stop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Elisa, the protagonist, is a princess who carries the godstone, a gift from God to the people of Earth to defend them against dark magic. Elisa’s possessing of the godstone has put her in constant danger since she was a little girl. Of course, she never knew about the danger; her family kept her sheltered. When her father marries her off to a King from a far away land, everything changes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Elisa is a fantastic character. She starts off incredibly insecure, fat, and depressed. She is fat because she eats when upset or stressed. This is partly why she is very insecure. She is, however, incredibly smart. Over the course of the book, Elisa changes. Some of these changes come at a great cost to her. But she perseveres. She starts out weak, and by the end of the book, she’s so much stronger. What I liked most about Elisa was that she was so relatable. She was nowhere near perfect, but was a character that many teenaged girls can look up to. Hell, I’d like to be like her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Girl of Fire and Thorns</i> is really hard to review without giving spoilers. This book does have romance in it, although you’ll be in for lots of surprises. Every time I started to predict what would happen next or how the book would end, Ms. Carson would go “Yeaaaah no” and throw in a huge twist. <i>The Girl of Fire and Thorns</i> was nothing short of gripping and epic. It did involve religion, but it didn’t feel overwhelming. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e94274; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Synopsis (from Goodreads):</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The latest from Ann Brashares, the New York Times bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a magical story of reincarnation and a love that lasts more than a lifetime Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, he and Sophia (despite her changing name and form) have been drawn together-and he remembers it all. For all the times that he and Sophia have been connected throughout history, they have also been torn painfully, fatally, apart. But just when Sophia (now "Lucy" in the present) finally awakens to the secret of their shared past, the mysterious force that has always separated them reappears. Ultimately, they must come to understand what stands in the way of their love if they are ever to spend a lifetime together.</span><br />
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There is so much I have to say about this book, so bear with me as I try and collect my thoughts and communicate them to you. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I have a not-so-small obsession with stories that involve reincarnation and romance. Something about soulmates and love lasting lifetimes just warms my heart and makes me smile. There is a drawback, however, to reading so many stories like this; they tend to all start to mesh together because most of the time they are all too similar. This book is not like that at all! The story was so original. It was so grounded in reality! It barely felt like a paranormal romance. In fact, by the end I felt like it could totally be possible. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The book switches between Lucy and Daniel’s POV; It also alternates between lives. There are many chapters dedicated to Daniel telling the story of his past lives and how he came to meet Sophia (Lucy) in all the other lives. He can recognize her soul even though her body changes with each life. Her soul becomes a beacon throughout his lives. However, they usually are far apart in age and it almost always ends in tragedy. It was painful to watch Daniel in his past lives try so hard to be with her, make her happy, make her know, and to apologize for what he did to her in that first life they met, only to fail again and again.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Daniel and Lucy in the present spend most of book apart. We see Daniel falling in love with Lucy through the stories of his past life. When Daniel transfers to Lucy’s school, she immediately becomes obsessed with him and that scares her. It’s the insta-love syndrome, but the heroine isn’t giving in to it (like in almost every other book), instead she seriously questions her sanity. When he approaches her after two years at the end of senior year, she remembers some of a past life with him. That is what causes her to run. She leaves him, heartbroken, because she is scared she has finally gone insane. The rest of the book takes place in the six years following the incident. She uses this time to flesh out her thoughts and feelings and find out the mystery surrounding Daniel. But neither of them realize that a danger from the past has been following them and wants revenge. This danger could tear them apart once again. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I feel so bad for Lucy. She is a very realistic person. The fact that she is being haunted by memories that knows didn’t occur in her lifetime very nearly convinces her she belongs in an institution. She spends a lot of the book trying to come up with an explanation for her love for a man that she’s barely spoken a word to, and the strange visions and memories. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There was only one teeny tiny thing about this book I didn’t really like that much. The pacing was inconsistent. The beginning was good and super interesting. Then the entire middle was long and ever so slightly tedious. The end picked up, though. But the information presented in the middle is extremely important for the series. It sets up the story and the history; plus the reader gets to see Lucy and Daniel fall in love. So it was still enjoyable. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> What I really loved about this book (other than the reincarnation romance part), was that Ann Brashares explored the consequences of having memory as a special power. Daniel’s character changes throughout his lives. He learns and grows like most people do, but in many lifetimes, carrying those experiences over from life to life. His love and dedication to being with Lucy strengthens with each lifetime. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Ann Brashares has written a beautiful novel that touched my soul. While reading this book, I realized one of the reasons why I love reading about love is because it IS so beautiful. Words can caress the heart, bring tears to your eyes, pull at your heartstrings, make you stop breathing, make you laugh until your side hurts, and so much more. There were moments where I felt like crying. Their love was so beautiful it tore at my heart. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This book is not stand alone. It’s the beginning of an epic love story. The only sad thing is that now I have to wait for the sequel (THANK GOD it is a series), which from what I’ve heard, may or may not happen. Let me just say, IT BETTER! I’m serious, I will write a letter to the publisher if i have to! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So my recommendation, is that you stop reading whatever it is that you are reading right now, AND READ THIS!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Title:</span> Beyond the
Highland Mist<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Author:</span> Karen Marie
Moning<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Series:</span> <a href="http://www.bonbonsandreveries.com/search/label/Highlander%20Series">Highlander #1</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">ISBN:</span> 9780440234807<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Publisher:</span> Dell<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Pub. Date:</span> March 1999<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Source:</span> Purchased<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Genre:</span> Paranormal
Romance/ Historical Romance/ Fantasy/Adult<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Pages:</span> 375<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">Synopsis (from Goodreads):</span> He would sell his warrior soul to possess
her. . . .<br />
An alluring laird...<br />
He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the
battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever
stirred his heart--until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of
modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her
own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistible challenge to the
sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to
keep him at arm's length--but his sweet seduction played havoc with her
resolve.<br />
A prisoner in time...<br />
She had a perfect "no" on her perfect lips for the notorious laird,
but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion
he longed to ignite within her. Not even the barriers of time and space would
keep him from winning her love. Despite her uncertainty about following the
promptings of her own passionate heart, Adrienne's reservations were no match
for Hawk's determination to keep her by his side. . . .<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #ed2b6d;">My Reveries and Ramblings:</span> I bought this book while I was reading Karen
Marie Moning’s Fever series. I was
waiting for <i>Shadowfever</i> and needed
something to help me get through the waiting period. So I turned to her Highlander series…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Beyond the Highland
Mist</i> begins with Adrienne getting transported back in time to Scotland in
the early 1500s by some faeries that want to see a certain man in misery. Hawk is that man. He is perfect in every way. Women would literally kill to be with
him. Even the faerie queen likes
him. This enrages both the faerie king
and Adam Black, also known as Puck or Robin Goodfellow. The plan: find a beautiful woman that hates
beautiful men and place her in Hawk’s
path. What follows is pages and pages of
pure enjoyment. Yes, this is a romance
novel, but Moning makes it so much more.
She constantly pushes the Adrienne and Hawk together and just when you
start to think “YES! FINALLY!” she pulls them apart. I raced through this book. I kept me on edge and wanting more. I think I’ve reread it several times since I
finished it the first time. Each time
I’m just as on edge as I was the first time.
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Some of the
best moments in the book was when Hawk was trying to get Adrienne to sleep
with him and she would go to great lengths to get away from him, only to end up
in Adam Black’s arms and want to run right back to Hawk. I would HIGHLY recommend this amazing time
travel romance. You seriously won’t
regret it! I am definitely going to
finish reading the series. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In My Mailbox is one of my favorite memes, mostly because I love looking at what books other people got. This meme is responsible for probably 2/3 of my TBR list. Its hosted by <a href="http://www.thestorysiren.com/">The Story Siren</a>.</div>
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Hi all!! So I'm back from my very long hiatus. I'm trying to catch up with all the reading that I didn't do in the last 8 months or so (yikes!). So because it has been a while....I went a little overboard this week. I borrowed and bought waaay too many books. (I still have MANY MANY MAAANNNY books that I haven't read yet sitting on my bookshelf and kindle. Good thing its summer :) <br />
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So here are the books I borrowed from the library. There were a bunch more, but I had to cancel my hold on them when I remembered that I'm going back to New Jersey (home) in 3 weeks. There is no way I would have been able to take on a heavier load of books. It was sad clicking cancel on the library website :( I was number 4 on the wait list for Grave Mercy. Most of the hard copy books I purchased at a used book store I found near me (I got a little carried away haha). <br />
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Are You There Vodka?
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Blue Moon (The Immortals
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One For The Money
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Song of the Sparrow by Lisa
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Tiger's Quest (The Tiger Saga #2) by Colleen
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The Host (The Host #1) by Stephenie
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Exiled (Immortal Essence #1) by RaShelle Workman-
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Glamorous Illusions (Grand Tour Series #1) by Lisa
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<span style="color: #c9497d;">Pub. Date:</span> </span>February 2009<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br />
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Ever sees Damen and feels an instant recognition. He is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy, and he holds many secrets. Damen is able to make things appear and disappear, he always seems to know what she’s thinking—and he’s the only one who can silence the noise and the random energy in her head. She doesn’t know who he really is—or what he is. Damen equal parts light and darkness, and he belongs to an enchanted new world where no one ever dies.</div>
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What I did like though was Ever’s friend Miles. He reminded me of one of my best friends. They could be the same person. I also really liked Ever’s ability to read auras. I would LOVE to have some ability like that. I just wanted to scream at her when she was trying to block it out and refused to get help, especially when she had multiple chances to harness it. I felt like I spent the majority of the book mentally yelling at her. She kept making one bad or selfish decision after another; and it drove me crazy! <br />
Now onto Damen. As the love interest, he wasn’t very swoonworthy. Maybe I’ve just read to many Twilight-esque books (don’t get me wrong I love Twilight…), but I’m seriously getting tired of the same old same old. Perfect guy with no real flaws swoops in and spends his days pining over the girl (but not in a pathetic way). He was sweet and of course, drop-dead-gorgeous but I found his “mysterious” actions to be very predictable. Also, I really wish he had more personality. Hopefully in the next books his character is explored more.<br />
Even though I had some issues with the book, I still liked it. It’s about past lives! That’s enough to get me to like pretty much any book. I will continue to read the series (hopefully they do get better). The last book or two look really good. I give it 3 kisses. <br />
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Abelard were doomed from the start, and their romance was destined to pass into
history. Yet when sixteen-year-old Callie Martin discovers a diary hidden
within an antique book, their story—and hers—takes on another life. For the
diary leads Callie to the brilliant and handsome August, who is just as
mysterious as the secret the diary hides. Their attraction is undeniable. As
the two hunt down the truth behind the diary—and that of Heloise and Abelard’s
ancient romance—their romance becomes all-consuming. But Callie knows it can’t
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