But he learns the hard way that leaving her means leaving her unprotected from other threats. He'd rather live a life of solitude than put her in danger. It's what Lucian believes, what he's witnessed, and he's not going to take that chance with Sloane. But with Sloane ready to start a family and Lucian refusing to even consider the idea of marriage and kids, these enemies-to-lovers are stuck at an impasse. Once those flames are fanned, it seems impossible to put them out again. When bickering accidentally turns to foreplay, these two find themselves not quite regretting their steamy one-night stand. Bonded by an old, dark secret from the past and the dislike they now share for each other, Sloane trusts Lucian about as far as she can throw his designer-suited body. She'll do that just as soon as she figures out exactly what the man she hates did to - or for - her family. Sloane Walton is a spitfire determined to carry on her father's quest for justice. Except when it comes to the feisty small-town librarian that keeps him up at night. The more money and power he amasses, the safer he is from threats. On a quest to erase his father's mark on the family name, he spends every waking minute pulling strings and building an indestructible empire. Lucian Rollins is a lean, mean vengeance-seeking mogul. But I would rather set myself on fire than ask Sloane Walton for anything. There was only one woman who could set me free. Print Things We Left Behind (Knockemout #3)
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Her characters’ decisions and actions are often inconsistent, or she changes their personality completely (see: Tamlin). Aelin Galathynius, who I want to throat punch pretty much any time she opens her mouth, is in a hate category all of her own. That her main characters (and most of her secondary ones) are, without fail, spectacularly good looking. The absurd amount of vowels she uses-Chaol, Celaena, Eyllwe. And her male characters?īut then there’s a lot that drives me crazy. Book plots (for the most part) are fast paced and keep me on the edge of me seat. I love the interesting characters she invents and the emotional journeys they go through. I love the worlds she builds, with their magics and customs and diverse people groups. I have a love/hate relationship with Sarah J. They would love to quietly get rid of these nuisance shifters but keep underestimating them. The Psy need to re-assert their control over their race. Not to mention, their efforts to get rid of defectors to the Dark River and Snow Dancer packs are neutralized in each book. The council prefers a fascist regime to keep everyone in line. Too many psy are breaking the Silence protocol for the council to ignore. With each book, more psy abandon Silence for love and emotion. Things get complicated when her psy daughter falls for the Alpha of the local Dark River panther pack. At the start of the series, a Psy council member wants to partner with the San Francisco area changelings (AKA shifters) on business deals. They go to such extremes because their powers have driven people to homicidal rampages. Any psy who shows emotion is reconditioned, which means a full lobotomy level brain wipe. The Psy have shunned all emotion with the Silence protocol. They have powers ranging from telekinesis to foresight. In this near-future world, the psy run the world with cool efficiency. I’m completely hooked on Nalini Singh’s expansive Psy-Changeling universe. People get around in bakkies, pug-powered organic vehicles, lights are lit by glow worms, everything is powered by bugs. This is science fiction world building at its finest but what a world! It’s difficult to imagine a more revolting place – the bugs and insects everywhere, some as big as a dog or bigger. But when Nyx and her gang are hired by the Queen to hunt for one particular missing person, one who might be able to end the war, her chance to redeem herself quickly becomes a scramble for survival that is as dirty and brutal as the planet itself. In a world where pain and torture have been taken to new levels of refinement – replacement limbs are common (best not to think where they come from) – its safe to say their plans for Nyx are not pleasant. Nyxnissa, or Nyx, is a Bel Dame herself until her little bit of private enterprise sets the sisters against her, along with almost everyone else in the bounty hunting game. They are hunted by the Bel Dame, a sisterhood of bounty hunters, whose mission is to collect their heads. Those who flee from the front carry, allegedly, disease and contagion. Its men are sent to the front at 14 years old, inevitably to die, but if they survive to the age of 40 they are allowed to return. The almost entirely female country of Nasheen is committing gender genocide. Umayma is a planet like none other – it’s a desert world, fuelled by insects and grubs, scorched by a cancer-burning sun and divided into two by a dirty war of chemical and biological weaponry that has lasted for centuries.
Each of them are making their own choices, and all have unique traits, that would have changed the events had they not been there. The cast of characters in her door world, plus her original world are well crafted and bring so much to the story. Similar to the children we've met before her, but unique enough to be truly hers. As with book 2, we are following Lundy through her door, to make impossible choices over the course of 10 short years. I absolutely adore the way this series is laid out. With each book that leads us through a door we get to the see the world that meshes so well with the child, it becomes more apparent how hard this choice is to make. So many doors and choices, how can one be sure? It's too perfect to be true, and you know you're more sure than you could ever be but still that one drop of you wants to have more time to decide. Each of these book is more impossible to put down than the last. This book is so tightly constructed, and the plot twists so carefully put together, that I read it twice. You will find yourself not knowing who deserves your sympathy, and then questioning what you think you know about justice. Let me just say this: people in this novel are not what they seem. I can't say much more than that without giving things away, and I do NOT want to ruin this thrill-ride of a novel for you. Due to the novel's construction, however, she is known to us. However, once he is in, he commits and is determined to find the missing woman, who's identity is unknown to him. A police detective, Camille Verhoeven, is assigned to the case against his will he lost his wife and their unborn child in a kidnapping that ended with his wife's murder, and he is determined not to stay on this case. Act I begins with a brutal, violent kidnapping in Paris. A disturbing treasure, but a treasure nonetheless.Īlex is split into three acts. Another part of me is thrilled that our shelves continue to contain yet-unfound treasure, and let me tell you: this is a treasure. Part of me is sad that I didn't discover this novel sooner. The books on the lower right hand corner are quite easy to miss, especially if they have an unassuming grey spine and a one word title. RicciĪll's fair in hate and hockey.My path to success never included an enemy as a teammate, especially one as infuriating as Quinton de Haas.Clawing under my skin is his favorite pastime, only feeding the animosity between us as the years pass.We?re as completely opposite as two people can be the golden boy and the black sheep.Constantly at odds or at each other?s throats.The only thing we can agree on is hockey is our true love, and we?ll do whatever it takes to come out on top.I never imagined that drive would lead me to do the unthinkable: falling into bed with my not-so-straight rival.But athletes are a superstitious bunch, and when our hook-ups lead to victories, we tell ourselves we can?t stop.Besides, it?s all for the sake of the team, right?*Iced Out is the first in a five book standalone college sports romance series featuring two misunderstood rival teammates, pages of snarky banter, and more secret spicy times than any book should be filled with. But here it is, 3 of 4 of the Bruce Coville Teacher Alien saga! When we last left off, Bully Duncan got smart and then Peter showed up along with Broxholm to wrap him up in a voyage to space to show Earth is worth saving. I wanted to get to it last week but got delayed. When I started reading more last year, my goal was to pare down my collection □ I have two plastic bags of books from sales now. I may read other books in the series, and definitely plan to read more work from this author in the future. Some cool ideas are introduced in here as well, like addiction to devices (this was written in 91, so a bit forward thinking here). You meet sentient crystals, a machine that can synthesize anything, and a host of other cool things. I’m usually forgiving about all of that, and was in this case as well. But if an adult reads the book, they may see most of it as cliche. Filled with the usual sci-fi tropes-weird aliens for the sake of weird aliens, emphasis on the relative insignificance of man-but as I have said before of Goodebumps, when you’re writing juvenile or young adult fiction, you have the luxury of introducing kids to these tropes before they realize they are dated. It is Miss Marple who introduced the notion that detecting is more about understanding human behavior than about analyzing evidence with the gray cells or knowing far too much about tobacco ash and the various soils of London. Poirot, like Holmes, was an actual detective, whereas Miss Marple was an aged spinster living in the seemingly tranquil village of St. Of these, Poirot is probably the best known - there are more than twice as many Poirot novels - but Miss Marple is the best loved. Satterthwaite of the Harley Quin stories.) (Four if you count the wonderful Tommy and Tuppence five if you add, and I do, Mr. One could argue that Sherlock Holmes is the most universally famous detective, but Arthur Conan Doyle had but one iconic offspring while Christie had two - Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Dame Agatha Christie remains the gold standard of mystery writers not only for her productivity - the woman wrote 80 detective novels - but also for her permanence. |