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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Crystal Kingdom (Kanin #3)</b><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><b>Released:</b> 1 August 2015</span><br style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;" /><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><b>Genre:</b> Paranormal, Romance</span><br style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;" /><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><b>Publisher:</b> PanMacmillan Australia</span><br style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;" /><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><b>Purchase: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250049881/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1250049881&linkCode=as2&tag=beamianonpa-20&linkId=2PCQCAB3YCQVFXB5" style="outline: none 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;">Amazon</span></a> l <a href="http://t.dgm-au.com/c/107038/137028/2741?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.angusrobertson.com.au%2Fbooks%2Fcrystal-kingdom-amanda-hocking%2Fp%2F9781447256892" style="outline: none 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;">Angus & Robertson</span></a> l <a href="http://t.dgm-au.com/c/107038/69171/1880?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Fcrystal-kingdom-amanda-hocking%2Fprod9781447256892.html" style="outline: none 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;">Booktopia</span></a> l <a href="http://t.dgm-au.com/c/107038/95084/2343?u=http%3A%2F%2Ft.dgm-au.com%2Fc%2F107038%2F69171%2F1880%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.booktopia.com.au%252Fcrystal-kingdom-amanda-hocking%252Fprod9781447256892.html" style="outline: none 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;">Bookworld</span></a> l <a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/product_info.php?ref=3229&id=9781447256892&affiliate_banner_id=1" style="outline: none 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #990000;">Fishpond</span></a></b></span><br style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;" /><br style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;" /><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">With help from the Trylle clan, Bryn tries to clear her name and discover who was really responsible for the Kanin King's murder.</span><br style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;" /><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"></span><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">Then, while she's still trying to make sense of it all, Ridley tracks her down while she's on the run for a crime she didn't commit. He refuses to abandon her, so she finally decides that she wants to be with him and that they do belong together. Together, they return to the Kanin capital and rally other trackers and the King's Guard to defend their kingdom from the villain within. But in the process, Bryn learns a startling truth about her former enemy. Brynn's loyalty is still to her kingdom, but will she be rewarded with a place in the royal guard -- and who will ultimately win her heart?</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><b><i>I'd always known that war wouldn't be so black and white, but I'd come to realize that there was a darker shade of grey, where right and wrong came second to simply surviving.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><i>Let me start of by saying that when I first started The Kanin trilogy I was a bit concerned that because I hadn't read The Trylle trilogy I would be a little confused. But for those in the same boat as me, don't fear. I never at any point felt any confusion, so you can go ahead and jump right in. You'll be swept away and captivated by the story just as I was.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><i>I read the three books in this series over a one week period. Sometimes when I binge read a series I end up needing a break and praying for the end. But there were certain events in the previous two books that I was desperate to see played out, so I was eager at every point.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><i>My initial reaction after reading Frostfire was that I didn't like Bryn very much. I found her to be a bit immature and self centred. But boy oh boy, didn't that change over the course of the next two books. By the end of Crystal Kingdom she was such a strong character. Concerned for her friends, family and loved ones, to the point that she puts herself in danger to protect them. Her love for her kingdom was such a wonderful thing to see. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><i><b>He had this wonderful, dizzying way of making the whole world disappear for a few minutes, so it was only me and him, and all the rest of my fears and worries fell away. </b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><i>I loved Ridley right from the start. He's strong, determined, loyal, protective. He possessed all the qualities that you want your leading man to have. My only complaint is that we didn't get to spend a great deal of time with him. But in saying that, those moments that we did get were pretty darn perfect! I loved seeing his relationship with Bryn bloom and blossom, and he bought out some amazing qualities in Bryn and showed her that you can do a job you love as well as have strong, loving relationships. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><i>Konstantin was a character that had me intrigued throughout the whole trilogy. Even when he was committing acts that had me questioning if he was good or bad, there was just something about him that I liked. And he did have me guessing right until the very end. And what an ending it was! Complete with tears and all!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;"><i>I can't not make mention of the supporting characters. There was such a wonderful cast and they really had a chance to shine in Crystal Kingdom. Bryn is surrounded by such a fantastic network of strong kick ass friends. Each played an integral role in the story, and I grew to love each and every one of them.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">Crystal Kingdom saw Bryn traverse a whole array of kingdoms. And I loved it. Seeing the differences between how all the kingdoms lived was so wonderful. Amanda Hocking's beautifully vibrant storytelling had me perfectly able to picture all the situations that Bryn found herself in.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>After finishing the Kanin trilogy, I'm positive that I'll now being going to check out Amanda Hocking's other work. Friends had raved to me about her writing, and now I'm able to agree!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>"There is no such thing as a good war, Bryn." Konstantin said. "Good people will die. Innocent lives will be destroyed."</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 23.1000003814697px;">Amanda Hocking lives in Minnesota and had never sold a single book before 15 April 2010. She will shortly sell her millionth. Her books have been a self-publishing phenomenon - according to the Observer, Amanda is the most spectacular example of an author striking gold through ebooks. In her own words, Amanda is an Obsessive Tweeter. John Hughes mourner. Unicorn enthusiast. Red Bull addict. Muppets activist. Fraggin Aardvarks guitarist. Author of the USA Today bestselling books the Trylle Trilogy.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="freeText14422295386582236567" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><strong>Never date your best friend<br /><br />Always be original<br /><br />Sometimes rules are meant to be broken </strong><br /><br />Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be cliché high school kids—the ones who sit at the same lunch table every day, dissecting the drama from homeroom and plotting their campaigns for prom king and queen. They even wrote their own Never List of everything they vowed they'd never, ever do in high school.<br /><br />Some of the rules have been easy to follow, like #5, <em>never die your hair a color of the rainbow</em>, or #7, <em>never hook up with a teacher</em>. But Dave has a secret: he's broken rule #8, never pine silently after someone for the entirety of high school. It's either that or break rule #10, <em>never date your best friend</em>. Dave has loved Julia for as long as he can remember.<br /><br />Julia is beautiful, wild and impetuous. So when she suggests they do every Never on the list, Dave is happy to play along. He even dyes his hair an unfortunate shade of green. It starts as a joke, but then a funny thing happens: Dave and Julia discover that by skipping the clichés, they've actually been missing out on high school. And maybe even on love.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>I'd always meant to read Adi Alsaid's Let's Get Lost, but for some reason that never happened. When I read the synopsis for Never Always Sometimes I knew that this would be the book to introduce me to this authors writing. And the very first thing that jumped out at me was how beautiful that writing is. I connected with it so easily. It was descriptive and perfectly paced. It was so easy to read and get swept up in the story. I was hooked right from the first page!</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>Never Always Sometimes is split into three sections and told from the POV of our two main characters Dave and Julia. They've been best friends for years, and early on they compiled a list of things that they would never do in high school. A list of cliches that they would avoid at all costs. The list of Never's. But as high school is coming to an end they decide to make things interesting and actually do everything on the list. From partying at the Kapoor brothers house to dying your hair a colour of the rainbow. Everything is fair game.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>I loved both Dave and Julia immediately. I loved their closeness and their banter and their ease. Dave is a romantic. He thinks beautiful, romantic things. He's so sweet and caring. And Julia has such a zest for life. She was infectious! But it wasn't until Julia's POV that I realised how much substance she had. She's not just out to have fun and do crazy things. She's so much deeper than that. She cares much more than she lets on.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>As Dave and Julia complete each of the never's they begin to question the way they viewed things previously. Not just the relationships and interactions they've had with their classmates, but also their feelings for each other. I absolutely loved this aspect of the story. I loved watching their opinions and presumptions evolve and change. I loved seeing the growth of new relationships and new friendships. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Today we’re celebrating the release of the Sweet Madness ebook by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie. Sweet Madness is a retelling of the infamous Borden Murders told from the POV of Lizzie’s Irish maid, Bridget Sullivan.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>However, what seemed like a straightforward situation soon turns into one that is untenable. Of course Bridget has heard the gossip around town about the Bordens, but what she encounters is far more unsettling. The erratic, paranoid behavior of Mr. Borden, the fearful silence of his wife, and worse still...the nightly whisperings Bridget hears that seem to come from the walls themselves.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>When Bridget makes a horrifying discovery in the home, all that she thought she knew about the Bordens is called into question...including if Lizzie is dangerous. And the choice she must make about Lizzie’s character could mean Bridget’s life or death.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“This thrilling novel will keep readers on their toes until the last page. Fans of historical fiction and horror will thoroughly enjoy this book.” —VOYA Magazine</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“The portrait of the claustrophobic, creepy Borden household and its denizens, Lizzie especially, is grippingly vivid.” -Kirkus</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“Engaging historical novel that gives readers another glimpse into the infamous Lizzie Borden.” -YA Book Central</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“Dark, creepy and overall fantastically moody; SWEET MADNESS remains firmly entrenched in the Hitchcock side of horror.” -Fangirlish</i></span></div>
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<b>Since Ruby Milton’s mother committed suicide, she’s forgotten what it’s like to be seventeen.</b></div>
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Saddled with taking care of her toddler brother and alcoholic father, Ruby has no time for fun. She also can’t shake the growing resentment she feels for her mother’s selfish decision, which left her unable to grieve without anger and regret. </div>
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<b>Then she meets blue-eyed musician Byron Black, who challenges everything she believes.</b></div>
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Byron refuses to let anyone control his life—or his death. When he left the city behind, he was in search of somewhere where nobody knew his secret. What he didn’t expect was to meet a beautiful redhead whose views conflict so completely with his own. But as their romance deepens, he begins to doubt his choices and decides to return to the city…for one last chance. </div>
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A bookseller and Young Adult author, Vanessa loves nothing more than immersing herself in the exciting world of books. When she is not gushing about her favourite reads with customers, or mentally casting actors to play the characters in her books, Vanessa enjoys hanging out with those she loves most.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>Much like any other young woman who turns to a life filled with escorts, hookers, drug-dealers, and gangsters. </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>Leo is a man who does what he wants, and gets what he wants, and Cassie soon finds herself desperate for his affection. However, at the same time, his powerful prowess scares her too much to let him in. Cassie has a past that still haunts her, a life left behind, but not forgotten. </i></span><br />
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When Laura Morgan contacted me regarding a review of one of her books, I was intrigued by them being described as dark. Forever Lost jumped out at me immediately. Drug dealers and gangsters sounded to be perfectly right up my alley, and since I had taken a little detour from my regular YA reads, I decided to continue that and jump right in.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What first grabbed me about Forever Lost was the authors writing. It was easy to read and flowed really well. I liked that I was immediately able to immerse myself into the story and I liked the characters. And very quickly I was reminded that this book was a long way from YA and even the New Adult books that I'd been reading of late. Even as I found the sexual escapades that were occurring a bit out of the blue, I wasn't fazed. To the contrary, I was actually enjoying it.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Unfortunately, at about the halfway point the story took a turn into the realms of the unbelievable. I just found myself unable to picture the events in any way realistic. I have no doubt that bad things happen. That there are men who are as controlling as Victor was. That drug lords and gangsters are a part of our world. But I just couldn't grasp any threads of realism in the twists and turns of the story.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I found Cassie to be a little on the unstable side. The decisions and the choices that she made had me scratching my head in confusion. The events of her past should have made her shy away from the world of drug dealing that she was introduced to, but instead she almost embraced it. Then there were her feelings for the men in her life... She seemed to change her opinions as quickly as the wind. I couldn't really understand her.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>To be completely honest, the character who I liked the most was Victor. I don't want to give away what his role is in the story but let's just say that I think he was the character that I was supposed to despise. And I did. But I just found him to be the most consistent out of an unstable bunch of characters. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>So, my star rating... Well the first half of this book was incredibly enjoyable, and I could have easily given it four stars, but unfortunately the second half let it down somewhat for me. I suppose I'm sitting somewhere around the two and a half to three star mark for the first half of the story and the authors writing style.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Hey there! So, it's been awhile. About four months I think. So you may be wondering where I've been. Or maybe not! But anyway life has taken top priority, as it should. I just had so much going on that I found that I'd lost the words to review. I found myself sitting down at my computer struggling to come up with anything to say. But things are starting to settle into a much more even pace in my home life, so I'm hoping to ease myself back into the world of blogging. Don't be expecting a post every day, but I will be helping out some of my most favourite authors when the need arises and posting reviews of some of the books that I thankfully still get sent to review.</i></span></div>
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YA Book Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313987837976173570noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104483075974703415.post-21687501345007517222015-02-24T12:59:00.000+11:002015-02-25T06:47:53.441+11:00REVIEW: After Ever Happy (After #4) by Anna Todd<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">It’s never been all rainbows and sunshine for Tessa and Hardin, but each new challenge they’ve faced has only made their passionate bond stronger and stronger. But when a revelation about the past shakes Hardin’s inpenetrable façade to the core—and then Tessa suffers a tragedy—will they stick together again, or be torn apart?</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">As the shocking truth about each of their families emerges, it’s clear the two lovers are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin—any more than he is the cruel, moody boy she fell so hard for. Tessa understands all the troubling emotions brewing beneath Hardin’s exterior, and she knows she’s the only one who can calm him when he erupts. He needs her. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">But the more layers of his past come to light, the darker he grows, and the harder he pushes Tessa—and everyone else in his life—away. Tessa’s not sure if she really can save him—not without sacrificing herself. She refuses to go down without a fight. But who is she fighting for—Hardin or herself?</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>When I neared the end of After We Fell, I was so happy and satisfied with Hardin and Tessa and the progression they'd made. Hardin had grown and changed so much. I loved him and his determination to be a better person. But then we had that huge bombshell dropped into Hardin's lap and I just knew that things were about to get a whole lot of crazy. If there's one thing that Hardin's an expert at it's self destructing and sabotaging the good in his life. And man, doesn't he do it good this time around!! I really wanted to throttle him. He was at his very self loathing, destructive best.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i><b>It's impossible to change people who have their mind set on who they are. You can't support them enough to make for their low expectations, and you can't love them enough to make up for the hate they feel for themselves.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>Tessa still managed to frustrate me at almost every turn. There were times when her decision making left me scratching my head. Even up until about eighty percent through the book I wanted to curse at her. But after the events that go down in London, does she deserve the way Hardin treats her? Hell no!!! Sometimes despite loving someone so completely, we get to the point where we say enough's enough. Your heart and your soul can only take so much pain and hurt.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>Hardin Scott. Where do I start with him. Frustrating, infuriating, maddening, exasperating... But boy, I love the guy with everything that I have. I cannot express my love for him adequately. I seriously didn't think it was possible to fall in love with him more than I already was, but as I was getting towards the end of After Ever Happy, my heart was so full of him. It was fit to burst. The growth of this man was phenomenal. He is loving, patient, caring and considerate, all while maintaining that Hardin edge. And gosh do I love his dirty words!!!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>I have to say that I hadn't cried a great deal throughout these books. Yes there were moments when a got a bit teary, but there was always a million other emotions going on at the same time. But reading the epilogue took me forever. I cried so damn hard!! Happy tears, sad tears, frustrated tears, angry tears. I cried them all. And even now just thinking about it I'm getting a bit emotional.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">No two relationships are the same. We can't tell the heart who to love and who not to love. It has a mind of its own. We love who we love and that is that. Relationships and love come in all forms. And even though Tessa and Hardin's relationship was at times volatile and destructive, their love was a constant. Even through all the bad, and there was lots, I never doubted that love. When they were on, it was a beautiful thing to read. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The first to enter was a female half-blood dressed just as I was. Her black hair was pulled back in a neat little knot at the top of her head. She was older, probably in her mid-thirties. It was pretty rare for a Sentinel to live that long. Her dark skin paled as she stopped just inside the entrance. She clenched titanium daggers in her hands like she expected something vicious to pop out from under the bloody mess.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>He’d said my name like I was the monster under his bed, and I sort of liked that. Then another Sentinel and another rolled in. The fifth took one look at my interior design work and keeled over. Slamming his hands on his knees, he hurled up his dinner.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Our society existed completely unknown to the average mortal and had operated under what was known as the Breed Order for thousands of years. The Order had been dismantled, which meant halfs were no longer forced to choose between becoming Sentinels—hunting down violent creatures, protecting pures, enforcing laws, and otherwise usually dying pretty damn quickly on the job—or servants, which was a job that really wasn’t a job, but more like slavery. Since then, many pampered pures had signed on to be Sentinels, making up for the loss of the halfs who’d pretty much said “screw this shit, I’m out.”</i></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">Josie has no idea what this crazy hot guy's deal might be, but it's a good bet that his arrival means the new life she started after leaving home is about to be thrown into an Olympian-sized blender turned up to puree. Either Josie is going insane or a nightmare straight out of ancient myth is gunning for her. </span></i></div>
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<i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">But it might be the unlikely attraction simmering between her and the golden-eyed, secret-keeping Seth that may prove to be the most dangerous thing of all. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><strong>About Jennifer L. Armentrout:</strong> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i># 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you’ve heard about her state aren’t true. When she’s not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki.
Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV.
She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins.
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<b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>About the Crazy in Love series<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Lauren K.
McKellar is an author and editor. Her debut novel, Finding Home, was
released through Escape Publishing on October 1, 2013, and her second release,
NA Contemporary Romance The Problem With Crazy, is self-published, and
is available now. She loves books that evoke emotion, and hope hers make you feel.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Lauren lives by
the beach in Australia with her husband and their two dogs. Most of the time,
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author Interview:</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Where did you come up with the inspiration
for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eleven Weeks?<br />
</i></span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">The idea for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Eleven Weeks </i>was sort of twofold, I guess. First, I’d decided I
wanted to do a novella to make the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crazy
in Love</i> series a three-book experience. My good friend and writerly
co-conspirator Stacey Nash (also an author, of a whole heap of talent)
suggested I write about Stacey and Michael.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">At
first, I was hesitant. A few people had noted that they found the character of
Stacey (the best friend of my protagonist, Kate, in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Problem With Crazy</i>) to be a little unlikeable, but then it gave
me the best plan ever. I could use this to show why at times she was a little
distant or hostile. This could be Stacey’s redemption!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I
believe a lot of things happen to make us the way we are, and hopefully this
gives people some insight as to why Stacey wasn’t always there for Kate in book
one of the series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Who is your writing hero? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">If I
could be any author, it would be hands down Colleen Hoover. I adore her work,
and I love her style – for me, writing is all about producing books that make
people <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">feel</i>, and that’s what her
titles always do to me, by the bucket-load! I don’t want to be the next Proust
or Malouf – I just want to offer people escapism and connect with them
emotionally. If I can come even halfway close to that, I’ll be stoked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">What’s next for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Crazy in Love </i>series? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Well,
book three, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Problem With Heartache</i>,
is out February 26, and will see Kate do a little bit of a road trip as she
travels to America with a massive rock ‘n’ roll band. It’s a dual POV book,
which was a really fun challenge for me, as I’ve never written from a masculine
perspective before. It was super fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Fast five:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Beer or wine: </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Wine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">MC or paranormal: </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Oh, tough one! Most likely MC, but I do love me some good
paranormal reads! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Indie or traditional: </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">I’m hybrid published, so I’d say both!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Chocolate or candy: </span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;">Chocolate … but right now I’m on a health kick, so please don’t
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">This innovative, heartfelt debut novel tells the story of a girl who's literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she's ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I'm allergic to the world. I don't leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black--black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">Maybe we can't predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It's almost certainly going to be a disaster.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><strong style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">Sometimes when perfect falls apart, a little trouble fixes everything . . . </strong>Twenty-one-year-old Kayla Turner has lost everything. After spending most of her life taking care of her ailing mother, she just wants to spot a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. So when her late father-a man she barely knew-leaves her an inheritance, she finally breathes a sigh of relief . . . until she learns the inheritance comes with strings. Strings in the form of handsome playboy Daren Ackwood, her father's protégé. To see any of her inheritance, she's forced to team up with him. From his expensive car to those sexy dimples, Kayla's seen his type before. But Daren isn't who he seems to be . . .<br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" />Struggling to make amends for his family's mistakes, Daren has a life more Oliver Twist than Richie Rich these days. He's beyond grateful that James Turner included him in his will, but working with Turner's princess of a daughter to fulfill his cryptic last wish is making Daren wonder if being broke is really so bad. Still, she's just as beautiful as she is stubborn, and the more time he spends with Kayla, the less it feels right being without her. Soon Daren and Kayla begin to wonder if maybe the best gift Kayla's dad could have left them . . . was each other.</i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I reach Mr.
Perkins’s office and quickly park before climbing out of the car in my high
heels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The inheritance
really could be only twenty dollars—or less—and spending an afternoon chained
to Daren Ackwood to find it could be a complete waste of time, not to mention
horribly awkward given our romantic encounter last night, but it’s worth a
shot. Because if it turns out to be a substantial amount of money, everything
could change.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Not only could I
go back to nursing school, but I could afford a decent apartment and buy myself
some time to find a new job—one where my boss isn’t demanding I work for free
or flash him in order to pay off my mother’s debt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ugh. My life can
really only go uphill from where I’m at.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I know money
can’t buy happiness, and I believe that. But it would be nice to be out from
under Big Joe’s threatening thumb. And sleeping in a cockroach-free apartment
while eating regular hot meals wouldn’t be bad either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I hurry down the
sidewalk toward Mr. Perkins’s office, tripping a little in my shoes. Maybe
wearing the skirt and heels again wasn’t such a great idea. But I wanted to
look professional and responsible, and the gray dress is too hot and the only
other pair of shoes I own are my beat-up sneakers from last night. I didn’t
think a pencil skirt and a pair of dirty sneakers really said <i>I can be trusted with my deceased father’s
money</i>. So I went with the pumps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I wobble as my
shoe catches on a small pebble and curse under my breath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">High heels really
are a bitch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Up ahead, I see
Daren round a corner and hurry toward the office, now just a few yards down the
sidewalk. I relax a little, knowing he’s not there yet. As we near each other,
my stomach fills with butterflies. I don’t know what I’m more anxious about—the
inheritance or seeing Daren.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We reach Eddie’s
door at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Good morning.”
He smiles broadly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Morning,” I
respond with a cheerful smile of my own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Our smiles are
exaggerated, like we’re trying to prove just how “okay” we are with the thing
that never happened last night. Then our eyes meet in brief a clash of lust,
and tension fills the air.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Daren is the
first to break it. “So. You ready to do this?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“I am,” I say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The tension
returns, but this time it’s laced with nervousness. We’re about to lock
ourselves together. For money. The morning after we dry humped each other
against a bar. It’s nothing less than weird and desperate. Which begs the
question, why is Daren doing this?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I know why I’m
subjecting myself to this craziness but I’m still not sure why Daren has
agreed—especially without knowing how much money is at stake. Is he in it for
the thrill? Is he just bored?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Whatever his
reasons are, I’m grateful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We enter the
office and Eddie looks up from his messy desk, his glasses perched on his shiny
head. Today he’s wearing a yellow button-up shirt with a plaid bow tie to match
his plaid pants. The look suits him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“You’ve
returned,” he says brightly, standing to greet us. “I guess this means you’ve
come to a decision about Mr. Turner’s letter?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“We have,” I
say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Daren nods.
“Yes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Excellent.”
Eddie clasps his hands together. “What have you decided?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We turn to face
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.</strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!</strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"> </strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Theodore Finch</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"> is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Violet Markey</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"> lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Includes a PDF Help Line Resource Guide and a Note Read by the Author.</strong></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><strong style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">For a minute I can feel it: the sense of peace as my mind goes quiet, like I'm already dead. I am weightless and free. Nothing and on one to fear, not even myself.</strong></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>My heart. My poor aching heart. I cried like I've never cried before while reading a book. Big, ugly crying. Loud and scary sobbing. This is a book. Just a book. At least that's what I kept telling myself. This isn't real. But it is. This story is so real, because its happening every single day, the world over. This story could be happening right next door to where I live right now. It could be happening to someone in my family. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>When I read a book as amazing as All the Bright Places, the characters become my friends, my family. When they're sad, I'm sad. When they're happy, I'm happy. When they're in pain, I'm in pain. I become so invested in their story that it stays with me long after I've turned the last page. Just a passing comment from another book lover can bring to the surface all of the emotions that a book elicited in me. That's how it is with this book. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i><b>For once, I don't want to be anyone but Theodore Finch, the boy she sees. He understands what it is to be elegant and euphoric and a hundred different people, most of them flawed and stupid, part asshole, part screwup, part freak... A boy who belongs - here in the world, here in his own skin. He is exactly who I want to be and what I want my epitaph to say: The boy Violet Markey loves.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>Theodore Finch is witty and incredibly intelligent. His mind is a brilliant place, that at times could also be fast and frantic. But his heart... His heart was a thing of beauty. He cared and he loved and he gave so much. But Finch is bullied and beaten. He's called a freak. His home life is sad. His Dad is an arse and his Mum is so distant. And Finch feels everything so greatly. I cannot put into words how much I loved him. This boy is in my heart for life. </i></span></span><br />
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<i style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Just like Finch, Violet Markey knows pain and depression. But she has such strength and wonderful parents. When a chance encounter on the ledge of the school bell tower throws this unlikely pair together for a school project, Violet's eyes are opened to how incredible Finch is. Violet doesn't have an instant attraction to Finch, but he's nothing if not persistent and it's not long before his natural charm wears her down. </i><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>I felt so let down by some of the adults in this book. Finch's family failed so miserably in recognising the signs and behaviour that at times was right under their noses. I wanted to scream at them and shake them and make them see. I wanted them to sit up and pay attention to this boy that desperately needed help.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>This book. This author. I have never, in all my years of reading, read a book that has affected me as greatly or as deeply as this one. It is beauty. It is love. It is pain. It is sadness. It is grief. It is loss. It is life. It is death. It just simply is. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>This book has been compared to the Fault in Our Stars and Eleanor and Park. Personally, I don't like to compare books because ultimately one is going to come off second best. But sometimes a book comes along that blows all others out of the water. This is that book. Get it, read it, and let it become one of the best books you're most likely to read.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">Fans of John Green's Looking for Alaska as well as Lauren Oliver and Sarah Dessen will embrace this provocative debut novel, an exploration of taboo love set against the backdrop of a suburban high school.</strong><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">Charlie, a senior, isn't looking forward to her last year of high school. Another year of living in the shadow of her best friend, Lila. Another year of hiding behind the covers of her favorite novels. Another year of navigating her tense relationship with her perfectionist mom.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">But everything changes when she meets her new English teacher. Mr. Drummond is smart. Irreverent. Funny. Hot. Everyone loves him. And Charlie thinks he's the only one who gets her.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">She also thinks she might not be the only one with a crush.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">In this stunning debut, Jessica Alcott explores relationships-and their boundaries-in a way that is both searingly honest and sympathetic.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">Crossing the Ice </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/134230-ice"><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000;">(Ice
#1)</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">by </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5368434.Jennifer_Comeaux"><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #990000;">Jennifer Comeaux</span></span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Release Date:</b> 08/03/14<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><b>Narrated by:</b> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.audible.com/search/ref=a_pd_Romanc_c2_1_narr?searchNarrator=Emily+Stokes"><span style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Emily Stokes</span></b></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Length:</b> 9 hrs and 5 mins <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Summary from Goodreads:</b><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;">Falling hard never felt so good.<br />
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Pair skaters Courtney and Mark have one shot left at their Olympic dream. They
vow not to let anything get in their way, especially not Josh and Stephanie,
the wealthy and talented brother and sister team.<br />
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The heart doesn’t always listen to reason, though...<br />
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The more time Courtney spends with sweet, shy Josh, the harder she falls for
him. But they are on opposite sides of the competition, and their futures are
headed in opposite directions. Will their friendship blossom into more or are
their paths too different to cross?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>My Thoughts:</b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I've only recently discovered the wonderful thing that is audiobooks. Only a few months back I listened to my first one and was hooked. However I do find that my enjoyment has a lot to do with the narrator. If it's not how I imagined, I can find my mind drifting a little while I'm reading. But I didn't have that problem once with Crossing the Ice. Emily Stokes did a wonderful job of alternating voices so that I was never in doubt over who was speaking. I especially loved Sergei's voice. She also expertly captured each characters different emotions, and it was so easy to be swept away in the story.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I'm not shy in admitting that I have a real thing for bad boys. They're usually a little broken and I find myself really attracted to that. But let me tell you, the shy and quiet type may just be my new thing. I adored the ease with which Josh's cheeks reddened, but I also loved experiencing his comfort and Joy at being with Courtney. </i></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Josh was just so, so beautiful, and sweet, and caring, and loving. When</i><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> a guy treats a girl the way that Josh treated Court, it was impossible not to want to swoon at his feet.</i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also really Liked Courtney. She was competitive and dedicated and committed to her dream of getting to the olympics. She was sweet and she loved completely and always tried her hardest to make everyone around her comfortable. </span></i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although Crossing the Ice is listed as New Adult it had a real YA sweetness about it. But don't get me wrong, while there was no overly descriptive scenes, in fact it was a very clean read, there was lots and lots of kissing. Lots of yummy kissing.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I absolutely loved the competition of the ice skating in this book. There were times I was sitting on the edge of my seat just waiting for the scores to be revealed after a skate. There was tension and joy and plenty of ups and downs.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I didn't realise until after I finished listening to this that it was a spin off of The Edge series. But let me say that it in no way made any difference that I've jumped straight in with this one. But I will definitely be going back and picking up the other series for a read.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I must make mention of one issue with the audiobook, although it is no fault of the authors, in one of the early chapters it kept backtracking and repeating lines over and over, and it got to the point that I just had to skip forward past that chapter. But that was the only issue with my whole listening experience.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Crossing the Ice really snuck up on me and grabbed me. It was sweet, with touches of heat, there was tension to hold my interest and a really beautiful romance. I'm really excited to see what comes next for Court and Josh.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>"He's simply adorable. I could put him on a cracker. "</b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>4/5 Sweet Josh Tucker Stars.</i></span><br />
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Jennifer Comeaux is a tax accountant by day, writer by night. There aren’t any
ice rinks near her home in south Louisiana, but she’s a diehard figure skating
fan and loves to write stories of romance set in the world of competitive
skating. One of her favorite pastimes is travelling to competitions, where she
can experience all the glitz and drama that inspire her writing. Jennifer loves
to hear from readers! Visit jennifercomeaux.blogspot.com for contact
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span id="freeText1376916942993851987" style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;"><b>A girl takes over her twin sister's identity in this emotionally charged page-turner about the complicated bond between sisters.</b><br /><br />Ella and Maddy Lawton are identical twins. Ella has spent her high school years living in popular Maddy's shadows, but she has never been envious of Maddy. In fact, she's chosen the quiet, safe confines of her sketchbook over the constant battle for attention that has defined Maddy's world.<br /><br />When—after a heated argument—Maddy and Ella get into a tragic accident that leaves her sister dead, Ella wakes up in the hospital surrounded by loved ones who believe she is Maddy. Feeling responsible for Maddy's death and everyone's grief, Ella makes a split-second decision to pretend to be Maddy. Soon, Ella realizes that Maddy's life was full of secrets. Caught in a web of lies, Ella is faced with two options—confess her deception or live her sister's life.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Expected publication:</b> April 28th 2015</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I remember there used to be a set of twins at my school who would fool everyone by switching places, but this just takes it to a whole new level. That saying 'be careful what you wish for' comes to mind here.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: start;">I added three more books to my shelves this week, and all were recommended to me by online friends.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21170685-inked-armour"><span style="color: #990000;">Inked Armour (Clipped Wings #2) by Helena Hunting</span></a></b></i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://youngadultbookaddict.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/blog-tour-review-giveaway-broken-skies.html"><span style="color: #990000;">Broken Skies (Broken Skies #1) by Theresa Kay</span></a></b></span></i></div>
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<i style="line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://youngadultbookaddict.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/review-every-word-every-2-by-ellie.html"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every Word (Every #2) by Ellie Marney</span></a></b></i></div>
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YA Book Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11313987837976173570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104483075974703415.post-18009521412720566802015-01-18T20:24:00.000+11:002015-01-18T20:24:15.711+11:00BLOG TOUR - REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: Broken Skies (Broken Skies #1) by Theresa Kay <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Add BROKEN SKIES to your TBR pile on </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20764638-broken-skies"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #990000;">Goodreads</span></span></b></a></span></i></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>!</i></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>It's an odd feeling to be stuck inside a dream, mind frozen in fear, while your body acts out your greatest horror.</i></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 150%;">I had only ever read one Alien book besides this one, and if I thought that Broken Skies was going to travel down the same similar storyline I was very mistaken. One of the main differences was that Theresa Kay sets her story in a dystopian world. Society has collapsed and humans are almost extinct. Aliens are living in their world, although they don't mix with the humans</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">. But that's all about to change when Jax and her twin brother Jace come face to face with a group of E'rikon, and Jace is kidnapped by the aliens. Left behind when the E'rikon leave, Lir teams up with Jax to help her get into his city and rescue her brother.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I liked this story right from the start. It was engaging and intriguing, full of secrets and revelations with a nice dose of action and a dash of romance to balance everything out nicely.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Always for me. Always about me. All my fault. Everything.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Jax was a likeable character. Despite her dislike of being touched she was quite strong and that strength just continued to grow as the story went on. She learns a whole variety of things about herself as she makes the trek in search of her brother. And even though these revelations along with the situations she finds herself in are enough to bring her to her knees, she always manages to overcome her fears and the obstacles and get back to her feet and move on.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>He's been my life raft, my rock, and I'm just selfish, too broken to have anything to offer him, but I need him. Some part of me calls out to him, craves the comfort he offers, and I'm not strong enough to deny it.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>I was really intrigued by Lir, and even at the end of Broken Skies I felt that there was a lot more to learn about him. I liked that physically he was very different to a human boy with his green hair and scales, and it was because of those differences that I was really drawn to him. </i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The relationship between Jax and Lir was anything but smooth. They were faced with many challenges along the way as well as each learning to trust the other. Just when I thought that they had reached an understanding, something would surface that would once again put their growing feelings to the test. </i></div>
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at eleven and was always excited to write research papers, Theresa has been
putting words to paper since a young age. Living in the mountains of central
Virginia with her husband and two kids, she works as a paralegal by day, binges
on Netflix at night and finds bits of time in between reading almost everything
she can get her hands on and laundry to craft stories that tend to feature
broken characters in sci-fi or paranormal worlds, with a touch of romance
thrown in for good measure. She's constantly lost in one fictional universe or
another and is a self-proclaimed “fangirl” who loves being sucked in to new
books or TV shows. Theresa originally wanted to write horror novels as an ode
to her childhood passion for Stephen King, but between her internal Muse’s
ramblings and the constant praise for her sci-fi pieces from her writer’s group
– </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.therebelwriters.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>The
Rebel Writers</b></span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #131313; line-height: 115%;"> – she knew she
should stick with what was working. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">James Mycroft has just left for London to investigate a car accident similar to the one that killed his parents seven years ago...without saying goodbye to Rachel Watts, his 'partner in crime'.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Rachel is furious and worried about his strange behaviour - not that Mycroft's ever exactly normal, but London is the scene of so many of his nightmares. So Rachel jumps on a plane to follow him...and lands straight in a whole storm of trouble.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">The theft of a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, the possible murder of a rare books conservator, and the deaths of Mycroft's parents...Can Watts help Mycroft make sense of the three events - or will she lose him forever?</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Sparks fly when Watts and Mycroft reunite in this second sophisticated thriller about the teen sleuthing duo.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><b>I have seen the aftermath of death, the incredible mechanism of the body laid bare, and I know now that each person is a kind of miracle. A spark nestles like a bird inside our chests, so deep that we can't find where it lives, but it is everything. It's what makes us dream and think and feel and laugh and sing. And it is a mystery, and it is mundane, and, above all, it is fragile. Any moment could be our last.</b></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>I actually finished reading Every Word a few months back but didn't post a review because I was just so blown away and couldn't find the words to adequately express my love for it. And now, months later, I still don't have the right words to sum it up. But the story is so fantastic that I have to say something, even if those words could never do the book justice. Just please, excuse my rambling and scattered thoughts.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>When I read the first book in this series, Every Breath, I was immediately drawn into the story and when I got to the end I was so satisfied and happy to have discovered the writing of Ellie Marney. When Every Word came up for review I eagerly put up my hand. Little did I know what I was stepping into and how much this book would impress me and mess with my emotions. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>Every Word picks up a little way after Every Breath, and it doesn't take long for things to quickly heat up. Mycroft suddenly jumps on a plane to London to investigate a case very similar to the accident that killed his parents. Rachel is shocked, confused and angry since Mycroft failed to inform her that he was leaving. But after a little thought and investigation she decides to follow Mycroft and offer him whatever help and support he needs. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i><b>I'm struck, in this moment, by the sheer Englishness of him. I mean, I knew he was English, but now it hits me - his height, his wild hair, the leanness of his body, the black jeans and the scuffed shoes, hid red-and-white striped jacket...</b></i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>I adore James Mycroft. I love him with everything that I have. There is something about a broken boy that I'm immensely attracted to. I can't help it. He carries around this past that is full of heartache and it tortures him. It's so heavy and the weight of it drags him down. It's like he doesn't believe he deserves happiness and love. </i></span></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">He broke me in this book. My heart ached for his pain.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">The thing that I love about Rachel is her strength and her loyalty. They are such wonderful qualities to possess and she has them in spades. She is so supportive of Mycroft. She puts aside her feelings to be what he needs her to be. Yes, she can be impulsive at times, but that's also a part of her charm. In this book she is amazing and brilliant and strong and loyal and caring. I was just blown away by her.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><b>A look, a word, a scent - I'm like a tuning fork that resonates to one deep-thrumming pitch. The sound of Mycroft's voice is enough to send wings through my insides, make my skin go nuclear. And a touch, even a gentle one...</b></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>Ellie Marney portrays Rachel and Mycroft so expertly. Teenagers are impulsive. They make rash decisions. They swear. They are raging hormones. And we get all of those in this series. Their chemistry is amazing. Not just in the physical sense, which is scorching, but they click so well on every level. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>The tension, the suspense, the mystery, the action... It was perfect. Absolutely perfect. And can I say chapter eighteen!! Oh. My. God!!! The emotions that I went through just in that one chapter alone. I was a mess!! But it was also more than that one chapter. I found this book to be much more detailed and descriptive than the first one. Everything seemed heightened to me. The violence, Mycroft's pain, Rachel and Mycroft's attraction... I loved every minute of it.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>I love this series. I love this author. I want Ellie Marney and her books to have all the high praise and all the accolades that they so richly deserve. Beautifully descriptive and detailed, without being overly so. It's the easiest thing in the world to picture exactly what the author is describing. Every Word, is without a doubt in my top ten books read in 2014. Heck it could even be in my top five.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i><b>"You're in the centre, Watts. Right here." He touches his chest, over his heart, with his other hand. " You're always in the centre."</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Anna was taken... </strong><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Taken from her home to live out a sick game that a guy has been playing for the last ten years.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">With no certainty that anyone is looking for her, and seemingly hours away from home, she's forced to play housewife with a man that has had twelve other 'wives'.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Each of them now dead... </strong><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">With 12 rules and the obvious exits blocked, from the previous girls attempts to flee. Is Anna's only way out to play along and become a 'loving wife'? Or will she die during the chase?</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Would anyone even know what happened to her?<br /><br />Or would she be labeled as a runaway?<br /><br />And where is she in the first place?</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Audrey Thomas had been raised by overprotective parents and is sick of it… </strong><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">After the kidnapping and recovery of her mother, Anna Cowles, eighteen years ago, parents had a harsh awakening as they realized any child could be taken for any reason. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">New laws were set in place to protect children, but those same children, ignored the rules and went out of their way to get into trouble. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Audrey has always done what she wanted, no matter what the consequences were… </strong><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">But what happens when her choices lead her to being taken by the one man people feared everyday for the last eighteen years, right up to his execution. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Will she make it out like her mother did?<br /><br />Or will she suffer the fate of the previous twelve girls?</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>If this book is part of a
series, tell us a little about it?</b> It’s about three girls, that are connected
through the series, going through a kidnapping. The main character’s are
typically normal teenage girls ripped from their daily lives and forced to fight
for their lives. The last girl, the main character of the third and final book,
has had her life controlled by being taken at a young age and now she’s
fighting for other girls not to go through what she and the other two girls
did. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>What made you write about a kidnapping?</b>
Well, it’s an uncomfortable topic, very few people discuss it, and I think
that’s an issue. We never talk about it until it’s too late. Someone goes
missing, and if they aren’t seen or no one knows what happens to them, then we
don’t know if we will ever see them again. I hope that people will read the
book and know that they have to think about it, but they can’t let it take over
their lives. Some people prepare for the apocalypse, but what about a danger
that’s here right now? I don’t know what I would do if I was taken, but I
wanted to raise awareness so people can learn that they have to take a few
precautions.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>What made you have the characters interact
the way they do?</b> I made Steve creepy because I thought, what person would take
a girl, much less thirteen of them? Then you have to think of a reason why he
did it, and whether logical or not to readers, it had to make sense to him. No
one likes him as a character, but he was a driving force of the story. He
needed a reason, he needed something to live for, and I gave that to him.
Garrett was raised with Steve, so he does what he feels will protect him, but
he also wants to protect the girls that come into the house. It’s just how he
is, he knows it’s dangerous, but he wants to help them. Anna is this empty
shell basically, when you think about her she isn’t dynamic, she’s flat in a
way until the middle of the book. She’s been torn away from her family, trying
to figure out what happened, why it happened and her feelings. She feels the only
way to live through this is to play along. She feels defeated until she has
something to fight for and that’s when you see her change.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>How was it to write the book?</b> It was both
exciting and complicated. You have to touch on a lot of sensitive topics. The
families affected by these things, the girls and boys themselves, and the
possibilities that the individual could go through. No one wants to think about
it, but sometimes I believe it’s better have a worse case scenario and work to
prevent it instead of pretending it doesn’t happen or ignoring it.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>What do you think people will think of the
book?</b> I had my work on a website for a few years, and I got a lot of mixed
reviews. There were mostly good words said, and it became very popular and I
had a few readers tell me that they were going to be more cautious when going
out at night. I’m not telling you to be suspicious of everyone, just be
cautious about your surroundings. Keep yourself safe and learn what looks
dangerous, or even what looks harmless, but could cause trouble. Then there
were a few people that had the opposite opinion, they told me that I was
basically the devil and that I didn’t deserve the book to become popular, that
I was against religion and many other things. While those were the minority of
the readers I had, I realize the book is an uncomfortable topic and few people
want to think about it. I don’t apologize for starting the topic, and I just
hope people who read will understand that I just want them to be vigilant.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>What made you make it a trilogy?</b> It got
really well known on the site, and I felt like I had more to say. The second
books talks about what would happen if we took too many precautions, those same
rules we made to protect people would cause them to act out and in some causes
worse things would happen. It’s just a balance like everything else in life.
The topic should be known, and we should take precautions, but it shouldn’t be
the sole focus. We can’t stop bad things from happening completely, but we can
raise awareness of them.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>What was the hardest part of writing
your book?</b> It was complicated, the characters, the setting and even just the
story. It’s uncomfortable to write, and even uncomfortable to discuss with
friends because they think it’s so strange that I choose this topic to write
about. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>Did you learn anything from writing your
book and what was it?</b> You learn a lot about yourself when you write a book, and
I mean more than just if you can finish or not. I learned with this book that
the stories on the news are very real, they aren’t characters in a story that I
can control and work with to give a happy ending to. They are real stories, and
they don’t always end happily, and the ones that do are very lucky. It’s
difficult to think about it like that, but it’s true. I wish we didn’t have to
experience those stories, and attempt to understand the pain the families feel.
I learned that it’s impossible to know them, and what they went through. All we
can do is think we understand, when really we have no idea what it’s like, and
that’s what scary to us.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>What are your ambitions
for your writing career?</b> I hope to get a few more topics out into the open, and
even a few stories that I’m just excited to share. I still go to college, so
school comes first and writing will be a hobby until then.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>What else have you
written?</b> I have dipped into a lot of genres, but I really enjoy Thrillers and
Suspense the best. It’s exciting to write and I hope it’s just as exciting to
read for those that read my books. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>What’s the best compliment
you got on the work?</b> A few people told me that if it became a movie they would
pay money to go see it. It’s fantastic as an author to hear that, because you
rarely think someone will like the book after being turned down by so many
publishing companies, but that one person just keeps you going. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Can we expect to hear more
from you?</b> A lot more, like I said I have so many stories I can’t wait to share
with fans, friends and family. It’s exciting to find someone that wanted to
work with me on the series and I hope they like working with me because I love
working with them. <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Can you share a little of your current
work with us?</b> It has to do with one of my favorite characters, I don’t want to
give too much away since I’m still working on planning the second book. It’s
another series; three books with about three stand alone books that go with the
series. I hope to have it out by next year, after I finish the Amber Alert
series. So I really hope this launch goes off well because I’m really excited
to share that story with everyone. It’s my personal favorite.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Nikki Godwin, author of Chasing Forever Down and American Girl on Saturn among others, has a treat for you! In celebration of her newest contemporary M/M YA romance novel Breaking Saint Jude releasing this January 14, her LGBT YA novel Falling from the Sky is FREE this week across all retail sites! Yes, you read that right!</i></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When sixteen-year-old Jude Calvert sets out to steal stained glass from a broken cathedral window, he finds more than shards of red. He finds Max Rangel - his eye candy from his new LGBT support group - hauling a giraffe carcass across an abandoned part of town with a pack of guys. And he still accepts Max's dinner invite a few days later.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Date of Publication:</b> February 21, 2014</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><strong style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">A gritty but hopeful love story about two struggling teens—<br />great for fans of The Spectacular Now, Willow, and Eleanor and Park</strong><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px; text-align: left;">Tyler has a football scholarship to Stanford, a hot girlfriend, and a reliable army of friends to party with. Then his mom kills herself. And Tyler lets it all go. Now he needs to dodge what his dad is offering (verbal tirades and abuse) and earn what his dad isn’t (money). Tyler finds a job that crashes him into Jordyn, his former childhood friend turned angry-loner goth-girl. She brings Tyler an unexpected reprieve from the never-ending pity party his life has become. How could he not fall for her? But with his dad more brutally unpredictable than ever, Tyler knows he can’t risk bringing Jordyn too deeply into the chaos. So when violence rocks his world again, will it be Jordyn who shows him the way to a hopeful future? Or after everything, will Tyler have to find it in himself?</span></i></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">The door to the
dining room swings open again and this time Levi walks through, a box of tools
in his hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Cougar Mable
immediately lights up. “Morning, Levi!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Morning,
Mable.” He smiles at her. He scowls at me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I notice his
face is now clean-shaven and a part of me misses his scruff—what? No. NO. I do
not miss his scruff. Missing scruff is for weirdos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I scowl back at
him and start grating Swiss cheese.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Where’s the
fire alarm in here?” he asks in his work voice. It’s a very different voice
than his get-out-of-my-way voice or his if-you-want-hot-water-wake-up-earlier
voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mable points to
the wall, looking far too happy to be of service, and I keep my eyes down as he
moves past me. As I sprinkle cheese over the quiche, I can’t help but notice
how grated Swiss kind of looks like white scruff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m not a
weirdo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Quiche finished,
I turn to start sautéing vegetables and my gaze automatically darts to Levi.
He’s so distracting. His arms are all raised, and his shoulders are all broad,
and he’s fixing crap, and it’s just… it’s just… annoying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">You know what
else is annoying? The fact that the freaking fire alarm is right by the stove.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">With a huff and
a puff and some choice words in my head, I grab my sliced bell peppers and
force my feet to the stove. I throw the vegetables into a frying pan, grab a
wooden spoon, and ignore Levi’s close proximity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My body hums.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I ignore that
too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I steal a glance
in his direction and watch as the corded muscles in his forearm flex as he unscrews
something on the alarm box. Why does he have so many muscles in his forearm?
That can’t be healthy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I drop my eyes
to the frying pan and focus on bell peppers, because bell peppers are
interesting and they don’t have backs the size of Alaska or copious amounts of
forearm muscles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The forearm
muscles that I’m not thinking about lightly brush my shoulder, and the humming
inside my body knots together and zips around like a bumblebee on crack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I casually turn
down the heat on the stove, like that’s the reason I’m suddenly a human
vibrator, and go back to stirring. Levi goes back to screwing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Bell peppers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m thinking
about bell peppers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Levi brushes
against me again, except this time his forearm grazes my breast and my body
immediately goes wild, like I’m some love-starved teenager, and the humming
dives low in my belly and the stove gets hotter and my breaths get shallow and
suddenly bell peppers are the sexiest vegetable on earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Welcome to Hotel
Horny Women, home of scruffy cheese and sensual produce.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">From the corner
of my eye, I catch his Adam’s apple bobbing with a nervous swallow, which can
mean only one thing. The boob brush was an accident.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Well, crap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If he had been
trying to cop a feel with his Hulk-ish forearm, I could have responded with
some kind of snarky “you’re a pervert” comment. But it wasn’t on purpose and
somehow that makes it sexier, and now the cracked-out bumblebee is buzzing in
my nether regions and my hands are starting to tingle and why the HELL is this
stove so hot?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I turn the burner
down another notch and take a slow, deep breath. I have a boyfriend. A great
boyfriend. So this sexual frustration I feel around Levi is nothing to get my
bee-loving panties in a bunch about. I just need to calm down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Levi lowers his
arm for a moment, his eyes still on the alarm, and stretches his neck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ah, the neck
stretch. The universal sign of stress. Well, at least I’m not alone in my
frustration. My hot, distracting, pants-are-so-inconvenient frustration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Wait, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">what</i>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Who said
anything about pants? I am NOT thinking about pants—or lack thereof. Damn you,
bell peppers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I toss the
wooden spoon to the side and move back to the counter, where the threat of
being turned on by a handyman or, you know, a sautéed vegetable is much less
severe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I stare at the
scruffy quiche and bite back a groan. What was I thinking, living under the
same roof as Levi? There’s no way I’ll survive the summer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="elementTwo" id="freeText1592640778187032438" style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">Cooper Bartholomew's body is found at the foot of a cliff.<br /><br />Suicide.<br /><br />That's the official finding, that's what everyone believes.<br />Cooper's girlfriend, Libby, has her doubts. They'd been<br />happy, in love. Why would he take his own life?<br /><br />As Libby searches for answers, and probes more deeply<br />into what really happened the day Cooper died, she and<br />her friends unravel a web of deception and betrayal.<br />Are those friends – and enemies – what they seem?<br />Who is hiding a dangerous secret? And will the truth set them all free?<br /><br />A gripping new novel from the author of Beautiful Malice and Sweet Damage.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"> </span></i></span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>That was the thing about people like Cooper. They were so noticeable to us, they loomed so large and bright on our social radars, and yet to them we were barely blips. We knew stuff about them, we talked about them and watched them. We dreamed of being invited to their stupid parties. But they knew nothing about us. Not our names, not even our faces. They were indifferent. They made us feel small and boring. They made us feel invisible.</b></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>I had been wanting to read a Rebecca James book for the longest time, and when I saw Cooper Bartholomew is Dead I was immediately intrigued and excited to read it. I then saw that a trusted blogger friend gave it a glowing five star review so I was even more determined that this was going to be the first delve into this authors work.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>The title alone tells you that this book is not going to be one that has you laughing and feeling all kinds of happy vibes. And once you read the synopsis, you're left in no doubt as to what the book is about. But in saying that, this book is full of mystery and intrigue. Even though I knew that Cooper was going to die, I was engrossed from start to finish.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>The story is told from multiple perspectives which allows for a complete picture of what everyone is thinking and feeling. It also moves from past to present. Normally, that in itself would be daunting as you try to work your way through a story, but the author worked it perfectly. At any one stage I suspected someone of foul play or sinister motives. And when I thought that I had things all figured out, something would happen and I'd have to throw everything I thought out the window. For me, that was the best part of the story. I was constantly kept on my toes and guessing what had happened and who was involved. And that was the case right up till the very end. It was mysterious and intriguing the whole way. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>All of the characters were complex and well fleshed out. They all had issues that could have impacted on Cooper and his death. Their relationships with Cooper were all complex, and each was different. There was never any doubt how much Cooper was loved, but there was a whole lot of jealousy and anger mixed in with that. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">And though I’d read the books and seen the movies and talked about and dreamed of it endlessly, I’d never realised that love could be so intense and so magic, so completely and utterly consuming. </span></span></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>The one downfall for me was the relationship between Cooper and Libby. For some reason I just wasn't completely on board with it. I'm not sure if it felt rushed, or if it was just lacking in something, or maybe it was a combination of the two. I liked them well enough. In fact they were both great characters. And there were moments when I got their connection. But those moments were unfortunately fleeting. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i>This being my first Rebecca James read, I was more than impressed with her writing, and that guarantees that I will be reading many more books from this author in the future. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><i><b>The world is simply less without him in it. And for me it will always be that way. Less colourful. Less magic. Less.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<i style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I moved outside of YA with two of my purchases this week. I had to get the Fifty Shades tie in edition, because Jamie Dornan!! </span></span></i><br />
<i style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I saw The Water Diviner movie last week and loved it, so I couldn't resist buying the paperback.</span></span></i></div>
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