tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20948226594533382412024-03-14T03:43:35.565-07:00The Book TrollopBook reviewer. Book lover. Speaks fluent sarcasm. Tad bit funny. All around entertaining...The Book Trollophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13256680274656412368noreply@blogger.comBlogger313125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2094822659453338241.post-22881135582510738562019-01-25T00:00:00.000-08:002019-01-25T00:00:03.489-08:00{Review} Only a Breath Apart by Katie McGarry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="font-size: 16pt;"><i>Would you dare to defy destiny?Are our destinies written in stone? Do we become nothing more than the self-fulfilling prophesies of other peopl<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="m_-4905581103794365256__GoBack"></a>e's opinions? Or can we dare to become who we believe we were born to be?</i></b></h1>
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“A gorgeous, heartfelt journey of redemption and love” (Wendy Higgins), ONLY A BREATH APART is a young adult contemporary novel from critically acclaimed Katie McGarry. “Haunting, authentic, and ultimately hopeful” (Tammara Webber), order your copy of ONLY A BREATH APART now!<b><i></i></b></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have been a fan of Katie McGarry since <u><a href="https://thebooktrollop.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-book-review-cherry-has-been-popped.html?zx=862da3bae7826024" target="_blank">Pushing The Limits</a>.</u> In fact, I loved that book so much that it was my very first review for this blog!! Talk about blast from the past and also, I'm so glad I have matured with reviews. They were almost embarrassing (okay lets be real, they were totally embarrassing)!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So back to this new one, <u>Only a Breath Apart</u>. I went into this book completely blind. Yes, I did receive a notification from Ink Slinger to review it but all I saw was the cover and that it was by Katie so I already knew I wanted to read it. I didn't read the synopsis, I didn't go looking for early reviews. I just started with the first page and the first word and I couldn't put it down!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This story is so much more than the synopsis and banging cover. It is raw, gritty, at times it's dark, but it's also hopeful, whimsical, serious, and I was rooting for the protagonists from the very first page to the very last. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This book is about triumph, facing your fears, and what can happen when you have the right amount of help. It is everything you want in a book, all rolled into one gorgeous package. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I fell in love with all the characters and even some I am really hoping will get their own story because I felt a little bereft that I didn't get to know more about them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The setting is in small town Kentucky where everyone knows everyone and the "bad guys" are rooted out from the beginning before becoming social pariah. It's always the same, the last name of someone becomes a curse and anyone who hangs with them are damned by the same fate. Even though I thought this would be like other small town stories, it was more. The whimsical approach Katie wove into the plot line was what set it apart from the rest. I'm vague-booking here because I son't want to say what makes this book whimsical, I'll let you figure that out on your own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have to say this is one of the best books I have read in a LOOOOONNNNG time. Yes, it is dark and has trigger warnings for people who cannot handle physical, verbal, and emotional abuse but the overall message makes this book sooooo worth it. I want to say other things about the way the abuse was handled as a future therapist but I will leave it out because I don't want to ruin it, but I will say that the way the author wrote it was more realistic than most books I have read in the past!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you get to the end of this review and I haven't convinced you to read it yet, then I don't know what will. It is amazing and I can't wait to see if there is more from these characters in the future!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I give this book a 5 "I never wanted it to end" stars!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Katie is the author of the PUSHING THE LIMITS series, THUNDER ROAD series, SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER ME, and the upcoming YA novel, ONLY A BREATH APART. Her novels have received starred reviews, critical acclaim and have won multiple awards including being a multiple Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for YA Fiction, multiple RT Magazine's Reviewer's Choice Award Finalist for Best YA Fiction, including a win in the category, and she was a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick.</span></div>
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I’m Sterling Sparrow. You’ve no doubt heard my name or read it on the top of tall buildings. There’s more to my business—my realm—than what is seen above ground.<br />
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Within the underbelly of one of America’s largest cities lives a world where a man’s word is either his most valuable tool or his most respected weapon. When my father ruled that world and that city, he promised me someone who would one day make my reign complete.<br />
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Since that day, long ago, Araneae McCrie has been mine.<br />
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Aleatha released her first novel, CONSEQUENCES, in August of 2011. CONSEQUENCES became a bestselling series with five novels and two companions released from 2011 through 2015. The compelling and epic story of Anthony and Claire Rawlings has graced more than half a million e-readers. Aleatha released the first of her series TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE, INSIDIOUS, in the fall of 2014. These stand alone thrillers continue Aleatha's twisted style with an increase in heat.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First there was the story of Simon and Allison. It had its own presence from the first page to the very last. Their relationship was beautiful. Full of love, forgiveness, healing, and growth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then there was the story of Allison and Steffi. This relationship seemed necessary and unnecessary at the same time. Necessary as a metaphorical letting go of the past and everything Allison had been through. Unnecessary because I think it could have been left out. In the end, I think it was something that was sort of just added as an emotional twist in the storyline but it neither hindered nor helped the storyline along. Did I love their friendship? Yes. But she was like a forgotten character until the big reveal and then towards the end... But it did pack an emotional punch, so much so, it left a lasting imprint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then there was the story of Allison and Esben. I started this story with so much anticipation. Can you imagine staring at someone for 180 seconds, right into their eyes, no looking away, no surrendering? I don't think people realize how much can be given away with just the eyes. People who have a hard time expressing their emotions can always give themselves away with their eyes and body language, never having to say a single thing. This intense stare down was everything I was hoping it would be and then more. Afterwards, their relationship hit a lot of ups and downs. Esben was patient, kind, and got Allison out of her shell to experience more of life. Their romance was sweet and I was in like with them before fully diving into love by the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But then I reigned in my annoyance, fed the minions and went right back in. Staying up until the wee hours of the morning, knowing I wasn't going to regret the lack of sleep because the book was just too intoxicating. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Killian was all fire, passion, skill, but was also vulnerable. His words didn't match his actions and I was a little disappointed I couldn't read his thoughts. I wanted to know what made him tick and if this book had any flaw it would be the lack of information from Killian. I think he was more complex than what we got in the story. But does that deter me from swooning all over this book? Or stop me from wanting to get very intimate with this character?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She keeps us guessing, she tortures us with her wicked pen, but you will be begging for more, EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. </span></div>
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As the first anniversary of her marriage to Vice President Nick Cappuano approaches, Lieutenant Sam Holland is dreaming of Bora Bora—sun, sand and a desperately needed break from the DC grind. But real life has a way of intervening, and Sam soon finds herself taking on one of the most perplexing cases of her career. <br />
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I hear such AMAZING things about this series. I tried to start this book because of all the amazingness I hear, but I felt like I was missing something. This book "can" be read as a standalone, but I wanted more substance, more background, I wanted to experience these characters from the very beginning!!!! </div>
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I think I need that in order to really enjoy book ten in the Fatal series. If you have been following and reading this series from the beginning, then you are in for a treat. I loved the first half I read but I just wanted to experience more and I finally had a lightbulb moment where I realized I needed to start from the very first page of the very first book. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">These Royals will ruin you…</span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">From wharf fights and school brawls to crumbling lives inside glittery mansions, one guy tries to save himself.</span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Reed Royal has it all—looks, status, money. The girls at his elite prep school line up to date him, the guys want to be him, but Reed never gave a damn about anyone but his family until Ella Harper walked into his life.</span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">What started off as burning resentment and the need to make his father’s new ward suffer turned into something else entirely—keep Ella close. Keep Ella safe. But when one foolish mistake drives her out of Reed’s arms and brings chaos to the Royal household, Reed’s entire world begins to fall apart around him.</span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Ella doesn’t want him anymore. She says they’ll only destroy each other.</span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">She might be right.</span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Secrets. Betrayal. Enemies. It’s like nothing Reed has ever dealt with before, and if he’s going to win back his princess, he’ll need to prove himself Royally worthy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Do not read this book if you want your sanity to remain in tact. READ this story if you want your emotions to explode out of your head and possibly your vagina (or penis?), and definitely your heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first 60% of this book was really slow for me, but MY GOD, when I hit that last 40%, I could not pull my eyes away from the pages. I needed to know what was going to happen, and when I reached the end... I just... I didn't know what to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I sat there for a good five minutes tapping my screen hoping this was some kind of sick joke and then....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Like, seriously, WTF??!! Why do you do this to me??? What have I done to deserve such emotional turmoil?!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">WHYYYY isn't it October so I can read what is going to happen next??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am not going to go too much into this book because I don't want to ruin it. But the Royals are still as awfully amazing as they are in book one and Ella made me want to boob punch her a few million times, but it's worth the turmoil because there is some great shit in there that you NEED to read!!</span></div>
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Every decade, the world’s monarchs and their heirs secretly convene to discuss global politics and social issues—and arrange marriages between kingdoms.<br />
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Elsa may be the Hereditary Princess of Vattenguldia, but she finds the entire situation archaic and unsavory. While she wants what's best for her country, she isn't about to jump into an unwanted relationship—let alone a marriage—with a virtual stranger. Of course, her feelings matter little to her parents, whose wheeling and dealings over trade pacts and alliances achieved at her expense begin the moment they set foot in California for the Summit. So when a blindingly handsome royal runs into her, she doesn't hesitate to tell him there's no way she's marrying him.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Synopsis:</b> “A magical, joyful, delightful, sexy contemporary romance by a new star in the making!” — <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Marie Force </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sick of her vagabond life in a Broadway touring company, Nicola is ready to settle down. She wants nothing more than to park her suitcase in California, put out feelers for local auditions, and leave her past firmly behind her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Too bad her past comes knocking on her door her first day home. All six-foot-three, beautiful man of her past named Max. <i>Stupid Max.</i> The mistake Nicola just can’t seem to stop making. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even before Nicola—fiery, quick-witted, beautiful Nicola—slams the door in his face, Max is in trouble. She will always be the one who got away. <i>Three times.</i> Which makes convincing her to play Titania to his Oberon a bit…awkward. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Though she has zero desire to re-re-rekindle an old flame, Nicola can’t turn down the chance Max is offering: a lead role with the West Coast’s premiere Shakespeare company. But when their first rehearsal kiss disintegrates into a passionate liplock, she’s questioning her sanity and tempted to jump ship—before Max can break her heart <i>again</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now it’s up to Max to convince her that the torch he’s been carrying is actually an eternal flame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Author Bio:</b> Eliza Walker, a native of Los Angeles, is the author of the Much Ado About Love Series that begins with A Midsummer Night's Fling. Her experiences as an actress helped inspire the series about actors finding love amidst the bedlam backstage at a world-class repertory theater. Once upon a time, Eliza met her own wonderful husband when they did a play together. By day Eliza helps corral engineers for NASA (without doing any of the tech stuff herself, of course). By night she loves to write her sarcastic heroes and heroines bantering their way to true love. Eliza is a total geek, a movie buff and a mediocre swing dancer. Eliza and her husband live in sunny Southern California with two of the neediest housecats on the planet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Website: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.elizawalkerbooks.com/&source=gmail&ust=1466823463336000&usg=AFQjCNEB92IFkqv9tdWpFl_bBAssCrjQBA" href="http://www.elizawalkerbooks.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.elizawalkerbooks.<wbr></wbr>com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em>Ready?</em> he mouthed at her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em> Yes</em>. Her eyes softened, and the tiny smile she gave him seemed to set a hook in his heart and pull.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> A million memories surged through him, hitting like a train into the side of a mountain. This scene was so familiar, so precious. Nicola across the stage from him, ready to spar and tease and challenge. Ready to play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em> Just do the scene, idiot</em>. He inched his shoulders back as he eased into the physicality of Oberon, but after those stolen seconds of fussing, he still wasn’t ready. The closeness of Nicola, the potential in being near her had set his body humming in a steady buzz, which had nothing to with theater.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> But what the hell? The curtain was up. Judith was watching. <em>Game on</em>. “‘Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania,’” he rumbled out, deepening his voice and adding the hint of an accent. So he’d sound all kingly and shit. He strode down the short stairs toward her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Nicola, as Titania, narrowed her eyes at him and raised one eyebrow. “‘What, jealous Oberon?’”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> He crossed the stage in three easy strides, invading her personal space. She stood on the step above him so he found himself face-to-face with her, close enough to kiss. She startled, jerking her head back, and he didn’t know if that was Nicola or Titania. She made to turn away from him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “‘Tarry, rash wanton.’” He slid an arm around her waist, holding her without pulling her closer. “‘Am not I thy lord?’”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She cocked her head sideways, her mouth a smirking, sensual promise. “‘Then I must be thy lady.’”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em> Yes, you are</em>. Having her in his arms felt so right, like he’d been missing a piece of himself and not known it until he touched her again. He was near enough to see the ring of dark brown around her irises, to count the freckles scattered across her nose, to smell the spicy fruit scent of her hair. To feel her breath sigh over the skin of his face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> He closed the few inches left to her mouth, but she ducked, twisting free of his arms before he could kiss her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em> Keep your head in the work. Focus. </em>If he blew this opportunity for her because of his overeager libido, then she would never forgive him. And he would never forgive himself for ruining yet another thing for her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Nicola continued the scene, taunting him, playing Titania as the most alluring of sirens. Rita had told them to ratchet up the sexual tension, of course, but Nicola was on exactly the same page as him. The whole scene they each found excuses to stand near the other, to touch and tickle like this was all foreplay. The chemistry between them crackled, and she obviously felt it too, getting as much of a high from this performance as he was. Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes sparking in a way he remembered well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> He could think of only one other thing the two of them had done together better than this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em> Don’t go there, Max</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Really hard, though—<em>heh</em>—not to let his mind wander <em>there</em> as she crossed to sit on one corner of the stage and laid herself out, her lovely, petite body displayed for him to admire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> They had reached the part of the scene where Titania refuses to give Oberon her adopted son. “‘I will not part with him.’” She stretched her legs out and pillowed her cheek on one hand to study him with simmering, heavy-lidded eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Somehow, even though Nicola sat on a bare stage in blue jeans and a white blouse, <em>somehow</em> she managed to appear decadent, lush, pure temptation made of sweet, supple flesh. Venus waiting in her bower for Mars to ravish her. Cleopatra inviting Antony to negotiate terms for his surrender.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The sight of her was too much to resist. He maneuvered around behind her and sat. Resting an elbow on his knee, he reached forward and tucked a strand of soft brown hair behind her ear. He let his fingertip linger against the skin of her neck, and she shivered at the contact. He didn’t know if that was Nicola or just Nicola acting, but the sight had heat building low in his gut. “‘How long within this wood intend you stay?’” His line came out throatier than he’d intended, the low rasp of a desperate man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> And, dammit, he <em>was</em> desperate. You’d think five years would have done something to dim his desire, but he found himself swamped by it, awash in images, wants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Like right now, he imagined everyone else gone. To lunch. To hell. Wherever. Didn’t matter. Just <em>away</em>. Then he’d be free to kiss Nicola until her mouth was swollen, to touch her skin and smell and taste her until she was trembling against him, then he’d ease her back flat on the stage and—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “‘Perchance till after Theseus’ wedding-day,’” she said, cutting into his thoughts. She tossed her head, shaking out her curtain of soft brown hair, projecting indifference, but it was a fragile façade to hide how much she wanted him to stay here with her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> As Oberon, or maybe using Oberon as an excuse, Max leaned into her shoulder and pressed a kiss to her collarbone. She shivered again, the instinctive tremble of a woman who was just as turned on as he was. That wasn’t acting, or not <em>only</em> acting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “‘Give me that boy,’” he murmured, “‘and I will go with thee.’”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Nicola swallowed, aroused heat and brittle fury burning together in her eyes. “‘Not for thy fairy kingdom. Fairies, away!’” She shot to her feet, striding offstage without a backward glance, the muscles in her shoulders taut, her hands clenched into fists. Their small audience erupted in applause. Tierney even whistled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Tierney gave Max a rough slap on the back. “I think I just got a contact high from all the pheromones you two were pumping out.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Nicola flashed a wild look Tierney’s way, then wiped her face blank. Except her mouth, which tightened into a grimace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Max’s stomach dropped. <em>Crap</em>. Nicola was pissed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Her gaze slid his way, and her eyes were dark, actually smoldering with wrath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em> Make that really pissed</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Which, the more he thought about it, pissed him off too. He’d played his part for her, and pretty damn well, all things considered. Nothing he’d done had been out of character for Oberon. Nothing had been over the line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Maybe kissing her neck was tiptoeing close to the line, but Max felt he was on the side of right there. She had a great neck. <em>Sometimes a guy’s gotta do what he’s gotta do</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Everyone froze as Judith stood, the sound of her seat flipping up oddly loud in the large theater.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She was the unknown quantity here, and Max prayed she would act for the good of the show. Isabelle had been known to let her ego get in the way at times. <em>Please, let Judith be different</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Judith started down the aisle, glancing at a small notebook as she scribbled things. Tierney rolled her eyes. Gil shrank into himself, trying for invisibility. Rita twisted the silver bracelets on her arm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Nicola folded her arms and waited, cool and collected as a queen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <em>That’s my girl</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Judith stopped at the foot of the stage and, without even glancing at Nicola, said, “I’m sorry, but I need to cut this short. Ms. Charles, can you come in <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_948011273" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tomorrow</span></span> to read for me again?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Max gaped. <em>What is wrong with this lady?</em> Sure, artistic directors were allowed to be prickly divas. They ran the show, after all. <em>All</em> the shows. Nicola had nailed the audition, the director wanted her, so making Nicola audition again just felt like some weird power play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “No. Nonono no nono <em>no</em>.” Rita sliced her arm through the air. “No, Judith. That is not acceptable. We need to settle this today.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “We need a Titania,” Max put in, not glancing at Nicola as he said it. “Ms. O’Fallon, do you honestly think you’ll find someone better for our production than Nic—than Ms. Charles?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Judith’s nostrils flared, her cool gray eyes narrowing to slits. Finally, she flung her hands up. “All right. You, Nicola, come in <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_948011274" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">tomorrow</span></span> to sign your equity contract.” With a dramatic flair not quite on par with Isabelle’s, Judith whirled around and pretty much stormed out of the theater.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Rita let out a shrill victory cry and threw herself on Nicola for a hug. Max grinned, big and goofy. He had a Titania again. He had Nicola again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Her gaze met his over Rita’s back, and Nicola stilled, her face blanking out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Nicola had the part. She should be thrilled. So why did she look like she had to barf again?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She eased away from Rita and murmured something. Rita pointed to the backstage area. Giving the group at large a reassuring wave, Nicola hurried off stage left toward the dressing rooms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Maxim, I need you to—”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ollowing—okay, maybe <em>chasing</em>—Nicola.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> He found her in the green room, leaning in the doorway, half-in, half-out, with a faraway expression in her eyes. In his younger days, Max had learned to recognize that look and put as much distance between himself and The Look as possible. Avoidance had always been his favorite way to solve conflicts. But not now. Five years hadn’t only made him older.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> When she saw him, she held a hand out to stop him walking closer. “I’m fine.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Bullshit.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She flashed him an irritated glance but didn’t say anything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Nic, what’s wrong?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She looked up, her eyes soft, her mouth half-parted. Awareness of her body flamed over him. Memories of the taste of her skin and the softness at the base of her throat had his lower self springing to attention.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em> Real professional there, Max</em>. He shifted, uncomfortably aware of what a schmuck he was. Still, he wasn’t going to walk away. “Nicola. Tell me.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She sucked in a deep breath and, when her gaze flicked to his mouth, he thought he might explode. “This, Fiesengerke.” She cupped the back of his head, yanking his face down to her. “This is what’s wrong.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> As her mouth touched his, he thought, <em>This</em> <em>is a bad idea</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> But still Max grinned against her lips. After all, he’d sort of been hoping <em>this</em> was the problem all along.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Such an unassuming cover for all the emotions jammed packed inside every turn of the page! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I started it one night and the next thing I knew, I was finishing it and was also throwing a complete bitch fit because, WTF!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Erin Watt completely fucked over my emotions and then backed up and ran them over with a steam roller. I was completely flattened, and didn't break out of the book funk for a long time. I am not even sure I am over it yet, I definitely don't forgive those assholes who wrote the book! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This book kind of punches you out of nowhere, pisses you off, and then leaves you in active rage mode that you don't know how to turn off!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am a complete character whore when it comes to any kind of story. I love the personalities, the assholes, the antagonists, the heroines (when they aren't whiny children), heroes (when they aren't whiny children)... you have them, I want them... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ALL OF THEM!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This story had characters coming out of my ass and ears, so many different personalities and a heroine that I loved being inside of (her head, dirty mind), even when I wanted to cunt punt her across the room. The same stubborn, independent attitude I LOVED when she was dealing with bullies, were the same character flaws I HATED when it came to dealing with another character. I wanted to put them in a room together and just make them wear a "get along" shirt to see what would happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ella was a strong character that didn't take shit lying down. She stood up for herself, and never took anyone at face value. She was smart (even when she wasn't), and worked hard her whole life to be where she was. You can't help but love the independent tenacity she exudes all over the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Guys make you stupid, it's ok, it happens to the best of us, and unfortunately, Ella was no different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There were so many guys to make you stupid in this story, it is hard to choose which one really makes Ella do the shit at the end that she did. I have some theories about what happened, but unfortunately, I won't know which one is right until the next book comes out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This book leaves you with a cliffhanger, one of those, "OMG-WTF-WHAT IS HAPPENING-I HATE THIS STORY-I LOVE THIS STORY-HOW DARE THE AUTHORS DO THIS-WHY DO THEY HATE ME-WHAT DID I EVER DO TO THEM-WHY MUST THEY DO THIS-THERE ARE NO MORE PAGES TO TURN-WHY IS MY KINDLE BROKEN-THERE IS NO WAY THIS STORY ENDS LIKE THIS." kind of cliffhanger that you will be thinking about WAY after you finish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Even with the cliffhanger, this book seriously stole my life, and I didn't want even a second back. I loved it and I am seriously salivating for more!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you haven't picked this book up yet, then you NEED to, like right now! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lets start a secret club where we bandage up our emotional wounds together, give virtual hugs, and pray for one another's souls while we wait out the next installment... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">From Top 10 Bestselling author, Lia Fairchild </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Both books in the Liar Duet: Compulsive and Liar </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">COMPULSIVE (Liar Duet Book 1) </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">I'm a liar. </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">I know what you're thinking. We're all liars. </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">But, I'm not talking about the lie you tell your Aunt Helen when she gives you that crappy sweater for your birthday. Or, even the lie you tell yourself when you're sleeping with someone for all the wrong reasons. I'm talking about bold-faced lies that spill from my lips as easy as the breath from my lungs. Lies that ruin people, lies that protect people, lies for the hell of it. I eat, sleep, and drink lies. I bathe in deceit. At one point in my life, I might not have recognized the truth if it bent me over and slapped me on the ass. </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">And sometimes, the chaos that is my life gets me in a whole hell of a lot of trouble. </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">I was a master at keeping it all locked up inside me...until I met Dr. Daniel Harrison. </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">"So amazingly written and absolutely heartbreaking." Maryse's Book Blog </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">~ ~ ~ </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">LIAR (Liar Duet Book 2) </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">When all you've known are lies, how do you face the truth? </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">My past was a bitch. </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Now it's come back to haunt me. After months apart, Daniel and I are finally trying to make our relationship work. But my lies run deeper than either of us imagined. Lies so terrible I imprisoned them in the darkest recesses of my mind. Just when my heart begins to come alive, the lies seep out of the shadows...revealing secrets with the power to crush me. </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">~ ~ ~ </span><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><br style="color: #181818; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">Despite both of our troubled pasts, I want her...more than I've ever wanted anyone or anything. I'm determined to fight for her--to fight for us--even if it means facing my own demons. I have to reach Gray before it's too late...before the truth completely destroys her. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I started the series and with the first book, I could barely put it down because, to me, it was like figuring out an rubric cube. I kept turning and turning, trying to get to the bottom of this, for it all to make sense, and when the book ended, I wasn't sure if I was satisfied or pissed!! I needed a break from it, I just had to step away from the series before diving into the second one, so that is what I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I read a few books in between and then I finally got the courage to finish. I picked up the series again and read it in a day. But I was still left feeling some type of way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She was a complicated character, but I liked her. I was cheering her on in her recovery, but I also wanted to punch her really hard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dr. Hotty Pants, Daniel Harrison, was a mystery too. I kind of guessed what his deal was and why he was hesitant on helping and starting a relationship with Gray, besides the obvious of it being HIGHLY unethical in the counseling community (I would know I am studying to be a MFT counselor), I got it, but it irritated me a bit how back and forth he was, I didn't get a good sense of his character, I needed more of him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The storyline was interesting, but I kind of expected more. I wanted to journey with Gray in her recovery, see the steps she was taking to get to her end goal. I wanted more emotions and gut punches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, that is not to say I didn't break a bit because HOW COULD YOU NOT? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The pain was felt, but I just needed more of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, with all that being said, this series was interesting to read and it was different in how it was presented to the reader. I liked it. I liked the characters and their antics, I just wanted more emotions behind them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Overall, I give this series a 3.75/5 "PUNCH ME IN THE FEELS" Stars! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When she said she was working on a suspense novel, I thought, "that's different", but I am excited to read it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Suspense novels are out of my comfort zone for the most part because I like pretty, fluffy, love stories with characters and plot that makes me mushy and coming back for more; over and over again. But I took the plunge for KA because she is KA and I knew she could deliver. I am happy to report I wasn't wrong because she did deliver, she delivered hard, all over my brain... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I picked up <i>He Will Be My Ruin</i> I was sucked into the plot almost immediately. I didn't know WTF was going on and I had to keep reading to figure it out. I don't think I looked up from this novel once. It was too good to put down and even when I was screaming, "HE IS THE KILLER".... I would later find out that I was so very wrong.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I suspected everyone and just when the ending was getting within my sight, I was determined a certain character was it, he was the killer, HE DID IT.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But did he?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Was it just a suicide like initially thought?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Or was it somebody completely different?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Maggie didn't really know her friend as well as she once thought, could she be wrong about everything?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I LOVED how I kept second-guessing my answers. She encompassed everything I love in her stories and brought it out in this suspense novel, added the elements of surprise, and BAM, <i>He Will Be My Ruin</i> was born.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">K.A. is easily one of my top favorite authors and this book just proved she could write a biography on Ants and I would probably love it all over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I give this a 4.5 "OMG, WTF, HOW, WHAAAAT" Stars</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anyway, I am not new to the Riley Mackenzie game, I fell in love with their doctors in <i>Beautifully Awake</i> so I knew what I was getting into when I opened <i>Abruption</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As the book continues, their relationship picks up steam and you can't help but cheer them on, knowing how perfect they are blended together. But there are more twists and turns that you may or may not see coming and when the ending gets slammed in your face you will... well, you will feel a lot of things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was rooting for him and then I was praying he would crash and burn, I didn't know which one was more prevalent, but I did know something major was going to happen, it had to happen in order for change to be made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The only way Griffin could really grow was to be stripped of everything he was and fight his way back, but at the same time, I loved his "give no shits" personality, I didn't want him to change too much. At one point while I was reading, I had to peek in the back because the stress was STRESSING me OUT! I couldn't take it and I wanted to see what was going to happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was satisfied where this book ended, and even if I wanted to chop Griff's penis off and feed it to him because of how much of a douche he was being, I liked the life lessons that were taught in the storyline and the way the story unraveled was anxiety-ridden, but it made the ending so much sweeter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Intense. Painful. Action-packed. Dark. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This story was dark and nerve-wracking from almost the beginning and it never really got any better. There were hardly any happy parts and very little romance, but for this type of story, it fit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is my first KGI book and I appreciated the background Maya gave every once in a while with the characters from the other books in the series, because I hadn't read them and I would have been lost on who they were. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really enjoyed Hancock's story. His character was one that I found interesting, especially the way he portrayed himself to others but had a lot of heart at the end of the day. He was a protector from the very core and I saw that from the moment he was introduced. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was admirable, as much as it was dangerous. She was the pure definition of a martyr and I wondered why the author didn't just name her Mary?? Even though she was selfless, she had a lot of fire in her as well. She didn't take things lying down or at face value, she was smart and calculated her options in a way that I knew she was highly intelligent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hancock and this heroine was a match made in heaven. Where he was badass and granite, she was innocent and soft. They meshed well because they were opposites in some ways and the same in the most important aspects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The only thing I didn't care for were the wordiness and repetitiveness. There were a lot of paragraphs that could have been deleted because it just reiterated what the paragraph before said, just in a different way. I skipped a LOT of the paragraphs and even some pages because the descriptions were just too much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But even though I skipped, I still got the gooey, mushy, tears in my eyes butterflies that helped to swallow the wordiness a lot better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overall, I give this book a 4 "Hancock can control me any day" Stars!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I fell in love with Wallbanger and I was immediately in LOVE with Alice Clayton. Her words, worlds, foods, sarcasm, comedic relief, sexual tension, one-handed reading-ness... EVERYTHING... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I loved every single aspect of Nuts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I loved the passion for food. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I could almost taste every recipe, and taste the elegant flavors being described. It was a mouth-gasm from the very first page until the very last. I wasn't sure which body part was more satisfied; my mouth or my vagina...</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Roxie never had to grow on me, I liked her from the very beginning, and even when I wanted to bang her head against the wall; I still loved her and her aversion against bees. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Obviously Leo had my heart and my vagina in the palm of his very skilled hands from the word go, and them together, was like those couples you see out and want to hate on because they seem so happy and in love but you are secretly jealous of.... </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The setting, characters, humor, and even the few twists had me feeling all in my feelings!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was in serious awe, love, and I am just infatuated with this book... LOVED it with my whole being. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you want a feel-good book with a TON of heart and things that make you SWOON and drop your panties, then you NEED to get this book ASAP!!!!!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Luckily for you, I am giving a paperback book of Nuts away right NOW, and all you have to do to is enter the Rafflecopter below and BAM you could win Nuts by Alice Clayton. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(I wonder if I can enter my own giveaway??) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">To touch a Dark One is death. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">To talk to an immortal is suicide. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Yet, I've been marked by both. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A Vampire. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And the King of the immortals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My life is no longer my own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">And now I know the truth, my life was never mine to begin with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It was theirs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It's always been theirs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">THIS BOOK!!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I am a pro-paranormal ANYTHING. I love when an author can take me to another world and make the impossible, possible. Make me believe in the creatures that give you nightmares but instead of scaring you, they make you fall in love with them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Dark Ones was no exception.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I was in love with the whole concept, starting with the name drawing and ending with an epilogue that makes me want to sell my second born to get my hands on (not really, I am kind of attached to my little man, even though he is a little evil). AND the CHARACTERS!! The CHARACTERS are what made this story THAT MUCH MORE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Rachel always writes amazing character and gives me such amazing character wood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I was entranced from the moment I started reading and I didn't willingly put it down for anything. I just wanted to keep reading to see what this series was about. The person who I thought was an asshole, turned out to not be the kind of person I thought he would be. It takes a lot for me to find a person redeemable after I already decided he/she was beyond hope. But here comes this person and it blows my perceptions out of the window. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The only tiny thing I had a problem with was how fast this book seemed to be. I felt like I was reading it in fast forward mode the entire time and I wanted it to slow down, let me enjoy the ride, it didn't need to be so quick. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted more moments between the two main characters, needed more getting to know one another, even with the connection. I needed more substance and then it would have been perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Obviously this is a personal feeling and other people may enjoy how quickly everything seemed to happen and then end just as fast, but I am not one of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I still give this book a 4 "I CANT WAIT FOR MORE" Stars and I HIGHLY recommend it for people who LOVE paranormal romances like me!!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I still tasted her blood on my lips, was embarrassed for the first time in a century when Alex glanced up from his spot at the kitchen table to see me licking my lips like I'd just devoured the poor girl.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He shook his head. "Been that long, huh?"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Alex…" I closed my eyes and prayed for patience. "…remind me why I let you live here?"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I'm good-looking," he answered simply. "Besides, I'm a hell of a fighter — scrappy, I think is how you define my kind. You need me."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Stop." I pressed my fingertips to my temples and rubbed. The ache to have her had consumed me so much that I'd run down the stairs moving so fast I'd nearly collided with a wall, and grabbed blood from the fridge.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I didn't need it.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I craved it.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And if I didn't drink the donated blood, I sure as hell was going to drain her and enjoyed very last drop.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I wonder…" Alex's voice pierced my thoughts. "What's it like?" He leaned forward. "Having to learn self-control all over again… being as ancient as you are?"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He kept talking.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Blood-free for a century and now…" He grinned and licked his lips. "Kind of like falling off the wagon, yeah?"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You're giving me a headache." I threw the empty bag of blood at his face. He moved to the side and snickered. "And I'm fine. Everything is just—"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Her smell was intoxicating. She was walking down the stairs, so her heart picked up speed, her body giving off a scent of burnt vanilla and oranges with a hint of sugar. My mouth literally watered.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Fine?" Alex said in a mocking voice. "Was that what you were going to say? Damn, man show a little decorum, you look… starved."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I am," I whispered and fought the urge to rock back and forth. That was the problem with mating — with bonding. Nothing tasted like her, nothing ever would, and typically, having her as my mate gave me full access.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But the more I took…</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And the more I wanted…</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was a vicious overwhelming cycle. It would lead me to become emotionally invested while she, as a human, could simply pretend.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It wasn't fair.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Immortals, in essence, were cursed with a deep desire to be like a human — to possess them, to bond with them forever — while humans only felt the same draw to us if they actually loved us.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Oh, there you are." Stephanie pushed Genesis forward and pulled out a chair.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Slowly, Genesis took a seat and glared at each one of us. "Where's Mason?"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But it had.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"He's none of your concern," I spat.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Easy!" Alex chuckled. "Rule number one, don't ask your mate where the other dude is. Just… don't."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Genesis blinked at Alex then back at me. "Because you guys have the capacity for jealousy."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Immortals were the most jealous beings on the planet. Had her school taught her nothing?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Was I to be her tutor as well?</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"So…" Alex trained his eyes on her, putting her at as much ease as he could without stopping her poor heart. "Now that the mating is complete, you get to learn all about us and service your man here." He slapped my back.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Really. Really. Poor choice of words.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I rolled my eyes. "He's kidding."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"That makes one of you," Genesis said under her breath.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Alex leaned forward and whispered, "Ethan, try not to be so grouchy. Keep the fangs in and all."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I extended them just to prove a point.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I instantly felt guilty.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Damn it.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You won't…" I licked my lips. "You won't have to service me, as Alex so delicately put it."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Is that what mates do?" Genesis asked, her eyes searching mine. "They…" She lifted her hands into the air and dropped them.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"If that's what you think they do, we have a very big problem." Alex mimicked her movements and winked.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hissed at him and returned my attention to her. "It's like a human relationship, only stronger. You'll attend functions with me, be by my side, at my beck and call for as long as you live."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I didn't want to say until one day she just didn't wake up. It sounded too cruel.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"And when I'm bored out of my mind… I do what?" She crossed her arms. "I mean, what could you possibly need from me?"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Adorable." Alex sighed happily. "I'm so glad we kept her."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Alex…" I was two seconds away from slamming him into the nearest wall. "Make yourself useful and find our human a snack."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I'm not a pet!" Genesis yelled. "And I'm not your human!"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You are," I yelled right back, "mine!"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Kids." Stephanie stepped between us.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I didn't even realize I'd gotten out of the chair and was towering over her, fangs out, hands raised. She'd turned me into a monster. And still, my eyes found her erratic pulse. One more taste…</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Ethan—" Stephanie pushed against my chest. I didn't move. "Ethan!"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Friend…" Mason walked into the room. "Sit your ass down before she hands it to you."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Like she could!" I roared.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Like I have!" Stephanie pushed me again. "Don't tempt me… again."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I sat, while Mason made his way over to Genesis and offered an easy smile. The man had nothing to smile about, yet he was smiling — at my mate.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mason gave me the finger and kept his attention trained on Genesis. "How do you feel?"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Better." She returned his smile and squeezed his outstretched hand. "Thanks for not… killing me when I asked."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Damn…" Alex said from the kitchen.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You were in pain." Mason shrugged. "And I'm glad you're alright."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"She's fine. We're fine. Everything's fine," I said through clenched teeth. "Now it's probably time to give her answers before she thinks she can run off and actually survive in the real world without being hunted by a Dark One, or worse, found by Cassius."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"He isn't all bad," Stephanie said defensively.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"What?" She lifted her hands into the air. "I'm just saying he's been trying as hard as we have. So what if he's gotten a bit possessive over the last few numbers that have been called."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Alex slammed his fist onto the table. "He stole Ethan's—"</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Enough." I held up my hand. The pain in my chest grew until it was hard to breathe. I knew what would take that pain away.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I was too angry to ask for it. Too ashamed to fall to my knees in front of a mere mortal and beg for her to end the pain by allowing me one solitary drop of her blood.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As if on cue, another bag of blood hit me in the head.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">out in this first book in USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde’s </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The way this book is written makes time disappear and when I had to pull away for something important, like peeing or little minions, I was dazed and confused. The world of an Affiliate sucked me in like a Dyson vacuum and demanded to be read! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What is going to happen? Who is this consort? The king is married but only by obligation? This kingdom is so fucked up!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So many questions ran through my mind in a whirlwind of trying to solve this riddle. I was anxious to know what was going to happen and why this queen was such a thunder-cunt, but I was patient and waited out my time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had read more than 3/4 of the book and was coming up on the end. The sweet ending I had been craving since the beginning. I wanted to figure out the secrets that were wrapped around this plot since the beginning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The book just ends after an obvious secret was revealed and I pretty much figured that secret out from the start!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SO, WTF?!?!? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was frustrated by the ending because I feel like the first half of the book was a waste and had no point to it. The back and forth was unnecessary unless it will be relevant in the following books??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't know. I am still 100% committed and intrigued by this story, but I feel cheated from book one. I really hope the books to come will solve a lot of my curiosity and back stories I was missing from this novel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So until then, I can't rate this book. It wouldn't be right to rate because on one hand, I LOVED the world, the drama, the anti-hero, the STRONG heroine but on the other hand, NOTHING was revealed that wasn't already obvious to everyone!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I will sit on this series and eagerly await the next installment that will hopefully quench my curiosity! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Until then, I would recommend reading this book because it is the first in the series and must be read in order to know WTF is going on in the upcoming stories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But, if you are an instant gratifier like myself, I would wait to read this one until the release date for the next book is closer or else you will be like me and grumbling nonsense and being angry at fictional characters...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't think talking to characters who aren't your own is normal but I found myself asking Cyrene a lot of questions and she kept silent... jerk!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“I see the way you look at her, Edric. Your eyes follow her, you dance the longest dances with her, and now, you’re sending her presents. I’ve known you too long not to know that this is unlike you. You’re not Kael. You don’t fraternize with the Affiliates who parade themselves in front of you, hoping for a scrap of your time. Yet here you are with this Cyrene. What is she to you?” Daufina asked.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>“Would you believe me if I said that I didn’t want anything to do with her?” His eyes were pleading.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;">USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde is the author of The Affiliate, the first book in the Ascension Series.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">As a military brat, she traveled the world with her family, imaginary friends, and ever-increasing supply of books.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">She has spent much of her life dreaming up new worlds and characters and forcing them into uncomfortable, usually life-threatening scenarios.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">After graduating from the University of Georgia with a masters degree in political science, she began spending every waking hour putting those characters onto paper. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;">When not writing, she spends her time dancing, collecting paperbacks in the hopes of filling a Beauty and the Beast style library one day, traveling to visit her friends who live all over the country, and still reading anything she can get her hands on.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;">She currently resides in North Carolina with her husband and two puppies, Lucy and Riker, where she is hard at work on her next novel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I never knew what was coming around the corner and when I finally figured out what was going on inside of Jax's head, I was swiping furiously to get to the part where she figures it out herself! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The back stories had to be given, everything else also had to happen in order to set up a finale that is going to completely blow me away, hopefully. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Completely and utterly, INSANE!! </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I need the answers to these questions, I need to know WTF is going to happen, I need to know WTF happenED to start this crazy shit, and I need Lir and Jax to go ahead and give into their basal instincts already!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In other words, lets see that electricity ignite my kindle because the anticipation is leaving me... frustrated!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even though he was a big asshole, he had his heart in the right place and I enjoyed the wicked things he was able to do with his mouth and -ahem- body part... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just wish there was a little more in the end. I can't put my finger on what more I wanted but I needed something else, something more filling because in the end, I was left not completely fulfilled. I "think" it may be from the court cases Jake was working on. I wanted to learn more about the spoiled brat and one of the kids, what happened with them?? </span></div>
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