Posted September 1, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by
Beth Fantaskey Series: Jessica #1 Publisher: Harcourt (2009)
eBook (351 pages)
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The undead can really screw up your senior year ...
Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth—and he’s her long-lost fiancé. Armed with newfound confidence and a copy of Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire’s Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, Jessica makes a dramatic transition from average American teenager to glam European vampire princess. But when a devious cheerleader sets her sights on Lucius, Jess finds herself fighting to win back her wayward prince, stop a global vampire war—and save Lucius’s soul from eternal destruction.
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Posted June 22, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Mortal Heart by
Robin LaFevers Series: His Fair Assassin #3 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014)
Hardcover (444 pages)
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Dark Triumph Also in this series: Grave Mercy,
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Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own.
She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind doesn’t mean she has.
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Posted June 8, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Dark Triumph by
Robin LaFevers Series: His Fair Assassin #2 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2013)
Hardcover (385 pages)
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Mortal Heart Also in this series: Grave Mercy,
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When Sybella arrived at the doorstep of St Mortain half mad with grief and despair the convent were only too happy to offer her refuge – but at a price. The sisters of this convent serve Death, and with Sybella naturally skilled in both the arts of death and seduction, she could become one of their most dangerous weapons.
But her assassin’s skills are little comfort when the convent returns her to the life that nearly drove her mad. Her father’s rage and brutality are terrifying, and her brother’s love is equally monstrous. But when Sybella discovers an unexpected ally she discovers that a daughter of Death may find something other than vengeance to live for…
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Posted April 29, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Grave Mercy by
Robin LaFevers Series: His Fair Assassin #1 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2012)
Hardcover (549 pages)
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Mortal Heart Also in this series: Dark Triumph,
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Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?
Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.
Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?
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Posted January 30, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
The Fellowship of the Ring by
J.R.R. Tolkien Series: The Lord of the Rings #1 Publisher: Mariner Books ((originally) 1954)
eBook,
Audiobook {19 hours and 11 minutes} (398 pages)
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The first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
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