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It's an engaging story but I really ended up hating Tony Stark by the end of it.

I liked it.

Pretty standard fare for a Regency Romance. It's a marriage of convenience between Lady Jessica Stanton, a deaf girl, who secretly designs ballgowns and Simon Warland, Earl of Northcote. There isn't much to say about the book other than that. It has reasonably good flow and was a pleasant way to while away a few afternoons.

A fantastic ending to a exciting series. The story flowed effortlessly and I finished it quickly. It could have been longer but that might have weighed the story down, though. Leigh Bardugo does an excellent job of keeping up the suspense and sense of urgency to the story. It's a real page turner. I thought the ending made good sense, and I can see myself rereading this again. I'm looking forward to the author's next book.

However, I would also like to say that I'm a little puzzled by the negative reviews left because the author didn't end with the couple that some had hoped for. I thought the ending was pretty obvious from the first book myself and I find this reaction more than a little unwarranted and a tad bit abnormal. Some of you really seem to live in some delusional little fantasy worlds...

I recently bought an audio book edition of this much beloved book from my childhood. I honestly still love this story, and I know I've read it five or six times. It strays very little from the traditional telling of the story but it's charm is in Robin McKinley's masterful prose. Many people immediately draw similarities between this book and the Disney movie but it should be noted that this story was first published in 1978 and the Disney movie came out in 1991. I highly recommend this if you enjoy fairy tales.

I recently bought an audio book edition of this much beloved book from my childhood. I honestly still love this story, and I know I've read it five or six times. It strays very little from the traditional telling of the story but it's charm is in Robin McKinley's masterful prose. Many people immediately draw similarities between this book and the Disney movie but it should be noted that this story was first published in 1978 and the Disney movie came out in 1991. I highly recommend this if you enjoy fairy tales.

I saw this as a free audiobook download on the audible site and thought I'd give it a listen. It was fun, and nicely narrated. I really liked the story and I think I'll probably pick up the first book in this series when I can.

The Firebird is a sort of strange story about a woman named Nicola who can see the past by touching an object. On a sort of far fetched act of altruism Nicola takes it on herself to try to authenticate the history of a dying womans family heirloom called The Firebird. Her quest takes her across the UK and all the way to Russia in the company of her former lover who is also a psychic.

Nicola sort of vicariously relives the life of Anna, a girl caught up in political events stemming from the Jacobite uprising. It's just my opinion but Anna's story was a lot more interesting and fleshed out than Nicola's.

I really enjoy Susanna Kearsley's writing style but on the whole I found this book to have far too many contrivances. It's a likeable story but I felt like it all happened a little too easily. I never had a sense of urgency, or conflict, or excitement while reading it. The book is pretty much the combining of two short stories and neither feels really satisfyingly explored.

Just a note; it is a romance but there are no graphic sex scenes described.

It's a rainy day- I don't want to involve myself- Nothing better to do with my time- Bedtime- Relaxing- sort of book.

Got this as a kindle freebie. It shows how to draw one very simple pose of Batman. IMO, it isn't even worth $0.99 much less the $2.99 asking price if you had to pay for it because it just doesn't have any content in it to speak of.

I got one of these Amit Offir How to Draw books to see how it compared to other how to draw series of books. It has no text in it. There are no tips or art instruction of any kind. It is pretty easy to follow though and the images were all simple to draw by following the image to image guide. I would recommend this for very small children, or those who just want to learn some new doodles.

I can't say I enjoyed this.

This is the second book I've picked up from the Vertigo Crime imprint and I think it will probably be my last. I try not to give spoilers in my reviews so what should I say about this?

A lot of it was very cliché. All of the most overused tropes are dragged out and combined with strange LGBT themes. I was left with a rather ambiguous idea of whether the author was trying to say that homosexuality is a perversion or not. On the surface he seemed to be saying no but some of the subtext was telling me a different story...

Parts of the book feel like the author was getting a bonus for ever four letter word or vulgarity he could squeeze in there.

The art isn't what I would describe as beautiful but it does lend itself well to the type of story being told. Too bad the story itself wasn't that great.

It wasn't what I was expecting and altogether went away from the experience feeling a little unclean. Like I didn't even really want to tell anyone that I actually read something like this. And yet I kept flipping the pages so there was something there; it could have been better, but it wasn't.

This review is for the audible audiobook version of The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell.

I really, really enjoyed the book! I think the best single word that describes this story is fun. It's a little campy and some parts are quite silly [Mainly the idea that there is a virus that makes a V for villain or H for hero show up on peoples thumbs.], but it really had a nice blend of snarky humor, teen angst, and costumed superhero stuff.

I also really enjoyed the narration on this one. I thought the guys voice fit the main character; although it probably would have driven me crazy if this had been a more serious type of story. He really goes all out on the main character's mother's voice; I laughed when I first heard it.

I really liked all the characters in the story for once. It's been awhile since I came away from a book that didn't have at least one character I wanted to slap up the side of the head of the author. It's really nice when you're interested in all the characters and what motivates each of them. So, I'm looking forward to picking up the next book in the series.

I had the Audible audio book edition of this book. Let me first say it was sort of hard to judge some parts of the book because I kept getting distracted by the narrator. She was fine doing the female voices but when she was trying to do the sexy male voice it just threw the story for me. I though it varied from inappropriate to just creepy sounding. Yeah, no.

I liked the idea of female thief prowling the streets of Regency London while be pursued by the secret service agent, but it just didn't deliver as much excitement as I was craving. It turned out to be a pretty standard issue historical romance. I thought it was a good read but not a keeper for me.

I gotta say I did not enjoy this volume of Sensual Phrase. I really found a lot of issues with this one. You know how sometimes you just enjoy the quirky things and tropes that go on in manga and they turn out to be fun? Well, that isn't one of those times. The behavior of the characters in this volume is really over the top, and ridiculous. Everything happens way too fast, and the overblown drama spoils the mood.

Oh, and there is one of the worst manga tropes, the evil caucasian foreigner. It really comes across as racist, xenophobic, and the real crime, unimaginative.

Oh, well there is hope for redemption I guess. I have fifteen more volumes to go, and this opinion is only based on the content of this volume. It may hold up better by the end of the series.

Well, I finished Death Sworn by Leah Cypess today, and I really liked it. I got it as a recommendation for liking [bc:Shadow and Bone|17658892|Shadow and Bone|Leigh Bardugo|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1369818504s/17658892.jpg|15093325] and [bc:The Pirate's Wish|18138877|The Pirate's Wish (The Assassin's Curse, #2)|Cassandra Rose Clarke|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1372540770s/18138877.jpg|21383294]. I feel like it really held up as being similar in tone and content to those series, but that isn't to say the stories are the same.

It's pretty obvious at the end of the book that this is apparently the first in a series. It has enough closure to the story to make it a satisfying enough read on it's own but there are quite a few dangling plot threads that I can only assume will be picked up in following books.

I guess this would fall into the category of young adult fantasy. It has some light romantic themes but thankfully is lacking in the endless pages of angst ridden longing and insta-love. To which I can only proclaim, Hurrah! I'm looking forward to the next book.