“I’m not sure loose is a good thing at thirty stories up.” Or ever, for that matter, I thought. “Funny how a tight top can loosen a girl right up.” Her short curls bobbed with her nod of approval. “Don’t be such a slave to comfort.” Anna pulled my hands away from the vest and gave me the once-over. “I’m suffocating.” I tugged at the scrap of white vinyl - supposedly a vest, more like a corset - that I’d somehow let Anna talk me into wearing tonight. I paused halfway across the roof, letting the boys hurry ahead. What we were about to do was not only stupid and dangerous, but also illegal, and in my sixteen years of life I’d made a point of avoiding activities that could be described with even one of those adjectives. Maybe it was the spotlights sweeping the streets below, or the patrol planes flying in pairs along the top of the Titan wall, or maybe it was just my good sense reasserting itself. Now that I was actually on the roof of the skyscraper, I was having second thoughts.
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And in a dying world, the bonds between people are what matter most. Cinder isn't just the key to unlocking the Still Blue and their only hope for survival - he's also their friend. Out of options, Perry and Aria assemble an unlikely team for an impossible rescue mission. Then Roar arrives in a grief-stricken fury, endangering all with his need for revenge. Meanwhile, time is running out to rescue Cinder, who was abducted by Hess and Sable for his unique abilities. Within the confines of a cave they're using as a makeshift refuge, they struggle to reconcile their people, Dwellers and Outsiders, who are united only in their hatred of their desperate situation. Aria and Perry are determined to find this last safe haven from the Aether storms before Sable and Hess do - and they are just as determined to stay together. The race to the Still Blue has reached a stalemate. It was to the point where I couldn’t put this book down until I learned who killed Sutton and why.Īlong with being well-written, it was a very emotional book too. But she did it in a way that didn’t rush the plot forward and made it enticing enough for me to finish reading within a couple hours from when I started. I enjoyed it because Shepard really picked up the pace of the story. This book is my favorite overall in The Lying Game series. If she can’t find my killer before time runs out, she’ll end up behind bars… or worse. And when it does, Emma will be suspect number one in my murder investigation. The truth is bound to come out eventually. But as questions and accusations start flying, it’s harder than ever for Emma to keep playing me. At first the police assume the body is Emma’s. Suddenly everyone knows there are two girls who look like Sutton Mercer – and that one of them is dead. But when it comes to finding my killer, she keeps running into dead ends. She’s unearthed dark secrets about my friends, my family, and my tangled past. Read review at your own discretion.įor months, my long-lost twin, Emma, has been living my life and trying to solve my murder. Warning: This book review may contain spoilers that are pertinent to the overall plot of the story. Then again, the feud between their families may be the least of their problems. Too bad their parents are at each other’s throats every chance they get, making a relationship between them nearly impossible…unless they manage to keep it a secret. They meet one fateful night at a comic convention prom, and the two can’t help falling for each other. His parents own the biggest comic-store chain in the country, and Ridley can’t stop disappointing them-that is, when they’re even paying attention. She’s an elite cellist, and when she’s not working in her stepmom’s indie comic shop, she’s prepping for the biggest audition of her life. TRIGGER WARNINGS: anxiety disorder, suicide ideation, deception, depression, co-dependencyįrom the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a fresh and funny queer YA contemporary novel about two teens who fall in love in an indie comic book shop. When Kingsolver was seven years old, her father, a physician, took the family to the former Republic of Congo in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kingsolver was born in Annapolis, Maryland in 1955 and grew up in Carlisle in rural Kentucky. In 2000, Kingsolver established the Bellwether Prize to support "literature of social change." She has been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Kingsolver has received numerous awards, including the UK's Orange Prize for Fiction 2010, for The Lacuna and the National Humanities Medal. Each of her books published since 1993 have been on The New York Times Best Seller list. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments. Her most famous works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a non-fiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. Kingsolver earned degrees in Biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before she began writing novels. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in Africa in her early childhood. Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. I want to give you an early chance to dip into one of 2018’s buzziest psychological thrillers! Today I’m sharing an excerpt of THE WIFE BETWEEN US, as well as a glimpse at one of the book’s chilling trailers and a chance to win an early copy of the book. Paris’s Behind Closed Doors and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl will love the skewed psychology and shifting perspectives of this domestic thriller.” Intrigued? You’ve come to the right place! Written by duo Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, this domestic thriller is garnering major buzz for early 2018: bestselling author Karin Slaughter calls it “ clever thriller with masterful twists,” and Library Journal writes that “eaders who were enthralled by B.A. If you’re a fan of psychological thrillers, you’ve probably already heard about THE WIFE BETWEEN US (on sale 1/9/18). Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781476785929 Number of pages: 384 Weight: 184 g Dimensions: 171 x 105 x 25 mm You may also be interested in. But you know what they say about rules: they're made to be broken. Riding the wave of their feel-good story might prop up Eli's flagging political fortunes, but the sizzling attraction between them can go nowhere he's her boss, and there are rules that must be obeyed. Originally from Ireland, Kate Meader cut her romance reader teeth on Maeve Binchy and Jilly Cooper novels, with some Harlequins thrown in for variety. When a sexy, curvaceous firefighter gives him the kiss of life, she does more than bring him back to the land of the living-she also breathes vitality into his campaign. Mayor has other ideas.Įli Cooper's mayoral ratings are plummeting, his chances at reelection dead in the water. So when she single-handedly saves the life of Eli Cooper, Chicago's devastatingly handsome mayor, she assumes the respect she's longed for will finally come her way. Discover the English Audiobook at Audible. 6, Alexandra Dempsey gets it from all sides: the male coworkers who think she can't do the job, the wives and girlfriends who see her as a threat to their firefighter men, and her overprotective foster brothers who want to shelter their baby sister at all costs. Playing with Fire as its meant to be heard, narrated by Amelie Griffin. As the only female firefighter at Engine Co. Her second book, SARS Stories: Affect and Archive of the 2003 Pandemic (forthcoming with Duke University Press) examines sinophone cultural materials and perspectives on the 2003 SARS pandemic, particularly those arising from epidemic epicenters in mainland China and Hong Kong during the outbreak period itself, with focus on minor styles and genres and everyday practices of prosociality, resilience, and care. Her first book, Tiananmen Fictions Outside the Square : The Chinese Literary Diaspora and the Politics of Global Culture(Temple University Press 2012, Asian American History and Culture Series), analyzes fictions by Chinese diaspora authors on the 1989 Tiananmen movement and massacre. Belinda Kong's teaching and research focus on contemporary literature by Asian American and Asian diaspora writers. Throughout the story, readers are reminded of how status should not be overemphasized and that having wealth is not always the best.Įven if you have seen the film Crazy Rich Asians, this book provides details that cannot be described through a screen. There is anger towards the discrimination and actions of certain characters, warmth in the new connections that are created, and anticipation about what will happen next. This is one of those books that you do not want to put down-with the vivid scenery of the grand buildings and beautiful islands and, not to mention, a roller coaster of emotions. But things start to take a turn towards the unexpected as Nicolas’s family is actually filthy rich, and they start to look down on Rachel for her lack of wealth and a notable bloodline. The story focuses on Rachel Chu as she travels to Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicolas Young, and then meets his family. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan is the first book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. They have sadly become accustomed to Nazi soldiers standing on every street corner and have learned to be "just another face in the crowd," going about their business, trying not to be noticed by the Nazis. The Danes must use candles to light their homes. They have no fuel for heat, and electricity has been rationed. Through Annemarie, we learn that the Danes must abide by curfews and use blackout curtains on their windows. Their lives have changed drastically because the Nazis now occupy Denmark (1943). Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her family live in Copenhagen, Denmark. Lowry has written the novel in third person ("He says," as opposed to, "I said," which is first person), using a limited omniscient viewpoint (only Annemarie's thoughts and feelings are revealed). Number the Stars is a historical novel set in Denmark during World War II. |