for alien life--and who must come to terms with their purpose and their uncertain future when they lose

setting is literally dark, and more importantly, Helena is imprisoned, confused, grieving those she lost

The wrap-up of each the storylines was laid out almost distractingly cleanly and without loose ends,

“To lose your temper is to lose the battle.”

itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced dialogue and compelling characters' lives you can get lost itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced dialogue and compelling characters' lives you can get lost

of art) and designating many of them for permanent destruction, per her instructions from an unseen boss

There is a jump forward in time that is so far making me feel less connected to the characters .

Celia is tricked, loses track of Roric, is bound by her own curse and a maddening circular set of unbreakable

famous poet's poem, the single version of which was read aloud for the poet's wife's birthday, but then lost

Australia and attempted to lay claim to the Tichborne family fortune, insisting that he was a long-lost

of the story, during the slog through various avenues of hell, and the worldbuilding felt slim and glossed The romantic aspect is less essential than the fantasy elements, which I appreciated.

with versions of the scam artists from Huckleberry Finn , the Duke and Dauphin; and the making and losing

But these elements are in the background; the real story is Vera's finding her way while feeling lost

influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most of all, faith—in some cases, lost He struggles to move forward, but he feels stuck, as though part of him will always be lost. Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of others and their hopes that he will pursue their loved ones’ lost dreams and right their wrongs; then

professor Zelu has just told off a foolish, privileged, antagonistic student (and then told off her boss

When he and Kat met, they made a connection that first built into a best-friendship between two lost

Her father's gambling means the family's artifacts have been lost, and Aspeth is determined to join the

feels destined to head to sea--in a time in history when it was unacceptable for a woman to sail, much less

living on auto-pilot, who straighten out curved streets in their minds, which explains why they get lost “The trouble was that eventually Nora began to lose any sense of who she was. and downs of any life--in one life she might have an exciting career, but she may have devastatingly lost

of art) and clicking on many of them for permanent destruction, per her instructions from an unseen boss

Starter Villain  shows a grumpy-seeming cat's head on a human torso clad in a suit with "Meet the new boss Then he inherits his long-lost uncle's parking-garage empire.

There is a jump forward in time that made me immediately feel less connected to the characters and the

something never before seen in France: children's libraries, where kids in war-torn communities can dream, lose Eve in Hollywood , Towles imagines the events following Rules of Civility , which ends with Evelyn Ross's messy, imperfect, wonderful, adventurous, tragic lives shown in the bulk of the book to a smooth, no-loose-ends

, independent woman trapped in the Victorian age, a time in which women have little choice and even less While I liked the inspector character, I was disappointed at having less page time to spend with Charlotte

someone is plunging the party down through layers of reality, through echoes in which strange events loosely

Cal is flying blind less often now that he's been around Ardnakelty locals for a while, but he must

This is Pike's second book in The Lost Queen trilogy. I loved Pike's first novel in this series, The Lost Queen, and this book reminded me of The Mists of The Lost Queen is currently in development for a television series, which is great news, unless it delays

headstrong fellow writer; and in "So Late in the Day," a man reflects on what might have been with his lost

In Young's story, loosely set in the world of her Fable series, strong young Bryn fights for her own At any rate, the story occurs in the same universe as the Fable books, but the stories are only loosely

guardian" and "thief" labels are muddied, characters' histories (and, in one case, even a name) are lost

river, horribly bruised and in pain--with no memory of his own name, his job, or his history--much less

terrifying power of perception and manipulated presentation; the potential destruction of lies and glossed-over

Ultimately, Sunny listens to her inner voice and doesn't settle for anyone who wants her to be less than Xavier is a young veterinarian who feels grumpy, exhausted, and as though he may be losing faith in humanity

Weather Girl, Rachel Lynn Solomon's light fiction about a TV meteorologist who tries to set up her two bosses But her two bosses, Torrence and Seth, who are exes, seem more concerned with their long-term petty arguments

blemishes and pain, and some of her life-and-death decisions required fortitude that it's tough for her to lose Adrienne Young is also the author of Fable, its sequel Namesake, and The Last Legacy--loosely set in

So far there's lots of action, some humor, healthy amounts of dragon page time, and far less angst and

which Gerritsen seemed to be building the foundation for in preparation for future books, and I was less

the change of seasons--and who others avoid as actively as he avoids them--saves Emmaleen from being lost

utensils, living a life without work, not developing freckles in the sun, and not dirtying her hands, much less

linked Mayken and Gil--shadowy, dark forces; the scrying stone; their struggles to overcome broken and lost

But somewhere along the way, they lose sight of each other--and of themselves.

After he lost his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, he returned to London, where he's cobbled together This also felt less gruesome than it might’ve been, which I deeply appreciated.

the power can be used for good (reminiscing, reliving beloved moments, spending moments with those lost

descendant's discovery of her family's link to mysterious deaths. "...People were wiser back then, and less

But Beneath the Keep's events are almost universally bleak, with so much lost, so many horrors, so many instances of depravity and pure evil, good generally losing out to bad, and endless terrible impulses

This often makes her books feel like Westerns to me, as with her book The Lost Man.

Now Clementine must figure out if her heart is strong enough to cope with losing the unlikely love she's

He and others in his culture are made to feel less-than because the rules of the game have changed--hunting

But instead, she found herself working three jobs, stressed out and without time to read, much less craft

something never before seen in France: children's libraries, where kids in war-torn communities can dream, lose