imagining Dracula's wife Constanta and their relationship, in which he exerts control and constricts her actions stayed too long in their fortress in the country; her husband's self-assured confidence and careless actions This could be the end of the "family"--or a sudden opportunity to fight for their freedom. You might also want to check out these gothic-feeling stories. For a very different take, you might check out The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in

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books. 02 Missing Sam by Thrity Umrigar After married couple Sam and Ali have a silly jealousy-spawned fight Nina's young-adult daughter Ash thinks Nick might be too smooth, and the timing of his entrance into

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A borrowed car and an open mic night open up new possibilities, while a fight with her dad sharpens her will loom large in the story, but ultimately it isn't nearly as weighty an element as April's constant fight I wanted some constancy for her life, even if it might feel too clean or easy for Larkin's story arc. ending offers some resolutions (but I did wonder at the omission of what felt like a key character who might If you like stories about young protagonists facing challenges and realizing their fortitude, you might

interspersed throughout, written by a dark, omniscient player in all of this after everything has come to light

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My favorite elements were the action sequences, the opportunities for humor, and the pacing of this 640 I have been since the night the snow fell in your hair and you kissed me for the first time."). The melding of two fighting forces offers additional interesting characters, conflicts, complexities, The action scenes and battles were the highlight for me in Iron Flame. Yarros ends this one with a bang that hooks the reader for book two just as they might be wavering on

But sometimes nothing does the reading trick like shorter works--especially when time is tight or when I might have trouble concentrating (for example, during a worldwide pandemic)--and I especially love This is, as you might expect, difficult subject matter--exploring powerful emotions, troops haunted by Strout shines a light on turning points: small but powerful shifts of power or emotion, masterfully illustrating

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(It could also fit the bill for a preteen or teenager who might delight in nature's fascinatingly horrifying Journeys of Simplicity by Philip Harnden The subtitle of Harnden's slim (144-page) book is Traveling Light who accept a certain level of discomfort, who own sparingly, and who don't focus on material goods might (Sibley's What It's Like to Be a Bird; 2020's Flight Lines by Andrew Darby; and Beletsky's Bird Songs You might also like the gift lists Shhh! Books I'm Giving as Gifts This Holiday and Shhh!

If you're interested in or enjoyed this book, you might want to check out a favorite book of mine, Madeline Trying to do the right thing seems not to work out very well for Denny.

They just might make better allies than enemies, and as they agree to cover for each other amid sword-fighting , royal court goings-on, and romantic dramas, they forge a friendship that just might last.

Right? Only, the lengths Junie went to to keep their summer fling a secret might turn out to be unforgivable They might also have ruined Graham's life. Junie would likely be charming, and her joking dialogue and zingers might land more solidly, in person

farewell to her family but also holds meaning for anyone considering the way they live and how they might That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may I was going to be happy with a light, surface-level look at therapy and the ins and outs of a therapist's Miller surprised me with the delicately balanced tone she was able to strike, her passionate belief in right

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Might be ugly. Might leave you feeling like the earth had gone and shifted under your feet. And each ended the night full and happy with the rare glow that comes from knowing your very being has And that there might just be someone out there who will only ever see the best in you.

One faction wants to use the horrifying knowledge of Nazi doctors who enacted abuse and torture upon the machinations of the Nazis or offer background on the politics of the American and British postwar factions

After one last fling, Jac reports to the set--only to find out that her one-night stand is a producer But the notion that I should be 'making the most of it,' travelling the world or out every night, there as an audiobook. 03 Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson I love to read a memoir--if you haven't yet, you might

This nearly perfect rom-com hit all the right notes for me. I don't want to oversell this rom-com, but for me it hit allll the right notes. For me, this was absolutely the right book at the right time.

lost dreams, fading possibilities, boredom, and disappointment, but they also clumsily come together, fighting I feared any Vivi and Heather resolution would be unsatisfying, but it felt just right. There are absurd disguises, spur-of-the-moment plans (both successful and disastrous), and, in light Donovan Is Killing It. 07 She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard Heard's young adult thriller was a lightning-fast This was a lightning-fast read for me.

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Hargrave allows some light into the darkness and cold in the form of love, and important realizations

Reading Now I guess this list is an Escape from Reality attempt, as I have three fantasy novels going right Dixon is the author of 21 Ice Planet Barbarians novels and dozens of other steamy-romantasy books, I might hierarchies that many have come to take for granted--it could be dangerous enough that those in power might

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I felt as though the later sections glossed over some major issues (consorting with the gruesomely brutal Carey's story is also hopeful, but not in the way I might have expected. And he just might find himself questioning his decisions either way. One is that an order might issue from the palace, a command unto the people saying “It is thus.” But the other, the more certain, the more inevitable, is that those thousand thousand points of light

him, she'd known he was the hero of all her aunt's stories, the boy with the golden spirit full of light Releasing the physically manipulated khergud army--such a focus of book one--is a motivator for action twists on folklore, fairy tales, and her own imagined stories that the characters in the Grishaverse might

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I also adored When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, First Light, and especially Goodbye Stranger.

It looks as though Vanderah has a second book set for publication in spring 2021, The Light Through the

When new information comes to light, the third and final act of revenge takes on even more weight, danger

Is this kind of a young adult fiction version of the Serial podcast? I'm really hoping so.

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Raybourn This fun, darkly funny, feminist story about a retiring female team of elite assassins was the right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and suspense, loyal about where the bodies are buried--literally--to be allowed to drift away into the world without a fight I loved the women's complicated bonds, their crafty planning, their fights for justice, and their ability Belgravia. 03 The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass Emma Makepeace returns with new enemies in her sights

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Peikoff also touches on the importance of origin stories and identity, and her characters fight to trust , to show vulnerability, and to do the right--sometimes difficult--thing.

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the Serpent's Wake explores enormous, broad issues: colonization, persecuted indigenous people, human rights , racism, fights for autonomy, misogyny, and more. I also enjoyed Tess's recognizing shades of gray where she once saw black-and-white right and wrong.

She wonders now whether she might have caused other women in the midst of their own crises to feel that More Memoirs You Might Like You might also want to check out these Bossy reviews of other celebrity memoirs

plans (both successful and disastrous), and the absurdity of her intimacy with certain characters in light

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I would imagine that the audience of this book might skew relatively young, and readers might not be

duty, and a smoldering romance seen at a distance, Steelstriker wraps up the Skyhunter duology with action But if the two can possibly reunite and band together, they just might be able to gather the rest of the Strikers, and these makeshift allies could fight against the Federation, ensuring freedom for everyone Steelstriker is almost 400 pages of action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and I wasn't sure who would prove to be the true enemy and who might reveal themselves to have been traitorous