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The structure allowed for fascinating point of view shifts, subtleties, and humor.

He is, as always, wearing a corny, optimistic motto on his T-shirt. But they soon realize that Mr. The Book of Love explores reality, connections, loyalty, possibilities, and second chances.

Lewis as they adjust to the prospect of such a drastic, potentially deadly (to Wren), fundamentally shift It's 1925, and Diamond Annie is running a ruthless, savvy, gritty, loyal ring of female thieves and cons

Empire setting, the strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes burdens of loyalty her forge her identity more fully through every ruthless or merciful move she makes, buoyed by the loyalty In The Wicked King, surprising revelations, shifting alliances, opaque political machinations, and enmity I loved the intrigue, clever plotting, complicated loyalties and desires, creatures of all kinds, plus Jude must determine whether her power to rule or the needs of her people will win out in her loyalties

unexpected circumstances--and realizes that she may be able to reinvent her path forward--and possibly also shift The story shifts between events of 1912, 1946, 1950, 1951, and 1989.

His shift into comedy also offers a look behind the curtains at the good, bad, and ugly, but Kosta mainly

Carton is imperfect but capable of shifting power structures, and clever enough to reimagine the faery-controlled

But I felt unmoored by the enormous shift into time travel and its inspiration within the story: a passionate But the story of The Invisible Hour makes a massive shift halfway through, when--spoiler--Mia travels to escape it, the haven found in books, and, ultimately, Mia's peaceful second chapter of life and shift

Rocky is menopausal and adjusting to her own shifts--in thinking, in physicality, in mood, and all--as

The structure of the novel is intriguing; through shifting perspectives and increasingly occluded reality

is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting

Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice shifts through time and points of view to explore outrageous wealth, ruthless The Passenger shifts from New Orleans to an oil rig off the Florida coast and places in between while

provides some heartbreaking disappointment about family members' emotional limitations and conditional loyalty Yet there are bright points: rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other, girls see A Woman Is No Man. 06 In Five Years by Rebecca Serle This alternate-reality story is really about loyalty ’t shake the possibilities raised and the uncertainty created by what felt like an actual temporary shift

The story highlights unlikely loyalties forged during desperate times, terrible scenes of cruelty, and Miller allows the frequently dreaded and bemoaned middle-aged shifts and changes to lead her female characters I loved the characters' unanticipated loyalty to unlikely parties and their hard-won emotional growth

tiers of control within the faerie-controlled underbelly of society and powerful enough to potentially shifting

love returning to Alex's creative, irresistibly unorthodox approach to life and her grumpy, undying loyalty unexpected circumstances--and realizes that she may be able to reinvent her path forward--and possibly also shift and feared "Overland" pests (giant, talking cockroaches, rats, and bats) into essential allies and loyal

this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened, fiercely loyal Tamsin struggles to be vulnerable and to build new loyalties, and I was hooked by her often awkward interpersonal

second-chance book in which the main character gets the opportunity to go back and try again, redo their life, shift But Atkinson's thrusting of Ursula back into her same existence as she shifts her circumstances slightly Dannie can’t shake the possibilities and uncertainty created by what felt like an actual, temporary shift The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without

The many points of view added depth to the characters, but at a cost: I felt somewhat jarred by shifting

of the hotel guests, Bailey thinks Charlie is actually pretty fun, and she looks forward to her work shifts

In Blau's gleefully 1970s-set novel, Mary Jane doesn't merely shift from emotional innocence to young doctor has only one current patient, a famous rock star with addiction problems, and in an unorthodox shift The character of Mary Jane doesn't merely shift from innocence to young adulthood in various ways; she

Everlasting  involves jaunts through multiple versions of the same story, as our fantastic main protagonists shift Harrow's tale involves multiple do-overs and attempts to shift events and alter reality--while the unlikely Correspondent by Virginia Evans This quiet, epistolary novel witnesses the creaky, sometimes difficult shifts

The project shifts her thinking in unanticipated ways.

love returning to Alex's creative, irresistibly unorthodox approach to life and her grumpy, undying loyalty They manage assemble an oddball group of allies (trusty local cop Turner, wonderfully loyal and nonmagical

heartwarming story of wonderfully faulted characters who face tragedy and often make a mess of things, loyalty circumstances; characters are faulted and make missteps but learn to forgive themselves and those around them; loyalty and steadfastness serve as bridges to love and caring; and animals work with magical realism to shift is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting

The structure of the novel is intriguing; through shifting perspectives and increasingly occluded reality moments as an unlikely pack of allies sets out on a journey of discovery, complete with battles, evolving loyalties

Dannie can’t shake the possibilities and uncertainty created by what felt like an actual, temporary shift The setup seems like the story is a romance, but it’s actually a story about loyalty and devoted friendship A full genre shift around page 400 would normally make me want to throw a book through the window.

At times the story felt as though it was shifting into overly dramatic soap-opera territory for me, and

His shift into comedy also offers a look behind the curtains at the good, bad, and ugly, but mainly focuses

and feared "Overland" pests (giant, talking cockroaches, rats, and bats) into essential allies and loyal throughout this story and instead delight in the humor, the noble quest, the unlikely heroes, the familial loyalty

Relationships grow and shift, and some slow-motion demises occur while the story progresses, which adds

There's an enormous career shift that felt an awful lot like a woman giving up a career for a guy, although distant and focused on appearances rather than being tuned into her happiness, then late in the game they shifted

I could not have predicted each version of me that I shifted into, but through my history, one constant

absurdity of the premise had me hooked early on, but in the last quarter of the book the screwball events shift

Bono explores his faith, family, loyalty, inspiration, and important activism efforts. He is a family man and fiercely loyal to his bandmates and friends.

, I focused on books with fantastical elements; clear good-and-evil conflicts; characters living as royalty ownership, responsibility, and belonging, as Wecker simultaneously digs into the creatures' feelings, loyalty about dragons, the Temeraire series, and the dragons talk and are haughty and greedy and intensely loyal

When she pushes against her restrictions in a brilliant yet shocking manner in order to shift her future beginner's primer on Deaf culture, and a captivating novel about romance, disappointment, fury, and loyalty adults), the rebellious new transfer student who doesn't know ASL, Charlie, and teacher's pet (and Deaf royalty

childhood encounters with nature, and for me the book really shone when she included her family's current shifts

sequel to Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, is a complex, fascinating, gruesome story full of action and shifts I listened to Harrow the Ninth as an audiobook--and tried to keep up with all of the shifts, manipulations

When she lived her next life, she lived slightly differently, and her decisions shifted moments and changed But Atkinson's thrusting of Ursula back into her same existence as she shifts her circumstances slightly At times Ursula's decision-making and her unknowing shifting of situations has immense personal impact

the Wolves, Long offers an intriguing story of brutal conditions, determined survival, hard-earned loyalty Neither is quite sure where the other's loyalties begin and end, nor are they intimately acquainted with the interplay of characters--particularly the grudging friendship and grumpily built but rock-solid loyalty colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change the past, portals and time loops, loyalty structure for our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change; loyalty

Neither is quite sure where the other's loyalties begin and end, nor are they intimately acquainted with the interplay of characters--particularly the grudging friendship and grumpily built but rock-solid loyalty The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen I loved how Clinton and Penny made me question the loyalty and intentions of almost everyone in State

The tone of the book shifts from an interconnected, charming small-town tale to feeling as though a dark

as the story progresses and she relies more fully on her own instincts, she has waning interest in shifting

Everett turns multiple situations from Huckleberry Finn on their heads, frequently empowering James to shift

Hayes's Out of Love lays bare the painful end of a couple's relationship, and each subsequent chapter shifts disjointed moments without an exploration of the external or internal reasons for important changes and shifts

She's never welcomed change before, but maybe, just maybe, she will be able to shift her perspective

The end sections where events are clicking along, alliances are shifting and changing, and dramatic justice

It's nominally a mystery, but it's mainly a heartwarming story about determination and honoring old loyalties

I also have a t-shirt with this book title on it. And I also adore the author. the attraction between Gwen's lady's maid and Arthur's right-hand-man); the unorthodox and touching loyalty The story celebrates true friendship, loyalty, and fantastic, clever, clever ladies overcoming obstacles