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

brings memories flooding back from her own childhood, and her resistance to his bond and then her deep loyalty

the stakes of the competition become ever heightened, characters must forge previously unthinkable loyalties

into the country's traditions, political interests, and its royal family's interpersonal conflicts and loyalties

nothing to achieve his ends, using craftiness, his knowledge of human nature, and playing up favors and loyalty

of willful, sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi, her quest, strategic swearing, strength, fierce loyalty

sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength, her fierce loyalty unexpected circumstances--and realizes that she may be able to reinvent her path forward--and possibly also shift

redefined, redemption is always possible, revenge is sweet, and rewriting the story doesn't always shift When Rae begins tinkering with characters, trying to shift the plot--posing as a prophet telling the Everett turns multiple situations from Huckleberry Finn  on their heads, frequently empowering James to shift

He must delve into his own past connections and dredge up painful, complex past dynamics and loyalties

in thinking—it seemed that she’d had previous reminders of this reasoning without being inspired to shift Ettie is idealistic and grows to be tough as nails yet capable of deep love; and the heartbreakingly loyal

But Grace's uncanny sense of the sea and its moods, her undeniable fortitude, and her passion for and loyalty

In the end, loyalty, resolve, and belief in the power of darkness and the inexplicable clear the way

characters' strongly held assumptions and prejudices surrounding Mods and Primes, and Wren's fierce loyalty

here is Gothic, as those who are wronged come back to haunt certain later inhabitants and are able to shift

Judgment fails; unforeseen repercussions shift lives; grief is borne; and temptation, tragedy, and punishment

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

infant is left in the care of father and daughter, and as the winter progresses, Jack and Ronnie's roles shift

Isola , based upon the story of a real-life sixteenth-century woman, shifts between details of a life

The pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting

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

and privilege; the paralysis of poverty; issues of race, civil rights, education, and women's rights; loyalty

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

and Hum by Helen Phillips, in which artificial intelligence is king after climate change dramatically shifts

Stern series, Hell Bent, in which grumpy, tough, magical, irresistible Alex assembles a ragtag group of loyal love returning to Alex's creative, irresistibly unorthodox approach to life and her grumpy, undying loyalty

I often felt as though the story was trying to do too many things, with a shifting tone I couldn't always

And Anequs is just the fearless catalyst who might be able to shift it all.

mass), the climate is cold (check out these other titles with cold settings ), and climate change and shifting

piety and its unfailing inflexibility, we also witness strange, poignant versions of acceptance, of loyalty

The story centers around Green's activities, but because of the shift in point of view away from his

Bringley and his wife have two young children by the time he ends his stint at the Met and shifts into

It hooks you when you’re vulnerable, scares the shit out of you, holds your deepest fears as collateral Characters explore connections, loyalties, disappointments, evolutions, and revelations.

Lewis as they adjust to the sudden prospect of a drastic, potentially deadly (to Wren), fundamental shift

Abriel introduces an enormous shift that shakes things up enormously for both young women before the reimagined faith, the frustrations of societal expectations for women, great adventure, strong female loyalty

However, I was completely hooked not only by Jackson's story but by the character evolution, the loyal friendships, the adorable relationship growth between Ravi and Pip--and particularly by this book's dark shift

The climate-change novel is powerful, disturbing, and, starkly lovely in its stripped-away love and loyalty

of other's experiences, the author posits that when grief, worry, or challenges feel overwhelming, shifting It also feels like a celebration of winter and of the shifts the season necessitates.

she impulsively writes a letter to the calm, kind, handsome host, starting a correspondence that will shift that delivers delightful, charming banter, the promise of a new romance for Teddy, and wonderfully loyal

light-fiction structure to take on seriously weighty issues like family dynamic struggles, commitment, loyalty

city of tuberculosis sanatoriums; those behind the Grove Park Inn project are working furiously to shift

reader is able to see events unfolding while the characters remain unaware, but watching the pieces shift 1830s New York, immigrant challenges, Irish gangs, people pretending to be different than they are, shifted

wrapped up with a bow as though according to a formulaic "happy ending" equation, and I found this shift

The point of view frequently shifts, and many chapters are short, but I felt connected to each of the

01 Isola by Allegra Goodman Isola , based upon the story of a real-life sixteenth-century woman, shifts is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting

She's failing out of school, working some shifts at a diner, and living in a nonfunctioning motorhome But Atkinson's thrusting of Ursula back into her same existence as she shifts her circumstances slightly to read (well, to listen to as an audiobook, which I did), and it focused on quirky friends, family loyalty

issues of class, wealth and privilege, duty, the power of nature, handicaps and gifts, and betrayal and loyalty

Robin's loyalty is to Strike in this case, and this doesn't help her relationship with Ryan, who is hoping

Everyone is linked, with shared youths, conflicts, resentments, and loyalties.

With intriguing questions about loyalties and motivations, gutsy skirmishes, deep friendships, familial action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and Lu made me question the motivations and loyalties romance from a distance, focusing mainly on their emotional connection and the strength of undying loyalty

The steamy scenes, the twisty route to the relationship, the career shifts, and the science focus were

But I felt as though the last hundred pages or so of Malibu Rising shifted into melodrama and too-convenient But I felt as though the last hundred pages or so of Malibu Rising shifted into melodrama, and from that