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Centuries-old resentments and conflicts threaten to bubble up into war--and Nahri and Dara's arrival only serves to feed the flames of conflict. mythology, magic, and battles--but I'm not sure I fully grasped the intricacies of the political histories, conflicts

various characters that illuminate the mysterious breakup as well as the characters' complexities, love, conflict meteoric rise of a 1970s band, their mesmerizing lead singer Daisy, the group's complicated interpersonal conflicts

built and the background established, I was hooked on the interpersonal relationships, the dramatic conflicts me, bogged down by explanations of how Aaron's imagined world works and the basic history of various conflicts

Pylväinen's novel explores the cooperation and conflict among cultures in a mid-nineteenth century community Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions Religion is a particular conflict in the novel, with the Christian characters proving themselves to be

Nikki Erlick explores grief, loss, family conflicts, strangers' bonds, and sticky moral dilemmas related Poppy Fields's founder delves into moral dilemmas while also--in a realistic successful-scientist's conflict

But Carl is a convicted murderer who was released from jail because he's so gravely ill and close to Carl is a dying man who's seemingly been wrongly convicted of murder, and if Joe and Lila can just prove

Elif Shafak's The Island of Missing Trees explores past Turkish-Greek conflicts in a small island community The fig tree shares the story of the young lovers and while exploring the conflicts between Turkish and

other states across the country, has been swept by a secession movement, but Jess and Storey assume the conflicts The friends soon realize that conflicting political ideologies have led to this horror here and elsewhere

Centuries-old resentments and conflicts threaten to bubble up into war--and Nahri and Dara's arrival only serves to feed the flames of conflict.

the Summer, she offers up an irresistible rom-com premise with weighty, messy, real-life-imperfect conflicts The conflicts that repeatedly keep Emma and Justin from their happy-ever-after feel plausibly limiting

She was made to offer pleasure without challenge or conflict, after all. Meanwhile, Annie, who was literally created to serve Doug, is learning, evolving, growing, facing internal conflicts

treasures in the book's ancient binding, setting her on a path of exploring forgery and complex political conflicts

other states across the country, has been swept by a secession movement, but Jess and Storey assume the conflicts The friends soon realize that conflicting political ideologies have led to this horror here and elsewhere

In We Are Not Like Them, Pride and Piazza dig into a friendship of opposites, conflicts around race, challenges in trying to dive into each point of view while trying not to favor either one; and the personal conflicts complex, loaded topics the way I was hoping Therese Anne Fowler would do more of in her novel with racial conflicts

and its' Jewish and Black families' purposes and missions, which sometimes intersect and other times conflict Their cultures conflict in some ways, but their stories and existences overlap, and their challenges

Wilson's memoir Rebel Rising , and I listened to the Australian's account of a challenging youth, familial conflicts

extensive forays into the country's traditions, political interests, and its royal family's interpersonal conflicts dresses as a boy to explore scientific pursuits, and the palace intrigue that occurs when their allies conflict for more behind-the-scenes peeks at Shakespeare's shows, and I was least interested in the political conflicts and drama, although they were essential to the conflict of the book.

I loved the 1700s wintry Maine setting and the convictions of the historical fiction novel's strong midwife details of life in the time period, as well as the unassuming women who show their true strength and conviction

The Nimue-Merlin-Morgan le Fay conflicts were an intriguing side plot, and I enjoyed Grossman's unexpected

Griffin Sisters also takes on deep familial conflicts, coping with loss and a devastating blow for future

historical fiction tale based on real events surrounding the rise of the light bulb--with compelling conflicts The Last Days of Night is a fictionalized account based on the dramatic Edison-Westinghouse-Tesla conflicts

Mean Girls meets The Parent Trap, Together for Never explores each girl's point of view, and after conflict

Everyone is linked, with shared youths and local experiences, conflicts new and old, and deep loyalties

I was intrigued by the issues raised in Blackwater Falls--police corruption, racial conflict, religious complicated issues surrounding racial injustice, police corruption, political concerns, faith, and religious conflicts

Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life By the end of that summer, Chloe's father had confessed to the crimes of killing those girls, was convicted collaboration between Clinton and Penny kept me on the edge of my seat through heart-stopping political conflicts feel invested in the story, Adams's family, and the ins and outs of the various complicated political conflicts

trolls, and all the rest; there’s a school to train up promising young teens; and there are interspecies conflicts It’s really about personal growth, knowing your own mind and holding convictions, demonstrating loyalty

five-star, 1950s North Carolina-set novel offers mountain clans, whiskey runners, folk healers, family conflict Family secrets and conflicts come to a head as The Gods of Howl Mountain reaches a dark, brooding, beautiful

historical fiction novel, Libby Steadman lives in Virginia on the edge of the Confederate-Union Civil War conflict

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

introduces vain, strong-willed, talking dragons, their complex, wonderfully faulted handlers, and wartime conflicts

five-star, 1950s North Carolina-set novel offers mountain clans, whiskey runners, folk healers, family conflict Family secrets and conflicts come to a head as The Gods of Howl Mountain reaches a dark, brooding, beautiful Carolina setting, the character of Sheriff Winston Barnes, and the pulsing racial, class-based, and family conflicts Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the

Young Mungo offers a striking story of disappointment, abuse, Protestant-Catholic conflict, and a young vulnerability of allowing one's self to be seen for the first time, overcoming lifelong Protestant-Catholic conflicts

I was taken with the premise of conflicts and mystery in a post-colonial West African city, but I didn't

remain separate, I was taken with the double-edged quest, elite training, magical abilities, and complex conflicts

country is reeling from economic troubles; Brandon's older brother deeply resents his presence; and conflicts

The gods' war provides the structure for the book's main conflict, but the story feels primarily focused

the story would take off and eclipse the pacing and the forced-feeling will-they/won't-they-focused conflicts The melding of two fighting forces offers additional interesting characters, conflicts, complexities,

other states across the country, has been swept by a secession movement, but Jess and Storey assume the conflicts The friends soon realize that conflicting political ideologies have led to this horror here and elsewhere Thorpe offers lots of joy and offbeat fun, yet doesn't shy away from weighty conflicts between classes

O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict

her impatient barkeep brother, she grieves the loss of her father and is astounded by the increasing conflict

A mix of unexplained actions and conflict, Louis's imminent return, and Isabel's discovery of what seems

food and fashion are fun, heartwarming, and light, and make for a satisfyingly clean wrap-up of all conflicts

Thorpe offers lots of joy and offbeat fun, yet doesn't shy away from weighty conflicts between classes

Their cultures conflict in some ways, but their stories and existences overlap, and their challenges

One Of Us Is Back offers more Bayview intrigue and young love, family conflict and growth, and builds

Brigade. 02 The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen Pylväinen's novel explores the cooperation and conflict Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions Religion is a particular conflict in the novel, with the Christian characters proving themselves to be

prison; in his case, a former priest and the Lady--an investigator searching for information in the convicts

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

historical fiction novel, Libby Steadman lives in Virginia on the edge of the Confederate-Union Civil War conflict

seem to be leading to a too-convenient happy ending, and as expected, Liang provides a complex set of conflicts