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civilization buckles to the power of weather and ocean while certain species thrive in the extreme changes and shifted oddball tragicomedy with heart, characters explore the limits and solidity of friendship and family loyalty

01 Steelstriker (Skyhunter #2) by Marie Lu With intriguing questions about loyalties and motivations, action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and Lu made me question the motivations and loyalties suspicious circumstances surrounding Bryn's parents' long-ago deaths, and an extended family with mysterious loyalties recognizes an immediate need to develop a thick skin—as well as feeling the complicated impetus to establish loyalties

At times the story felt as though it was shifting into overly dramatic soap-opera territory for me, and wrapped up with a bow as though according to a formulaic "happy ending" equation, and I found this shift

If we’re not loyal to the things we love, what’s the point?... Griz is capable of fury and revenge, but also great love and loyalty, bravery, and creativity.

these dark, hyperbolic glimpses into humanity and the swirl of social media--as well as the powerful shifts The situation that arises in her life is so deep and important, the tone of the book shifts to reflect

the attraction between Gwen's lady's maid and Arthur's right-hand-man); the unorthodox and touching loyalty

suspicious circumstances surrounding Bryn's parents' long-ago deaths, and an extended family with mysterious loyalties recognizes an immediate need to develop a thick skin—as well as feeling the complicated impetus to establish loyalties

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 A full genre shift around page 400 would normally make me want to throw a book through the window.

detailed accounts of tracking online tweets and online message board messages, and also involved frequent shifts

When she pushes against her restrictions in a brilliant yet shocking manner in order to shift her future Things We Do in the Dark involves mistaken identities, betrayals, secrets and lies, fierce loyalty between

unexpected circumstances--and realizes that she may be able to reinvent her path forward--and possibly also shift

Meanwhile Harper explores loyalty, procedural details related to the past and near past, beginnings and Trent's debut novel sifts through everyday brutality, corruption, and the general neglect of people and pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history, loyalty

Tallulah shifts from resenting her future and her obligations to taking charge of her life and how she This relatively short book explores Tallulah’s shift from resenting her future and her obligations to

There are a couple of odd point of view shifts to Roselita’s perspective. strong point for me, and I enjoyed learning more about their past and seeing their present-day situation shift

Christianity is presented as a swift, sweeping, destructive force in the Town without offering any redemption Johansen plays with timelines and offers a shifting reality at the end that I didn't at all anticipate

Gwynne Gwynne's epic, Norse-inspired saga tracks three fascinating main protagonists through battles, shifting The story is always shifting--shaped by betrayals and the flipped script when fate and destiny aren't

Lara herself, Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted

Maybe it's hard to shift from thinking your planet is safe at the centre of it all to knowing in fact

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at her local aquarium as a custodian

She's in the awkward, sometimes painful age and stage of shifting from young adulthood to being a grown-up question, her career path is uncertain, she lives in a forlorn former potting shed, and her love life is shifting

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

growing up, and finding new beginnings; The Celebrants, Steven Rowley's exploration of friendship, loyalty The point of view frequently shifts, and many chapters are short, but I felt connected to each of the

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

and she doesn't shy away from exploring her young understanding of the circumstances, loss, and her shifting

sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength, her fierce loyalty unexpected and special connections, and to the joy and satisfaction in a settled life surrounded by loyal this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened, fiercely loyal

"cupping" of cheeks for affection; I was drawn out of the moment by multiple instances of odd tone shifts

Sitara's unsettled feelings about her past, present, and future build and shift until reaching a crescendo

The idea that the group would even consider asking Sloane to shift her life plans in order to stay local

and heartbreak, and it's satisfying to follow them as they seek redemption, take comfort in and build loyalty The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

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

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 pacing of the story picks up, appropriately, when World War II begins to shift the world, exerting wrapped up with a bow as though according to a formulaic "happy ending" equation, and I found this shift

nineteenth-century Dodge City, Kansas, offers up a tough young heroine who makes mistakes but whose perseverance and loyalty for a fellow "sporting woman," and when the Buffalo Queen is threatened, she must determine where her loyalties love returning to Alex's creative, irresistibly unorthodox approach to life and her grumpy, undying loyalty

Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of family--those you

is the norm, and geneticists who have tried tinkering with the human state in a desperate attempt to shift Their wild success and their devastating lows--individual and collective--test their loyalty, offer joy

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

The other plotline concerns Lurie, a man who has adventures and challenges with his surprising, loyal a deeper, quiet, surprisingly affecting story beneath the Western adventure, which is about trust, loyalty

In The Witch Elm, French dips her toe into exploring how privilege, luck, (sometimes blind) loyalty—and pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history, loyalty

Meanwhile Harper explores loyalty, procedural details related to the past and near past, beginnings and

Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of coming home.

Katlia also explores complicated issues such as addiction, respecting elders, and family loyalty.

reader is able to see events unfolding while the characters remain unaware, but watching the pieces shift

to ferret out those betraying his craft's secrets for nefarious purposes, and to protect those he is loyal life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights and very existence of Eðians (those who shape shift

I was intrigued by the peeks into various cults and groups that inspire fanatical loyalty, but wished it feels potentially disingenuous and even sensational to include exercise groups inspiring intense loyalty

Her tone is loyal while remaining brutal and honest. ), and how her own eventual personal growth drove a rift between her and the mother she idolized, a shift

Yet loyalties variously rule all or fade away as an unlikely set of alliances and relationships stand

It highlights unlikely loyalties forged during desperate times, terrible scenes of cruelty, and shocking But Atkinson's thrusting of Ursula back into her same existence as she shifts her circumstances slightly

omniscient viewpoint, Beautiful World Where Are You tracks the characters' romantic fits and starts, power shifts

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

But the push to shift production to meet current-day wine trends and demands; the disconnect between