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

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

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

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

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

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

Current-day conflicts link to generational trauma, storytelling, and mysterious power.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's wonderful to witness her conviction and how she eventually begins to fully realize her full, true

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

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

book, that looming danger seems to be contained, which is good for Annie but tough for the need for conflict

with a beautiful, spunky local young woman, Lo Bailey, who was later accused of his murder but never convicted

I loved Johnson's first book set in this complex, futuristic, postapocalyptic world of conflicting classes

The couple's dramatic emotional turmoil and external sources of conflict (when they're advised to "trust

As in all good rom-coms, there's a conflict keeping the potential couple apart, and I appreciated the

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

The rom-com conflict that prevents an immediate happy resolution was based on a communication fail--a

Will their conflicting needs and expectations blow apart their marriage?

The Night Ship centers around the dilemmas, conflicts, and discoveries of two characters separated by

But the story's conflict centers around the magical and horrifying danger Adelaide has never acknowledged

their memories who are now living alternate lives, in many cases they are unable to cope with their conflicting Chen writes a deeply felt warring of emotions and conflicting responsibility and duty.

setting, the character of Sherriff 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

01 The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen Pylväinen's novel explores the cooperation and conflict among 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

planned two-part memoir; I'm reading an upcoming science-fiction novel about interspecies relations and conflicts

The end section of the story involves fast-paced reactions and conflicts, with SecUnit doing its thing

battle is soon to be upon them all, and she'll need to find out what she's made of in the life-and-death conflict

And growing conflicts, puzzling developments, and murky motivations and loyalties complicate everything

strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes burdens of loyalty, love, and and conflicting wonderfully unexpected developments related to plot, character arc, point of view, morality, origin stories, conflict

be dispensed with during the course of the story and a more dastardly one emerges and prolongs the conflict

Woman Is No Man) considers a small-town North Carolina artist, mother, and wife struggling with the conflicting

But Carl is a convicted murderer who was released because he's so gravely ill and close to death.

India, and how a tiny bit of empathy might have unraveled the increasingly devastating whirlwind of conflict Current-day conflicts link to generational trauma, storytelling, and mysterious power.

mother's in jail, his stepfather is gone, and his best friend and most solid source of advice is a convicted It centers around one family’s conflicts with crooked and powerful neighbors; cruel and aggressive Native

By the end of that summer, Chloe's father had confessed to the crimes of killing those girls, convicted San Francisco DA Wes Farrell helped send Paul Riley to prison years ago when Riley was convicted of the