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becomes a heroine; deadly monsters who may be being treated unfairly; an enemies-to-lovers romance; and shifting loyalties. But the only ones who have ever shown her loyalty or respected her abilities are her unlikely new family This first romantasy in Perry's planned trilogy offers monsters, royalty, secrets, hidden identities,

I can't stop thinking about this fascinating near-future climate-change story of desperation, loyalty Majumdar twists the situation between thief and mother, continually shifting the reader's loyalties as Ultimately, the main protagonists' roles shift yet again, so that "guardian" and "thief" labels are muddied the mirror it holds to a reader, forcing an uncomfortable examination of excess, generosity, empathy, loyalty You might also be interested in these books, which involve shifting loyalties .

O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict, shifting loyalties, pollution and destruction, and the beginnings of a lovely love story. as characters' minds take the shape of a previous reboot and lose recent knowledge, affections, and loyalties

But as he uses his smarts, his unlikely allies, and his loyalty to get by, he finds himself discovering I loved the characters' dynamics, the outsider Ferius Pargosi who becomes a mentor and deeply loyal friend

right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and suspense, loyal with these clever, sometimes grumpy, often spontaneous, satisfyingly quick-thinking assassins who are loyal

reentry to the wonderfully cheeky, strong, faulted character of Tess as she tries yet again to be a loyal to read more about Tess as a character than the extensive political machinations in the book and the shifting loyalties related to control of lands and attempted control of peoples and creatures.

socioeconomic disparities on imprisonment; and the impossible intersection of forced fights and undying loyalty

Kate Quinn makes the urgency of World War II code breaking come alive through the stories of three young women and their interconnected destinies in The Rose Code. The Rose Code is a wonderfully spun historical fiction story of three very different women who answer the wartime call to England's top-secret Bletchley Park in order to break the military codes of the Axis powers. The book jumps between 1940, the beginning of the women's forays into their secret duties and responsibilities, and 1947, as the royal wedding of Prince Philip (the former beau of one of our Bletchley ladies) and Princess Elizabeth approaches--a period when one of the Bletchley sisterhood is tucked away in an asylum following a terrible betrayal. I love a World War II story about strong women making a difference, but I admit that I was curious about how even a historical fiction storytelling master like Kate Quinn could craft compelling storytelling around the potential tedium at the heart of code breaking. Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life within both timelines, and in her hands, the descriptions of code-breaking mechanisms and the detailed, complicated, elusive process of figuring out messages were captivating. I listened to the audiobook version of The Rose Code, and Saskia Maarleveld was a wonderful narrator. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Kate Quinn is a must-read author for me, and I loved The Alice Network and The Huntress. She also has a new book out, The Diamond Eye. For more about Kate Quinn’s The Huntress (and five other historical fiction books I loved), check out the Greedy Reading List Six Historical Fiction Books I Loved in the Past Year. Or check out the books I listed on the Greedy Reading Lists Six Books about Brave Female Spies, Six Great Stories about Brave Women During World War II, and Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You.

issues of class, wealth and privilege, duty, the power of nature, handicaps and gifts, and betrayal and loyalty O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict, shifting loyalties, pollution and destruction, and the beginnings of a lovely love story.

O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict, shifting loyalties, pollution and destruction, and the beginnings of a lovely love story.

This sequel, Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame, is told from the point of view of one of Sena's loyal Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves offered high-stakes action, intrigue, shifting alliances, a powerful I didn't feel the same connection to the characters in Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame. considering potential alliances, recounting past political and military motivations and moves, considering shifts in loyalty that may have occurred since Remy was last here, and explaining past events.

heartwarming story of wonderfully faulted characters who face tragedy and often make a mess of things, loyalty tragicomedy with heart, in which characters explore the limits and solidity of friendship and family 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

Much of The Safekeep feels claustrophobic, quiet, and hopeless, but unexpected shifts late in the story Shocking revelations shifted my thinking about the book's various relationships and made me question the basis for the story's loyalties and for the accepted family histories that drive the characters for

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

moments as an unlikely pack of allies sets out on a journey of discovery, complete with battles, evolving loyalties purpose as she determines who to align herself with, picks and chooses appropriate ways to express loyalty Sybil's understanding of her own power and abilities shifts while she assesses the power of the elements

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 Nović occasionally shifts points of view from key characters Charlie, Austin, and February in order to

They find peace and loyalty together, and part of what they first shape for each other is safety and scenes that take place late in the book are surprising and arresting, centering around a dramatic power shift

in a really fun, interesting way, and through the time-jump premise McQuiston's characters explore loyalty by Lisa Maxwell In Lisa Maxwell's The Last Magician , a smart master thief bends time and finds her loyalties who's a genius with knives, and Harte Darrigan as a stage (and actual) magician whose loyalties are difficult Can she shift the future by changing the past? surround our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change; loyalty

The shifted points of view (early on and periodically, a sister shares Zelu's tale) and the various moments Can vulnerability and loyalty overcome deadly dangers and destruction?

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

has always kept herself emotionally distant from anyone outside the household, believing this to be loyalty The bear does ultimately shift everything for their family, and the story is brutal in its climax, yet

Time-travel and time shifts allow a story to go places it otherwise never could, allowing for unusual 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.

Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice shifts through time and points of view to explore outrageous wealth, ruthless heirs, gangsters, and journalists in this story, which is both a gritty thriller and also a story of loyalties Tragically misplaced loyalty and love--or what passes for it--hurt those who dare to show vulnerability

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 The friends-like-family element and deep loyalty is strong among the members of Jack's group, and the 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

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 right book at the right time for me: entertainment in the perfect combination of action and suspense, loyal

She faces repeated horrors of war, must find her own inner fortitude, and forges eternal loyalty and The wartime detail as well as the jarring shift to post-war life were exceptional elements.

in a really fun, interesting way, and through the time-jump premise McQuiston's characters explore loyalty by Lisa Maxwell In Lisa Maxwell's The Last Magician, a smart master thief bends time and finds her loyalties who's a genius with knives, and Harte Darrigan as a stage (and actual) magician whose loyalties are difficult Can she shift the future by changing the past? surround our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change; loyalty

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

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

adult novel is set in a small town in the Florida Keys, with plenty of teen angst, tests of friend loyalty On the page the many shifts felt jarring to me and I often found them difficult to follow.

This quiet, epistolary novel witnesses the creaky, sometimes difficult shifts and realizations that a She's never welcomed change before, but maybe, just maybe, she will be able to shift her perspective

Muir Gideon’s speech is modern and biting, there are darkly funny moments, and the friendships and loyalty tone of Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth was unlike any fantasy novel I’ve read, and the friendships and loyalty I wished for more page time spent on everyday tasks and activities (cooking, shifting household modules the Wolves, Long offers an intriguing story of brutal conditions, determined survival, hard-earned loyalty Her self-reliance, romanticized ideas, quick thinking, and strength of character, along with the shifts

Now I'm reading The Shadowed Land , the third in Signe Pike's wonderful Scottish series of bravery, loyalty story in this series, The Lost Queen , which offered warriors, legends, magic, love triangles, duty, royalty , brutality, and loyalty and betrayal—all set against the backdrop of Scottish castles and pastoral countrysides

the stakes of the competition become ever heightened, characters must forge previously unthinkable loyalties But the only ones who have shown her loyalty or respected her abilities are her unlikely new family and This first romantasy in Perry's planned trilogy offers monsters, royalty, secrets, hidden identities,

captured my attention with ballet, an orphan's struggles, and Depression-era Chicago, but once Nocturne shifted Grace is faced with compromises and tradeoffs, and she must decide where her own loyalties lie and determine

first book of Blake Crouch's haunting mystery trilogy, secret agent Ethan Burke tries to grasp the shifts Ethan has spent several days in the small town when Pines shifts to the point of view of Ethan's wife development to anchor me within the ever-evolving revelations surrounding the world of Wayward Pines , its shifting

When there is talk of Violet's engagement and pending marriage, Junie realizes that this shift would The slow pace of uneventful Alabama life shifts dramatically when guests come to stay, and the story's

actions related to privacy and safety; the book dabbles in issues of race, class, sexual identity, and loyalty Or that her shift in feelings of responsibility could be part of her cutting loose in areas of her personal

redefined, redemption is always possible, revenge is sweet, and rewriting the story doesn't always shift But when Rae begins tinkering with characters, trying to shift the plot--posing as a prophet telling

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame, Meg Long's upcoming (to be published 01 Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long Meg Long's first novel was Cold the Night, Fast the Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame promises more high-stakes action, intrigue, shifting alliances, emotional

unravel, but I appreciated the strength of the characters' bonds and their reversion to deep, long-held loyalties Everyone is linked, with shared youths and local experiences, conflicts new and old, and deep loyalties redemption for some characters and their relationships, then a satisfying return to the thick bonds of loyalty

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

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 The point of view frequently shifts, and many chapters are short, but I felt connected to each of the Wilson Moon is a drifter displaced from his tribal lands, and a chance meeting between Wil and Victoria shifts

The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen I also loved how Clinton and Penny made me question the loyalty and intentions of almost everyone in

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now. Family, pain, love, music, influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most hopes, her vulnerability and then her growing doubts, her self-reliance and quick thinking, and the shifts Her self-reliance, romanticized ideas, quick thinking, and strength of character, along with the shifts

This alternate-reality story is really about loyalty and devoted friendship, it doesn't fall back on 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

But tensions on board the ship soon come to a head, and Ruth has to weigh her loyalty to Owen and her The frequent shifts in point of view stopped me from feeling linked to the characters as fully as I might

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

finishing school nemesis, the oddball teachers and quirky school leadership, the persistent young people's shifting

The book's focus shifts significantly to Margaret and her hidden life, tracking back to the origins of Relationships shift, unlikely ties grow stronger, characters grow apart and find their way back together