tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83803728052043475822024-02-07T19:41:28.250-08:00Petite AmeToy maker. Mommy. Wife. Ravenous reader. Book blogger. Profanity user. This is a place for all of those things. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-11726095616607208752018-02-08T10:54:00.002-08:002018-02-08T10:54:57.406-08:00Binge Reading and Familiar CharactersI am currently deep into a reread of all things Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs!<div>
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Mercy Thompson has a sister series, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Alpha and Omega</b></span> and I'm currently working my way through all of them, chronologically. </div>
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Cry Wolf
Hunting Ground</span><span style="color: #4b4f56;">
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Iron Kissed
Bone Crossed
Silver Borne
River Marked
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Night Broken
Fire Touched
Silence Fallen</span></b></span></span></div>
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I'm not properly reviewing them, this is about <i>finding the love</i>, not <i>doing the work</i>. I'm just starting Iron Kissed and loving every second of it. I wanted to shoot a quick update, all FR books on hold for a bit. *shrug* </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-8714801537616485442018-01-16T17:14:00.000-08:002018-01-16T17:14:14.376-08:00The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y5HPRLC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B06Y5HPRLC&linkCode=as2&tag=petiteame-20&linkId=fd1e6bd9899dc2b53c163b66a6d8ed85" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B06Y5HPRLC&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=petiteame-20" /></a><br />
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<b> No spoilers and colorful language abound! This review contains quotes of the final published edition. They have been carefully chosen to prohibit spoils, but none the less, they are still in here. </b><br />
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Holly Black is a powerhouse of an author, there is no way around that. Black's writing is both profoundly understated and eloquent beyond measure. The way she can pack a single sentence with tremendous emotion and vivid imagery leaves me speechless and craving more. In addition to the gorgeous prose, her character development is <i>delicious</i>, The Cruel Prince is nothing short of a novel worthy of her name. <br />
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... and this is about where I lose ability to speak coherently and start gushing. I've decided to spare you, instead, I offer you proof of my above statement. Come with me on a journey, 10 quotes to whet the appetite. <br />
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<b><i>I can see why humans succumb to the beautiful nightmare of the Court, why they willingly drown in it. I know I shouldn't love it as I do, stolen as I am from the mortal world, my parents murdered. But I love it all the same.</i></b></blockquote>
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<b>...I say, not giving her the satisfaction of being shocked by what she said about our parents. She acts like we don't remember, like there's some way I am ever going to forget. She acts like it's her personal tragedy and hers alone.</b></i></blockquote>
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<b><i> Maybe growing up the way we have, bad things feel good to us. Or maybe we are stupid in the exact same way as every other idiot mortal who's pined away for another bite of goblin fruit. Maybe it doesn't matter.</i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i>Instead, I shake my head at the thrill running through me at the sheer lunacy of what I'm about to do. It's the thrill of leaping without being able to see the ground below you, right before you realize it's called <u>falling</u>.</i></b><br />
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<i><b>...he sees something else entirely. There's an intensity in his gaze that makes me stand up a little straighter, despite the dirt. "Because you're like a story that hasn't happened yet. Because I want to see what you will do. I want to be part of the unfolding tale."</b></i></blockquote>
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<i><br />It's gorgeous. It just is, so is all of her writing. BUY IT. READ IT. LOVE IT. </i>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-70326058608349127112018-01-11T16:09:00.002-08:002018-01-11T16:19:00.598-08:00Mia's Musings: Kitty the Tiger Fairy (The Baby Animal Rescue Fairies, #2) by Daisy Meadows <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/054570846X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=054570846X&linkCode=as2&tag=petiteame-20&linkId=ce9ef50d9cac47f1c715a7fa8ba51079" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=054570846X&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=petiteame-20" /></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">We start off with Kirsten and Rachel headed to Wild Woods Nature Reserve to for a week long summer vacation. They make a new frog friend named Bertram who has fairy magic, and he takes them to Fairyland. Kirsten and Rachel shrink, grow wings and head off to explore. They meet all the Baby Animal Rescue Fairies just as Jack Frost bursts in with a loud growl from his truck. Jack Frost is here to take the magical keychains that help capture animals. He wants a zoo for himself, and to keep the animals locked up in cages. Mae, the panda fairy joins in with Kirsten and Rachel to save PanPan the baby panda. </span><br />
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Perhaps some things are better glossed over, purposely discarded in the name of fun. Perhaps. See you on the next round, Hartnady. We in this for the long haul, girl. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-73794223310216050852018-01-09T18:23:00.001-08:002018-01-09T18:24:07.789-08:00Stolen by the Alpha Wolf Bundle (The Chosen #2) by Charlene Hartnady<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01433VI78/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01433VI78&linkCode=as2&tag=petiteame-20&linkId=3b1516e50ab23c17b05f10538c8ad0c1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B01433VI78&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=petiteame-20" /></a><br />
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I recently found myself lost and longing for memories of my past self, so I dove deep into the mother of all angsty-teenage-nonsense, otherwise known as the Twilight Saga. It left me with a softer understanding of who I once was, and who I had grown to become. It was an interesting retrospection in growth, but I was done, and was in desperate need of a palate cleanser. I find that smut plays an integral roll in a balanced book diet. When used appropriately it will sweep away all unpleasant or otherwise useless emotional memories of the previous read, lower ones standards and bring everything back to a comfortable neutral. It is a highly effective tool of divine distraction.<br />
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That being said, y'all I fucking hated this book. This wasn't my first tango with Hartnady, I enjoy her ahem, panache. I thoroughly enjoyed Chosen by the Vampire Kings, and stepped into this with the full expectation of a good time. <i>**This is where I venture into some spoilery territory. If that isn't your thing, its time to part ways.** </i><br />
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<b>TWO GOT-DAMN-PERCENT into the book I'm flooded with rage, and then panic.</b><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">"Her shoulders sagged in humiliation. At least they weren't going to rape her. That was something... Her blouse was shoved roughly to the side. "Not bad, I'm semi hard." If she wasn't wearing a gag, she'd puke for sure. Her stomach churned."</blockquote><br />
Excuse me, the fuck is this? She's a vampire, she is bound and gagged, at the mercy of her werewolf abductor. He touched her leg, grabbed her ass, removed her shirt and bra, he assaulted her and alluded to what else he'd like to do.<br />
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I nearly quit right then and there. My hands shook, I had to get up and take a lap and walk off my anxiety. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DIVINE DISTRACTION. NOT A TRIGGER FOR MY #METOO ANXIETY. FUCK. YOU.<br />
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The author used this scene to prop up the alpha, Ward, as the 'good guy', as he barged in, beat the shit out of the lower wolf and assured her that she was safe and would be returned home. Ward insisted she couldn't be left alone, they had to remain together at all times. He made it clear the other wolves would murder her if she tried to escape. Mmmkay.<br />
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19%: He insisted she come with him to his outdoor shower, he was, of course, aroused, and needed to cool off. LOL. But then he just started jerking off, in front of her, without permission.<br />
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<b>WE LEAVING THIS SHIT IN 2017 WITH LOUIS CK'S CAREER, OKAY? </b><br />
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20%: "I don't think I've ever wanted to be inside someone so badly." He growled nipping at her shoulder. "I'm sorry, Stephany, I don't think that I could stop now, even if you wanted me to."<br />
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First of all, that's not how consent works, ever. Consent is all the time, or it's never. There is no "point of no return", either you have permission or do you do not. FUCK YOU.<br />
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It was about here that I realized I hated Ward. I hated his wolves. I hated Stephany. I hated them together.<br />
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It pretty much devolved like this until it was finally over. Sooooo, why didn't I quit? Excellent question! I don't really know, tbh. I think, once I isolated it was the characters I disliked, it was easy for me to compartmentalize and select the plot from <i>everything</i> else. There is a phenomenally interesting development that occurred in this installment. There is the sex, sure, but there is also a complicated relationship between vampires, humans and <i>others</i>. The dynamics based on a rudimentary and biased religion will crumble, things are in motion I am eager to the see through till the end. I cautiously started the third installment last night and it looks as though this particular theme was isolated to these characters. Heres to hope?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Ok. Deep, breaths. I </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">can do this</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">. Now, before you unfriend me for this rating, hang in there till the end, please? I started this series of reviews back in 2014, and I've been putting this one off ever since. Who we once were, is not always how we would like to remember ourselves, and this hard truth is one I often keep to myself. Twilight was truly instrumental in me falling in love with reading. Take a walk with me and let me tell you a story.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">It was my 22nd birthday, and my boss always gifted us an usually long lunch break, so I decided to pop into the book store for an iced coffee. I was listening to my iPod, at most only casually aware of all the books around me. I hadn't loved to read in years, and since the last Harry Potter book wasn't due out till the end of the year, I was just biding my time in the warm heat and quiet of B&N. I had picked up a glossy black cover with porcelain white hands holding a perfect red apple. I wondered if this was a new take on Snow White, so I flipped the back over and read the synopsis. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">When I got home that evening, I was utterly consumed. I had never read anything like this before, in fact my knowledge of </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">otherness</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"> in books was so limited, I knew of no other than Anne Rice, who never had been able to ensnare my attention. Suddenly the possibilities overwhelmed me, this was a </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">genre</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">, I had so much to explore! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Twilight hit so close to a place in my mind that I had long ago walled off, the memories too vivid and painful to be allowed free reign. However, amongst the pages, </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">he</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"> came to life and I had fallen in love with him all over again. My first love was one that had burned so intensely it transformed who I was. My devotion to him was near child-like in its purity. I saw his face, I heard his voice, I felt his skin, I was transported into another time and place, but he was only accessible as Edward. It gutted me, but made me feel alive at the same time. Again, I had never felt anything quite like this before, it was visceral, it had swirled around me like magic. Reading </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">was</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"> magic, if you found the right book.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">Now, nearly 11 years later to the day, I picked up Twilight and read it again in one sitting. Except this time, I didn't see </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">him</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;">, I saw what I had gloriously outgrown. I didn't feel gutted, I feel charmed by my own innocence. I feel a fondness for that time, that place, for that version of myself. Mostly however, I feel a deep gratitude, Twilight opened a door I hadn't even known existed, and I've been joyfully escaping to this wonderful wold of </span><i style="color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px;">other</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px;"> ever since. This book isn't a 5 star book, but then again, I owe it so much that perhaps it is?</span><br />
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<b>Is there a book that defined your love of reading? I would love to hear your experiences! </b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-64683140137472723632017-11-25T17:01:00.000-08:002017-11-25T17:01:25.707-08:00Hidden Legacy #4 Needs to Happen<br />
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I got to the end of <a href="http://ericapetiteame.blogspot.com/2017/11/wildfire-hidden-legacy-3-by-ilona.html" target="_blank">Wildfire (HL #3)</a>, which was exceptional btw, and I felt a slithering tendril of panic creep into my thoughts. What was happening with the epilogue... was this some sort of thinly veiled closure? <i><b>I couldn't breathe.</b></i> I reassured myself that Ilona Andrews would never do this to me (<b>because when you've read and fallen madly in love with every single thing they have written, it feels personal</b>) and I went about gif hunting for my review. <br />
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I struggled for the rest of the day trying to decide what I should read next. Nothing on my TBR shelf seemed all that appealing, none of it was what I wanted. So, like the IA junkie I am, I scoured their blog for hints on the next installment...only to find that this was a trilogy. As in, only three books? Could this be correct? <b>No, oh god no.</b><br />
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Now I sit here obsessively contemplating all the reasons why there is no way in fuckery this can be a trilogy. I do not accept.<br />
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<b>This cannot be the end. </b>I read an interview on <a href="https://www.heroesandheartbreakers.com/blogs/2017/07/ilona-andrews-interview" target="_blank">Heroes and Heartbreakers</a> where they said this:</div>
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So, from one Erica to another, get it together, and sign them up for another three books. This series is easily one of their best. I need more. We the fans need more. Don't make me start a hashtag and petition on change.org.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have read a lot of books, a lot of terrible-no good-waste-of-my-got-damn-time books. This soothes the burn of a thousand let downs.</span><br />
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I am careful never to speak much on the plot of any first installment, simply because, that's not really what gets most of us to pick up a book. It's the joy one expresses that really gives us hope that we too will fall in love. <br />
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Typically, I don't want to be a character, I may want to befriend them, or simply be a creep stalker (Kate Daniels, cough) forever but I don't really identify with many lead characters. It's always that awkward sub character with ambiguous morals that I identify with most. Nevada however, I want to be. Reading this series is like slipping into a dream land, one where all things are possible, and this just happens to suit me perfectly.<br />
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<blockquote>45.0% "I am blissfully lost and in lust with this series. All that it has built so far...sigh. I haven't paused to update or review, the reading is just too good."</blockquote>- Me <br />
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Oh man. You guys. I got totally lost in this series. I didn't even stop to review <a _blank="" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CU7YHQY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00CU7YHQY&linkCode=as2&tag=petiteame-20&linkId=07432f747bcb16d423e9139f7559bfad">Crown of Midnight,</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I43Z1J0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00I43Z1J0&linkCode=as2&tag=petiteame-20&linkId=a3db83eaf6f685328ac24ca394094b06" target="_blank">Heir of Fire,</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TU3BTUI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00TU3BTUI&linkCode=as2&tag=petiteame-20&linkId=2c9967d7925d25964d8c7099d3639d36" target="_blank">or Queen of Shadows.</a> I just didn't have a reason to pause, or much to say other than the following:<br />
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As far as the next installment, I think I may just not. Honestly, I fucking hate Chaol. I also hate the spelling of his name. And his attitude. And how he just sucks the damn life out of everyone all the time, insufferably guilty for never knowing up from down or left from right. GET IT TOGETHER. WHY DO YOU EVEN GET YOUR OWN BOOK. BOOHISS ON YOU.<br />
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Over all this series is great, sure there are lots of things I could pick apart and rag on if I had my reviewer persona on, but frankly, screw that stuck up bitch. This was good fun, plain and simple. Let Maas take you away from reality for awhile, get lost in this truly gorgeous world she's created.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-15109472776810772002017-10-03T06:18:00.000-07:002017-11-24T16:41:45.686-08:00Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) by Sarah J. Maas<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007N6JEII/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007N6JEII&linkCode=as2&tag=petiteame-20&linkId=cb5540261a0f970bc5e133386170e2e2" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B007N6JEII&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=petiteame-20" /></a><br />
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Eh. Listen, lets be honest here, okay? I spent the majority of this book being annoyed <i> by everything</i>. Albeit mildly, but still, it was there under the surface, brushing up against the edges of my mind. <br />
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That being said, I enjoyed it sometimes? It took me awhile to read, I got to the last third of the book and I could only manage to stay awake for five pages at a time. What does that say about the book you are reading? You can't be arsed to stay awake during the "good part"? Ehhhhhh. Neat. <br />
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So why the three stars? Good question actually. I could feel more being built. There is a bigger picture, there is tremendous growth potential for all the characters, there is <i>more.</i><br />
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I'm going to read the next one and see what happens. There was one quote, very early on in the book that I can't stop thinking about. I'm hoping we learn more about it. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-37898604311851915632017-09-19T18:47:00.000-07:002017-11-24T16:42:03.471-08:00One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #3) by Ilona Andrews<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MSJJFAC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01MSJJFAC&linkCode=as2&tag=petiteame-20&linkId=7050cdbcb506d25ef341b7253e1ae596" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B01MSJJFAC&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=petiteame-20" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://ericapetiteame.blogspot.com/2017/09/clean-sweep-by-ilona-andrews.html" target="_blank">Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, Book 1)</a><br />
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars<br />
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Oh man.<br />
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This is it. This is the best IA series. <br />
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I can't review this. I like it <i>too</i> much.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-29328694048996216622017-09-18T14:47:00.001-07:002017-09-18T14:47:45.527-07:00Bound by Flames (Night Prince, #3) by Jeaniene Frost<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16173427-bound-by-flames" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Bound by Flames (Night Prince, #3)" border="0" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1402348126m/16173427.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16173427-bound-by-flames">Bound by Flames</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/669810.Jeaniene_Frost">Jeaniene Frost</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1369013472">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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This was way more intense than I ever anticipated. <br />
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I'm going to say it now.<br />
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I loved this series way more than Cat and Bones. <br />
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THERE. I SAID IT. <br />
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The fourth and final is due out in 2016 but no over or details. Excuse me while I scour the interwebs for more info. <br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1369011339">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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<i>Sigh.</i><br />
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So some aspects got hella annoying here, but mostly I didn't care. I stated in the review of the first one I read these two in one day so it all sort of blurred together. I think I started this one around 8pm and was done around midnight, I don't even remember my husband putting my kids to bed. <br />
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*Shrug*<br />
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Also, I may be like 40 pages into the 3rd one already so um. I gotta go, bye. <br />
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You can find it here, DO IT. <br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1368555985">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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<b>All the stars!</b><br />
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What can I say? This is just one of those books that <i>speaks to me</i>, but I knew that would happen. Vlad has been my favorite in the Cat and Bones series, so, duh.<br />
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True story? I read this one and the second one in the same mother flipping day. Completely and totally absorbed. Infatuated is more like it. This was a rare reading moment for me, where all critical thinking turned off and I can't even think of anything to criticize. <br />
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I'm 100% certain that if I were to reread this at some point, I'd feel differently. BUT RIGHT NOW WHATEVER WHO CARES. <br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1521346013">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Have you ever clapped and giggled after finishing a book?<br />
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<i> I have. </i><br />
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I'm going to say it. This is my favorite IA series. The Edge books were my favorite, but the way these two have tied together has soothed a long standing irritation. <br />
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If you felt wronged by lack of closure on Jack and George, read these now! You will be delighted.<br />
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Kate and her world has always had an end, a brilliantly conceived end that I eagerly await to enjoy and mourn. The Edge brought something new, and once again highlighted IA's ability to create magic that excites the mind, but it never felt finished. There were simply too many possibilities. This series has a thick thread is joy woven in all the pages, you can feel how much IA loves writing it. It's an intoxicating experience for a reader who is intimately familiar with an authors works. Although, if you never read anything by them, you would not be disappointed, it's wonderful through and through. I can't wait for more!<br />
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WHY WAS THIS SO GOOD? <br />
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Ok, so this series needs to be expanded with a minimum of 5 more books, full length that explores <i>every fucking aspect of this incredible universe.</i> <br />
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Excellent, seriously. <br />
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Aliens? CHECK<br />
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Space travel? CHECK<br />
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Magical fucking house? CHECK<br />
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Fantastic new worlds? CHECK<br />
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Humerous and charming new characters? CHECK<br />
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The pure <i>goodness</i> only IA can deliver? CHECK. <br />
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Also, I spoted some adored characters all grown up! <br />
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LOVED IT. WANT ALL THE BOOKS. <br />
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Pointless. Plotless. I feel nothing. <br />
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I had a cathartic low with this series during Burned, I let it all out in my review and made peace with the loss. My expectations were hovering around "trash heap" for this book, I knew it would center around Mac, and Dani would be an odd after though of awkward proportions. I was correct. Essentially, nothing happens aside from a desperate attempt at character development, similar to a first book in a long series, so it feels out of place. <br />
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Mostly, I spent my time disinterested and mildly bored. You ever get back with someone who has cheated on you? They tell you all the things you want to hear, remind you of how good it was in the beginning, then shower you with love and attention. For a short while you remember, you feel it and then you go out to eat and all you hear is how loud he breaths, his once charming strong chin now looks comically out of place, and his jokes are childish and offensive. All the sudden you have no idea what you were thinking. He is trash. He is behind you. He is irrelevant. <br />
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That's precisely how I feel about this book. I'll read the rest of the series, for the same reason you don't unfollow him on Instagram. <br />
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☆☆☆<br><br><b> No Spoilers! Definitely colorful language abound! </b><br><br><br>I really love this series and world the author has created, and I usually am delighted to step back into it but this book... <i>this book</i> was rough. I flew through the first half and hit a wall with the second. I simply could not get down with the antagonist for this installment. Simply put, I'm happy its over and to be moving on. <br><br>I think there was an intent to do something a little different? However, it was just drawn out and boring. There was a lot of repetition and what was supposed to be a shock and awe moment fell flat. There are some loose ends here, as always, so I'm eager to read the next one... after a break.<br><br>It doesn't speak well for a book if you aren't dying to jump into the next one. Boohiss. Frost has more than earned a little slack in this department, so I'll shift gears for now and come back to the NH series later. <br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.ericapetiteame.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"><br />
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<br><br><b> No Spoilers! Definitely colorful language abound! </b><br><br>Y'all. I tried so hard with this fucking book. I can't do it. I just can't anymore!<br><br>I got this book at BEA 2014... and in those three years I've attempted to read it numerous times and it's never stuck. I'm setting myself free. My local library was holding book donations for libraries destroyed by recent hurricanes. I hope it makes its way into the hands of someone needing a little escape, it wasn't the right fit for me but it I hope it is for someone else. <br />
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<strong>Yes. Oh, hell yes. YA has a new gold standard, and it was woven by Kate Elliot.</strong><br />
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Take every trope and tangled mess of cliches and throw them out the window. Replace them with a strong female protagonist, guided by love of family, an unquenchable desire to cultivate sense of self, and steadfast desire to be <em>logical.</em> Permit these eloquent components to unfurl on the mystical backdrop based upon the Ancient Egyptian civilization, peppered with <em>otherness</em> and ripe with cultural friction. Sounds fantastic, right? That's because it is. <br />
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Anyone can come up with good elements, however the skill required to intricately weave a compelling plot that leaves your heart shattered is something else all together. Once more, you will be reminded that life is not a matter of black and white, but a delicate balance of grey scale, and one must consistently make hard choices and find your footing with what you are dealt. <br />
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I'm going to refrain from delving into details on the plot, I think the blurb gives <em>just enough</em> that you need. Special thanks to my friend Cris, who fearlessly badgered the publisher after we missed this drop and scored the last copy for me. It was one of the few books I was truly looking forward to at BEA and I couldn't be more thankful! <br />
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*It's after midnight and my eyes are heavy - I'll proof this in the morning*<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-50698417213669991582015-04-13T07:57:00.001-07:002015-04-13T07:57:34.612-07:00Crushed (Soul Eater, #2) by Eliza Crewe <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20256261-crushed" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Crushed (Soul Eater, #2)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1397109755m/20256261.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20256261-crushed">Crushed</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6559113.Eliza_Crewe">Eliza Crewe</a><br />
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My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/970745419">4 of 5 stars</a><br />
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I think it's time for some <em>realness</em>. I've had this book for almost an entire year, I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review...11 months ago. Thanks NG?<br />
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I could be all upset with myself being that I waited this long to read what has turned out to be, a wonderful series. That wouldn't be the right thing, I think. I've been in a serious book funk lately, I haven't read much and reviewed even less. The blogging, twitter, requests, page views, and <em>drama</em> took the sparkle out of reading. I felt like I wasn't reading to <em>read</em>, I was reading to review and, for me personally, they became very different things. <br />
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So, here I was, around midnight when I realized I had this baby on my kindle. I quick bought the first one, and gobbled it up. I was pretty disappointed at first, I just wasn't connecting but it was entertaining enough that I kept going. It's not often that a new series gets a double 5 star rating from some of my more discerning blogger friends, and I had a feeling <em>this was going to be worth it</em>. <strong>I was so right.</strong><br />
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Crushed was great. Plain and simple. Again, I read this in one sitting, and it felt fantastic. I decided I wasn't going to review anything, until I felt like I had something to say, so I guess I do?<br />
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If you haven't read this series yet, I envy you. Reach for it when you need something to swallow up reality and replace it with something better. It pulled me from a deep-dark funk, and I hope it does the same for you.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612003144596779511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8380372805204347582.post-69821365680779085792015-02-19T05:54:00.002-08:002015-02-19T05:54:43.399-08:00Fate's Edge (The Edge #3) by Ilona Andrews<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10561549-fate-s-edge" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Fate's Edge (The Edge, #3)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1302821720m/10561549.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10561549-fate-s-edge">Fate's Edge</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21748.Ilona_Andrews">Ilona Andrews</a><br />
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Ah! This, again, took me awhile to sink into. I'm not sure why I find the beginning of all of these books so tedious, but somehow I plow through, because <em>I know</em> how worth it, it is to finish. <strong>They are so good.</strong> I think I had forgotten how negatively I felt throughout most of the entire first book, yet I gave it a descent rating, they won me over with that ending. That seems to be the theme of me and these books.<br />
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Can I just say how happy I am about this world? Also, how equally sad I am that it's ending? I feel really comfortable now with the rules and landscapes of The Weird and The Broken and The Edge. I am deeply invested in the political environment between the various territories. With the switch in MCs each book, we are given a deeper attachment to these fascinating dual realities, I am excited yet sad to be starting the last book.<br />
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