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This was a fun adventure with a fae (Rose) hiding as a weapons master, but few know she wields weapons with magic. She has a tragic backstory and she will get to right the wrong with the mysterious Luc who seems to know her more than she really knows herself.
It was a little bit too fast insta love for me not also didn't bug me that much. There is little spice but we get to see the relationship grow. There is also a mist that is hurting certain villages but leaving others alone and it all has to do with these Compass Points/ancient Gods that keep the balance.
I can't wait to see where Rose and Luc go from that ending!
It was a little bit too fast insta love for me not also didn't bug me that much. There is little spice but we get to see the relationship grow. There is also a mist that is hurting certain villages but leaving others alone and it all has to do with these Compass Points/ancient Gods that keep the balance.
I can't wait to see where Rose and Luc go from that ending!
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This was my first read of the Timeless series and I loved it so much that I need to go back and read the other 3!
A girl Caroline who lives 2 lives- one in 1727 as a stowaway on a pirate ship masquerading as a boy and in 1927- the daughter of a minister who has to keep her brother's nefarious activities quiet lest her family be ruined.
I liked her life in 1727 the best. I understand why she wanted to escape where she was raised there and she was so brave to hide as a boy. Though I'm a big fan of the 1920s, I really felt it unfair the secret she had to keep from her parents.
I like that when she tells people at this age of her double lives, they are a bit skeptical but choose to believe her. I think she trusts the right people to help her understand this gift she has been given. The choices she had to make related to the gift are hard but I felt she made the right one even when it's sad.
A girl Caroline who lives 2 lives- one in 1727 as a stowaway on a pirate ship masquerading as a boy and in 1927- the daughter of a minister who has to keep her brother's nefarious activities quiet lest her family be ruined.
I liked her life in 1727 the best. I understand why she wanted to escape where she was raised there and she was so brave to hide as a boy. Though I'm a big fan of the 1920s, I really felt it unfair the secret she had to keep from her parents.
I like that when she tells people at this age of her double lives, they are a bit skeptical but choose to believe her. I think she trusts the right people to help her understand this gift she has been given. The choices she had to make related to the gift are hard but I felt she made the right one even when it's sad.
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hopeful
fast-paced
This was a fantastic sequel (the only time I might say this but you NEED to read "Hello, Goodbye" first to understand this one).
I missed Gigi so much but I love that Hailey continues to find out the truth about Jack for her and her family's sake. She, along with Blake, get invited to Israel to share her story from the previous book.
This book continues the quest to find out what Jack might have done with other recovered arts of the thefts from Jewish families in the war. In Israel and Paris, they will find unlikely allies and friends previously left but not forgotten. Jack's story is complicated but the truth comes out and it's really a hero story. I found myself in tears near the end in parts.
I missed Gigi so much but I love that Hailey continues to find out the truth about Jack for her and her family's sake. She, along with Blake, get invited to Israel to share her story from the previous book.
This book continues the quest to find out what Jack might have done with other recovered arts of the thefts from Jewish families in the war. In Israel and Paris, they will find unlikely allies and friends previously left but not forgotten. Jack's story is complicated but the truth comes out and it's really a hero story. I found myself in tears near the end in parts.
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funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
This book made me laugh and cry. It made me just fall for Gigi, she was such a force of a woman. I learned a lot about the Beatles because of Gigi's love for them (and found out the title is a Beatles song). It made me miss my grandparents that aren't with us anymore and wish I could spend even one more day with them.
I love how Hailey quickly got to know her grandmother more than ever through her summer with her. I loved that Gigi was able to help Hailey learn her family history. I love the mystery of Jack and the recovery of stolen items from the Jewish people in WW2.
The sweet little romance blossoming for Hailey with Blake was fun too. What a sweet, charming story.
I love how Hailey quickly got to know her grandmother more than ever through her summer with her. I loved that Gigi was able to help Hailey learn her family history. I love the mystery of Jack and the recovery of stolen items from the Jewish people in WW2.
The sweet little romance blossoming for Hailey with Blake was fun too. What a sweet, charming story.
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Damon and Hannah are my newest favorite Regency coupling! Childhood friends, enemies to lovers, fake courting, making another (brother Ollie) jealous and witty banter. (I had this on my "want to read" for so long but I felt privileged to read a collector's edition with a novella with Damon's point of view).
The lengths that Hannah would go to to turn the head of her childhood crush was so fun to see played out. I loved sweet Hannah.. Though she may have had her head in the clouds a little too much to not see what was clearly (to me as a reader) the best option in front of her. I found myself feeling angry with and not very sympathetic to Ollie at the way he kind of treated/avoided Hannah at different times.
Damon- I saw and felt his feelings clearly and just kind of wanted to take Hannah by the shoulders and pushed her into him and made him see her the way he does. The things he says and does just make you feel giddy and want to cheer him on so loudly from the sidelines!
I do wish to see the relationship of the brothers repaired in the next book, I did feel sorry for each of them and the view/opinions they had of each other, but feel hopeful for a repair after a little bit of talking they did in the novella and the hard truths they laid out of how they felt to be "the heir" and "the spare".
The lengths that Hannah would go to to turn the head of her childhood crush was so fun to see played out. I loved sweet Hannah.. Though she may have had her head in the clouds a little too much to not see what was clearly (to me as a reader) the best option in front of her. I found myself feeling angry with and not very sympathetic to Ollie at the way he kind of treated/avoided Hannah at different times.
Damon- I saw and felt his feelings clearly and just kind of wanted to take Hannah by the shoulders and pushed her into him and made him see her the way he does. The things he says and does just make you feel giddy and want to cheer him on so loudly from the sidelines!
I do wish to see the relationship of the brothers repaired in the next book, I did feel sorry for each of them and the view/opinions they had of each other, but feel hopeful for a repair after a little bit of talking they did in the novella and the hard truths they laid out of how they felt to be "the heir" and "the spare".
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This is a beautiful journey that delves into how people can process grief of all kinds.
Gracie lost her dad before the dance performance of her life and had to be left wondering what he wanted to tell her. She buries her grief inside her and has a hard time letting people in.
Griffin is living in his grief of his wife divorcing him and his mom with dementia not knowing him anymore though he visits every day. He also has this one mistake hanging over his head by the town and a beloved structure and an accident.
Gracie and Griffin journey to Canada to find out what her dad wanted her to know. It comes as a shock what she finds, but it's also beautiful and healing. These two will help each other in ways they learn about while on this journey together and they in turn will help strangers that become friends/found family.
Gracie lost her dad before the dance performance of her life and had to be left wondering what he wanted to tell her. She buries her grief inside her and has a hard time letting people in.
Griffin is living in his grief of his wife divorcing him and his mom with dementia not knowing him anymore though he visits every day. He also has this one mistake hanging over his head by the town and a beloved structure and an accident.
Gracie and Griffin journey to Canada to find out what her dad wanted her to know. It comes as a shock what she finds, but it's also beautiful and healing. These two will help each other in ways they learn about while on this journey together and they in turn will help strangers that become friends/found family.
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mysterious
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Full of wonderful and magical characters and a great little mystery, this cozy is a great compliment to the fall season.
The Mudpuddle is a bookstore/cafe that holds an archive of magical books and one day it disappears along with its current owner and a body is left behind.
Maida has been raised as an Ordinary and she will be pulled into the world of magic when she discovers she's the true owner of the Mudpuddle. I like how she processed the magical world once she is privy to it. Rosie is a teenage girl that's hiding a big secret from her father but she becomes a big help when it's really needed.
The Mudpuddle is a bookstore/cafe that holds an archive of magical books and one day it disappears along with its current owner and a body is left behind.
Maida has been raised as an Ordinary and she will be pulled into the world of magic when she discovers she's the true owner of the Mudpuddle. I like how she processed the magical world once she is privy to it. Rosie is a teenage girl that's hiding a big secret from her father but she becomes a big help when it's really needed.
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challenging
mysterious
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This was my first ever read from this writer and may I say that she might have finally made me a fan of fae?
Carys is a professor of fairy tales/mythology and when her boyfriend (who said he was a Prince but who knows) disappears to Scotland without goodness, she makes her way there.
What she finds is his brother Duncan and a portal to another world where every human has a twin where hers has died. Filled with all magical sorts...unicorns, fae, DRAGONS, kelpies and more....Carys dives into her "twins" world to figure out what really happened to her.
I was really happy reading this and the ending has some shock so I can't wait for more! It was engaging and well written and has me believing in fairy tales.
Carys is a professor of fairy tales/mythology and when her boyfriend (who said he was a Prince but who knows) disappears to Scotland without goodness, she makes her way there.
What she finds is his brother Duncan and a portal to another world where every human has a twin where hers has died. Filled with all magical sorts...unicorns, fae, DRAGONS, kelpies and more....Carys dives into her "twins" world to figure out what really happened to her.
I was really happy reading this and the ending has some shock so I can't wait for more! It was engaging and well written and has me believing in fairy tales.
challenging
informative
medium-paced
In a very "man's game" of banking and stock brokers, this story follows Bea..whose knowledge with numbers and the stock market that she studied with her father, brings her as close to that world as a woman can get... But she wants more. This is all in the years before the crash of 1929.
I wish Bea had got more credit and the people who really should have listened to her, did listen more. She was so smart and so driven to succeed. Too bad she had to hide behind her twin brother to get him the success that he had for a while.
I gained some of my own knowledge of the market and I could never see myself getting that much invested into it IRL. It's so volatile! But reading this book was an educational experience and I really appreciate the author's note on inspiration for this book from her life and what the world has been like for the last few years.
I wish Bea had got more credit and the people who really should have listened to her, did listen more. She was so smart and so driven to succeed. Too bad she had to hide behind her twin brother to get him the success that he had for a while.
I gained some of my own knowledge of the market and I could never see myself getting that much invested into it IRL. It's so volatile! But reading this book was an educational experience and I really appreciate the author's note on inspiration for this book from her life and what the world has been like for the last few years.
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mysterious
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Loveable characters:
Yes
Ok stay with me here.... If you know musicals, I felt like I was in the city of Brigadoon in this book.
WHAT IF characters were able to come out of books into reality, but they aren't ever the heroes, only the monsters? Enter Book Keepers who keep fiction and reality separate and if they become blurred, the Book Keeper can get them back into their story!
I loved being in this world and I was just enthralled throughout. Theo is our outsider to this town but he's quickly intrigued by Leyna. I really liked that Theo, once Leyna explains what is going on, is the only one to quickly want to help her figure out the mystery going on.
I feel it's best to not know a lot going into this book so that you will enjoy the ride and be pleasantly surprised. I love the town and its people. The ending shocked me and I hope the author plans to write more in this world!
WHAT IF characters were able to come out of books into reality, but they aren't ever the heroes, only the monsters? Enter Book Keepers who keep fiction and reality separate and if they become blurred, the Book Keeper can get them back into their story!
I loved being in this world and I was just enthralled throughout. Theo is our outsider to this town but he's quickly intrigued by Leyna. I really liked that Theo, once Leyna explains what is going on, is the only one to quickly want to help her figure out the mystery going on.
I feel it's best to not know a lot going into this book so that you will enjoy the ride and be pleasantly surprised. I love the town and its people. The ending shocked me and I hope the author plans to write more in this world!