![]() I kept reading this thing hoping that the author would have to course correct at some point. It shows me this author has no clue what she's doing that she would go so incredibly out of her way to make 3 of the 4 men entirely unlikable jerks with NO REDEEMING QUALITIES AT ALL. ![]() This is true for dark and lighter romance, for reverse harem, for ANY kind of trope romance out there. Rule number one of writing romance: you want **on some level** your readers to WANT your characters to be together. That begs the question what am I rooting for here as a romance reader? The other three (Enzo, Giovani, Maximus) literally couldn't care less if she dies. None of the male characters in the harem with the exception of one even have any sort of feeling or attraction to the female protagonist. There is NO romantic element whatsoever, even as a dark romance. This is sold as a "reverse harem contemporary romance" when that could NOT be further from the truth. ![]() Dark, light, one pairing, reverse harem, etc. ![]()
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'Exciting, unsettling and technically brilliant' Spectator In the sleepy English village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. FROM THE CLASSIC SCI-FI WRITER AND AUTHOR OF THE CHRYSTALIDS AND THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS Now a modern reimagining starring Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley available to watch on Sky. This book offers a tale of aliens, exploring how we respond when confronted by those who are innately superior to us in every way. ![]() ![]() A day later the object is gone and everyone awakens unharmed - except that all the women in the village are pregnant. In the English village of Midwich, a silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious. Description for Midwich Cuckoos Paperback. ![]() ![]() ![]() As Jess searches for Ben, she soon realizes she left her troubles behind only to find some more sinister ones ahead. None of the other apartment residents are much help and they all seem to be hiding something. 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I explore the protagonists’ negotiation of identity in the face of familial and societal pressure to conform to clearly demarcated categorizations of identity, arguing that the protagonists recognize clear borders between identities as a form of control. ![]() Both novels are coming-of-age narratives of two Arab and Muslim-American female protagonists that depict their exploration of identity as they undergo experiences of war, migration, displacement, and racism in their respective contexts. ![]() In this project I examine identities as they are expressed through the use of language in the novels A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar and The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf. ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s Bill Ashcraft, a passionate, drug-abusing young activist whose flailing ambitions have taken him from Cambodia to Zuccotti Park to post-BP New Orleans, and now back home with a mysterious package strapped to the undercarriage of his truck Stacey Moore, a doctoral candidate reluctantly confronting her family and the mother of her best friend and first love, whose disappearance spurs the mystery at the heart of the novel Dan Eaton, a shy veteran of three tours in Iraq, home for a dinner date with the high school sweetheart he’s tried desperately to forget and the beautiful, fragile Tina Ross, whose rendezvous with the washed-up captain of the football team triggers the novel’s shocking climax. One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio. “A book that has stayed with me ever since I put it down.” -Seth Meyers, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers “ descendent of the Dickensian ‘social novel’ by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here.” - O, The Oprah Magazine “A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” -NPR ![]() earnestly ambitious debut.” - The New York Times Book Review ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s clear that they were destined to meet-and that Rory may hold the key to righting a forty-year wrong and opening the door to shared healing and, perhaps, a little magic. When Rory returns the mementos, an unlikely friendship develops, and eerie parallels in Rory’s and Soline’s lives begin to surface. These are well marked also but less smooth on the transitions there’s too many for my liking. 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The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis is an enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope lost and found. An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jason makes it his mission to chase that look away and replace it with a happy one. ![]() He never expected to own a slave, but he cannot resist the lure of the hauntingly beautiful slave boy with the deeply sad eyes. The pretty boy who is there to warm his bed, however, is easy to accept. He certainly never expected to inherit his uncle’s newly-acquired wealth, including a house full of slaves. Jason McGill has lived a carefree and optimistic life with the one ambition of creating his art. ![]() Suddenly, being a trained pleasure slave turns from being a nightmare to a dream come true. His new master is everything Diego ever yearned for-handsome as sin, sexy and best of all, kind. But when the man suddenly dies, his heir gives the slave boy renewed hope. Heir to a Slave, Book 3 in the Pleasure Slaves series, is now available for purchase exclusively at Amazon!ĭiego didn’t think he’d survive his master’s brutal treatment for long. ![]() ![]() ![]() It captures elements of Noir with its urban atmosphere of decadence, lighting, and characters neither clearly defined as good nor evil. Ridley Scott's hauntingly possible depiction of what might become of Los Angeles down the line is absolutely brilliant. A large part of the success that this movie has received can be attributed to its ability to operate on many different levels. This film originally flopped when it came out in 1982, but since has become a widely acclaimed cult classic with a director's cut to boot. The four fugitives, Pris (Daryl Hannah), Zhora (Joanna Cassidy), Leon (Brion James), and their leader, Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), have escaped from an off-world colony in order to find their creator and bully him into expanding their pre-determined four year life span. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, is a Sci-fi slash Noir film about a cop named Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) in a decrepit 2019 Los Angeles whose job it is to "retire" four genetically engineered syborgues, known as "Replicants". ![]() Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott and based on Philip K. ![]() ![]() ![]() The lodge is staffed by Heather and Doug who live on the grounds and Iain, a local man who lives in the nearest village. The nine had expected to have the run of the lodge, but they discover there are two additional guests, a couple from Iceland. ![]() Katie and Miranda were roommates with Samira, who is attending with her husband Giles and their infant daughter. 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