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Mr.Darcy presents his Bride - Helen Halstead

If you’re a fan of Jane Austen and you LUV pride & prejudice then you’ll always have wanted to know what happens to Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy and you’ll have gone and went on to read fanfiction sequels. I have come across many sequels and I find that Helen Halstead has mastered that throne!

I was happy that the beginning was heavily inspired by the original and was greatful that Halstead’s style so correlated with Austen’s. It isn’t often that a sequel written by another can so smoothly add on to the original.  

I really enjoyed reading more about Mary, Kitty and Lidiya. They’re characters developed far more and won a lot of depth in my opinion.

This book will not disappoint, you will get what you so loved in the original but Halstead has added a few nice twists to the story that will not let you but this book down. The relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy is the focal point, but also their own emotional development.

I won’t add a Blurb since the original P&P is pretty much it.

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Moon Called Bk1- Mercy Thompson - Patricia Briggs

Having a kick-ass female lead is a rarity and even if you get one, she is often paired with alfa-macho he-man male characters and then her personality gets decimated, while at the end of the day she becomes one of those females who has to get saved all the time. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind the cliche, it’s reassuring to know that there is a strong male character who saves the day and all ends happily but sometimes you just WANT A STRONG FEMALE LEAD WHO KICKS ASS.

It was a pleasant surprise that Mercy, although paired with said he-man, never loses her strong character and never becomes dependent on her male counter part.

*Contains violence and sexual explicit scenes*

Blurb:

Mind your own thing, stay under the radar and don’t cause trouble, that’s how you stay alive. When surrounded by bigger and stronger predators it’s a matter of survival that you don’t get on their bad side and so far I’ve managed, for the most part.

That's when a friend calls in a favour and all shit breaks loose. When a vampire wants to take you by the leash and drags you to a run down motel you know you've just walked into a shit situation that there’s no getting out of.

Things get hairy, no pun intended. Fangs flash and blood gets spilt, it’s in moments like these that a girl either has to stand her ground or run with her tail tucked between her legs. Cracked rid cage or not.

And damn if I don’t regret my decision. 

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Angus, thongs and full frontal snogging Bk1- Confessions of Georgia Nicolson - Louise Rennison

Hilarious, that is the one word to describe this series. It’s a fun adventure of growing up and what life throws at teenager girls.

Friends, hormones, growing body parts and to make matters more complicated, boys.

I started reading this series when I was around 13 years old and now my younger siblings are of a similar age, I dug out this series because I wanted to share something with them that was not Harry Potter.

I can really recommend this series to anyone, I still find it entertaining. Louise Rennison really has a hand at pin pointing moments a lot of girls can see themselves in and bringing out the humour of that situation.

Another charming aspect of this series are the LOUD titles. I’ll leave them up to you to find out. 

Blurb:

It’s troublesome enough being a teenage girl but when you’ve got embarrassing parents, an angry cat out to get you and a three year old sister messing up your life that really just makes matters exponentially worse.

I’m as good as an alien in my own family, the boy I like doesn’t know I exist and I went to a party as a stuffed olive. 

Is this enough to tickle your fancy and you want to know more, then read my confessions. 

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The Queens Vow - C.W Gortner

I discovered this book here on Tumblr, I read an excerpt and I was captivated. I’ve always found the story of Isabell of Castile fascinating and am very happy to have found a book written in a style I enjoy. I don’t know if all the facts are true but it was a good historical (romance) novel.

Blurb:

From Princess to outcast to hostage to pawn to queen.

Isabell of Castile had an early awaking to the dangers lurking in court. After her father, the Kings death, she along with her mother and younger brother had to flee to survive.

She will come to know loss and betrayal but also what strength means and learn of true friendship.      

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Underworld - Meg Cabot

It’s that time of year. A good Book, some nice lighting, a cup of tea and my bed!

Blurb coming soon!

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Voice of Power - The spoken Mage BK 1 - Melanie Celler

I’m happy to read a book that isn’t leaking romance. It’s refreshing to read a story where romance is on last place, where the development of the character and the plot is more important, although there is just the slightest tension due to underlying desire.

On the third book already!

Blurb below:

Words have power and in our world only the mage families can hope to control that power. We, the non-bloods are taught signs and symbols but reading and writing is too dangerous. A single word can decimate an entire town and that’s when the grays come. They sniff around and look for anyone who might be trying to break the law, any sign of writing and that’s it, they’ll have you.

Red, Gray, Black, Gold, those are the colors to look out for.

Two more years and I’ll have to enlist, to fight in a war we didn’t start but have to fight in order to survive, it’s either me or my sister, and she definitely won’t survive, at least I might have a chance.

A single piece of paper, a little boy and an uttered word of desperation, that’s all it took to turn my life up-side down, I just never expected it might do the same for the rest of the world.

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The Paper Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg

Have you had that moment when you’ve waited and pondered and deliberated when you should read a book? Well I’ve been walking past this treasure for a while now and I just couldn’t take it anymore.

The wait was worth its while and I’m happy I can continue right on with the second book and the third is waiting in the wings.

To any fan of How’ls Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, this might just be a book for you.

Blurb below:

Ceony just graduated from the Tagis School for the Magically inclined, at the top of her class and in 1 year to boot. Her dream of bespelling metal comes to a crashing halt when she is left with no choice but to become an apprentice to the Paper Magician Emery Thane because of a shocking lack in folders, which has left the kingdom with the reduced number of 12. A skeleton Door man was not the first thing she expected upon entering her new residence, nor did she expect a dark haired, green-eyed man of around 30 to her teacher. Having an unwilling, and impertinent apprentice was not what Emery Thane had in mind, but neither was having his heart ripped out. As these two vastly different characters get closer, so does the darkness and the danger.

Walking through a heart isn't easy, even more so when it's not your own.

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London book haul!

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Finally OVER!

It's been 8 weeks and 10 deadlines! Finally, I have some time to read and write new posts for my blog. Posts to look forward to:

I’ll be in London for 5 days...That means bookstores galore!

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The Scot, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Annette Blair

A key, a wardrobe and a Unicorn, that’s what started this magical story.

A scot, an antiques dealer and some hot chemistry that’s what came second.

Sparks fly and nothing will be the same

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A Knight in Shining Armor - Jude Deveraux

This could be seen as a mini-series, if you take the story in two parts. My only tiny point of negativity would be the ending, because lets face it, at the end of the day they aren’t the same person but a descendant, if said person retained all the memories from the previous life, then that would be a different matter, but otherwise a book well worth reading.

SEE! Kept the mystery without a spoiler!

Blurb Below:

This was not how I had pictured my romantic holiday getaway. When your partner decides to take his bratty child along for the trip it really puts a dent into any and all romantic thoughts.

When you’re left in an old graveyard and abandoned in a foreign country, that tends to leave a girl in tears and close to hysterics.

Locked in a cell and awaiting his sentence, the last thing the Earl of Thornwyck expected was to hear a weeping female, when the earth spins and all goes black before his eyes he thinks he might just have died but when he opens his eyes what he finds, of all things, is a witch in distress? For how else could this female have called him worth from his cell?

Dougless Montgomery has had enough of men, one just left her high and dry and the next is accusing her of being a witch, if he weren’t literally a knight I shining armor and clearly crazy she’d leave him stranded.

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Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs - Half-moon Hollow series Bk 1- Molly Harper

It’s not often that you come across a series that is so hilarious that you just can’t stop. It’s more often that a series is described as adventurous or epic but this one will really leave you laughing, giggling and snorting in public.

Each characters is as endearing as the next and the story plots are so full of the unexpected that it will turn your head.

I love that all the half-moon hollow novellas add to the original series, since they really are about lovable characters you want to know more about.

Blurb Below:

Jane is/ was a librarian, that’s all she ever wanted to be. She went and studied library science for god’s sake and came back to HER town, knowing that she’ll work in HER library, even if that meant working WITH Mrs. Stubblefield.

Life sucks!

Quite literally for Jane…

On the night of her firing, with her severance pay in hand, a 25 dollars and some potato skins coupon at shenanigans, she went and got drunk, introduced to a mysterious stranger, held for a dear, shot and undead.

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A Curse so Dark & Lonely - Brigid Kemmerer

Who doesn’t love Beauty and the Beast?

I’ve been hearing A Lot about this book and some even praise it as THE Book 2019. Well… That means I just have to read it, doesn’t it!

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The Black Moth - Georgette Heyer

Classics just don’t age! As a huge fan of all things Austen, Bronte and Gaskell how could I not also love Georgette Heyer. As the author of 57 published books, she is well represented in the literary world and I am the proud owner of 27.

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A damsel in distress, a dastardly duke and a highwayman. One of these is not what they seem.

The last thing Diana Beauleigh expected was to be waylaid on her way home in the company of her aunt.

Mr. Everard is a man of the world who takes what he wants. Even if, the thing is a most unwilling female.

The highwayman was just minding his own business but when a lady is in distress, one has to play the gentlemen.

Swords are drawn, guns are fired and the past is to be rewritten.

Don’t miss this whirlwind romantic adventure!

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Three Mages and a Margarita - (The Guild Codex Bk1) - Annetta Marie

This hilarious supernatural series will keep you entertained long into the night; it is in fact not a reverse harem, which may come as a surprise but that doesn’t diminish the charm of the series.

Blurb:

What is a human to do when she walks in on a hidden magic society and doesn’t want to leave?

Be as bad ass as she can get!

Tori is broke, living on her brothers couch and recently fired. Life as a temperamental redhead isn’t easy , she just can’t seem to hold on to a job and now she’s even being black listed!

Fate takes her in hand, a stiff breeze, a piece of paper and a trial shift are what started it all and everything else was a bumpy ride.

When a margarita gets thrown you know there is no going back but forward is always the bigger adventure.

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Born from Mignight - C.C Hunter

I know what you’re thinking; not another supernatural teen romance! But sometimes you just need some light reading.

I enjoyed the series and although it may not have the most original plot it did convince with good writing and engaging characters. The series was so fun to read that I passed it along to my sister (2 years older) after I was on the third book and she enjoyed it too, even went so far as to buy the 4th and 5th  books.

Blurb:

One wrong party and my life will be changed forever! I was sent off to summer camp for troubled teens. Turns out they aren’t troubled, they’re freaks!

Vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters, witches and fairies! That’s what I have to deal with. They insist I am one of them, and that I was brought here for a reason but I just don’t see it.

As if that wasn’t enough, a boy from my past has shown up, different from what I remember but still so compelling. Then there’s Lucas, a half-fae who is as determined as he is hansom and he wants nothing more than to get under my skin.  

Things are changing and maybe I am just in the right place to learn who I really am.

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Gypsy Blood - All the pretty monsters Bk1 - Kristy Cunning

It isn’t often that I stay up the whole night to finish a book and then download the next to continue with the second book. If you overlook the poem in the beginning which didn’t make any sense and the first chapter then you’ve got yourself a great new series! 4 days 3 books, just like in my school days.

*I just finished reading the 4th book (16.04.2019) in the series, couldn’t put it down, so I read it in one night!*

Blurb Below:

I grew up knowing I was a monster; I just didn’t know that there were others.

After my mother’s murder, I moved into the town she lived in, took over the business she opened and tried to find out what happened to her. I did not intend to stumble into a world I knew nothing about.

Surviving, that’s what my mother taught me. Having a murdering cult after you makes you jumpy and aware that being on the move is what will keep you safe, never get too close, never get attached and don’t ever trust anyone, it will get you killed, again.

Unleashing a murderous psychopath was the last thing on my list of possible things I might do. Now I have four insanely gorgeous men after me and I might just be the worst monster among them.