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Review for The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Skye

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  The Hundred Loves of Juliet by Evelyn Skye   Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars Publication: Del Rey Publication Date: Aug 1, 2023 Format: Hardback Price: $28.00 Pages: 317 Amazon Link: Click Here Rating: Trigger Warning & Disturbances: N/A Erotic / Sexual Content: N/A Gore & Dismemberment: N/A Evelyn Skye's The Hundred Loves of Juliet is an exceptionally simple read narrated from the protagonists’ point of view. Flicking the wand of creative license, Skye retells the famous tragedy of Romeo and Juliet with a flair of her own. After separating from her abusive, controlling husband, Helene takes off to Alaska for time to herself and to fulfill her lifelong wish to writing a novel. She meets the dream beau of her teenage years come to life but with a full load of baggage. Although, not looking for romance Helene's fate has different plans involving the Montague family heir, whom she rescues from a centuries old curse. From the harsh colds of Alaska to romantic getaways in Europ...

Review for Tricked by R.M.T. Jay

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Tricked by R. M. T. Jay     Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars       Series: The Tricked Series  Publication: Kindle  Publication Date: June 22, 2021 Format: Pdf Price: $2.99 Pages: 222 Amazon Link: Click Here   Rating: Trigger warning & Disturbances: Nil  Erotic / Sexual Content: 4 /10 Gore & Dismemberment: Nil “… I would normally just run for cover in tears or stay silent and take it, but then something clicked, a quiet realization: I'm not ready for all the crap that happened in high school to spill out into my real world. I don't want to get trampled on and insulted anymore. This isn't ok, It's never been ok, and I don't have to take it. I don't want to be a pushover and good ol’ invisible girl forever. And I certainly don't want to be treated like this for a minute longer.” (p.20)   When Josephine met Matthew that night, she did not expect him to change after they arrived in Italy. She only had Natalia for a sister and Pier...

Review for A Curse So Dark And Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

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A Curse So Dark And Lonely  by  Brigid Kemmerer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Series: The Cursebreaker Series, Book 1 Publication: Bloomsbury Publication Date: Jan 07, 2020 Format: Paperback Price: $6.64 Pages: 512 Amazon Link:  Click Here My heart was beating wildly, but for some reason, I didn’t feel to stop. As a child, I wasn't an amateur when it comes to riding horses, yet this felt different. I kept saying to myself: we did it. We got away. It began to snow heavily. It was so sudden, but I didn’t stop. I didn’t look back. As I moved ahead, I noticed a bright blazing light then I heard a scream. It was a house, and it was perishing. I noticed a woman, on her knees, clutching a warm bundle on her chest —  it was a wailing baby, and a little girl clung onto the woman’s arm, she was not more that a 7-year-old. There were four men with swords, threatening. I raced my saddle toward them and bombarded a man who stumbled upon the ground. Good! As I aimed at ...