5/31/2023 0 Comments Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter![]() ![]() There are no whiny moments of guilt, no lovelorn angst, and no bitching about past regrets. Mia is definitely one kick-ass heroine, and I liked the fact that she fully embraces her role (the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comparison, I am ecstatic to say, is completely valid). ![]() It was exciting, it was mysterious, it was action-packed, it was sexy, and (yes) it was even dangerously romantic. ![]() Gena Showalter more than delivered on my expectations, with a story that hooked me from the opening scene. Buffy, really, was the first strong female character to really imprint herself on me.Īnway, let me just come right out and say it – Awaken Me Darkly was a damned good read. What ultimately won me over, however, was the blurb about “Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Alien Nation.”Įven if it just ended up being a hate-read to destroy that cover blurb, there was no way I could pass up such an intriguing homage to my youthful television addictions. ![]() The cover had a dangerously sexy vibe to it, with some very stark red lettering, and I liked the contrast of the knife against the dress – the way it looked almost dull against the shiny black material. The Alien Huntress series came recommended to me a while back, and while I was curious, I didn’t really pay it much attention until I found a copy in a used bookstore over the summer. Genres: Science Fiction, Paranormal Romance ![]()
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![]() ![]() The introduction shows how easily one of the girls, Elyce Diablo, is flattered and tempted, but she is the daughter of the New Mexico Senator, in effect, Mike’s political “boss”, so his involvement, and its success or failure, become crucial. ![]() He’s accepted, partnered with Jordan and George, and the three begin door-to-door enquiries around where some of the girls lived, but the story hots up fast and what is revealed is grippingly horrific.ĭorothy May Mercer has a strong, well-grounded, hero in Mike McBride, and she uses him very effectively to grab and hold interest in the deceptively slow build-up to revelations about sex-trafficking and the ways gangs use to force their victims into prostitution, from which, of course, the girls make virtually nothing, overworked and living in misery, whilst the drug barons grow rich. ![]() Politics are not the thrill or the power-buzz of action that he expected so, bored, he volunteers to help Chief Donald English of the Fairfax police with an investigation into what is happening to teenage girls who mysteriously vanish. He is married to Juliette – Juli – who supported him on the campaign trail, and he misses her, his dog, and his colleagues at Carson City Police Department. ![]() The Fairfax Fix features ex-cop Mike McBride, and the Dorothy May Mercer jumps into the story with a brief résumé about his life before he arrived in Washington D, C. Reviewed by Sarah Stuart for Readers' Favorite ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He becomes increasingly distant from his parents as he gets older. We later learn that Sergeant Burke leaked misinformation about Eddie being an informant to the narrator’s grandfather because the latter murdered a police officer.Īs time goes on, the narrator pieces together his family’s history from their confessions and from their community’s stories about them. Later, the narrator throws a rock at a police car, and he tells Sergeant Burke the names of the boys he was with during the incident. The police arrest the narrator, his father, and his brother Liam and beat them at the police station. ![]() The first one occurs when the police spot the narrator playing with a gun. The narrator has many run-ins with the police. The real police informant was Tony McIlhenny, one of the narrator’s uncles who escaped to Chicago.Īnother dominant narrative throughout the novel is the conflict between citizens and the police. Later, the narrator’s grandfather reveals that he ordered Eddie’s execution after hearing rumors that Eddie was a police informant. According to rumors, Eddie became involved with the Irish Republican Army, and he disappeared after a shoot-out at an old distillery. Most of his family members, especially the narrator’s parents, refuse to talk about Eddie. ![]() The narrator, a young boy, is curious about his uncle’s disappearance in the 1920s. Throughout the novel, the dominant narrative is the mystery surrounding Uncle Eddie. ![]() ![]() The Art of Seduction is an indispensable primer on the essence of one of history's greatest weapons and the ultimate power trip. Each fascinating character and each cunning tactic demonstrates a fundamental truth about who we are, and the targets we've become - or hope to win over. Robert Greene is author of The 48 Laws of Power (9781861972781), The 33 Strategies of War (9781861979780) The Art of Seduction (9781861977694), The 50th Law (9781846680687) and Mastery (all. In addition, Greene provides instruction on how to identify victims by type. ![]() Understand how to 'Choose the Right Victim', 'Appear to Be an Object of Desire' and 'Confuse Desire and Reality'. ![]() In part II, immerse yourself in the twenty-four manoeuvres and strategies of the seductive process, the ritual by which a seducer gains mastery over their target. Learn, too, the pitfalls of the anti-Seducer. 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We are bringing this book for our Elite readers in our Unique Premium Leather Bound. ![]() 511 It is a Bestselling Title, recommended by many readers around the Globe. ![]() ![]() ![]() "Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice." The writing is done with the eloquence of a great bard or statesman - behold, just two quotes among thousands: By the time I finished book 11 in February of 2019, I felt like my whole entire life (and language) had been upgraded in a deep and meaningful way. I didn't make it halfway through the first book before I realized that there was simply too much that was quotable. ![]() When I first started reading the series in March of 2018, it was my intent to keep a little book of quotes. But, forgiving those shortcomings, the work.the work is amazing. Yes, the books have a fair share of misogyny and racism, homophobia and anti-communist propagandizing as one might expect from anything published during it's tenor. As full of wonder and quotable prose as any other work you will ever read. ![]() |