![]() ![]() ![]() When angered later she sticking out her cute little tongue turned to the exit and made the rudest gesture she knew. Although her visage was still so innocent, it couldn't look stern if she tried, her face shone with the sagacity and the allure of a mature woman.She was at that awkward stage, a neat little bud waiting for spring, a heartbeat away from bursting open into a glorious blossom. Even in the winter apparently she is in the habit of walking around with just her bare feet. Raven hair hung down to the shoulders of her winter coat, with dark eyes and what showed of her thighs looked cold but inviting. When she first appears she is described as a lone 17 year old girl stepped casually into the afternoon light. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Why Marc read this book: RGR received a review copy of this book a while back, but I needed to be in the right mind set for this story as I don’t often read Westerns and know Lisa Henry likes her stories way dark. I need to branch out in my reading and when RGR historical theme came up, I felt this was the perfect time to read this one. Why Melissa read this book: I am a huge fan of Lisa Henry and the blurb got my attention. Marc reviews the audiobook version of the book, which was published on August 5th, 2016, narrated by Dorian Bane and is 7 hrs and 39 mins long.Īn ARC was provided in exchange for an honest review. The ebook was published on September 29th, 2014 by Riptide Publishing and is 256 pages long. Melissa reviews the ebook version of ‘Sweetwater’ by Lisa Henry. ![]() ![]() It concerns an ex-monster-slayer named Gabriel de León, who was once quite-the-awesome but has been having a tough time of late and has become a bit of an edgelordīut he mostly gets away with his drunken " I am the night" routine, because who doesn't like a tall, dark, half-vampire dude with magic tattoos and a tragic past and beautiful hair, honestly, that shit is money in the bank where's my Emmy.īefore you ask, the vampires in it do not sparkle. In an S&M club while all eight seasons of GAME OF THRONES streamed in the background (consecutively not simultaneously). ![]() ![]() It's basically what would happen if INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE ![]() EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE is not a book for children. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was a good book, don't get me wrong, but it flated along the way. I was dead set on falling in love with this one. I know I gave this book 3 stars, but for me, it was a vast, vast disappointment. And no matter what-he doesn't fall in disastrous, hopeless love with the one woman he can never call his own.And vows not to be nearby when the gown comes off. When all else fails, he puts her in a stunning gown.If he kisses her, he definitely doesn't kiss her again.He lets her know she'll make a beautiful, desirable bride-and tries not to picture her as his. ![]() So how does a hardened fighter cure a reluctant bride's cold feet? A ruthless prizefighter and notorious rake, Rafe is determined that Clio will marry his brother-even if he has to plan the dratted wedding himself. She's inherited a castle, scraped together some pride, and made plans to break her engagement. ?Īfter eight years of waiting for Piers Brandon, the wandering Marquess of Granville, to set a wedding date, Clio Whitmore has had enough. Your presence is requested at romantic Twill Castle for the wedding of Miss Clio Whitmore and. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kit (Robb) is a polished liar, also an arsonist and heaven knows what else that’s detailed on her rap sheet. Spanish director Rodrigo Cortés gave us the harrowing “Buried” and the creepily intriguing “Red Light,” and gives the film a European sensibility.Īnd what brought them all together? A film about seriously messed-up girls menaced in a seriously chilling girl’s boarding school, a film based on a novel by the Grande Dame of YA Frights, Lois Duncan of “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” Uma Thurman makes a great villain, and AnnaSophia Robb has proven to be one of the best child actresses of her generation. That it works should come as no surprise. It makes you care and makes you feel, even though what you’re watching is just a clever mashup of ghost story tropes, a “genre picture” in every sense of the word. “Down a Dark Hall” gets one huge thing right that’s a common failing of most horror - pathos. ![]() ![]() Then one comes along that startles, impresses and even touches you, and you forget all the many ways everything else you’ve seen lately has gone wrong. ![]() You see enough bad horror movies in a row, you start losing faith in the genre. ![]() |