5/31/2023 0 Comments The Crow by S.P. Somtow![]() ![]() The Klong Toey shantytowns are home to shadowy erotic emporiums, where millionaire celebrities act out their darkest sexual fantasies, protected by money, influence, and American diplomacy.Įnter a young American journalist, assigned to expose the latest cover-up. It is a powerhouse of international finance by day.and a playground of depravity by night. ![]() "Turn-of-the-century Bangkok is a glittering modern city where high-tech industry and ancient mystery meet. These novels varied in their approach to what is the standard theme of the Crow series, hero/heroine dies and comes back from the dead to exact revenge and put the wrong things right, and for his novel Somtow chose a deeply sexual setting in the sordid world of the Bangkok sex industry. Part of that literature included a series of six individual novels that were published by Harper Collins by six different authors which included S.P. My favorite movie of all time is 'The Crow' and so it should come as no surprise to learn that I have flighted my way through every piece of related literature that I could get my hands on. ![]()
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5/31/2023 0 Comments Spindrift by Cindy Brandner![]() ![]() ![]() The puppeteers were Roma, and the tale their theatre told was of a young maid who left her family to travel the wider world, and how this had led to her tragic downfall. He had taken me the second night of their performance and I had been wonderstruck with all of it. Long ago, a travelling puppet show had stopped in our village, and I had begged my father to allow me to attend. That's just to give you a bit of context, before I plunk you into the centre of a scene). She's using a pan of water as a scrying glass, essentially, and hoping to summon someone to her aide, as she's in a bit of a crisis situation. (Just a small preface to this excerpt- this is part of Yevgena's story and the glimpse today is from when she's about seventeen years old. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Gypsy Freak by Kristy Cunning![]() ![]() Ever since coming to this town, I've had my throat slit by vampires, attracted way too much attention from some powerful alphas, and did a lot of regrettably stupid things because I'm too gullible for shady monsters. Life was simpler when it was just me accidentally blowing myself up while trying to create potions and shampoo. I really don't know how this stuff keeps happening to me. What's it like when that crazed vampire tells you he wants you to be the happy little intermission, during an ongoing ancient story, and expects you to use your vagina to draw in a werewolf alpha, a Van Helsing alpha, and a sexual deviant alpha, so he can have his old friends back? That's when a girl has to stop, look around, and question her life choices. What's it like to accidentally raise a psychotic alpha vampire everyone fears, who drops a lot of bodies on his first day out as a gift for your troubles? Terrifying, if I'm being honest. ![]() What's it like to be the girl who can't die - that everyone seems to always want to kill? Frustrating as hell. Top rated fantasy, paranormal books tagged as shapeshifters, vampires, alpha male, magic, witches, werewolves, monsters, male-pov & creative-anatomy. What's it like to be a monster in a town full of monsters, who don't know you're a monster? Complicated and a little scary, but doable. ![]() 5/31/2023 0 Comments Elantris by brandon sanderson![]() ![]() Within the walls of Elantris, a desperate, broken society has formed where the strong prey on the weak and the existing inhabitants take advantage of the newcomers sent to join them. Eventually, many go mad from their suffering. Over time, an Elantrian will accumulate injuries, each time adding to the level of constant pain they feel. Elantrians feel pain and it is a pain that will never go away or diminish as they have no ability to heal. ![]() Arelon society treats anyone afflicted with the Shaod as dead and sends them into the ruined city of Elantris for the remainder of their existence. Within Arelon an affliction known as the Shaod transforms certain individuals into an undead state where one’s body no longer repairs itself. ![]() It is an excellent book and a complete story, despite the fact that Brandon does plan to eventually write a sequel. Elantris is Brandon Sanderson’s first widely distributed book and is named after the ruined city of Elantris, which is the focus of the story. ![]() |