![]() ![]() So many characters, so many timelines, so many story lines. My biggest complaint with this book was that it was told from the perspectives of 2 woman leading extremely similar lives yet 35 years apart both alongside many of the same characters. Just when I was bored…the pace picked up and I was liking it once again. Just when I was starting to like this book…suddenly I was bored. My feelings as I was reading were ALL over the place. I was BLOWN AWAY by the amount of positive reviews that everyone had! It’s so rare to find a book where literally it seems that EVERYONE has such glowing things to say! Reading these reviews made me even more confident in my decision to buy this book.įirst of all, this book was most definitely NOT what I was expecting. (Disclaimer: I will never post spoilers in my reviews HOWEVER the comment section is completely fair game to discuss any and all specifics including spoilers)īefore purchasing this book, I did read peoples’ spoiler free reviews just to make sure that this was a book I would indeed want to buy. Goodreads Synopsis of The Sun Down Motel : I finally got to the point where I couldn’t wait even one more day to read it (you can read the post where I finally broke down and bought this book HERE). ![]() I had been wanting to read and review The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. ![]()
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Dust jacket illustration by Brandon Mahlberg ![]() ![]() ![]() Amazon US Title: Lollipop (Candy Man: Book Three)Īt a Glance: If you are a fan of this series, you will love this latest installment.īlurb: Ezra Kellerman flew across country to see if he had another chance with the man he let slip through his fingers. The Candy Man, reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1972. Rico has moved on, but he doesn’t just leave his ex high and dry. (Decem May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer. Instead, Rico entrusts his family and friends with Ezra’s care. Miguel Rodriguez had great plans and ambition-but a hearty dose of real life crushed those flat.Įzra, confused, hurt, and lost, clings to Rico’s cousin and his boyfriend as the lifelines they are-but their friend Miguel is another story. When Miguel finds himself partially in charge of the befuddled, dreamy, healing Ezra, he’s pretty resentful at first. But Ezra’s placid nature and sincere wonder at the simple life Miguel has taken for granted begin to soften Miguel’s hardened shell. Suddenly Miguel is fending off every single man on the planet to give Ezra room to get over Rico-while fighting a burning suspicion that the best thing to help Ezra get over his broken heart is Miguel Miguel starts to notice that Ezra isn’t just amazingly sweet-he’s achingly beautiful as well. Review: Lollipop is the latest installment in Amy Lane’s sweet and only slightly angsty Candy Man series. ![]() ![]() If you have not picked up the first two books, I would strongly suggest you do so before reading this one. ![]() ![]() Their relationship can either die or change with the world around them. The trouble is getting Joe to accept that the boy he nurtured is suddenly the man who wants him. ![]() But even as an adult, Casey can't conceive of a happy life without Joe. Joe wants to raise Casey to a happy and productive adulthood, and he does. 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Frizzle, and her class, who board a "magic school bus", which takes them on field trips to unusual times and locations, such as the Cretaceous Period, outer space, and inside a human body. Each of the stories within the franchise centers on the antics of a fictional elementary school teacher, Ms. The Magic School Bus is an American edutainment media franchise that includes a book series, a TV series, a streaming series, and video games. The Magic School Bus video game series (1994–2001) The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017–2020). ![]() ![]() ![]() Bergstrom reverses this plot in his violent, well-crafted first novel. Praise for The Cruelty : "Liam Neeson's 2008 film Taken concerned a spy who engages in mass mayhem while attempting to recover his kidnapped daughter. ![]() This suspensful debut from Scott Bergstrom features a strong female character and nonstop, cinematic action. 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