![]() Will she endure thirty days as a land-walker to gather information and knowledge to appease her clan and return a valued member? Will she wait three years, until she is twenty, and find a mer of her kind to accept her and marry her? Or will she suffer exile for the rest of her life? * * * All summer long, join the authors of the "Falling in Deep Collection" for unique tales of creatures from the deep! From mermaids to sirens, Miami to Athens, dark paranormal romance to contemporary stories with steam to folktales, the fifteen award-winning and best-selling authors of the "Falling in Deep Collection" are bringing you mermaid tales like you've never seen before. ![]() At seventeen years old, she must now endure "The Reckoning." The scales will measure her worth to her clan. Growing up with the constant bullying and abuse wasn't the worst of what her kind had in store for her. ![]() She is the one mer in her clan who is considered the ugliest and least intelligent. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() But when given the chance to pick between risking his life or just walking away from a lethal encounter, he didn’t even hesitate.įelix, just moments before his untimely demise, got snatched from earth and then thrust into this magical world known just as “The Continent”. Much too afraid to move forward, to take any risks. By all accounts, including his own actually, he was a coward. Welcome to The Continent.įelix’s life on planet Earth had became just a series of ruined relationships, dead end jobs, and rotating apartments which were smaller than most postage stamps. “Dissonance” is the first novel in the “Unbound” series and was released in 2022. He lives with a corgi called Cornelius, his wife, and two kids. His readers give him strength, spirit bomb style, and there is no telling just how strong he will become. Nicoli always wrote, however now he has abandoned all else in order to do it full time. ![]() Nicoli Gonnella spent his formative years on top of a mountain, breathing deep of the world’s energy and expelling the impurities out of his soul. ![]() ![]() Yet the reality is, few countries are on track to meet their existing goals to address climate change, let alone seem willing to pick up the pace to save the planet. ![]() There is still time to avoid catastrophe, the experts said, but the window for action is closing quickly. The likely result: ever-worsening weather disasters and related events-famine, extinction of some plant and wildlife species and the spread of infectious diseases-that could kill millions by the end of the century. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said. Unless countries take immediate, drastic action to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, global warming will reach catastrophic levels by the early 2030s, the widely circulated report from the U.N. ![]() The latest in a series of dire warnings about the dangers of climate change came this March when a prominent United Nations panel of experts flagged that the world is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold within the next 10 years. World Climate Change Carbon dioxide Fossil fuels Renewable energy ![]() ![]() A spider clung to the hem of my gown like a grotesque little bead as we were announced at the ball. “Takes the reader on a twisting path down a dark hall we’re compelled to travel, no matter what is behind the door at the end. (House of Furies Series 3) Madeleine Roux Shop Now. In this second book of Madeleine Roux’s suspenseful House of Furies series, illustrations from artist Iris Compiet and chilling photographs help bring to life a twisted world where the line between monsters and men is ghostly thin. The conflicts will eventually come to a head on the grounds of Coldthistle House-and the stakes include Louisa’s very soul. ![]() Morningside’s monstrous staff, all are armed with their own brand of self-righteous justice.Įven a man claiming to be Louisa’s father has a role to play, though what his true motive is, Louisa cannot tell. From wicked humans to Upworlders, angelic beings who look down on Mr. Morningside plans a fete-one that will bring new guests to Coldthistle House. ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of Asylum comes the second book in a creepy fantasy series that Publishers Weekly praised as “darkly delightful.” Perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.Īfter the frightful events of last autumn, seventeen-year-old Louisa Ditton has settled into her role as a maid at Coldthistle House, a place of distortions and lies, but she has not settled into what that means for her humanity.Īs Louisa struggles to figure out whether she is worthy of redemption, the devilish Mr. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sir Ensor’s impetuous and now jealous heir Carver will let nothing thwart his plan to marry Lorna once he comes into his inheritance. ![]() ![]() Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of his generation. She turns out (apparently) to be the granddaughter of Sir Ensor, lord of the Doones. Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900), referred to most commonly as R. He meets Lorna by accident and falls hopelessly in love. Battling his desire for revenge, John (in West Country dialect, pronounced "Jan") too grows into a respectable farmer who cares well for his mother and sisters. The notorious Doone clan, once nobles and now outlaws, murdered John’s father. John Ridd is the son of a respectable farmer in 17th century Exmoor, a region in North Devon and Somerset, England. In 2003, the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the late 17th century in Devon and Somerset, particularly around the East Lyn Valley area of Exmoor. Blackmore Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a novel by English author Richard Doddridge Blackmore, published in 1869. ![]() ![]() ![]() 1919).Ĭonverted to Catholicism (1924) received the Nobel Prize for Literature (1928) and the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav (1945). Born in Kalundborg, Denmark, on died at the hospital of Lillehammer on Jdaughter of Ingwald Undset (a distinguished archaeologist) and (Anna) Charlotte (Gyth) Undset married Anders Castus Svarstad (a painter), in 1913 (marriage annulled) children: son Anders (b. ![]() ![]() Norwegian writer of novels, short stories and essays who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1928 and honored by her country with the Norwegian Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav in 1945. ![]() ![]() ![]() To me, it felt like Stephen didn’t exactly know how he wanted to end it so he brings Christianity into the mix. I do kind of wish that Christian elements were left out of this book. I love his mom even more! His mom is a really kick-butt woman and I’m really glad that Stephen made her the way that she was. Honestly, I really ended up liking Christopher’s character. If you’re planning on reading this book then you kind of need to overlook this. I won’t get into detail about it but there’s a reason why he ends up as smart as he is. When the book first came out I read a review about how someone thought that Christopher was a little too smart. Without most of the information that was included, you wouldn’t be able to understand what exactly happens with the real world and the imaginary world and how easily people can be manipulated. There are parts of this book that could have been omitted but I kind of understand why Stephen included all that he did. You can also imagine their battles and Christopher’s point of view while in the imaginary world. You can imagine The Nice Man and The Hissing Lady. It is extremely detailed to a point that you are able to see Christopher’s world. A certain creepiness that I haven’t really seen in other books. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is referred to as a person’s primary love language.Īccording to Chapman, people are more satisfied in their relationships when both partners match when it comes to their primary love language. (5) words of affirmation (such as expressing your admiration, or complimenting your partner).Ĭhapman suggests that people typically use all love languages, but that most people tend to rely on one love language most of the time. ![]() ![]() (4) gifts (giving your partner a present that communicates thoughtfulness, effort, and/or expense) (3) quality time (spending time together and giving each other undivided attention) (2) physical touch (demonstrating physical affection, such as giving your partner a hug or kiss) (1) acts of service (doing something that helps a partner, such as running an errand) And so, he began running seminars for husbands and wives, and the popularity of his seminars grew. He believed love languages were an intuitive and simple way to teach couples about how to tune into each other’s ways of expressing love. It was through his observations of couples that the idea of love languages was born. ![]() In his role as a Baptist pastor, Chapman had been counselling couples for years. ![]() ![]() ![]() Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war – and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. ![]() The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. I have a curse I have a gift I am a monster I'm more than human My touch is lethal My touch is power I am their weapon I will fight back Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. ![]() ![]() ![]() With this brief comment, Silvera’s novel acknowledges something that Ebony Elizabeth Thomas addresses outright in her review of the book in the Los Angeles Times: “he near absence of young people of color in the speculative genres.” 1 Although this novel was published a mere four years ago, there has been a discernible uptick in speculative YA novels that feature Latinx protagonists, by writers such as Zoraida Córdova, Daniel José Older, and Lilliam Rivera, among others. Thomas enthusiastically recounts attending a midnight screening of the last film installment where attendees dressed like the characters, offhandedly noting that he “was the only brown Scorpius Hawthorne” (65). Rowling’s wildly popular Harry Potter series. With titles like Scorpius Hawthorne and the Monster’s Scepter and a film adaptation starring Emma Watson, the book is a clear nod to J. ![]() To read the editor’s introduction to the series, click here.ĭuring a conversation in the first part of Adam Silvera’s 2015 young adult novel, More Happy Than Not, the protagonist Aaron Soto begins to bond with his new friend Thomas Reyes over their mutual enthusiasm for the Scorpius Hawthorne novels. ![]() ![]() The following is part of a cluster on the Futurities of Latinx Speculative Fictions. ![]() |