Since I'm usually up to something, I figured I'd 'read you in' on the latest reads.
City of End
This is my review for 'City of End,' by Katelyn E. Pfeiffer. It is a fascinating tale of the future. Aoire's foster mother hid Aoire, the protagonist, from the annual event known as Collection Day-unsuccessfully. It was Aoire who was determined to become inducted into the Nest. During Collection Day, all 18-year-old women are isolated, and upon their return, they undergo a mysterious transformation, lacking any recollection of the Nest - only marked by a scar and a vacant look in their eyes. Aoire is focused on unraveling the secrets of Collection Day and the unexplained memory lapses of the women returning from the Nest. Sinister forces linger in the City of End. There are demonic forces. Strange occurrences. What's driven the people of the city underground? A nuclear holocaust and more than one city exists - all Aoire knows is the End. But in the City of End, there is only one Aoire. She grapples with uncontrollable powers as she grows, and she is almost lured by Vyad into the worst of snares. Her powers are misunderstood - except by those who want to take it from her. A cast of friends surround her as she tries to escape what horrors are there. Grace and redemption fill the pages, and I look forward to reading the next in the Provence Chronicles. This captivating novel contains elements reminiscent of LoTR and CS Lewis. Click here for this MUST READ:
Meet Me in the Margins, by Melissa Ferguson
I leaped ahead in the line of novels, from the most enjoyable first romcoms before 'Meet Me in the Margins.' I'd have to say this veers widely from her first novels. I see reviews that glow over her change and growth. I'm still stuck on the heartwarming 'The Dating Charade,' and 'The Cul-de-Sac Wars.' But it is a good read, a fast-paced romcom. The main character, one manic, can't-say-no Savannah Cade, works for a literary, emphasis on 'literary' publishing house, where rollicking romantic comedies, i.e. commercial fiction, are frowned upon and seen as - drivel. Savannah is an acquisitions editor for Pennington Press and her secret desire it to write ... romantic comedies. Enter a new member of the team ... another boss, the son of Ms. Pennington. William Pennington. This upends Savannah. Imagine having to deal with both Ms. Pennington and her uptight son! Especially when she spends her breaks working on a romcom herself, in secret, in a hidden room by stacks of manuscripts. When she finds someone's been editing her work, she's shocked. Her secret appears to be out. And worse, another editor finds her work to be shallow and without substance. She returns every day to find and fix new 'problems' with her book. Many misunderstandings later, she finds out who is the editor. Because it can't be the heartthrob, William--he's not an editor. After a lot of name-dropping and predictable plot, I would give it 3.5 stars. I would recommend the first two novels mentioned above, before delving into her other works, including 'Meet You in the Margins.'
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