Clyde’s musings about mortal love, commitment and addiction introduce us to Russell’s exceptional prose, which definitely deserves its praise. Our main character Clyde was once a fiery vampire until he settled into domesticity with his wife Magreb. It begins with the title story, which follows an immortal married couple that sucks the juice from lemons in order to satiate their thirst for blood. “Vampires in the Lemon Grove” covers 256 pages of magical realism. But amidst the critical praise being heaped onto her latest book release, I have to say: it was good. I felt an uncomfortable sense of guilt as I finished the final page of Karen Russell’s new collection of short stories, “ Vampires in the Lemon Grove.” Russell’s accolades are so impressive that they’re frankly intimidating she’s been on seemingly every “Best Writers” list, she nearly won the Pulitzer Prize and she was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2011, so I had high expectations when I began reading.
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Introverted Billie Dixon has life planned to a T, and Bradford College is her chance for comfortable solitude. Amazon If We Had No Winterĭive into the first installment of this gritty slow burn college romance series about love, loss, and second chances. It could also mean destroying him completely. But leaving Dylan could mean more than just the end of their relationship. And then she discovers Dylan is hiding a dark secret that makes breaking up with him nearly impossible. Before Sam realizes what’s happening, their relationship has become serious, something she never intended. Dylan wants a lot more from her than a hook-up. Enough time to say goodbye to her friends, polish up her language skills, and maybe even squeeze in a quick fling with handsome fraternity boy Dylan Hunter.Īll she wants from Dylan is something casual, and perhaps some mind-blowing sex, but things don’t work out as planned. 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Hunger of the Gods is the second book in the epic Bloodsworn trilogy by John Gwynne and is another amazing entry in the series. Thanks to Orbit and netgalley for an ARC in return for an honest review. and bring about a battle that will shake the foundations of the earth. A book of forbidden magic with the power to raise the wolf god Ulfrir from the dead. Their hope lies within the mad writings of a chained god. Yet even the might of the Bloodsworn and Battle-Grim cannot stand alone against a dragon god. Now she plots a new age of blood and conquest.Īs Orka continues the hunt for her missing son, the Bloodsworn sweep south in a desperate race to save one of their own – and Varg takes the first steps on the path of vengeance.Įlvar has sworn to fulfil her blood oath and rescue a prisoner from the clutches of Lik-Rifa and her dragonborn followers, but first she must persuade the Battle-Grim to follow her. Lik-Rifa, the dragon god of legend, has been freed from her eternal prison. 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Desperation led her to his house, but it was lust that led her to his bed. “Break My Fall” is the first novel in the “Broken” series and was released in 2014. When Garry’s not dragging her around the countryside lanes and farmer’s fields, she can be found glued to her kindle or binge watching something on Netflix, devouring all things rugby, inhaling GOT, drowning in her Spotify playlists, and being a total kick ass autism mom. She hails from a tiny town in the beautiful West Cork on the south coast of Ireland, where she lives with the tall, dark, and handsome man in her life: Garry, her overgrown Newfoundland pup and her two kids. Every adventure that Chloe writes is an angsty plot that’s designed to give you the ultimate book hangover.Ĭhloe, even though she is a hopeless romantic at heart, likes making her characters work for their happy endings, writing real life issues mixed with lovable characters and emotion. 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LeRoy who apparently renamed it Svengali, adopting the name of the fictitious evil hypnotist in George du Maurier's then current best-selling novel, Trilby (1894).Īn improved version was invented by Ralph Hull and marketed as the Mirage Deck in 1934. Whatever its inspiration, the Svengali Deck was invented by Burling Hull, patented by him in 1909, and marketed by him in 1910. The principle was known as early as 1584 when it was applied to the flick book, which Sam Sharpe asserts was the basis of the long-and-short card Svengali Deck. Originally intended for forcing a card, but soon adopted to other magical purposes. A Svengali deck is a mechanical deck of playing cards comprising 26 ordinary cards, all different, alternating with 26 short cards. Definitions of Svengali: noun: the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilbys singing hypnotically noun: someone (usually maleficent). |