Falling for him puts each fragile moment I’ve rebuilt with my son at risk. Landon draws me in without even trying, and the harder I fight this, the deeper I fall.Ĭrushing on my son’s best friend’s father must be my biggest parenting failure ever, but I can’t get enough of Landon. I’ve never been attracted to men in my life… until him. My son is opening up, too, little by little. Now I’m spending all my free time with the team-and with Landon-and the more we’re together, the deeper our friendship grows. Volunteering might give him and me a chance to rebuild what’s broken between us. And though I know nothing about football, Landon convinces me to volunteer to be closer to my son. Landon’s son and mine are best friends and-of course-Landon is the football Team Dad. He’s barely speaking to me, and a year after my wife died, we’re both clinging to the wreckage of our family. I’m not cool, or confident, and my relationship with my son couldn’t be worse. He’s such a Super Dad, it’s almost sickening. He and his son-the high school’s all-star quarterback-have the perfect father-son relationship. Landon Larsen is the envy of all the dads in Last Waters, Texas. Sirius B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews bisexual characters / Contemporary / father and son / LGBTQIA romance / m/m romance 16 CommentsĪ single dads, friends-to-lovers, bi awakening MM Romance.
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Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and arrogant older brother of her favourite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor's career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. Honestly, it's a pretty sweet gig - until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs. By day, she's an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom. From the author of TikTok sensations and global bestsellers The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain. Did I make it all the way through? Yes? 5 stars. I hate trying to write reviews because there are really only pass/fail results for me. Moving through the borderlands toward his home city no more than a few days ahead of the orcish Horde, Eric still has yet to guess that his adventure is just getting started. Eric promises himself to uncover the truth about his long lost brother.īeyond that, the more he encounters the grim heritage of the Order of Monster Hunters, the more he realizes just how perilous a game the foxman has drawn him into. And Eric slowly learned to use it to his benefit.Įric and his friends escape Master Chi’s Hive, journey over the orcish steppe and through the Stone Forest, which tempers them and makes them a lot stronger.ĭuring his travels, Eric discovers that his elder brother never went to the Wastes, and that his parents were lied to about what happened to him. That which was once considered a flaw or defect transformed into an advantage. He himself even thought he was born cursed by the gods. Some pitied him, others squirmed in his presence, while others still mocked him to his face. Eric Bergman used to be treated like an outcast, cripple and freak. Set in the late 18 th and early 19 th centuries in a small mining community living in and around Perranporth (Graham’s own home-town for more than 40 years), Graham’s hit series Poldark encapsulates the social and political changes of the industrial revolution. Graham continued to write thrillers throughout his lifetime, particularly in the 1950’s and 60’s when he also adapted many of his work for film and television, most famously for the unnerving psychological drama Marnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1964. Although undoubtedly best-known for his phenomenally successful Poldark series, Winston Graham was one of the most prolific writers of the Twentieth Century writing more than fifty works in his lifetime, from his first published novel in 1934 until his last in 2002.īorn in Manchester in 1908, the Graham family moved to Cornwall when Winston was a child and the area, with its striking scenery and rich cultural tradition, inspired many of his novels, providing a backdrop steeped in local folklore and a landscape indelibly shaped by its industrial heritage.Īlthough he is now known as a historical novelist, Graham’s first books were suspense-driven page-turners such as his 1941 novel Night Journey, set in Nazi-occupied Europe which captured the fears of a generation anticipating a future if the allies lost the war. Nella began dispensing poisons when she was betrayed by a lover, Frederick. In The Lost Apothecary, Nella runs a secret apothecary shop hidden behind a fake back wall in London where she sells poisons to women, spread by word of mouth, to be used against the men in their lives who have wronged them. She finds a clue (a vial) about the apothecary shop, tracks down its history, discovers Eliza's involvement, and ultimately decides to toss the vial back into the water to keep Eliza's secret. In present day, Caroline is a woman who has been betrayed by her husband. But a (possibly magic) tincture Eliza made ends up saving them both, and Nella realizes that dispensing these poisons is not the way to cure the pain of betrayal. When the authorities track her down, a young girl who had been helping her, Eliza, sacrifices herself to save Nella. The one paragraph version of this: In 1971 in London, Nella runs a secret apothecary shop, illegally dispensing poisons for women to kill men who have wronged them. Too bad their parents are at each other’s throats every chance they get, making a relationship between them nearly impossible…unless they manage to keep it a secret. They meet one fateful night at a comic convention prom, and the two can’t help falling for each other. His parents own the biggest comic-store chain in the country, and Ridley can’t stop disappointing them-that is, when they’re even paying attention. She’s an elite cellist, and when she’s not working in her stepmom’s indie comic shop, she’s prepping for the biggest audition of her life. I will start by sharing my belated review of Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan, which released this past April 21st! ✨įrom the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a fresh and funny queer YA contemporary novel about two teens who fall in love in an indie comic book shop. So, I haven’t done the best job at reading and reviewing my April ARCs in time for their release, so I’ll do my best to rectify that over the next couple of weeks! When evidence begins to point to the Crown Prince himself as the murderer, Hyeon and Eojin must work together to search the darkest corners of the palace to uncover the deadly secrets behind the bloodshed. In her hunt for the truth, she encounters Eojin, a young police inspector also searching for the killer. Determined to prove her beloved teacher's innocence, Hyeon launches her own secret investigation. To enter the palace means to walk a path stained in blood Joseon (Korea), 1758. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father's approval.īut Hyeon is suddenly thrust into the dark and dangerous world of court politics when someone murders four women in a single night, and the prime suspect is Hyeon's closest friend and mentor. June Hur, critically acclaimed author of The Silence of Bones and The Forest of Stolen Girls, returns with The Red Palacea third evocative, atmospheric historical mystery perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kerri Maniscalco. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-ol Joseon (Korea), 1758. Enter now! We're giving away 15 copies of THE RED PALACE, an atmospheric historical mystery by June Hur. We're giving away 15 copies of THE RED PALACE, an atmospheric historical mystery by June Hur. Written in three parts, the book opens with Rosie and Penn, an ER doctor and aspiring novelist respectively, bringing up four boys in Wisconsin. Laurie Frankel has drawn on her own personal experience, crafting a thoroughly enjoyable and realistic portrait of a modern family, one that constantly subverts and side-swipes your expectations to the point that that you’ll give up halfway trying to second guess where it’s headed next. So goes the blurb for Laurie Frankel’s third novel This is How it Always Is, a humane and beautifully realised book that centres on a family’s struggle to cope with the gender dysphoria of its youngest member. He also loves wearing a dress, growing his hair long, and dreams of becoming a princess.” He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. ‘This Is How It Always Is’ by Laurie Frankel tells the story of a family dealing with the intricacies of having a trans daughter Cranley ( Henry Travers), where he reveals his secret to Dr. Griffin returns to the laboratory of his mentor, Dr. Never leaving his quarters, the stranger demands that the staff leave him completely alone until his landlady discovers he is invisible. Jack Griffin (Rains) who is covered in bandages and has his eyes obscured by dark glasses, the result of a secret experiment that makes him invisible, taking lodging in the village of Iping. Wells' 1897 novel The Invisible Man, produced by Universal Pictures, and starring Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains and William Harrigan. The Invisible Man is a 1933 American science fiction horror film directed by James Whale based on H. It needed all the thematic and musical traits to be tied with a nice bow." The song features Matilda (Weir) and Miss Honey (Lashana Lynch). There was a new closing number written for the movie musical, "Still Holding My Hand." "The movie really called for an ending number, because films don’t have curtain calls," Tim Minchin, the film’s composer said. "That’s often the case with a musical film but it was such a joy to do it and have that sort of fun."Īnd, though "When I Grow Up" is in the movie, too, the famous swings from the stage version do not feature in the Netflix version. "There’s a big musical number that we shot and which we worked on for three or four months, and which isn’t in the finished film," Andrea Riseborough, who plays Matilda's mom Mrs. One cut musical number, "Loud," was actually filmed but cut from the finished version. The film, which runs for just under two hours, has just 13 musical numbers. The stage version, which runs for 2 hours and 40 minutes, has 26 musical numbers across two acts. This post was originally published at and is. One main difference between the book and the film adaptation on one hand, and the stage and movie musical on the other is obviously the musical numbers. The Book That Changed My Life: Natalia Sylvester Picks Matilda by Roald Dahl. |