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Monday, November 13, 2023

It's Monday! What Are You Reading #649, November 13th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #648
Teaser Tuesday #656
WWW Wednesday #656
WOW #652
Will the Time Come #649
Third Sentence Thursday #639
Random Reads #625
First Lines Friday #652
Book Blogger Hop #318

Monthly ARC's Update 53

21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 37

The Reward Challenge Update #634

Wheel of TBR #181
How Well I Stuck to It #486
Wrote that Review Update #483

Week 45 Reviews:
Tragedy Girl

Dating Disasters by Emma Nash

Every Duke Has His Day

Magical Readathon: Orilium:

Update 58

Update 59

Clear Your S**t Readathon:

Next to be Published November:

Phase Out Your TBR:

Random:
Jesse Q. Sutanto Author Page

Christine Riccio Author Page

OK, so I got 46 posts in 7 days, I had a decent week, I read an OK amount, I'm taking November a bit slow, but there's plenty to read still! Can't wait for next week! What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read Dark Heir!

In this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Dark Rise, Will and his allies have survived the Dark's first assault, but at a terrible cost.

A new threat from the past is rising, and only a handful of heroes remain to fight. Pursued by dark forces, Will and his allies must leave the safety of the Hall and travel to the heart of the ancient world, making new and dangerous alliances, and revealing the shocking secrets of the past.

But Will is carrying a dark secret of his own—his true identity. Drawn to the beautiful and deadly James St. Clair, Will is pulled ever deeper into the web of the past, and finds himself tempted by the darkness within. As the ancient world threatens to return, can Will and his friends fight their fate? Or will the truths they learn tear their world apart?

Dark Heir is the explosive and highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Dark Rise, from global phenomenon C. S. Pacat.

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Week 45 Review: Tragedy Girl

From Goodreads:
Of course Anne would be drawn to Blake. He's good looking, he's friendly, and they both bring sob stories to the table: her parents died in a car wreck, his girlfriend, Cara, drowned. Of course Blake would understand what she's gone through. And of course they can help each other work through the pain. It's like it was meant to be.

But just as Anne starts to feel she's finally found something good in all the tragedy, she can't ignore signs that something's off. Her friends rarely let her be alone with Blake. Even those closest to Blake seem uneasy around him. And then there are the rumors about the death of Cara, whose body was never recovered. Rumors that suggest Blake's pain is hiding something darker than Anne can even begin to comprehend . . .

My Review:
This was a really fantastic read! There was a an element of grief, with Anne having lost her parents, and Blake having lost his girlfriend, but it's complicated by the fact that there might have been more going on with the situation with his deceased girlfriend-and if he might have been behind it.

Having to start over in a new town, grieving the loss of your parents, it's tough. And I don't blame her for wanting Blake, who has recently gone through his own tragedy, to lean on. But I was a bit suspicious about him, he was pretty controlling, and there was the fear that he might have been the one to hurt Cara.

This story is slow to build, but once it gained momentum, it was pretty full blast, to figuring out what had happened to Cara, who was behind it. The mystery was really well done, I was really suspicious of Blake and Jamie, though things kept looking bad for them, I was cautious of that being a redirect.

All in all, this was a really enjoyable read, I loved watching as Anne was dealing with this, and how things came together and were solved. It was satisfying, and I am glad that I picked it up, because it was one that I was a bit apprehensive of.

Loved reading this book, and I would love to read more by Christine Hurley Deriso!

Author: Christine Hurley Deriso
Read: November 4th, 2023
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounds really good, and it's a SAC 2023 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Flux
Published: April 8th 2016