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Grave Mercy

Joint Review: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

By On May 18, 2012 · 13 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Debate, Book Reviews, DNF Books, Joint Review

Title: Grave Mercy

Author: Robin LaFevers

Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Young Adult

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date: April 3rd 2012
Hardcover: 549 pages

Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the [...]

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On the Defense: Grimspace

By On April 11, 2008 · 5 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Debate, Book Reviews

Review number: 34

Review:

OK, right. At some deeper level of consciousness I would agree with most of Thea’s points (the “Frag” thing was particularly eye-popping) but I ended up not caring about the bad and the ugly because the good was fun: Grimspace for me was, even taking into consideration all of its [...]

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On the Attack: Grimspace

By On April 10, 2008 · 7 Comments · In 4 Rated Books, Book Debate

I feel like such a Debbie Downer when it comes to these much buzzed over romance novels. But, I got nothing else if I ain’t honest, so here goes.

Review Number: 27ish?

Review:

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre is the author’s first science fiction book, published by and marketed as a sci-fi novel. Presumably, this is [...]

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Book Debate: Grimspace

By On April 10, 2008 · 3 Comments · In Book Debate, Book Reviews

Loads of glowing reviews around blogland have prompted us to pick Grimspace for our Book of the Month feature and do a joint review. But, in the process of reading it we realized that whilst Ana was having a good time, Thea wasn’t. Surprised that once again we were not able to reach a consensus [...]

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On the Defense: A Hunger Like no Other

By On February 6, 2008 · 4 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Debate, Book Reviews

Wow, Thea I had no idea you felt so passionate about the book. I just hope I can defend it as well as you attacked it.

Why did I read the book: I bought it ages ago after reading good reviews and it has been sitting on my TBR pile. After reading Twilight I decided [...]

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On the Attack: A Hunger Like No Other

By On February 6, 2008 · 2 Comments · In 3 Rated Books, Book Debate, Book Reviews

*cracks knuckles*

Why did I read this book: It had overwhelmingly positive reviews on virtually every site, and having read another so-called paranormal romance (Bitten by Kelley Armstrong) and loved it, I decided to give this one a try…despite the hideous cover art and embarrassing summary.

Review:

I suppose you could say that I [...]

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Book Debate: A Hunger Like No Other

By On February 6, 2008 · 3 Comments · In Book Debate, Book Reviews

Recently, Ana finished reading A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole, and loved it. On the other hand, I had read the book and despised it. Since this is too good an opportunity to pass up, we decided to bust out the gloves and have a formal pro/con debate.

Title: A Hunger Like No [...]

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