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17. Graceling Finished listening to Graceling , re: last post. My thoughts didn't change too much-I like the world and the characters, but I also think they have much more potential than they're realizing. The exposition is really overdone and makes the plot sadly predictable in a way that's not okay because it's the type of book that's relying on plot to hold interest. The language is well done, but more simple than I would like at times. I'd recommend the book to teen girls, but it's nowhere near counting as SFF Lit. Personally, I'm interested in reading Bitterblue , but not necessarily Fire . 18. Silver by Rhiannon Held Silver was a quick read. I received it for review from Tor Original Paperbacks. Andrew Dare is the enforcer of the Roanoke pack, i.e. the werewolves living on the East Coast of the United States. He follows the trail of a lone Were to force her to explain herself and expel her from his pack's territory if necessary. The ...

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Recently Finished: 16. The Syndicate by Shelena Shorts I received the ARC for review at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. Vasi Petrescu is a member of an elite group called the Syndicate, which eliminates monsters called Hybrids that infect and take over human bodies. This is teen paranormal romance, emphasis on romance. Shorts is an author local to the DC area and this is her fourth book. Currently Listening To: Graceling by Kristin Cashore I took a looong road trip and we managed to go through nine of eleven discs. Gracelings are people born with special abilities, marked by two different colored eyes. In six of the seven kingdoms, the Graced are considered cursed and their abilities belong to the king, for his use or rejection. In the seventh kingdom, Lienid, the Graced are considered blessed and they belong to themselves. Katsa is the niece of Randa, king of the Midlands, and she has a very particular Grace-killing. Forced to do Randa's dirty work and feared throug...