![]() Cristian is to accompany her and befriend the diplomat’s teenage son and report back. His mother cleans the house of an American diplomat. All Cristi has ever known is his family’s bleak apartment, waiting in lines for goods, having to speak softly for fear of being overheard, pictures of the Ceausescus overlooking everything, and knowing that anyone might be an informer.īut when Cristian is called into the principal’s office, he hadn’t been prepared that now he needs to be an informer. ![]() ![]() I Must Betray You is set in Romania in 1989, during the last days of the Ceausescu regime - but seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu doesn’t know they are the last days. I wish this was ancient history, but I remember well when it happened. This is another book that’s sobering to read during the war in Ukraine. Review written March 12, 2022, from a library book ![]()
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![]() ![]() I could have done without the very explicit sex (a lot of it was unnecessary, too for example, Amren and Varian did not have to be going at it when Nesta went to confront her), and some readers might think the pace was slow as molasses or that all the training was boring, or that it wasn’t the same without being focused on Feyre and Rhys, but I love this world and the characters so much that personally I was very, VERY satisfied with this long-awaited sequel and its delicious romance, epic lore, and high stakes. ![]() This is more fangirl speculation than a review, but I do mention my few criticisms of the book in the first couple paragraphs. Very satisfied with this long-awaited sequel ![]() ![]() ![]() That all being said, I didn’t really relate to or pull much inspiration from this first section. Related reading: 4 Quick Pieces Of Advice For My College-Aged Self. One week before I graduated college, I was hired by that company. But another one was so lovely! I worked very hard and formed great relationships with my boss and coworkers. One was a bit of a dud, but a great experience nonetheless. One of my greatest steps toward finding the career I wanted, was simply contacting a temp agency and getting a temp job in the career field that I was interested in.Īnother major step was completing a couple of internships. ![]() At one point in my undergrad life, I held four jobs while I also took classes full time. I started to put the work in early, and I worked very hard every day. I consider myself incredibly lucky when it comes to work. The Defining Decade was broken up into three major chunks: “Work,” “Love,” and “The Brain and the Body.” Work Let’s dive in! My Thoughts on The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter–And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay I am 27 now and I am totally kicking myself! There is so much information in this book that I could have used when I was 23! I cannot believe it took me so long to read The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter–And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay! I purchased it back when I was 23 years old. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The demons thought vanquished are stirring again, and a warlord with blood-soaked ambition turns a journey of compassion into a fight for survival. Accompanying him is sha-Anhuset, the Kai woman he admires and desires most-a woman barely tolerant of him.ĭevoted to her regent, Anhuset reluctantly agrees to act as a Kai ambassador on the trip, even though the bold margrave known as the Beladine Stallion gets under her skin like no other, and Anhuset fears he'll worm his way into her armored heart as well.īut guilt and unwelcome attraction are the least of their problems. Plagued by guilt and nightmares, Serovek Pangion sets out to deliver the soulless body of the monk Megiddo to the heretical Jeden Order for safekeeping. The demonic horde that threatened to devour the world has been defeated, but at great cost. ![]() ![]() ![]() Except, Jane doesn’t just look like a 70s punk rocker – she actually is one, accidentally displaced from time to the 21st century. Her devastatingly attractive hero in a leather jacket. But her new roommates are surprisingly stubborn – and then, there’s a girl on the train. She’s determined to make it through the year sticking to her status quo – keeping her head down and avoiding attachments. ![]() After a string of college transfers as she tries to figure out what she actually wants from her life, she’s ended up in New York – complete with a dodgy flat, potentially even dodgier flatmates, and an accidental job at a diner that she’s completely unqualified for. If you’re looking for a queer book this summer, you won’t find better than this.Īt twenty-three, life has taught August that the best thing to be is alone. You want to believe their stories are true. ![]() McQuiston has a gift for perfectly capturing characters and relationships, creating complex individuals who couldn’t feel more real. However, its also a delightfully emotional read, packed with humour, sadness, and profound observations on modern life. Like their first, its wildly implausible escapist fiction – this time with a time traveling twist. ‘One Last Stop’ is the second book by Casey McQuiston, author of the massively popular Red, White, & Royal Blue. ![]() |