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    MANGA: Kimi to Natsu no Naka

    December 3, 2019 / No Comments
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    Kimi to Natsu no Naka – Furuya Nagisa

    Sequel to the popular Kimi wa Natsu no Naka.

    Saeki and Wataru are now university students edging towards the next level in their relationship. Much, much slower paced than its prequel, much more mellow but still fluffy as ever.

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    REVIEW: Prophesy by A.E. Via

    December 3, 2019 / 4 Comments
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    King & Alpha: Prophesy – A.E. Via

    An Enemies to Lovers
    Shifter, Vampire True Mates story.

    Justice Volkov is the youngest Alpha Zenith to ever lead the wolf shifters. Following in his father’s large paw prints was a responsibility he met head on. Now at age thirty-three, he is alpha of the alphas. As a direct descendant of the original Siberian pack, his wolf is bigger and stronger than Justice, himself is sometimes able to control.

    His wolf howled long and hard but Justice kept it inside. It felt like a bass drum beating against his rib cage. The harsh breaths, angry snarls and the determined pacing inside him was overtaking him.

    Justice takes his role of leadership and his legacy very seriously. He has little time for romance, not to mention a true mate. His packs are his priority. With a human government trying to regulate them, an uprising of rogue shifters, and a violent team of scientists trying to experiment on them, Justice has his hands way too full.

    Chadwick ‘Wick’ Bentley is not enthusiastic when the captain of his escort tells him he has to leave his comfortable London home and go back to the States. As the Vampire King, he has no choice but to get his species back in line before they cause anymore chaos. At over one-hundred years old, Wick is no one to trifle with, but his smooth, charismatic manner makes him quite unique, despite the negative reputation vampires have. Wick has had nothing but time up to this point. He doesn’t feel the need to make issues pressing. Nothing is urgent in his life. Until he meets Justice. His beloved.

    “Natural enemies can’t be mates.” Or so Justice thought. He knows his skepticism and rejection is hurting his mate, so while he fights their connection, Wick gets help from a source very close to Justice to help him win his beloved’s heart. Wick is a force all on his own, but when he’s blessed with a special gift from the Mother herself, not even Justice’s powerful wolf can prevent the prophesy from being fulfilled.

    This story DOES NOT contain/mention MPREG.
    No multiple pairings. No cliffhangers. It ends with a very HFN.

    Warning: This book is MM paranormal: If you DO NOT like hot, alpha men shifting into large wolves, or vampires feeding from their mates, this may not be your read.


    Tsk! This could have been epic. This could have been the vampire/shifter series of my dreams.

    Instead, it was so focused on Mating 101, it lost sight of the much bigger picture. That of the prophesy and IMHO, the more interesting vampire/shifter politics. I was mentally urging Justice and Wick to hurry up, sate their mate lust and focus on their duties at hand. As the Alpha Zenith and the King, they have jobs to do, for fuck’s sake.

    Don’t get me wrong, I signed up because I wanted to see a vampire mate with a wolf. I was all hyped up for those hate-filled USTs. Their first meeting, holy hell, that was something! But after they got along and started resolving their tensions, I got bored. And that was practically what 90% of the book was about. It felt like nothing was happening.

    It also felt like going through a checklist of shifter mating rituals. The sniffing, the mating, the marking, the possessiveness, the challenging and so on. This is fine. I get it. I could appreciate it. But can they please do something else too? Like deal with the threats to their world?

    The ‘things that were happening’ were unfortunately crammed in the last 10% of the book. There were humans who were experimenting on shifters and vampires and rebel packs working with them. It irked me that these were barely talked about at all, practically almost an afterthought. They were dealt mostly off-page. Meh.

    And that titular prophecy. It should have been a big deal but the impact was minimized due to the aforemention non-events. Again, meh.

    Rant, I did but I will read the rest of the series. This is me hoping things will get better as it progressed. And like I said, I do get a kick out of a vampire+shifter couple. I love enemies-to-lovers stories. Add paranormal elements and I am all heart-eyes.

    So yeah *sigh*, I wanted to like this so much.

    Rating:
    2.5 Stars – far from hate but not quite a like

    Soundtrack: I Found
    Artist: Amber Run
    Album: 5AM

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    SOUNDTRACK: I Found by Amber Run

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    Soundtrack to King & Alpha: Prophesy by A.E. Via

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    December 3, 2019 / No Comments

    I’ll use you as a warning sign
    That if you talk enough sense then you’ll lose your mind
    And I’ll use you as a focal point
    So I don’t lose sight of what I want
    And I’ve moved further than I thought I could
    But I missed you more than I thought I would
    And I’ll use you as a warning sign
    That if you talk enough sense then you’ll lose your mind

    And I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be
    Right in front of me
    Talk some sense to me

    And I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be
    Right in front of me
    Talk some sense to me

    And I’ll use you as a makeshift gauge
    Of how much to give and how much to take
    I’ll use you as a warning sign
    That if you talk enough sense then you’ll lose your mind

    And I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be
    Right in front of me
    Talk some sense to me

    And I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be
    Right in front of me
    Talk some sense to me

    Oh, and I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be
    Right in front of me
    Talk some sense to me

    And I found love where it wasn’t supposed to be
    Right in front of me
    Talk some sense to me

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    MOVIE FEATURE: Cubby

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FLICKer: Sign

A short film that tells, through vignettes, music, and sign language, the story of a relationship between Ben, a hearing man, and Aaron, who is deaf.

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