Awakening Dreams - Shawn L. Bird

Grace Awakening: Book One: Awakening Dreams by Shawn L. Bird

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I absolutely loved this book. The characters are amazingly in-depth. I flew through the pages and I'm intensely sad that its over. I cannot wait until the next book. The Greek Gods and Goddesses in this book are ones that haven't been featured prominently. The descriptions were spot on. I felt as if I was in this story myself. The love story is one that has been done before, but I felt as though I've never read a love story at all. With all the mythological loves stories hitting the shelves recently, this is one you should pick up (or download) and read RIGHT AWAY! Shawn L. Bird knows what she's doing. I'm absolutely thrilled for her next novels and hope to read much more about Grace and Ben.



I would also like to thank Shawn L. Bird for treating her readers with respect. I hated Twilight and felt as though I was reading a children's book. Thank you for picturing us as either intelligent adults or young adults. You have found a reader for life.



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One Day - David Nicholls

One Day by David Nicholls

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book. The relationship between Dexter and Emma is so believable. It takes the best friends who love each other relationship to the extreme and it spans 15 years! You spend the whole book wishing that Dexter will clean himself up and Emma will finally step out of her shell. When it finally happens it doesn't come about in the normal mushy cheesy love story way. It is a perfect mesh of love and hate, frustration and pleasure. With that being said, I feel the ending was too abrupt. Suddenly, Dexter and Emma are fighting about their lack of children and he leaves for work. They agree to meet in the evening to look at a house. She's on her way there (riding her bike of course) and she is hit by a car and dies moments later. Now Dexter has to live without Emma after he's finally gotten a taste of true happiness. A year later he is with his deli manager and they are in love. Such a bittersweet ending to a great book. I was disappointed. It is well worth the read though.



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