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City of Gods and Monsters
City of Gods and Monsters | Kayla Edwards
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"Welcome to the city of Angelthene. We hope you survive. Loren Calla has only ever been ordinary. As a human struggling to survive in a city that caters to the needs of vampires, werewolves, witches, and other supernatural creatures, she always assumed her life would remain simple, predictable, and as safe as her world would allow. Until she barely escapes abduction at the hands of Darkslayers?supernatural bounty hunters that possess the Sight, a magical tracking ability that allows them to see a person?s aura?and one of her friends is taken in her place. The abductors are demanding a ransom: Loren's life in exchange for her friend's safe return. Loren will do whatever it takes to get her friend back?even if it means accepting help from Darien Cassel, the leader of the Seven Devils, the most feared Darkslaying circle in the city. Darien specializes in tracking down demons and criminals that are better off dead than alive, so when he takes a job to track down Loren and finds out she is human?and couldn't hurt a fly if her life depended on it?he decides to protect her instead of turn her in for a reward. As much as Loren doesn't want to admit it, Darien is her best and only chance at finding her friend alive, if she can somehow manage to get along with him?and not fall head-over-heels in love with him in the process, which is far easier said than done. When more women start disappearing, and some of them slowly turn up dead, Loren and Darien's search for answers takes them deep into Angelthene's corrupt underbelly, where they discover a dark secret that threatens to unravel their world. And when tragedy strikes, Loren learns that love can make an ordinary person do extraordinary things." - amazon.com, 2/4/22.
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Laughterhp
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A podcast I started listening to is doing an episode review of this book. I‘ve never heard of it, decided to look it up. (Haven‘t listened yet)

And I have questions!

What does death of an animal (with a HEA) mean? The animal dies but it‘s a happily ever after? I don‘t understand…

Also, I‘ve never seen a book description say no one under the age of 18 should read a book.

Seems like a book I might be interested in, but not if the dog dies.

TheKidUpstairs I always thought HEA in book terms meant Happily Ever After, but I have no idea what it means in this context! 2y
BookNAround I suspect they mean that the animal dies but that there‘s still a happily ever after despite that tragedy. 2y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Maybe the animal dies of old age? 2y
Sparklemn My random thought - it bothers me when topics like mature language and sexual content are lumped in with sexual abuse, suicide, etc. as triggers. Mature language and sexual content perhaps warrant a “for mature audiences” alert but I don‘t see them as triggers. But what do I know?! 🤷‍♀️ (edited) 2y
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Ddzmini
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City of Gods and Monsters is my choice for July/August decision although this was a tough choice as I really loved Mindtouch as well 🙌🏽📖

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Ddzmini
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My July pick … didn‘t know if I was going to like this but I really did enjoy this read so I can‘t wait to find out my August pick 🤗📖

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KristiAhlers
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This was a good read ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ but just barely. I don‘t know if it was my head space or what but this book didn‘t grab me until maybe 60 pages in. Given this is a print book of 731 pages that‘s not a big deal. But, yeah the first 60-70 pages was a bit of a slog. When it found its rhythm it was a page turner. Cliffhanger ending. #chunksterchallenge

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Ddzmini
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Really great read and will get other books by this author 📖🤗

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