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Narcissus In Chains (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #10) By: Laurell K. Hamilton (Book Review)

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 (This review will contain spoilers) Summary: Just returned to St. Louis after six months away, Anita is still no closer to choosing between her lovers—Jean-Claude, a vampire, and Richard, a werewolf. But she has to rely on both for help after two of the wereleopards that she has been watching are abducted at a seedy club called Narcissus in Chains. Anita and her boyfriends rescue the wereleopards from the sinister people holding them, but Anita is wounded in the fight and put at risk of becoming a wereleopard herself. Richard angrily captures the wereleopard he believes is responsible and threatens to execute him. Anita must now rescue that wereleopard from Richard and the werewolves he leads, even as she mourns the apparent end of her relationship with him. Then she realizes that those who kidnapped the first two wereleopards are targeting other lycanthropes. Maybe she will be next. This book took a whole different turn than I expected and have been used to. There have been small...

Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #9) By: Laurell K. Hamilton (Book Review)

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 ***This review will contain spoilers*** Summary: Edward was a hit man. He specialized in monsters. Vampires, shapeshifters, anything and everything. There were people like me who did it legal, but Edward didn't sweat the legalities or, hell, the ethics. He was an equal opportunity killer. I may be one of the few friends that Edward has, but it's like being friends with a tame leopard. It may curl on the foot of your bed and let you pet its head, but it can still eat your throat out... Another fantastic book to this series! I'm happy that the 'boys' took a backseat and it was all about Anita and her crazy ass adventures. Although, do mutilated bodies count as an adventure? In this book, Anita is going to New Mexico because Edward cashed in his favor from Anita to help him on whatever he decides. Anita is brought in on a case where bodies are being mutilated and people are being skinned alive. Never a dull moment in Anita's life.  It's so refreshing to have a...

Blue Moon (Anita Blake. Vampire Hunter #8) By: Laurell K. Hamilton (Book Review)

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(This review will contain spoilers) Summary: When she chose master vampire Jean-Claude over her ex-fiancé, alpha werewolf Richard Zeeman, Anita learned that sometimes love is not enough. But though she and Richard won’t be walking down any aisles, she can’t turn her back on him when he’s arrested on a rape charge in Tennessee. Anita knows firsthand that Richard has the morals of a saint—or at least a boy scout. But his guilt or innocence is not the issue. He’s behind bars, and in five days a full moon will rise… Anita yet again is the knight in shinning armor. Whenever someone is in danger and in need of help she drops everything to go and help them out. This time Richard got himself in quite a pickle to the point where Anita has to work as quickly as possible to get Richard out of jail or else he will out himself as a werewolf. I used to be a fan of Richard way back in the beginning when he was first introduced to us but now with everything that he has done and everything we've le...

X-Men: Apocalypse (Movie Review)

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(This review will contain spoilers) Summary: Worshiped as a god since the dawn of civilization, the immortal Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac) becomes the first and most powerful mutant. Awakening after thousands of years, he recruits the disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender) and other mutants to create a new world order. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Professor X (James McAvoy) and Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) lead a team of young X-Men to stop their seemingly invincible nemesis from destroying mankind. This movie has been long overdue. We've had countless of X-Men movies and yet this is the first one that discusses mutants having existed prior to the 20th Century. Evolution is great but it ain't that fast. It doesn't make sense mutants with incredible abilities popping up only in the past Century. I love having a glimpse into the past and seeing that mutants once upon a time were revered as gods. Evidently, humans weren't okay with that and they were the reaso...

Too Faced | Sweet Peach Eyeshadow Palette (Review)

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Product Summary: The sweet peach eyeshadow palette is infused with the juicy scent and antioxidant rich essence of peach. Create endless looks with 18 shades of peachy pinks, corals, bronzes, and pops of purples that will leave your eyes looking summer fresh all year long. Costs: $65.  ***Cruelty free*** I have been obsessed with Too Faced and their iconic eyeshadow palettes and their packaging. This is my first ever eyeshadow palette from Too Faced and I am in love! I do have their Sugar Peach face palette which of course I adore. The packing is amazing, smells fantastic and the blushes and highlighters made my face look extremely glowy. An absolute delight! And I'm happy that it continues on with this eyeshadow palette.  First off, love the colour story. You can easily do a natural look, full glam and dark sultry look. These shades are extremely pigmented (as can be seen from the swatches above) and they blend out really well. Not only that but if you are using multiple shad...