Books I Have Read While Being a Judge in Gemstone Awards
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ESSENCE: A Graphic Portfolio ✔ by _miss_idealist_
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This is a graphic Portfolio where I will post all the contest entries. ❤💫
His Cursed Mate by arrogonxx
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"His smile illuminated the room, leaving me with feelings I hadn't known to exist until that very moment. I felt the faintest of gasps catch in my throat as I willed my gaze to escape from his, my eyes retreating to the palms of my hands resting on the counter in front of me. I couldn't allow myself to become entangled in his life. It was ironic, honestly. He could be the one person in the world to fully understand and accept me for who I was, all while being the same person that could keep me from achieving my one true goal in life. The most dangerous game in the world had only just begun, and I was ready to play, even if it meant putting any trace of my morality at stake." In a world where werewolves draw upon their abilities from their canine familiars, Eleanor (Ell) Lucier grew up living her life peacefully alongside her familiar Jules. On her eighteenth birthday, her entire life changed. She learned in the most difficult way possible that a curse was placed on her family generations ago. When the curse finally came to collect from her father, she ended up losing everything that she'd ever had in life. She sets off on a journey, determined to find a way to break her family's curse. Ell battles inner demons and even physical ones as she travels across the country in search of a coven of witches that can break the curse. Along the way, she encounters charming Alpha-to be, Renzo (Ren) Ogden. Needless to say, he certainly sends her plans amiss as she fights his captivating orbit. Will she be able to change her fate? Or is she destined to live a life filled with suffering and heartache? ** TRIGGER WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF SELF-HARM. PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THIS SUBJECT. ** 🏆 Awards 🏆 🥇First Place in The GemStone Book Awards 2021 (Werewolf/Vampire/Horror Genre) 🥇First Place in the Lemon Contest June 2021 (Werewolf Genre) ** All credits of this amazing cover go to none other than the wonderful @Ch31L92 ❤️
Divergence: The Vampire Queen by MoonDahliaWrites
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Natalia Romano was trained to be the Perfect candidate for a future queen, but what school couldn't have prepared her for was becoming a vampire. To create the purest line of vampires, the Venedici line, which has ruled Venice for centuries, must bring a human female in to carry their next pure vampire heir. When Natalia is chosen for this task, she does not know the life that awaits her as the new wife of Prince Marcello Venedici. Will Natalia choose to stay true to her task once she realizes her husband is a mythical monster? Will she survive carrying a vampire child? Will she be able to give him the heir he needs? Mature, Historical Fantasy, Romance
𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐟 𝐀 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 by kundab
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𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬 has always been the girl that hates humans. Possibly, the only girl that does not believe in love or want anything to do with it. This would be expected of someone that allows her whole life to be governed by a past experience ---an experience that even convinces her to love solitude and isolation from people. After several years of isolation, her aunt makes her go to school which creates a whole new pack of trouble as the trauma of her past resurfaces. But one thing she does not know is that school could possibly be the right environment to change her opinion of humans and love. Find out more by reading her diary.
Deserve One More Chance ✔(Completed) by Narmada_
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Universe is the producer, Destiny is the director, Time is the cinematographer and Life is the set designer. One day, they all gathered and decided to make a love story. Immediately, everyone started their own works. Being the producer, Universe selects the lead roles. Varun, a 19 years old handsome boy. Chaitra, a 18 years old cute girl. What happen if the destiny made them stand at same position again and again? What happen if they stuck in infinity loop of same emotions? Tell me this, a year back you saw a guy, you don't even know his name, you liked him, attracted to him. After that you never saw him again and you know it is impossible to see him again. Suddenly after one year exactly on the same date, 800miles away, in a complete different place and situations you saw him second time. How will you feel? Chaitra messed with her emotions and memories when she again met Varun second time. They together started roller coaster journey of attraction, confusion, friendship, love, hate, pain, regrets and life. 'Chaitra... there is nothing with him.... he is just your college friend... that's it.... nothing else.... you can face him.... there is no need to move on.... just stay away from him...... don't let your feelings over come.... you are in charge to your life.... you can do it' I composed myself. When Chaitra met him third time, things took a 90 degree wrong turn. Love changed to fear. Mind was chasing to run away while heart was holding to wait a little more. But why this destiny giving more chances. Do they really deserve one more chance? Lets see what our director planing for them. Cover Credits:- @love_at_first Cover Shop:- Eclipse- A Cover Shop ~°~°~°~°~°~°~ 2nd Place - The Pink Diamond Awards. 4th Place - The Frozen Awards.
Malibu Reel by _Queen_Ai_
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Being rich and famous is nothing new to the A-list celebrity teens of Malibu, California. But not all is so glamorous when you mix in old secrets, love, drama and blackmail. Follow the lives of Tara, Asher, Nebbie, Peter, Max and Claira as they make their names in Hollywood, all while trying to maintain their love lives, party and reveal the truth behind uncovered secrets surrounding them. ✨ ----------------------------------------------- Highest Ranks: #1 in Blushing ~ March 8, 2021 #5 in Teen fiction romance ~ Feburary 22, 2021
ARCTIC HEART (ON HOLD) by penpatron
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What happens when a nobody from a not-so-important place falls for a runaway agent from the creepiest place to exist? Your everyday cliche? You wish. Wait till you find out the dude shoots ice and the girl's a ticking bomb while the whole world marches at the beat of doom
All I've Never Imagined by PRADAPUSSY_
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They are all innocent until proven guilty. Not me though, am a liar until proven honest and me being proven honest doesn't change anything either. I was a liar, I am a liar and I'll always remain a liar because it was me who invited him. I am THE slut, he's just an innocent guy who got distracted. ***** Everyone has a secret they need to live and share. After hearing mine, you would think I'd be more screwed up than I already am. Life is too short to waste by dwelling on your past and I've decided to take matters into my own hand. I've got a plan, a to-do list and I'll act on it. On my own terms and at my own pace. But then I met him. The saying is true. Everyone you meet has a purpose in your life. His was to make my life miserable. Or so I thought. He makes me feel the kind of things I never wanted to feel again. He makes me want the kind of things I could never have. You would think once struck by a hammer would be enough to teach me a lesson. But I am a glutton for punishment. I never learn. ***** "Why the hell am I stuck to this chair? Am I - Am I glued?" He growls and snaps his face towards me. I roll my eyes and cluck my tongue, "What did you expect after yesterday's scene, Mr. James? You know I'm not your normal chick who hangs on to every word you utter. You messed with the wrong girl and now you have got to suffer the consequences." SHE'S ABOUT TO PRANK "THE BAD BOY" OF THE SCHOOL, AND HIS REVENGE IS GOING TO BE OH SO GOOD... ***Author's Note: This is the kind of cliché fairytale we crave every once in a while, which restores our faith in Love and Humanity*** ***** Second place winner in "THE GOLDEN HEART AWARDS 2020" ***** Edited by - @Myst3ry007
Komoreby by SuVida777
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𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗬𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧 · EDITOR'S PICKS · AMBYS 2022 WINNER · A quirky Asian high school story fused with sci-fi, romance and mystery | A lonely, small-town gamer girl dreams big when she enters Komoreby High in a glamorous eco-city. When the first day hits rock bottom and a science anomaly zips her to a parallel universe, she must reforge life and love while solving the mystery to find her way home. *** Komoreby is the metropolis of the future--an eco-city brimming with stylish urban life, where dreams are forged into reality. It's everything Evanna Zeller's quiet, old town was not. Nerdy in mind and whimsical at heart, Evanna is a lonely girl with dreams far bigger than herself. She's darkly inclined with sunshiny kawaii, and she's herbivorous with a taste for video game blood. Evanna's adventure of a lifetime is her move to Komoreby, where she reunites with her childhood bestie at the city's most prestigious high school. When she expects a brilliant new start, pranks and betrayals sink the very first day to rock bottom. As if that isn't bad enough, a school tour of the city's high energy physics lab, home to a gargantuan particle collider, takes a bizarre turn. Now she's trapped in a parallel universe of draconian rules and warped versions of everyone. As she spins down a rabbit hole of mind-boggling quantum physics, can she find her way home through the murk of the unknown? All the while weaving through a social web of potential friends, foes and a mysterious rocker guy she's relentlessly drawn to. © 2021 Su Vida | Exclusively on Wattpad *** FEATURED @Anime @ScienceFiction + 25 more BOOK 1 of the Komoreby series WC: 108,000 This tale is loosely a sci-fi Alice in Wonderland. The strict school is based on real Asian schools (chap 4+). The ban on romance, classroom raids and shadow education are real. Expect shoujo/kdrama vibes, slowburn ship, gaming, rock music, real science and veganism!