Book Reviews
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Voices of the Past by HetaStuck_Is_Life
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Two separate groups of supernatural beings attempt to control their destructive nature and integrate into human society. When their past catches up to them, however, they realize that they can't forever deny what they truly are. Cover by @swell_michelle Currently under heavy rewriting.
Upside Down [mxm] [editing] by lastredhotswami
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Alex is a newly elected Attorney General with a secret (surprise, he's Gay) and he's trying to figure out how to deal with that while being the success his parents want him to be and that he craves. He looks mostly harmless, with a mop of curly blonde hair and a mass of laugh lines, but when it's come to his career he's always put his work first. He knows what he wants and he'll even punish himself in order to get it. On the other hand is Julian, a successful Chief of Staff who decided to put his heart first. It's still worked out for him, he's very happy at where he is in his career, but he's never imagined hiding himself from the world or being someone else to get somewhere in life. Julian is Alex's weak spot and always has been, but will that weakness topple the empire he's striving to build? Or will a chance meeting and a remembered spark just be allowed to go up in smoke? Super skilled cover made by @aeris-!!
Leap Year (✔) by claudiadiades
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You know, since this is my last night here and we're already breaking the rules...maybe we could... It's the last night of summer camp. So when charming, mysterious Brie appears at her side, Rosie figures why not go for it? But their dreamy night ends suddenly and Rosie is left hurt and alone... Until, on her first day of junior year, Rosie spots Brie in the hallways of her Chicago prep school. Everything runs deeper than the surface and Rosie learns Brie is no different--trying to support her family's restaurant, searching for inspiration for her senior project, and just as terrified as Rosie that their relationship will crumble. With auditions, changing family dynamics, and a quirky cast of friends, one thing's for sure: this leap year, everything will change. COMPLETED 🥉 3rd Place Friend of Dorothy Awards
When They Were Gone by sylvia_shadow
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[COMPLETED] A hacker and a military commander caught in a bloody civil war, join forces to find a vigilante terrorist who holds special powers but no allegiances, whilst fighting to bring their totalitarian government down. *** The State and the Sovereign have been at war for years. Two opposing leaders control their society's every move. Such obvious dictatorship must always have doubters, and the State contains two of these souls. Despite their differences, the hacker and commander search for a way, any way, to bring their twisted government to its knees. Meanwhile, a girl wanders through a foreign land, desperately attempting to block her past and fill her loneliness. However, from her psychological hardship stems only destruction as with just a click of her fingers, objects disappear one by one. And in the girl's damaged mind, she has no comprehension of the consequences. The State's panic only grows; and with panic, comes harsher punishments. ...It has to go... They have to go. If you are reading this story on any other platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in it's original, safe, form, please go to https://www.wattpad.com/user/sylvia_shadow. Thank you. This book is rated PG-13 due to themes of war, loss and a few mature themes. Original story. All Rights Reserved. Cover by @Aphrodite270 Entered in the Blue Moon Awards
Sudden Superhero by Kelsea_Dove
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{Original Story} When Peter Maguire saves a man from falling off his roof, he didn't plan for that guy to be a criminal, and he certainly didn't plan to get injected with an experimental -- and stolen -- serum that gives him superpowers. What a day. Now, with the help of the people who made his new abilities a possibility, he has to learn how to become the superhero the city needs, all while studying for tests and doing his homework. {First in a duology but can be read as a standalone}
Crazy Rich Dragons| #tga2019 by HellaCrazyAuthors
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In the land of M'ai Cun, dragons exist and so does the supernatural. P'i Yu-Jin is the daughter of a former Imperial Noble Consort and a General. Her mother chose to leave the Forbidden City at the age of 25 to marry the General. Her mother was a Nature Dragon and her father a Ice Dragon. At the age of 10, P'i Yu-Jin is sent to the Forbidden City to live under the care of Noble Consort Jia Qui. She grows up being attended to by the sisters Anna and Mei Fang, but also with the First Prince Gun Fang Lee. By the time P'i Yu-Jin is 22, the Empress and Emperor soon think it is time for the First Prince to marry and take concubines and women. What happens when Noble Consort Li Chun'ai is murdered on the day of the selection? What happens when all the signs point to the loyal Eunuch Ryong Do-Yeon? Also why does P'i Yu-Jin start to manifest her powers on her 22nd birthday?
Love Coach// by SSSmaa
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⚜️love coach (n.)/: someone you hire to help you find the love of your life and make him/her fall in love with you. ~Golden Rules~: 1. |NEVER go against your love coach's word. He knows better and that's why you chose him for this job in the first place| 2. |NEVER lie to your love coach. Your lie will always get uncovered sooner or later| 3. |NEVER fall in love with your own love coach, or else everything might just get all too complicated| That moment when you break all the rules, you know all hell will break loose, which is exactly in Lillian Watterson's case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //Stop waiting for Prince Charming. Get up and find him yourself! Poor idiot may be stuck in a tree or something!^ *relatable comedy* On-Going: Updates on Saturday
School of Secrets (The Perkins School for Self Improvement #1) by GoldenPen_
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- Highest ranking: #162 in Fantasy. - When high school sophomore Timothy Renner's parents decide to send him across the country to an elite boarding school, he expects a life filled with stuffy teachers and snobby peers. Upon arrival, Tim begins to see that the Perkins School for Self Improvement is no ordinary boarding school. Some students sneak away for bone chilling rituals, while others are prone to visions of the future. Death and destruction are descending upon Tim's new school, and secrets seem to lurk in every corner. Thrust into this new world, where superpowers exist in everyday life, Tim attempts to wrap his mind around events at the school while struggling with issues in his own family.
A Week In Rome | AWI series |✔ by xkalopsia
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❝What brings you to Rome?❞ ❝A broken heart. You?❞ ❝I have three months to live. And I've heard gelato is pretty good.❞ I traveled to Rome thinking I'd never be able to love again, only to find that home was in a whimsical boy who could speak to the wind. I traveled to Rome because I needed change, only to find an entirely new world inside ethereal emerald eyes. I traveled to Rome with a broken heart, only to leave it somewhere underneath a thunderstorm behind the Vatican. This is the story of my trip to Rome-a trip that filled my life with colors I didn't know existed and songs that could only be heard by my heart. All in a matter of seven days. ~ book one of the "A Week in..." series ~ cover by @TheGreatSphinx | 1st place winner of 2018 Zodiac Summer Awards |
Freedom Fighters by syllabuspearl
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[FEATURED] on Wattpad's #featured list. "We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it." Cuba. 1955. A time of darkness and strife. The dictator, Batista, is holding onto power with a vice grip. Violence and corruption rule the streets with any opposition subjected to the barrel of a gun. A young man, Dario Ruiz, is caught amidst these troubled times and sinks to the depths of despair. He seeks refuge among a band of revolutionaries, where his heart is captured by a fiery and passionate fighter, Juanita. A long journey awaits him, with love, triumph, failure, and betrayal all part of the arduous march to freedom. "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall." ==================== *Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed the story, please vote! I welcome all comments, be it positive or critical.* *Cover Illustration by @MayTijssen *Cover stock photo credit goes to Jason Aaron Baca