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Sara Lisa starts of the book with such an honest vision of what for her is good writing that the whole reading of the book made me question what I considered good writing. I read in two, three languages (portuguese, english and sometimes spanish) and every time I get a sense that it really depends on how the writing takes me along the journey. I have read some books with very complicated writing, at least for me but I could tell that the plot was a beautiful story of grief and companionship. However this book was so simple in it’s writing that I felt like I was talking to a friend. She discusses with the reader that she wants to be a great writer, one of the greatest but so far what she has a comparison are the artists and authors who are unhappy. Not miserable because of money, love, drinking, drugs or any outside world effect, but they are truly unhappy people. Destiny heard her and delivered to her someone who had everything to be the unhappiest person but always carried a smile o...

  What would we do for the ones we love? This can be love for family, friends who are basically our family and our loved ones who can become our entire worlds with each passing day. First time ever meeting characters who can both be so stubborn but so dedicated to their loved ones and willing to do anything for their safety. Both Lachlan and Lark know that the reality of the world is not pretty, and it isn’t fair. Both want to avoid and protect their family but for that to happen, sacrifices and compromises must be made. I do adore how quick our sweet aunt Ethel is to scheme and put in motion the whole plot of the book and how much that character affected me. Family for me is important and their opinions are something that I take to heart every time, just like Lark who although knows their viewpoints on Lachlan and his “part-time” occupation, puts their well being and care first. Lachlan is the same when it comes to protecting his brothers, his stubbornness in how to achieve that...

  We all know the tale, arrogant boy meets innocent girl, and she changes him in more ways than one, and they live happily ever after. Tale as old as time, and if that phrase didn’t give you the tip the title will certainly help. “Beastly” is a book with a story told many times and yet is something us readers can’t get enough of, a beauty and the beast retelling, with a modern twist. This was a soft read and unfortunately, I must admit my guilt, I saw the movie before I read the book, but in my defense I did not of its existence until I saw it in the shop, and I simply had to read the actual story. It was unfortunate that I saw the movie before because then that did give me the characters a visual and I did struggle to imagine the original look instead of the movie look. Some of the differences were easy to deal with and change, for example the chat room or how Kendra looks and acts, but the hardest one was the change of the beast. It starts off with the life of Kyle and how hi...

 A very quick read but not because of its size but because of how it captured me into its world and I was alongside one of our favourite corsairs of the seas, the Black Corsair. He was the most charming character I have ever had the pleasure to meet. The book starts with the escape of two men accused of piracy and this two come to the fortunate meeting of the Black Corsair's ship and with this encounter, the Captain discovers the unfortunate end of his brother the Red Pirate by the hands of the duke Van Guld. This used to be a family of three brothers and as readers sympathise the pain that the Black Corsair shows towards the death of the last member of his family besides himself. Previously his other brother the Green Corsair was caught by surprise by the duke's man and he was also killed via hanging in the main place of Maracaibo. And the Black Corsair promised to put them to rest in their designated place, the sea. He once risked his own neck by entering Maracaibo in the...

 Another book by Isabelle Allende and this just proves why she is the best at what she does. This specific book made me start a whole path through discovery not only on myself but on what I want people to remember me as. I want to be remembered as someone who was caring to the people they loved, who was hardworking and determined till the very end. Isabelle Allende made me want to do more for myself. The beginning is so nice that we feel like we are transported back to our childhood homes, we imagine how she was surrounded by such beauties of nature. It is truth that the beginning is in the middle of a pandemic and the way she survives such a hard time shows how resilient her family was and how hard the whole group worked just to keep afloat. She is a quick learner and thanks to that she can catch up to all the other learning qualities of any children. The people that surround her are the proof that it's by nurture that we become who we are. Violeta became who she was because o...

 A book that drives you forwards is a book worth pointing out and recommending. Daughter of fortune is a book written by a woman and that drives a woman to go forward. As I started reading it was clear to be a historical piece, one focus solely in one small girl that we as the reader will follow. The small girl is someone we see as malleable, she bends quickly to the will of the grownups surrounding her. We only start seeing her as her own person when she "falls in love" with Joaquin. However before I analyse the idea of Joaquin in the book I want to point out the other characters that care for Emilia. Her supposed guardians. The women offer a variety of skills that will be very useful further in the story. She learns not only the idea of what a woman represents but what one can do behind closed doors. Her caretaker she teaches her the art of cooking and that is one of the factors that will allow her survival amongst her own adventure. The man that care for her adore her as...