![]() Hyde, who is free to indulge in his base desires and impulses without fear of consequence.Īs Utterson investigates the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde, he discovers that they are, in fact, two sides of the same person. ![]() He succeeds in creating a potion that transforms him into the evil Mr. Jekyll is a respected and upstanding member of society, but he has long been experimenting with drugs and chemicals in an attempt to separate his good and evil selves. The novella explores the concept of duality in human nature, and the idea that good and evil can exist within the same person. The story is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. ![]() Hyde" is a novella written by Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. ![]()
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Along with new Legion members Priest and Alara, the teens race to find the only weapon that might be able to destroy the demon - battling the deadly spirits he controls every step of the way. Now Kennedy has to take her mother’s place in the Legion if she wants to uncover the truth and stay alive. The brothers reveal that her mother was part of an ancient secret society responsible for protecting the world from a vengeful demon - a society whose five members were all murdered on the same night. ![]() ![]() Not until identical twins Jared and Lukas Lockhart break into Kennedy’s room and destroy a dangerous spirit sent to kill her. She doesn’t know that paranormal forces in a much darker world are the ones pulling the strings. When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, her world begins to unravel. ![]() Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery and due to various reasons, the delivery may take longer than the original estimated timeframe. Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch.You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. Tracking delivery Saver Delivery: Australia postĪustralia Post deliveries can be tracked on route with eParcel. NB All our estimates are based on business days and assume that shipping and delivery don't occur on holidays and weekends. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.ġ-2 days after each item has arrived in the warehouseġ The expected delivery period after the order has been dispatched via your chosen delivery method.ģ Please note this service does not override the status timeframe "Dispatches in", and that the "Usually Dispatches In" timeframe still applies to all orders. Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Love, who has been a theatre actor for the last decade, revealed that she initially intended to have Julian encounter drag queens on their way to a ball-until she saw the significance of mermaids to trans people.Ī daydream sequence in which Julian turns into a mermaid. Love says that at the same time, she was also “watching RuPaul’s Drag Race and thinking a lot about costumes and what a profound thing playing dress-up actually is, and how to tell a story in which that particular magic is quietly celebrated.” “Talking to him and thinking about his journey got me curious about what kind of literature there is out there for kids who might be asking themselves these questions, and I started reading blogs of families who had children who were questioning their gender,” says Love. She says that these discussions with her friend influenced her to do some research which led directly to Julian is a Mermaid. “He was in his 50s when he finally was able to live like a man, and that was the result of some pushback when he was younger.” ![]() “I have a friend who is trans, but he didn’t transition until much much later in life,” Love tells PinkNews. Jessica Love took five years to create Julian is a Mermaid. ![]() ![]() He sets his sights on Edwina Sharma, the diamond of the season. Like the show, "The Viscount Who Loved Me" follows Anthony Bridgerton in the season he has decided to find a wife. If you enjoyed watching Kate Sharma and Anthony Bridgerton fall in love on "Bridgerton," you'll love reading about their love story in Julia Quinn's " The Viscount Who Loved Me" even more. "The Viscount Who Loved Me" by Julia Quinn. But as their connection deepens, so does the danger around them, as a blight threatens the faerie lands and Tamlin's magic.įeyre will have to figure out how to help Tamlin - or risk losing him forever. That hate soon turns to lust as Feyre and Tamlin realize they understand each other in ways they never anticipated. To pay for her crime, Feyre will have to live out the rest of her life in the faerie realm with Tamlin, a powerful faerie she instantly fears and hates. Her goal is to keep them fed until she can marry off both of her sisters, but her plan goes awry when she kills a wolf while hunting that turns out to be a faerie - which means she broke the terms of a centuries-long treaty that keeps the peace between the faeries and humans. Maas' " A Court of Thorns and Roses" series is ideal for readers who love their romance with a side of fantasy.Īfter her mother died and her family went broke, Feyre was forced to spend her young adulthood ensuring her father and sisters didn't go hungry. ![]() ![]() ![]() "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]() ![]() ![]() And an anniversary they will never forget. One of them is lying, and someone doesn't want them to live happily ever after. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn't randomly win this trip. This is whats called really syrupy, but I love it. Rock Paper Scissors by Bobby Michaels (2008) Like. ![]() He can't recognize friends or family, or even his own wife.Įvery anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts-paper, cotton, pottery, tin-and each year Adam's wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Another element that you will find in this novel and that without doubt makes it a Bobbys trademark. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. ![]() Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. Think you know the person you married? Think again. Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The most substantive revelations here, however, are the letters she wrote in the last eight months of her life to an American psychiatrist, Dr. ![]() ![]() “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath” ends in early July 1962, right before the ultimate crisis in their marriage, so the new collection of letters offers a fresh look at her struggle with Hughes and the last wild months of her life. In particular, these letters vastly enrich our understanding of Plath’s state of mind leading up to her suicide, which has been patchy and sparse, in part because of Hughes’s decision to destroy her final journal. However, the adroitly edited new collection of her letters, “The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 2: 1956-1963,” which spans her entire marriage to the English poet Ted Hughes and its aftermath, and includes many letters that had not previously been published, provides one of the most vivid and intimate accounts of her life to date. One could certainly be forgiven for thinking that no remaining bit of Sylvia Plath scholarship could change one’s view of the much analyzed poet. THE LETTERS OF SYLVIA PLATH Volume 2: 1956-1963 Edited by Peter K. ![]() ![]() ![]() The murderer, see you, Hastings, is as cunning as a tiger and as relentless. BUT she does have over 10 witnesses who can attest that she was actually at a dinner party when the murder took place. She is also, unfortunately a key suspect due to being spotted at the scene of the murder. So, when Lord Edgware is found murdered, suddenly things are looking up for Jane. ![]() ![]() She desperately wants to marry someone else and leave her unhappy marriage. Narrated by Captain Hastings, Poirot is asked by actress and society figure, Jane Wilkinson to help get her husband, Lord Edgware to agree to a divorce. Opening sentence: The memory of the public is short. I have to admit that I didn’t actually do the February read for the challenge as I started it and just wasn’t feeling it… Life is definitely too short for reading books you’re not enjoying, even if they are part of a reading challenge! But this was not the case with Lord Edgware Dies: I thoroughly enjoyed this, the ninth Poirot story. ![]() Whenever I start a new Agatha book it’s a mix of trepidation (will I like it?) and wonder (how does she keep thinking of these ingenious plots?) This year I decided to do the Agatha Christie reading challenge and Lord Edgware Dies ticks the box for the March theme: ‘a story starring a society figure’. ![]() ![]() ![]() It doesn’t matter if you read the books out of order, but if you want to start at the beginning, Warrior Cats book one is Into the Wild - the story of how Rusty a house-cat (or kitty-pet) joins ThunderClan after an epic battle with a wild cat.įans can also enjoy Warrior cats games, quizzes and more on the website, as well as a Warrior Cats’ clans family tree (warning: contains spoilers!). There are also four series of Warrior Cats manga. There are six books in the original The Prophecies Begin series, but the cats’ adventures continue in the other Warriors sub-series (see all eight Warriors series in order below). Warriors began with The Prophecies Begin series which follows the adventures of the ThunderClan as epic battles for territory and honour are played out amongst the wild cats. ![]() Written by several authors under the pseudonym of Erin Hunter, there are over 40 Warrior Cats books in the universe. ![]() These thrilling feline fantasy adventures are full of battles, action, treachery and cliff-hangers. Warrior Cats is a gripping series of books about the adventures of competing clans of wild cats, for readers 9+. The first book in a thrilling animal fantasy series following the epic journey of three bears, from the 1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors. ![]() |