Audio: Where the rhythm takes you by Sarah Dass

Narrated by: Antonevia Ocho-Coultes

Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins

Release date: 11-05-21

Harper Audio

To review

A YA novel inspired by Persuasion, yes please.

Reyna spends all her time at her father's hotel. And ever since her mother passed that is all she wants to do. I liked Reyna, but that poor girl needed to live her life and not obsess over a hotel.

It has only been like 2-3 years since the breakup, it did feel short. But it is after all only inspired by Persuasion. They really lived for their angst there.

Reyna's former bf shows up. He is hot stuff now, famous, cool girlfriend on his arm (or is she?).

They avoid each other, they have to spend time together. Reyna tries to figure out her life, slooowly. And there will be happiness, and her finding out what she want, and actually doing that.

I enjoyed it.

Ok so I am not an expert, but to me the narrator's Caribbean accent sounded good. It really got me feeling this place and the people here

Seventeen-year-old Reyna has spent most of her life at the Plumeria, her family's gorgeous seaside resort in Tobago. But what once seemed like paradise is starting to feel more like purgatory. It's been two years since Reyna's mother passed away, two years since Aiden--her childhood best friend, first kiss, first love, first everything--left the island to pursue his music dreams. Reyna's friends are all planning their futures and heading abroad. Even Daddy seems to want to move on, leaving her to try and keep the Plumeria running.

And that's when Aiden comes roaring back into her life--as a VIP guest at the resort.

Aiden is now one-third of DJ Bacchanal--the latest, hottest music group on the scene. While Reyna has stayed exactly where he left her, Aiden has returned to Tobago with his Grammy-nominated band and two gorgeous LA socialites. And he may (or may not be) dating one of them . . .

Best of May

 

Happy June everyone!!!! Hitting the halfway mark!

Here are our best of May!

Best Book of the Month:

Blodeuedd - Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Sazterrica

"Best book Tender is the flesh. Because it was highly disturbing and well written"

Carole - Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews

"Oooo this was a tough pick! But I have to pick Magic Bleeds. AWESOME! FUN! KICKASS! ALL THE YESSES."

Best Movie of the Month:

Carole - Mortal Kombat

"Honestly...I didn't watch any movies but this one so not much to go against BUT it was soooooo good. I can't wait to watch it again and for the 2nd film to come out."

Blodeuedd - Nada this month

Best TV show of the Month:

Blodeuedd - Blood of Zeus

"Blood of Zeus. I did mean to, but I could not stop watching."

Carole - Shadow and Bone (Season 1)

"I cannot stop raving about this show!! I am addicted. MORE PLEASE!"

Best Cover of the Month:

Carole - "Bayou Baby 100%! That blue and that pup! Love it."

Blodeuedd - "Best cover. Spin the dawn (amazing book too)"

Tender is the flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Paperback, 221 pages

Published November 5th 2020 by Pushkin Press (first published November 29th 2017)

Original Title: Cadáver exquisito

Fiction Dystopian

Library

Well this was revolting, I love meat, but fake meat is great, just expensive. I would not go freaking insane and start eating people!

Animals carry a virus. People lose their minds and start eating each other. Well, we obviously need regulations. Let's breed people and then slaughter them! Veal, I mean kids are tasty. And we can hunt people too just like we did animals. Perfect plan! Omg, it was horrific and they even have a run through the plant at one time so we see every step. And they are all so used to it so they think it is normal, because they are not human after all, they are bred for a purpose.

But then it's not like they only eat the special meat (which is really expensive btw),no, sometimes when old people die they are sold for meat, and more. So anything goes. Meat is meat. And the kids growing up thinks this is normal. Wtf.

And Marcos, he seems to used to this, and over it, he does not even want meat anymore (well finally someone who can go vegan, I mean sheesh.) And then he gets a special present, to eat or sell.

This world is dark, and real in its madness. I mean who really got a virus. Because humanity is tainted. But it is easy to see how we would downgrade some, to make them not human anymore.

Good and horrific. Short too 

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore.

His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.

Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved. 

TMST

 

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Share some of your favorite LGBTQ books.

Oh, you know I suck at remembering things! When questions like this I usually check tags, but I do not have a tag like this. They will all be under romance...or something else. Also something seems to be wrong with GR for me, my pages are so messy and reading them are painful

Ok, but what comes to mind is Like a love story by Abdi Nazemian. It was great!

Still browsing, now I am browsing shelves from other people and hope my books shows up, srsly, does anyone else have this problem with shitty shelves? Why do they look like this? 

I can't go through 80 000 books! But hey if one really sticks out it was Like a love story so one is enough