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Bezig met laden... Heart To Heart: Book Two in the Angelica Brown Series (Volume 2)door Ife Oshun
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Angel’s music career is taking off. Their group has a television gig, their music is becoming popular, and they have a growing passionate fandom. Success is definitely striking and, as Angel moves to LA, she and her friends quickly have to navigate the often shark-filled shoals of show business and the music industry And she has to do it without the support she previously had. Her mother has fallen to the Long Sleep, like any immortal she spends time in deep slumber during which Angel’s father has to tend to her and protect her. Angel is adrift –and it’s not just in the music business; she’s a new Shimshana, her hunger for blood is still raging almost out of control and her magic has unfortunate effects on the mortals around her Including her magical boyfriend Sawyer and her band mates and best friend, Lala and Jules. It may not even be safe for them to be around Angel at all – as she becomes ever more isolated even as the crowds of fans grow. This is one of those books I have difficulty reviewing because I feel the need to be more objective. A lot of the story involves Angel’s music career and it’s really well written. There’s glitz and glamour and a lot of excitement about the success – but it also excellently portrays the manoeuvring they have to go through. There’s a lot of forced socialisation, a lot of false hangers on and required entourages, a lot of mingling and being seen whether they want to or not, a lot of contacts, a lot of necessary parties and a lot of traps and pitfalls- even for a human, let alone a Shimshana. I like how all of the glitz and glamour isn’t fully glamourised, the underside is seen, the risks are seen, they get into trouble and have difficult situations – even little things like none of them being willing to eat Angel’s dad’s fattening food because they’re afraid of putting on weight for the cameras. It’s really well written and an excellently involved story – my disconnect is it’s just not a subject that appeals; subjectively it didn’t draw me in, objectively it was an excellent piece of storytelling with a very good balance. It all also fed into Angel’s major character development this book – Angel being alone and having to grow up through it. In the last book one of the defining features of Angel I loved so much was that she had a passionate and involved support network she has good friends, she has a loving and supportive family – it was pretty rare and wonderful in the genre. And this book she, well, doesn’t exactly lose it but she has to stand without it (and I was glad this was done without all the angst). Her family has had a temporary tragedy but is also menaced by official and powerful forces which prevents her parents from focusing much on Angel (I do kind of think her elder siblings could have been a little more supportive at this point). As a relatively new supernatural with fraying control and immense powers, her friendship with humans is fraught to say the least. She wears away at her boyfriend Sawyer’s control – and since he’s a powerful and dangerous wizard that is most certainly not a good thing. Her Shimshana-ness has a terrible effect on her friends if she spends too much time around them – including her band mates – meaning she has to not be around them. Which is hard when producing a record together and ultimately there’s only one real way to do it – drive them off. I have to say that the whole “I have to be mean to you for your own good because it’s bad to be around me” is a trope I would not only like to see die in fire, but has me gleefully reaching for the flamethrower, so I don’t like it – but it really works in this context. And part of how it works is because Angel, Jules and Lalas are friends. Yes, they fight. Yes they spend some time apart. And then they come back together tearful and concerned and not really caring what they fought about because they love each other really. And, unlike many over instances of this trope, there is a real and strong justification behind it. Read More geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
When her immortal mom falls into a death-like sleep, 16-year-old up-and-coming pop star Angelica Brown is forced to come of age on her own without the support and protection of her powerful parents. In this sequel to Blood To Blood, Angel has mastered her epic singing voice?a virtual weapon with the power to literally kill every living thing and destroy any object within earshot. Still, as a newly matured Shimshana, she suffers an all-consuming blood lust and wrestles daily with urges to attack the mortals around her. She breaks up with her boyfriend?18-year-old music producer Sawyer Creed?and loses the nurturing friendship of her BFFs. But after an unexpected reunion with her immortal blood donor Justin McCarthy, their previously shelved passion is re-ignited?and in the wake of its scorching intensity Angel breaks the love triangle and finally discovers the depths of true love.Heart To Heart is Book Two in the Angelica Brown series, and the sequel to BLOOD TO BLOOD, the recipient of 4 and-a-half-star reviews from the likes of the San Francisco Book Review, Portland Book Review, and more. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This is the second book in the Angelica Brown series by Ife Oshun. Her fantastical imagination makes for a very interesting series. This is not your usual vampire immortal.
Nice job Ife, keep em coming![bc:Heart To Heart|22966358|Heart To Heart (Angelica Brown #2)|Ife Oshun|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1408435400s/22966358.jpg|42533224] ( )