KÖNYVPROFIL
Megjelenés ideje: 2018. július 20.
Kiadó: CreateSpace Independent
Publishing Platform
Sorozat: When Rivals Play
A sorozat kötetei:
The Peer and the Puppet
The Moth and the Flame
The Punk and the Plaything
The Prince and the Pawn
Oldalak száma: 430
Fülszöveg:
THE PUPPET
Borrow the bike. Win the race.
Collect the cash. It should've been an easy job. Ran out of town with a broken
leg and a lawsuit, my mother's latest flame swoops in like a knight in gilded
armor. Blackwood Keep is a place I don't belong, and I'm not the only one who
knows. To the boy across the hall, my savior's only son, I'm a stray looking
for a bone.
He's lord of the manor.
King of the academy.
And number one on my shit list.
THE PEER
I have no intentions of becoming a
happy family with the social climber and her wild daughter. A bottle of Jameson
and a cracked skull gets my problem shipped to reform school, but I didn't bank
on her returning.
Four's out to get even, and she
almost had the perfect plan: expose the privileged kid moonlighting as a
gangbanger. She's smart, but she'll have to be smarter. Sending her away won't
be good enough this time. I'm going to have to tame the little troublemaker. To
the girl across the hall, the one without a name, I'm nothing without my silver
spoon.
She's lady of the trailer park.
Queen of the swamps.
And my new favorite pastime.
The Peer and the Puppet is a
standalone romance, however, the series is one story. The plot introduced in
Four and Ever's story will continue in the following novels. Content suitable
for 18+.
*ARC
was kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.*
„Once
upon a puppet, she spun a tale to the mad king.
-
The Peer”
Ez
a könyv...
Ez
a könyv egyszerűen zseniális. Annyira jó, hogy el sem tudom mondani. Lenyűgöző.
Izgalmas. Teljesen levett a lábamról. Nagyon-nagyon imádom ezt a regényt.
Elképesztően izgatott voltam, amikor az írónő bejelentette a megjelenését, alig
vártam, hogy végre olvashassam. Abszolút megérte várni rá.
„You’re
playing a dangerous game, Four.” (…) „Cross him an inch and he’ll go a mile to
ruin you.”
A könyv főhősnője Four Archer (The Puppet), akinek a legnagyobb álma az, hogy profi versenyző legyen. Elképesztően tehetséges, számos versenyt megnyert már, imád versenyezni és alapjában véve bármit, ami a motorozással kapcsolatos. Fiatal, de megállíthatatlan. Egészen egy tragikus napig...
Ezután édesanyja eldönti, hogy neki és lányának most azonnal el kell hagyniuk addig lakhelyüket, és be kell költözniük az akkori barátjához, aki támogatja ezt az ötletet. Ekkor jön el az a pillanat, amikor Four találkozik az egyik legeslegjobb férfi karakterrel, aki nem más, mint Ever McNamara (The Peer). Igen, ő tényleg annyira LE-NYŰ-GÖ-ZŐ.
„If
you got demons waiting for you, it’s time you faced them.”
Ever egyáltalán nem kedveli Fourt. Sőt, talán az jobb kifejezés, hogy már az első pillanattól kezdve utálja. Egyáltalán nem támogatja édesapja ötletét, nem akarja, hogy Four és az édesanyja egy fedél alatt lakjon velük. Ever egy érdekes karakter, mondható, hogy egy rossz fiú, rejtélyes, néha eléggé bunkó is tud lenni, de ennek ellenére szeretni fogjátok, nem is, a jobb kifejezés az, hogy imádni fogjátok. Mert bizony van egy olyan oldala, amit nem szívesen mutogat mindenkinek. Igen, sokszor hibázik, de annyira jólelkű, sok érzelem kavarog benne és nagyon is gondoskodó.
„Once
upon a puppet, the peer awaited her in his chambers.”
Kettejük helyzete már csak akkor válik még bonyolultabbá, amikor kiderül, hogy a szobáik egymás mellett vannak, amelyeket csupán a közösen használatos fürdőszobájuk választ el. Ebből fakadóan számos érdekes és néha kissé kínos jelenetek szemtanúi lehetünk. Ha ez még nem lenne elég, ugyanabba a középiskolába járnak attól kezdve, hogy Four beköltözött, így akarva-akaratlanul, de sokszor találkoznak és/vagy látják a másikat.
A kettejük között lévő kémia le sem tagadható, pedig ők ezt szívesen tennék. Vonzzák egymást, de egyáltalán nem akarják beismerni az érzéseiket. Ever úgy véli, hogy Fournak nincs helye az ő életében, nem akarja őt maga körül látni, mivel úgy gondolja, hogy eltereli a figyelmét a fontosabb dolgairól, így mindent megtesz azért, hogy a lehető leghamarabb eltávolítsa őt a képből. Ez pedig egy nagyon durva éjszakához vezet, Fournak pedig ez egy még durvább évet jelent. Egy évvel később Four visszatér Blackwood Keep-be és bosszút akar állni azért, amin keresztül kellett menni. Indulhat a játszma!
„I’m starting to believe you being in
Blackwood Keep wasn’t God or some deity’s sense of humor. It’s fate, baby.”
Kedves mindenki, ha még egyáltalán nem olvastatok B. B. Reid írónőtől és/vagy még nem olvastátok a The Peer and the Puppet című könyvet, akkor mire vártok? Ez a könyv abszolút megérdemli azt, hogy sokan olvassák, de vigyázzatok, mert ha egyszer elkezditek olvasni, akkor már nem lesztek képesek letenni. Én is majdnem egész éjszaka fent maradtam és olvastam,ez a könyv egyszerűen letehetetlen.
Four és Ever (annyira szeretem, ahogyan a neveik összeillenek ♥) az egyik legjobb könyves páros, akiről valaha is olvastam. Ők ketten tökéletesen tökéletlenek. Four egy nagyon határozott, erős, céltudatos női karakter, Ever pedig... Ever tipikusan az a karakter, akit először utálsz, egy kicsivel később már nem tudod eldönteni, hogy szimpatikus-e vagy sem, néhány oldallal később pedig már egyenesen imádod.
Most pedig egy kicsit írok a mellékszereplőkről is, mert nagyon, de nagyon érdemes őket megemlíteni. Annyira NAGY-SZE-RŰ-EK. Érdekes háttérrel és múlttal rendelkeznek, rengeteg lehetőséget látok bennük. Alig várom már, hogy folytathassam a sorozatot, az egész történet kifejezetten jó, tele van rejtélyekkel, egyáltalán nem kiszámítható, meglepő, kíváncsian várom a következő részeket.
Végül, de nem utolsó sorban, a véleményem a borítóról: imádom. Nagyon tetszenek a színek, és az a modell... Azok az ajkak! Ellenállhatatlanok. Tetszik, hogy a teljes borítón mind a két főszereplőt láthatjuk, szerintem a két modell rendkívül jól illusztrálja őket.
„You run from your demons. I chase mine.”
Mindent egybevéve, B. B. Reid The Peer and the Puppet című regénye egy műalkotás, rendkívül jól megnyitja a sorozatot, lezárja a történetet, de mégis egy kicsit nyitva hagyja. Kíváncsi leszek a következő részekre, 100%-ig biztos vagyok benne, hogy el fogom olvasni őket. Ez a regény nagyon jól meg van írva, az írónő nagyszerű karaktereket alkotott. Megszerettem őket, alig várom, hogy kiderítsem, mi is történik velük. Nagyon tudom ajánlani azoknak az olvasóknak, akik szeretik az izgalmas, érdekes, kissé rejtélyes, szenvedélyes romantikus regényeket.
Számomra ez nem is volt kérdés, őszintén tudok erre a regényre öt csillagot adni. Sőt, többet is tudnék. Olvassátok el. Csak csináljátok. Szeretni fogjátok.
(Ha lentebb görgettek, akkor láthatjátok a teljes borítót, megtalálhatjátok az írónő elérhetőségeit és a könyv beszerzési linkjeit, valamint bele is olvashattok a könyvbe.)
TELJES
BORÍTÓ
AZ
ÍRÓNŐ ELÉRHETŐSÉGEI
A
THE PEER AND THE PUPPET INNEN BESZEREZHETŐ
BETEKINTÉS
A REGÉNYBE
THE
PUPPET
I
WAS HAVING a dream. A very good dream. A dream I’d never in a million years
admit to having under any circumstances. Not even torture.
Sadly,
my dream ended, and I was jarred awake drenched in sweat. The T-shirt I’d worn
to bed was bunched around my waist, showing off my cotton panties. I blushed
when I recalled in vivid detail what caused such disarray.
And
then I froze when I realized I wasn’t alone.
A
quick glance at the foot of my bed showed a figure in dark clothing leaning
forward with his forearms casually resting on his knees. The scream that tore
from my lips was silenced when the figure leaned over and calmly rested his
palm over my mouth.
“My
father is a light sleeper,” Ever calmly warned. “And I’m sure you don’t want to
explain to your mom why I’m in your bedroom at three in the morning.” My heart
continued to race even after he lifted his hand, but I didn’t scream. “Good
girl.”
“Why
are you here?” I hissed while scrambling to pull down the T-shirt still bunched
around my waist. I lifted the comforter I must have kicked away in my sleep and
covered my lower half.
Oh,
God, he’d seen everything. I felt like I had been caught red-handed considering
he’d been the one I’d—
Fuck
my life.
“You
told my father I went to the store for deodorant.”
“And?”
I sounded as exasperated as I felt.
“He
didn’t buy your story.”
I
could imagine considering he was sitting in my room fully dressed at three in
the morning. It didn’t take seven hours to buy deodorant.
“Not.
My. Problem.”
“But
it is. We made this deal together, and we’ll honor it…together.”
I
sighed. “So, what did he do to your highness? Take a spoon?” I mocked.
“Grounded,”
he grunted.
“Poor
you.”
I
didn’t expect his smile. It was soft. Indulging. My overly large T-shirt had
slipped from my shoulder, so he trailed his finger over my skin. “I’ll have to
punish you, Four.”
“Punish
me?” That was laughable. “I’m not your child.”
“No,
swamp girl. You’re a puppet. My puppet.” He stood from my bed and headed for
the door. “If I’m grounded, so are you.”
I
told myself I was still dreaming and that he wasn’t actually saying these
words. “What does that even mean?”
“It
means I’ll have fun anyway.”
Too
exhausted to argue, I sighed and met his gaze. “Get out of my room, McNamara.”
I thought there was nothing else he could say or do until his parting words.
“You
sound lovely when you come, Archer.”
BOOK PROFILE
Publishing date: July 20th, 2018
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent
Publishing Platform
Series: When Rivals Play
Books in the series:
The Peer and the Puppet
The Moth and the Flame
The Punk and the Plaything
The Prince and the Pawn
Print Lenght: 430 pages
Blurb:
THE PUPPET
Borrow the bike. Win the race.
Collect the cash. It should've been an easy job. Ran out of town with a broken
leg and a lawsuit, my mother's latest flame swoops in like a knight in gilded
armor. Blackwood Keep is a place I don't belong, and I'm not the only one who
knows. To the boy across the hall, my savior's only son, I'm a stray looking
for a bone.
He's lord of the manor.
King of the academy.
And number one on my shit list.
THE PEER
I have no intentions of becoming a
happy family with the social climber and her wild daughter. A bottle of Jameson
and a cracked skull gets my problem shipped to reform school, but I didn't bank
on her returning.
Four's out to get even, and she
almost had the perfect plan: expose the privileged kid moonlighting as a gangbanger.
She's smart, but she'll have to be smarter. Sending her away won't be good
enough this time. I'm going to have to tame the little troublemaker. To the
girl across the hall, the one without a name, I'm nothing without my silver
spoon.
She's lady of the trailer park.
Queen of the swamps.
And my new favorite pastime.
The Peer and the Puppet is a
standalone romance, however, the series is one story. The plot introduced in
Four and Ever's story will continue in the following novels. Content suitable
for 18+.
*ARC
was kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.*
“Once
upon a puppet, she spun a tale to the mad king.
-
The Peer”
This
book...
This
book is genious. Amazing. Exciting. OMG, I love-love-love it so much. I was
super excited when she announced this novel and the whole series, I couldn't wait
to read it. It was worth the wait. Totally.
“You’re
playing a dangerous game, Four.” (…) „Cross him an inch and he’ll go a mile to
ruin you.”
The
heroine is Four Archer (The Puppet), whose dream is to be a professional racer.
She is really talented, wons several races, really loves riding and basically
anything about motorcycles. She is young, but she is unstoppable. Until one
day...
Her
mother decides that she and Four have to move to her current boyfriend's house
right now. And that is when she meets one of the best bookish male characters,
Ever McNamara (The Peer). Yes, he is A-MA-ZING.
“If
you got demons waiting for you, it’s time you faced them.”
Ever
doesn't like Four. More exactly, he is kinda hates her from the moment he lays
eyes on her. He doesn't like his father's decision, doesn't want Four and her
mother in their house. He is intriguing, quite a bad boy, mysterious, sometimes
he can be a jerk, but you will love him. No, you'll adore him. Yes, he makes
some mistakes, but he is such a good guy, has so many feelings, he is very
caring, however, he does not like to show that side of him.
“Once
upon a puppet, the peer awaited her in his chambers.”
Their
situation gets more complicated when they realize that their rooms are next to
each other, moreover, they have to share a bathroom too, that leads to
difficult times. Also, they both attend to the same high school. So, if they
want it or not, they spend a lot of time together and meet often.
The
chemisty is there, they can't deny it. They are both attracted to each other,
but don't want to admit it either. Ever thinks that he does not need Four in his
life, she is a distraction for him, and he wants to get rid of her as soon as
possible, and that leads to a rough night, and a more rough year for Four. A
year later, Four is back in Blackwood Keep, and she does not forget what Ever
did. She wants revenge. Game is on, and it's such an interesting game when
rivals play...
“I’m
starting to believe you being in Blackwood Keep wasn’t God or some deity’s
sense of humor. It’s fate, baby.”
Dear
everyone, if you haven't read anything by B. B. Reid, what are you waiting for?
She is so amazing and a very talented author. The Peer and the Puppet is a book
that worth reading, but be careful, because once you start reading it, you
won't be able to put it down. I also stayed up almost all night to read it,
this book is unputdownable.
Four
and Ever (I love how their name match ♥) is one of the best couples I have ever
read about. They are perfectly imperfects. Four is so badass, tendentious,
strong-minded and powerful, and Ever...
Ever is a characters that at first you'll hate, then later you can't
even decide if you like him or not, and really soon you will totally in love
with him.
Now,
let me talk you a little bit about the side characters. They are A-WE-SO-ME.
They have interesting backgrounds, I see lots and lots of opportunities in
them. I'm super excited to continue this series, this whole story is so amazing
and full with secrets, I can't wait to read more and more and find answers to
my questions.
Last,
but not least, my opinion about the cover: I adore it. I love those colours,
and that model... Those lips! Irresistibles. Kissables. I like that on the full
wrap of the cover we can see both main characters, I think they are good and
perfectly illustrates Ever and Four.
“You
run from your demons. I chase mine.”
Taking
everything into account, The Peer and the Puppet by B. B. Reid is a
masterpiece, a really good way to start a series, I'm so excited for the next
books, I'm 100% sure that I will read them. This novel is very well written,
the author did a really good job, she created amazing characters. I love them
and can't wait to find out what happens with them. I highly recommend it to
readers, who love romance novels, which are interesting, exciting, full of
passion and a little bit of mystery.
It
is not a question for me, I'll honestly give it five starts, but I would give a
lot more. Read it. Just do it. You'll love it.
(If
you scroll down you will find the full cover, author links, purchase links and
you will be able to read a little chapter excert from The Peer and the Puppet,
too.)
FULL
COVER
AUTHOR
LINKS
PURCHASE
THE PEER AND THE PUPPET
CHAPTER
EXCERPT
THE
PUPPET
I
WAS HAVING a dream. A very good dream. A dream I’d never in a million years
admit to having under any circumstances. Not even torture.
Sadly,
my dream ended, and I was jarred awake drenched in sweat. The T-shirt I’d worn
to bed was bunched around my waist, showing off my cotton panties. I blushed when
I recalled in vivid detail what caused such disarray.
And
then I froze when I realized I wasn’t alone.
A
quick glance at the foot of my bed showed a figure in dark clothing leaning
forward with his forearms casually resting on his knees. The scream that tore
from my lips was silenced when the figure leaned over and calmly rested his
palm over my mouth.
“My
father is a light sleeper,” Ever calmly warned. “And I’m sure you don’t want to
explain to your mom why I’m in your bedroom at three in the morning.” My heart
continued to race even after he lifted his hand, but I didn’t scream. “Good
girl.”
“Why
are you here?” I hissed while scrambling to pull down the T-shirt still bunched
around my waist. I lifted the comforter I must have kicked away in my sleep and
covered my lower half.
Oh,
God, he’d seen everything. I felt like I had been caught red-handed considering
he’d been the one I’d—
Fuck
my life.
“You
told my father I went to the store for deodorant.”
“And?”
I sounded as exasperated as I felt.
“He
didn’t buy your story.”
I
could imagine considering he was sitting in my room fully dressed at three in
the morning. It didn’t take seven hours to buy deodorant.
“Not.
My. Problem.”
“But
it is. We made this deal together, and we’ll honor it…together.”
I
sighed. “So, what did he do to your highness? Take a spoon?” I mocked.
“Grounded,”
he grunted.
“Poor
you.”
I
didn’t expect his smile. It was soft. Indulging. My overly large T-shirt had
slipped from my shoulder, so he trailed his finger over my skin. “I’ll have to
punish you, Four.”
“Punish
me?” That was laughable. “I’m not your child.”
“No,
swamp girl. You’re a puppet. My puppet.” He stood from my bed and headed for
the door. “If I’m grounded, so are you.”
I
told myself I was still dreaming and that he wasn’t actually saying these
words. “What does that even mean?”
“It
means I’ll have fun anyway.”
Too
exhausted to argue, I sighed and met his gaze. “Get out of my room, McNamara.”
I thought there was nothing else he could say or do until his parting words.
“You
sound lovely when you come, Archer.”
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