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Set in a fictionalized version of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Ho Springs is the story of a native daughter who returns home after 20 years in Paris to find her family in a shambles, their historic restaurant shuttered, the town itself in chaos. Ho Springs is told from several characters’ viewpoints, including a Parisian teenager and a meth ho, an Evangelical . . .
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Van d’Allamitri is destined to become the world’s most famous chef— if only he can survive his childhood first! Son of a Shan-li restaurateur and a merchant from the great city of Varo, young Van is torn between honoring the culinary traditions of his overbearing mother and following in the footsteps of his cosmopolitan but ne’er-do-well father. As he finds . . .
overall 15 votes: 
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A western themed fantasy, following the story of a low-level political discontent beginning with his imprisonment in a decidedly high security prison. . . .
overall 5 votes: 
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“Brave Men Run” is the story of Nate Charters. Born different, unsure of his origins, he’s an outcast at Abbeque Valley High School, a self-proclaimed “boy freak” with few friends and low self-esteem. When the Sovereign Era dramatically dawns, Nate finds himself in a quest to discover the truth: is he more than he seems, a misfit in a miraculous . . .
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In an alternate present the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy. Zach is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can navigate the Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the Fulgur Corporation as a counsellor. Laura is a homo sapiens. Their story is part . . .
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All I ever really wanted were dark circles under my eyes. The thin, navy half-moons seemed so elusive and beautiful. I wanted the kind you get from being malnourished or not getting enough sleep. Models who spent nights with rock stars had them. Dancers who devoted themselves too much to their art had them. Pale girls with black hair and . . .
The God Eaters is a story of redemption, friendship, and young love, set in a world of guns, magic, and religious oppression. It is an action thriller, an epic fantasy, and a carefully-paced romance, all in one—and, much to the author’s credit, these disparate elements work wonderfully together to produce a beautiful, involving, and utterly indelible reading experience.
Corvus slips between the story of Zach and Laura, and then Zach’s ‘professional’ life with the Fulgrid as a homo cognscens, a new evolution of human that has ‘developed’ special powers at a cost.
Previous reviewers have focused on the high school elements and the developing love story between Zach and [more . . .]