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Post by lavly on Aug 8, 2019 5:04:14 GMT -5
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Post by feelsunshine on Aug 8, 2019 10:12:43 GMT -5
pam , that is a "go to" book for me when I am in the mood for some devy romance. I've read it numerous times along with Falling from the Sky and A Marriage to Fight For. All of them push my wheeler dev buttons . I took this advice and I am in the middle of Falling from the sky and I love it, too!! i keep listening to it on my way to and from work. It was really devy and hot this morning. Good thing people on the road don’t hear what I’m listening to
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Post by estelle on Aug 8, 2019 10:36:25 GMT -5
pam , that is a "go to" book for me when I am in the mood for some devy romance. I've read it numerous times along with Falling from the Sky and A Marriage to Fight For. All of them push my wheeler dev buttons . I took this advice and I am in the middle of Falling from the sky and I love it, too!! i keep listening to it on my way to and from work. It was really devy and hot this morning. Good thing people on the road don’t hear what I’m listening to I've read it in no time. It was good indeed!
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Post by SouthernCalGal on Aug 8, 2019 15:07:44 GMT -5
feelsunshine, have you read through to the massage scene yet? Oh, Hank is so....swoon worthy !!!
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Post by feelsunshine on Aug 8, 2019 15:17:30 GMT -5
feelsunshine , have you read through to the massage scene yet? Oh, Hank is so....swoon worthy !!! Haha this was the exact scene I was referring to when I listened to it on my way to work . I entered work in definitely a different mood this day 😊
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Post by AlrightyAphrodite on Aug 8, 2019 15:24:27 GMT -5
This was extremely excellent, I loved it
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Post by devogirl on Aug 16, 2019 1:12:53 GMT -5
Omg you guys this web comic Flawless just keeps getting better and better. Season 3 is amazing. Sorry to keep going on and on about it but it’s seriously the most devvy thing I have read in ages and I am obsessed. There are a few additional blind characters who get a lot more development in season 3, two girls who are classmates of Elios in high school. There is so much reflection on how they are all different, how each of them deals with disability and friendship/romance, I really have to wonder if the author is maybe a dev. Anyway seasons 1 and 2 (in the first half) still have a lot of childish elements but by season 3 it’s so good. It’s also amazing to read a story in which the blind guy is not just the romantic lead but all the girls are swooning over him (although the story does touch on issues of discrimination and stereotyping). And all the comments by readers are also about how sexy and cool he is. It really puts all those crappy romance novels to shame, with their identical brooding asshole blind guys. Just start right with season 3: translate.webtoons.com/viewer?webtoonNo=590&episodeNo=113&language=ENG&teamVersion=0
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Post by raindrop on Aug 17, 2019 0:47:55 GMT -5
Just finished this book. It was really good. The hero has MS.
My Life in Shambles: A Standalone Romance Karina Halle
If you are going to read it, grab some tissue, you might need it. 😎
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Post by lavly on Aug 17, 2019 4:50:07 GMT -5
Is it devy raindrop ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2019 7:28:40 GMT -5
Just finished this book. It was really good. The hero has MS. My Life in Shambles: A Standalone Romance Karina Halle If you are going to read it, grab some tissue, you might need it. 😎 Read this last night, enjoyed it but i didnt find it very devvy. The parts where it could have been devvy werent very well explored as the main story was the romance.
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Post by devogirl on Aug 23, 2019 7:28:47 GMT -5
I have just finished yet another historical romance with a blind hero, Venice in the Moonlight by Elizabeth McKenna. The setting of 18th century Venice during Carnival is unusual and pretty well done. The heroine is recently widowed, and crosses paths with a wealthy rake named Nico who is visually impaired due to cataracts, although not completely blind. Overall it was only ok, bonus points for not falling into most of the blind guy romance stereotypes, but the quality of the writing is mediocre.
But the ending really bothered me a lot. SPOILERS, I guess, although this is the kind of thing I want to know in advance before reading. So early on, Nico hears of a doctor who can operate on cataracts. Ok, this is somewhat historically accurate (actually the novel Iron Men has a much better and more accurate description of cataract surgery in the 18th century). Once that detail came up, I just knew that the happy ending would be contingent on Nico being able to see again. But actually it ends with him visiting the doctor who tells him to take some time to think about the risks before doing the surgery (totally a modern attitude, that also bugged me). So it ends with the promise of him regaining his sight at some point in the future. It feels to me like an earlier draft of the novel ended with a cliched miracle cure, and someone told the author how demeaning and ableist that tired old trope is, so she revised it. But I hate it even more that she tries to have it both ways--the heroine can love him as a blind man but don't worry, the miracle cure is still coming. Ugh!
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Post by mwin on Aug 23, 2019 8:30:40 GMT -5
I’ve just finished Hold On Tight by Serena Bell. It’s a storyline that has been done many times over (hot guy returns from war minus a leg (AK) doesn’t want to go on but (re)meets a girl that accepts him as he is and makes life worth living again) but despite this I found it to be well written with a reasonably accurate portrayal of amputees.
I also found it descriptive in all the right places and pretty devy. It’s a very personal thing but, for me, it was just the right amount of struggle, realism and romance. Fairly expensive mind you and not on Kindle Unlimited at the moment. It’s the first of a four part series but am yet to read the others.
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Aug 23, 2019 23:06:58 GMT -5
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Post by raindrop on Aug 23, 2019 23:06:58 GMT -5
I’ve just finished Hold On Tight by Serena Bell. It’s a storyline that has been done many times over (hot guy returns from war minus a leg (AK) doesn’t want to go on but (re)meets a girl that accepts him as he is and makes life worth living again) but despite this I found it to be well written with a reasonably accurate portrayal of amputees. I also found it descriptive in all the right places and pretty devy. It’s a very personal thing but, for me, it was just the right amount of struggle, realism and romance. Fairly expensive mind you and not on Kindle Unlimited at the moment. It’s the first of a four part series but am yet to read the others. You killed me when you wrote it isn't on kindle unlimited, but I really appreciate you adding that. 😎 Thanks, I always like to hear about new books.
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Post by mwin on Aug 24, 2019 11:58:29 GMT -5
I’ve just finished Hold On Tight by Serena Bell. It’s a storyline that has been done many times over (hot guy returns from war minus a leg (AK) doesn’t want to go on but (re)meets a girl that accepts him as he is and makes life worth living again) but despite this I found it to be well written with a reasonably accurate portrayal of amputees. I also found it descriptive in all the right places and pretty devy. It’s a very personal thing but, for me, it was just the right amount of struggle, realism and romance. Fairly expensive mind you and not on Kindle Unlimited at the moment. It’s the first of a four part series but am yet to read the others. You killed me when you wrote it isn't on kindle unlimited, but I really appreciate you adding that. 😎 Thanks, I always like to hear about new books. Oh sorry! I’d had it on my wish list for a little while waiting for the price to come down but then ran out of books on holiday so just went for it and really glad I did. It’s good!
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Post by pam on Aug 24, 2019 21:15:31 GMT -5
I'm reading a book on my Kindle called, I think, Crashed. I thought it would be about a guy who crashed and would then be disabled, but it's not. The main character did crash his race car, but he quickly recuperated and was back to normal physically. His problems are emotional. He has trouble with the relationship with his girlfriend because he was abused as a child and has all kinds of issues, including not wanting kids. Does anyone know this book? Sorry if it was discussed previously and missed it. It's not too devy.
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