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tropes i would like to see more of

March 9, 2017 nesskingsley

... maybe this is love - not because the character declares it every. other. page (I could say that I am a dragon-slaying astronaut, for sure, but that don't make it so) but because we - the reader - have watched it grow.

Tagged fiction, heyer, marriage, reading, red rising, romance, tropes12 Comments
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he just had to go and smirk, didn’t he?

August 16, 2016 nesskingsley

On pet peeves: It was hard on the poor girl. She loved Harry with all of her heart. This was odd, for only last Saturday she had told Jonny the same thing. We were forced to conclude that she was a Time Lord.

Tagged books, characters, children, doctor who, pet peeves, reading, smirking, tropes6 Comments

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