This book has made the rounds and no mistake. I started seeing early reviews awhile back and read a few delightful interviews with Leanna Renee Hieber and found myself intrigued to read her first novel-- The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker . I was, therefore, tickled to receive a copy for review from Ms. Hieber and quickly set about settling in. I knew it was a Gothic paranormal mystery of sorts, featuring (among other things) a group of loyal comrades, a private London academy, a bit of magic, an albino, and a swoon-worthy broody professor a la Richard Armitage in North & South . *moment of silence for the awesomeness of The Armitage* And that was the extent of my pre-reading knowledge. That and the fact that I loved the cover with its simple yet moody, midnight blue and its slightly off-kilter, scripty title. Miss Percy Parker is about to embark on an adventure, albeit a much larger one than she imagines. Leaving the convent--the only home she's ever known--a...
Ah, I just saw this too. I'm cautiously optimistic that they keep to the spirit of the book (yes, the anger). Aside: what high school boy has abs like that?! That's a 20 something-year old. *googles*.. yeah 26.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping you'd chime in! Sigh . . . so true. Cautiously optimistic describes my state as well.
ReplyDeleteKody Keplinger commented on the movie http://kodykeplinger.tumblr.com/post/103163060241/on-the-duff-movie-teaser-trailer#notes and it sounds like they had to change it to avoid all the sex, which I guess I understand, but it makes things very different. I'm still interested I think.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that link. I like her response. But, yeah, it's gonna be way different. But fun I hope.
ReplyDeleteOk WHAT?!!!! LOVE!!!
ReplyDeleteI know!
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