I literally felt sick to my stomach the entire book and every time I got done reading a bit I just felt so depressed. The abuse lasts for years and years.

I realize this is early A.D. Rome but yikes! This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) The setting is 3rd century Rome. If you want to see the bad guy get his just desserts, it won't happen here. Tiger’s Blood by Elizabeth Morris is the first volume in a new series that explores the world of Bloods—a breed of people who are half-animal and half-human shapeshifters. Just sayin'.

He and Margaux fall in love with each other. We’d love your help. It has to be incredibly hard for the author to open up to us as readers and share their world, their memories with us, all the while knowing that their life is now open for review by strangers. My favorite part was the ending and even if you skip the other arena stuff because it's gross...you shouldn't miss the ending because it works out great for the tiger. As far as Peter goes, the book cover says it "humanizes" a pedophile. While there is description of the gladiators and animals slaughtering each other, there is also innocent, forbidden love between the princess and a slave. Peter also knows how to treat her mother well, never demeaning like her husband. Although purely fiction, I could see this happening in Rome when the Ceasars ruled. This is a cool cover illustration. Kira was a unique White Tiger Blood, who was ready to kill. I would never stay with someone who did that." its about theas 2 tiger cubs and there taken in to rome and the empires doughtier gets one and his name is Boots and the othr one is named Brout and he is at the coliseum and he is going to fighting others to eat them and much more if such a good book.

If you haven't heard of record-smashing singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, is there any hope for you? This is a beautiful story that starts with a prologue to give readers an idea of what the King feels about himself and his kingdom, introducing some important characters as well. I found this simply a depressing story in a further depressing setting.

While they can transform into animals, they are lovely and I enjoyed following these characters from the start. I began reading this book on the subway home one evening; continued reading and finished it late that same night, basically in one sitting. Aurelia was Julius Caesar’s mom’s name. and 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book. Peter, 51 years old, is married to a woman with two young boys by her previous marriage. Indeed cli-fi, once a subset of science fiction, has been so quickly subsumed by realism that its days as a self-contained genre may be numbered. This world sees the domination of the Lion Bloods over the other shape-shifting bloodlines. Initially, in the first part of the book, I found her writing to be difficult to believe and, therefore, difficult to get into. I felt so badly for he. years. But this book has a unique perspective.

One thing that annoyed me and caused me to give it such a low rating, was the babbling that her father did; the ranting and raving, and philosophizing. I hate to be this harsh, if anything I'm inclined to tiptoe around this issue, but I will admit I had high expectations for this book and they were not met. This book shows not just what happened but how it was allowed to happen. On the other hand, the subject matter is frankly disturbing and I would feel wrong about giving it five stars. The most famous Caesar being Julius Caesar. The ending was not just a little vague, but a lot vague. 5.0 out of 5 stars the greatest sic fi novel ever written. Loved this book. i was in 6th grade when i fell in love in this book i am reading it to my class right now and they love it so much too. Status updates below. I had the opportunity to visit the coliseum in Rome and reading this historical novel about the "entertainment" that went on in this arena was nothing short of amazing!! Listened to this book on c/d...wow!! For being a kids book, I would think it would have been wrapped up a little neater. In the world of Bitotem, every citizen has special blood that they discover sometime in their life. Not easy to digest. It’s good for a teen or preteen audience and I enjoyed it. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This is such a hard book to describe or review. Themes of class, power, forbidden love, the value of life and personal conscience in the face of oppressive governmental/societal forces were some of the themes I perceived, which led to some great conversations with my kids. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2016. Hard to believe so many people are so heartless and support such atrocities. To call this book a memoir of childhood sexual abuse is to reduce it to something far too simplistic.

Elizabeth Morris uses humor to augment the entertainment quality of the narrative. But here, too, change is afoot. Read with caution. On the one hand, it was absolutely compelling and I read it in a single sitting. According to Wikipedia, it is considered one of the best SF books of all time by many authors such as Neil Gaiman, Joe Haldeman, Samuel. My bad! I must have been way off base on that, since this book (for grades 5-7, so even younger than YA), had a number of words I didn't know. This is such a hard book to describe or review. i love this book its the only book i fell in love in. You may want to miss the arena chapters because they are really, really gross and it made me sad.....except for the end part at the arena, because that was cool. Kind of like they’re children themselves, only full of the knowledge that children don’t have. The author takes readers to a kingdom populated by the Bloods — characters that are half-human and half-animal. Raised in poverty by a hardworking but often unavailable father and a mother who's mentally unbalanced, young Margaux revels in the attention of 51 year-old Peter, a magical adult who seems to focus on her alone. A part of you just wants to pat the author on the back for undertaking such a difficult task. Set in a world where everyone had a special Blood, Kira was about to embark on a journey of a lifetime.

Raised in poverty by a hardworking but often unavailable father and a mother who's mentally unbalanced, young Margaux revels in the attention of 51 year-old Peter, a magical adult who seems to focus on her alone. To call this book a memoir of childhood sexual abuse is to reduce it to something far too simplistic. If you want to see a victim stand up and take back control, again I would advise you to look someplace else. Benchmark sci fi novel and whats important is the prose, the ideas expunded in the books and the fact that all my sci fi hating friends read the series on … Historical fiction for kids-young kids. Roman times, heyday of the colosseum, some based really loosely on real characters. The author did a great job with getting emotions out of me, making me invest in the story and look forward to Kira’s triumphs against Andrew. Although written for youth, the author did not sugar-coat the brutality of the "circus." Tiger!

Well, reading this book will make you remember that. And the way she represents, so accurately, the anguish of a girlhood made neurotic by a secret life -- ugh, it's brilliant. This memoir is certainly about a fucked up relationship, but doesn't easily fit into the category of a child abuse memoir. Their interactions with each other feel natural. Turns out, the book is set in ancient Rome. Also knows as The Starts My Destination.

People are just down right bloodhthirsty...back in the time of ancient Rome and I'm sorry to say today also (look at TV and movies now!!). I'm not sure.) Kira’s character was perfect for a protagonist, she was driven, smart and her tragic past set the right tone for her to become the natural leader of the story. “I also read that spending time with a pedophile can be like a drug high.

There was something so thrilling about the photo inserts: the portraits and snapshots and letters reproduced to supplement to the reading experience. This author has not entered their information for this social networking page. I find the Julius/Aurelia romantic angst to be much creepier as an adult (she is twelve! It's unfathomable and uncomfortable in detail. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. The trick, as always, is a good story well-told, and content that would be of interest to any reader at any stage in their life. I can't say that I enjoyed reading it and I would hesitate to recommend it because it is incredibly graphic and extremely disturbing. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page. “Lately I had become possessed of a prey animal’s radar and was unable to resist the assault of fine emotional details. Sometimes that works for me, but in this book it just...didn't. The story began when two tiger cubs were captured, and we (as they) didn't know what to expect. I learned that even though having a wild animal for a pet sounds good...in the end they are best left in the wild. The stronger cub is trained as a killer at the Coliseum. It is about the Epmeror's daughter and her getting a tamed tiger. The Boo's review (7) ...I loved this book and I give it all 5 stars. This is one of the most visceral and heartfelt books I have ever read. Fragoso's story shouldn't have occurred but it did and I think we owe it to her and others like her to listen. Thousands watch as Julius is sent unarmed into the arena to face the killer Brute. My books on deck after I read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are the stand alone books from the First Law series by Abercrombie.