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Blurring the Lines #3
If I Lay Here
A Blurring the Lines prequel.
Noah has spent his life just slipping by without standing out in grades, skills or even to his busy parents. At almost eighteen and a few months from graduating high school he still hasn’t a clue what he wants to do or be when he grows up. The only thing he does know is that he’s quietly lusted for a fellow classmate since he was old enough to know what lust was. Sadly, Riley is about as straight as straight could be and even his desires slip from between Noah’s fingers. Until the world comes to an end and all the rules change and Noah finds himself without the luxury of merely sleepwalking through his own life.
Noah has spent his life just slipping by without standing out in grades, skills or even to his busy parents. At almost eighteen and a few months from graduating high school he still hasn’t a clue what he wants to do or be when he grows up. The only thing he does know is that he’s quietly lusted for a fellow classmate since he was old enough to know what lust was. Sadly, Riley is about as straight as straight could be and even his desires slip from between Noah’s fingers. Until the world comes to an end and all the rules change and Noah finds himself without the luxury of merely sleepwalking through his own life.
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S.A. Payne
16Ìýbooks199ÌýfollowersSo, ya wanted to know about me... well, nothing to know! I'm from a quiet Penn Dutch area with my husband, a herd of dogs, and WAY too many cats.
The husband and I work for ourselves, no money in it but better than 9 to 5 for some other idiots, and it leaves me time to write. Which, I'm told, is a very good thing.
The husband and I work for ourselves, no money in it but better than 9 to 5 for some other idiots, and it leaves me time to write. Which, I'm told, is a very good thing.
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November 15, 2020
Prequel to blurring the lines. It was really interesting to read how the outbreak started. The horrors and inspiration mentioned in the equals is made even more real in this novel. I really enjoyed the characters as well. The emotions and struggles were very real. This is only a 3 star due to the majority of the story being about teenagers. I just struggle to enjoy YA characters. But great story to Mick and Toshi's world
July 28, 2012
4.5 stars
When a viral outbreak has devastating consequences across the world, two young men who have lost everything and everyone they have ever cared for, join together while they struggle to find a safe haven that they can call home. Both men have survived the infection, though not without being physically or emotionally changed by the experience. On their journey, they come face to face with the harsh reality of their new world, having to make decisions or take actions that would have been unthinkable before the world went mad. It is journey of survival and of learning to trust their instincts, but most of all, it is a journey that makes them realize that without love, merely living is not what life truly is.
I admit I really liked this story, despite some very bleak and painful scenes. While I still rate it it 4.5 stars, I did find the constant misuse of then/than and its/it's as well as the occasional misuse of to/too very distracting and/or annoying, as well as quite a few typos. If these were correct, then I'd probably would have rounded up 5 stars, rather than down to 4 stars.
When a viral outbreak has devastating consequences across the world, two young men who have lost everything and everyone they have ever cared for, join together while they struggle to find a safe haven that they can call home. Both men have survived the infection, though not without being physically or emotionally changed by the experience. On their journey, they come face to face with the harsh reality of their new world, having to make decisions or take actions that would have been unthinkable before the world went mad. It is journey of survival and of learning to trust their instincts, but most of all, it is a journey that makes them realize that without love, merely living is not what life truly is.
I admit I really liked this story, despite some very bleak and painful scenes. While I still rate it it 4.5 stars, I did find the constant misuse of then/than and its/it's as well as the occasional misuse of to/too very distracting and/or annoying, as well as quite a few typos. If these were correct, then I'd probably would have rounded up 5 stars, rather than down to 4 stars.
September 5, 2010
Note: Technically this is a prequel for Blurring the Lines, but it was actually written last. I would recommend reading it last also, but that may just be because that's how I did it; I don't suppose it really matters if you read this at the beginning or end of the series. Either way, it's pretty much a stand-alone in terms of characters, as it is set some 80-odd years (?) before the start of Blurring the Lines.
August 10, 2016
Frighteningly believable in that those who are changed (now different) are now feared and treated horribly. 3.5 stars simply because it was difficult to read.
February 19, 2014
Several flaws of word usage, but a good story I enjoyed.
February 3, 2011
i thought that this book was too sad and not as good as the other two
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