Hey my lovelies, welcome to this weeks review and it is of Pigeon Blood Red by Ed E. Duncan. I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. 

Title: Pigeon Blood Red
Author: Ed E. Duncan
Genre: Crime Thriller
Publication Date: February 25th 2016
Publisher: Zharmae
Format: Paperback 
Pages: 238
Rating:4 stars
Goodreads Summary: For underworld enforcer Richard "Rico" Sanders, it seemed like an ordinary job. Retrieve his gangster boss's priceless pigeon-blood red ruby necklace and teach the double-dealing cheat who stole it a lesson. A job like a hundred before it. But the chase quickly goes sideways and takes Rico from the mean streets of Chicago to sunny Honolulu, where the hardened hit man finds himself in uncharted territory when a couple of innocent bystanders are accidentally embroiled in the crime.

As Rico pursues his new targets, the hunter and his prey develop an unlikely respect for one another and Rico is faced with a momentous decision: follow his orders to kill the couple whose courage and character have won his admiration, or refuse and endanger the life of the woman he loves?

Overview

You might be reading the title and thinking Pigeon Blood Red? What on earth is that about? Well it's actually about the consequences of  when rubies go missing and the domino effect that this one act has on others. Well that's my take on the story anyway. With a healthy dose of murder, affairs and hot weather thrown in there too. I'm not typically a fan of adult thriller books that aren't 'who dunnits?' but this was a refreshing change of pace for me and I actually enjoyed it.

Pigeon Blood Red has multiple point of views from the four main characters. 

Writing

At the beginning of the book I thought it was quite slow, but then gradually warmed up, causing me to be well in to the book by around 50 pages. A lot of the book did rely on internal monologue and there was also quite a few flashbacks chucked in there too. 

Characters

Evelyn is one of our main characters, she is a middle aged woman trapped in a loveless marriage, so her way to to make it or break it for her and her husband is a trip to Hawaii. She then gets wrapped up in a situation that she had no business in and gets swept into a world that she never even realised existed, let alone one where she is wanted dead. Evelyn is not the most interesting of characters, even her flashbacks seemed a bit limp for me, she chose Robert because he was the 'bad boy' and that didn't pan out, now only realising at middle aged how unhappy she is, sort of mid life crisis anyone?

The next main character is Robert, Evelyn's husband, whose an excessive gambler and alcoholic, who owes lots of various people money. Robert is basically to cut it short, an idiot, who I have no sympathy for. He makes stupid decisions and when push comes to shove he doesn't have the backbone, when then the threats start coming in. 

Unlike Rico, our next main character, Rico is an assassin working for Litvak a renowned loan shark. Ricoc is probably the most complex character, with his murderous ways, which we found out more about in the flashbacks. 

The fourth main character (I'm calling these main characters, because each of these have a point of view in the book) is Paul, to me, he was a bit of a wet wipe, I wasn't a huge fan of him until the end, when he finally started coming out of his shell more. 

And finally we have Litvak who is the loan shark with a missing stash of pigeon blood red rubies. 

Conclusion

In conclusion, I really enjoyed it and Rico was my favourite point of view by far. To me this was mainly setting up the series for the rest of the trilogy, as it did have action in it, but I expect it to really kick off in the next couple of books. A huge thanks to Ed E. Duncan and Kelsey and Taylor at Book Publicity Services. 

Recommend...

I would recommend this to anybody who likes adult thrillers with hints of organised crime. 

 Book Links

Goodreads | Amazon US | Amazon UK

Author Links

Goodreads | Ed E. Duncan | Twitter 

Author Bio

Ed Duncan is a graduate of Oberlin College and Northwestern University Law School. He was a partner at a national law firm in Cleveland, Ohio for many years. He currently lives outside of Cleveland, OH and is at work on the second installment in the Pigeon-Blood Red trilogy.

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Hey my lovelies, welcome to this weeks book review and it is The F Student by Xyla Turner, this week I am taking part in 'The F Student' blog tour hosted by Xpresso Blog Tours. So a huge thank you to them for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.

Title: The F Student
Author: Xyla Turner
Publisher: Azina Media
Pub. Date: January 10th 2017
Date Read: 6th February 2017
Pages:  92
Rating:3.6/5 stars
Summary: Cassius Rice, A.K.A., Cash has not been doing well in his classes for over a year. With one semester to go, his father cut him off, leaving Cash out of luck. With no other options, he took up an offer that he later regretted. Sleep with his professor and record it, then he would have the money to obtain his college degree. 
Simple enough for Cash. 
What he did not expect was the Professor’s Teaching Assistant to block his efforts nor did he expect the underground fighting world to be so lucrative. All he wanted was to accomplish his quest and graduate. 

The F Student wasn't exactly what I expected. When I first read the blurb I was interested (hence the reason for requesting to be put on the tour), however it wasn't really what I wanted the book to be. The book is from a male point of view, which I have never read a NA book from before, so I'm not really sure if it was just that, but then I wasn't really a big fan of the writing style to be honest. And especially with it being such a short novella really, I expected more, especially because of all the high class short novella's I have read in the last year.

The book follows Cash, an average student at college, however when his brother dies, his life completely changes, causing his only real passion to be his love of older women. And when his father see's his grades dropping, he cuts him off, causing him to have to find a quick way to pay the rest of $20,000 owed before the end of term in order to graduate. Whilst looking for ways to get this income, he is the offered the chance to receive all of the money in return for sleeping with one of his professors and filming it. However, he soon finds the professor's TA is exactly what he needs in his life.

Conclusion

Overall, I believe The F Sudent was an okay read, and if it was slightly longer, I believe it would have allowed us to  connect with the characters a lot more, and given them added depth. 

Recommend?

I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading short NA novels, from a male point of view. Who enjoys incredibly short reads. 

Author Bio

Xyla Turner is a USA Today Bestselling and award-winning romance author. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and is a dedicated educator. Outside of reading, Xyla likes to spend time with her family and travel as much as her schedule permits. 

As a teenager, Xyla started to write short stories and essays that won awards and nation-wide competitions. She is from Brooklyn, NY, where she is an educator, innovator and entrepreneur.

Book Links

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Another huge thank you to Xpresso Book Tours for sending me The F Student in exchange for an honest review.

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Hey my lovelies, the second non spoiler book review of this week is the one and only The Tokyo Cover Girls by Jackie Amsden. I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

Title: The Tokyo Cover Girls
Author: Jackie Amsden
Publisher: Jackie Amsden
Pub. Date: May 1st 2016
Date Read:  9th September 2016
Pages: 449
Rating:  4/5 stars
Goodreads Summary: New York has Jacobs, Paris has Chanel, Milan has Versace and Tokyo has . . . Hello Kitty toilet plungers? With its cute-obsessed catalogue and magazine market, anyone who is anyone knows that modeling in Japan means being at the bottom of the fashion industry. Blake, Jess, and Hailey are doing their best to survive yet another casting where pigtails and toddler-impressions are a must when they stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. The prestigious Satsujin company has selected them to compete for a campaign that will transform the winner from commercial nobody to haute couture superstar faster than you can say Vogue Italia.

Of course, nothing is ever what it seems in the fashion world. Just ask all those dead girls . .

Overview

Tokyo Cover Girls follows three girls who moved to Japan for modelling for the summer. Except nothing is ever what it seems. The models know that this world is both backstabbing and ruthless, but don't know the full extent people are willing to go for some good entertainment. It also delved deep into the world of Japanese gaming and gangs. The girls find out they are being put into a competition where only one can win the chance to be the international face of a women's fashion company, ensuring their faces on the cover of British, Italian and French vogue. Only these challenges they face in the competition are a lot more conniving than they thought. 

Jess, Hailey and Blake are our main characters, each with their distinct personalities, in my head I categorized them as Hailey the naive, Blake the bitch and Jess the perfectionist. Another good thing is that from the writing alone, you could tell whose point of view you were reading. 

You can definitely tell that the author, Jackie Amsden, is writing this all from her personal experience as there are definitely little notes of realism in there that most books don't usually have. The writing was very good and fit the tone of the book perfectly. I especially loved the pace of the book, as there were definitely a lot of craziness going on.  

Conclusion

In conclusion, I really enjoyed it and would read any more books that come out in the series. 

Recommend...

I would recommend this to anyone who loves mysteries and/or the japanese modelling industry and culture (so much kawaii in this book)

Book Links

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Author Bio

Jackie Amsden worked as a fashion model in China, Japan, and Taiwan before retiring at the age of eighteen after one too many agent threats, nude photo shoot requests, and self-loathing-induced Pocky binges. If you’d like to learn more about her decent into the darker side of Asia’s candy-coated modeling industry sign up for free installments of her upcoming memoir and get updates about the sequel to The Tokyo Cover Girls at www.jackieamsden.com.

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Hey my lovelies, due to the number of missing reviews over the past couple of months, for the next few weeks I have decided in order to get a number of book reviews out, you are going to be getting 2 reviews a week, one on a Monday and one on Friday's. And the first book review of the week is the History Major by Michael Phillip Cash. I received this book as apart of The History Major Book tour at WorldWind Book Tours.

Title: The History Major
Author: Michael Phillip Cash
Publisher: Michael Phillip Cash
Pub. Date: January 4th 2016
Date Read:  9th September 2016
Pages: 120
Rating: 4.75 /5 stars
Goodreads Summary: After a vicious fight with her boyfriend followed by a night of heavy partying, college freshman Amanda Greene wakes up in her dorm room to find things are not the same as they were yesterday. She can't quite put her finger on it. She's sharing her room with a peculiar stranger. Amanda discovers she's registered for classes she would never choose with people that are oddly familiar. An ominous shadow is stalking her. Uncomfortable memories are bubbling dangerously close to her fracturing world, propelling her to an inevitable collision between fantasy and reality. Is this the mother of all hangovers or is something bigger happening?

Overview

I honestly loved the History Major, I don't make a habit of reading a lot of short stories, so when I was offered the chance to read this one, I wasn't so sure about reading it, as unless it is a part of a series I didn't really understand how somebody could fit an entire story with character development and the whole shebang in less than 150 pages. And still he managed to do it.

The History Major follows Manda, who wakes up in her college dorm room lost and confused, after a mysterious fight with her boyfriend with no recollection of her roommate or parts of her college, only knowing that she has a class in history that she didn't sign up for. From there we have various flashbacks to not only her own past but also to other famous historical figures. Due to this being a completely non spoiler review, I am having quite difficulty describing the novel, without mentioning the major plot points.

The reason that this novel isn't a full 5 stars from me, is because of Manda, at times she wasn't the nicest person, as shown in flashbacks and when meeting new people. As she does talk about her appearance quite abit making her appear quite shallow, this does not mean that she was a Mary-sue though, we do learn throughout the novella why she is insecure and feels the way she does towards others, and almost makes up for things she said in the final flashback. Which considering it is only 120 pages, shows quite a strong character development. 

Conclusion

Overall, I seriously enjoyed this book and will be reading it again and checking out other books by Michael Phillip Cash (as well as Stillwell). The writing style suited me personally and I liked that a lot of the dialogue used was internal monologue, as well as actual conversations. 
Recommend...

I would recommend this to anyone who loves history and whats to read a story that has more of a philosophical edge to it. This would be a great book to read if you want to boost your goodreads reading challenge, not only was it a good book and written well, it is also incredibly short. 

Book Links

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Author Bio

Michael Phillip Cash is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. His novels are best-sellers on Amazon under their genres – Young Adult, Thriller, Suspense, Ghost, Action Adventure, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. 

Michael writes full-time and lives on the North Shore of Long Island with his wonderful wife and screaming children. You can follow him @michaelpcash.

Author Links

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A huge thank you to both WorldWind Book Tours and to Michael Phillip Cash for allowing me to read the History Major in exchange for an honest review. In fact Michael Phillip Cash was lovely enough to not only send me a physical copy of the History Major, but also a physical copy of his novella Stillwell, as well as some of his bookish merch. You will definitely be seeing a book review of Stillwell in the coming months. 

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Hey my lovelies, this weeks review is of Deeper: Descent by Allyn Lesley, this is the sequel to last weeks book for review, Deeper. I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review as apart of the Deeper: Descent Book Tour, thanks to Xpresso Book Tours.

Title: Deeper: Descent
Author: Allyn Lesley
Publisher: Allyn Lesley llc
Pub. Date: April 5th 2016
Date Read:  11th July 2016
Pages: Approximately 238
Rating:3.9/5 stars
Goodreads Summary: He’s been a pawn in a game all along...
The King of New York is back. And now, he’s got a Queen on his arm. Just when Noah Adams and Avi Linton are finally settling in to their “happily ever after,” another evil is preparing to make a move. This time, the game just got a little more dangerous and nobody will come out unharmed. Determined to protect her at all costs, Noah puts his life on the line for the only woman who ever mattered to him. But that might not be enough. When the past begins to threaten their future, Avi and Noah must fight for their present. But can they battle against their enemy without descending deeper into danger?

Writing

I really liked how we went into the backstory of Noah and Avi, and we learn how Noah got to where he is and how he basically became himself. For me this one showed more character development than the first one. And even delved further into side characters pasts, including Noah's parents! I really liked that Deeper: Descent had multiple story line's, as it showed that the book had more substance.

The main critique of the book is that there was quite a bit of "telling" rather than showing. When we were told that characters had these feelings for each other, whereas at times I didn't feel like these characters had these feelings.
This book also relied quite a bit on flashbacks, which was a nice change, even if they did show some absolute psychopaths. Another thing I liked a lot is my precious baby Sophie is back! Yay! One of my critiques from the last book was that some of the side characters did seem to get dropped. However, most of these were picked back up in the second book.

Conclusion

In conclusion, I enjoyed this book and I look forward to reading the next book in the series to see how Noah and Avi's story hits its conclusion.

Recommend

I would recomend Deeper: Descent to any fans of the first book in the series and if you're a newbie to the series, if you like crime filled romances this is one for you.

Book Links

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Author Links

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Hey my lovelies, this weeks book review does not include any spoilers and it is Zero by Morgan Dark, I received Zero for free in exchange for an honest review, thanks to Rubiños 1860. The first thing I have to say about this book is that it was not what I expected. At all. It was far better and well exceeded my expectations. 

Title: Zero
Author: Morgan Dark
Publisher: Rubiños 1860
Pub. Date: June 28th 2016
Date Read:  27th June 2016
Pages: 378
Rating:4.75/5 stars
Goodreads Summary: A baffling robber. A mystery hidden for years. And an elite boarding school where no one is who they say they are. Kyle Bradford is the envy of Drayton College, but everything takes a turn when a dangerous shadow, hidden in the darkness, starts to stalk him. From then on, his life falls apart. Unjustly accused of being the main suspect behind the robberies terrifying high society, he is forced to prove his innocence. And to do so, he has to find the real culprit: Zero, an infallible criminal who keeps his identity hidden under a silver mask. What Kyle does not know is that his enemy is keeping a secret. A secret he would sacrifice everything for. A dizzying, heart-stopping thriller you won’t be able to put down.

Overview

This book definitely grips you from the start, as straight away we are thrown into the middle of the action with the notorious thief Zero robbing a necklace at an Opera house, with him/her barely escaping from the police. At this stage nobody knows who Zero is or why he is stealing, what he is stealing. Then in the first chapter we meet Kyle Bradford our main character and antagonist, it follows him returning to the elite boarding school where he lives, there he begins to be antagonised by the one we know as Zero, who is setting him up by ensuring robberies begin taking place in Kyle's classes, making him look like the prime suspect. So it also deals with Kyle attempting to find out who Zero is and why he possibly could be framing him. The book then delves into the secrets of all our main characters pasts, leading you on some unexpected journeys. 

This book went nowhere near where i expected it to go. As at four different stages I realised that it wasn't the story i expected it to be at that point and the book just kept me hanging on the edge of my seat. Not gonna lie I guessed one of the plot twists quite early on, however I believe that it was intentional that we guess and find out that one, as I believe it was working on the strategy that if you think you've found the major plot twist, which is a very clever thing to do in order to get a upper hand on your reader. And trust me some of these plot twists, make you sit there and think wow. How did we get here?

Writing 

I enjoyed the general writing and the only fault I found with it was that at the very beginning of the book the writing came of as slightly middle grade, however I found this developed more as the characters themselves developed, which makes me think this could have been intentional, So do not let the very beginnings writing, put you off, even though I am unsure of how that could happen as you pretty much get sucked in straight away. The actual book is split into four parts, with the first three parts split into finding out who Zero is and the final part revealing who Zero really is and why he/she does steal and the motives behind everything. 

Conclusion

In conclusion, this book totally blew my mind, and I did not expect that ending at all, and if you want to read a book that will completely blow your mind read it now. It was so amazing and I am now excited to read the next book in the series (I assume there is going to be more books as there were some questions left unanswered). This review is slightly shorter than my normal reviews, however due to spoiler reasons I cannot give an in depth analysis of the characters, however trust me when I say nothing is ever what it seems. 

Recommend ....

I recommend this to anyone who enjoys good fast paced thrillers with plot twists at every turn. 

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Hey my lovelies, this weeks review is Sweet Liar by Debra Doxer, you may remember that I reviewed the first in the Like Candy duology last August, and have finally got around to reading the final one. This review contains spoilers for the first book. I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review thanks to netgalley.

Title: Sweet Liar
Author: Debra Doxer
Publisher: Smashwords
Pub. Date: October 20th 2015
Date Read: Sunday 19th June 2016
Pages: ~
Rating:3.6/5 stars
Goodreads Summary: Sometimes lies are sweeter than the truth. Beauty is alluring; it can disguise the ugliness beneath. But scarred beauty is even more potent to a girl who vowed never to let her heart be broken again. It was an easy vow for Candy to keep until she met Jonah, an arrogant boy with a face that would be too perfect if not for the scar that marred the skin beside his eye. That imperfect boy earned her trust and won her heart, but the ties that bind people together are fragile, especially when lies are told. Trust is also fragile, and once broken, doesn’t heal like a heart. Trust has to be earned again, and Jonah desperately wants Candy’s trust back. But Candy has more than Jonah to worry about. Her father is in trouble, and she intends to help him whether he likes it or not. People tell her he’s a bad man, and that may be true, but he’s not all bad. Deep down, she understands his brand of badness because she’s so much like him. When Candy finally learns the truth, she’ll have to grow up fast, let go of old grievances, and realize that being vulnerable doesn’t make her weak. In fact, opening herself up may be the very thing that makes her whole again.

Sweet Liar picks up where Like Candy left off, Candy shooting at Jonahs dad, this leads us straight into the main question, what does Candy's father actually do for a living. But even though we get the answer to this, it then causes you to have double the amount of questions. I did not enjoy this one as much as the last, as the overall novel was alright for me, however I did not find it anything special and probably would not read it again. One of the things I have always enjoyed about this series is that the plot is completely unrealistic and would not happen at all in real life, as even though I am sure certain plot devices used are real e.g spys, assassins etc. The thought of the father going through all that trouble to inconsistently hide what he does and then allow his daughter to do what he does is completely unrealistic to me. After the events of the last novel Candy has got trapped in her fathers messed up world, which is even worse than she could imagine, as her fathers enemies are now her own, and her own enemies that she never even considered are coming out of the woodwork.

There is a lot of character development for Candy in Sweet Liar, as the first one mainly showed her assertive and aggressiveness towards other people. However, this one mainly shows her growing as a person and realising you can't solve everything with your punch. And as an adult you need to choose when is best to pick the fight. This book also changes your opinions about certain characters completely, so be aware of some plot twists!

I read this book in two sittings, which is quite strange for me as I usually read much larger books in only one, however at certain points I simply got bored of the writing. As for me some chapters were simply too long and caused the story to get dry, which is why the overall rating is only 3.6 out of 5. A huge thank you to Debra Doxer and Netgalley for sending me this ebook for free in exchange for an honest review.

Recommend...

I would recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the first novel, or was willing to read a duology following an eighteen year old girl thrust into her fathers world of espionage.

Book Links

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Hey my lovelies, today's book review is of Mirror Image by Michele Pariza Wacek, which was provided to me thanks to Worldwind Book Tours and Michele Pariza Wacek.

Title: Mirror Image
Author: Michele Pariza Wacek
Publisher: Love-Based Publishing
Pub. Date: May 28th 2016
Date Read: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Pages: 272
Rating:4/5 stars
Goodreads Summary: Which would be worse, knowing that your dead sister has come back to life and is now a serial killer or that someone else is the killer….and that person is you? Six months after Linda's sister Elizabeth killed herself, Linda has finally gotten her life back to some semblance of normalcy. Until a killer appears who is stalking men ... a killer who resembles Elizabeth ... a killer who seems somehow familiar to Linda.  And, to make matters worse, Steve, her old high school crush and now a detective, is assigned to this case. He's asking Linda all sorts of questions, questions Linda couldn't possibly have an answer to. There's no reason for him to be investigating Linda. She couldn't possibly have anything to do with this. Could she?

Mirror Image follows our main character Linda, who is not exactly having the good life she hoped for. She came from an abusive home, and her sister, Elizabeth committed suicide earlier this year, leaving no body behind. Due to her sister’s death, part of her feels guilt for never noticing anything wrong, and also relief due to the trials and tribulations that she put her through as both a child and an adult. Due to all of this Linda’s health is on a downward spiral, causing her to significantly lose weight and for her mental health to decrease. Which cause her to have blackouts, where hours disappear, causing her to have no idea where she has been or what she has done.  And when men are getting murdered in her town and she starts seeing the dead men in her nightmares, she can’t help but freak out. And when a former friend turned detective arrives back in time and starts asking questions, which Linda doesn’t want to know the answers to, she can’t help but get more stressed.  

Mirror Image is not a long book, however it took me quite a while to get into it, however as soon as I was about 60% in, I was hooked and couldn’t put it down. I loved the tension the book created, as it even left me guessing on what the genre really was. The writing was overall good, and I thought the point of view change on the chapters was quite refreshing, as the book was predominately in Linda’s point of view, however every few chapters there would be a character from different points in Elizabeth and Linda’s life, giving further insight into their lives and what Elizabeth really was like as a child. And another point is that I did not guess the plot twist at the very end, which recently I have been doing an awful lot of.  One of the only negatives I have for this book is that there was some unanswered questions at the end, these could be simply due to me missing the part or it was meant to be left open. 

Overall, I really enjoyed the book as I really enjoyed the writing and hopefully I shall be reading more of Michele Pariza Wacek's books in the future. 

About the Author

When Michele was 3 years old, she taught herself to read because she wanted to write stories so badly.

As you can imagine, writing has been a driving passion throughout her life. She became a professional copywriter (which is writing promotional materials for businesses), which led to her founding a copywriting and marketing company that serves clients all over the world.

Along with being a copywriter, she also writes novels (in fact, she just published her first novel, a psychological thriller/suspense/mystery called “The Stolen Twin” and her second novel “Mirror Image'” is set to be published in May 2016) plus, she is also the author of the “Love-Based Copy” books, which are a part of the “Love-Based Business” series and cover both business and personal development.

She holds a double major in English and Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently she lives in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona with her husband Paul and her border collie Nick and southern squirrel hunter Cassie.

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Recommend...

I would recommend this to anyone who likes psychological thrillers with hints of the supernatural and a whole lot of suspense. 

Book Links

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