#Laura London

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THE THROBBING MEMBERS REVIEW: The Windflower by Laura London

Where was the romance in this romance novel? It was just plot. -Catherine

I just wanna know which one of the authors got Cat in the divorce. -Smurf

No criticisms... only pirates. -Sarah

I wish someone had walked the plank but I was along for the ride. -Margo

Dream Cast

Merry 

Devon

Theme Song: Horny Angry Tango by Rachel Bloom & Scott Michael Foster

Summary: In the middle of the War of 1812, Merry is kidnapped by Pirates, who all become obsessed with her. Especially the hottest pirate of them all... Devon.

Review: Laura London may claim to be a romance novelist, but clearly, she is more interested in describing the landscape than developing the alleged romance (or sexual tension) between Merry and Devon(?). I was nearly 300 pages in before I could figure out which character was supposed to the love interest. Like I KNEW, they were supposed to be the main characters and therefore they had to be in ~love~ or lust or whatever, but dear god, they did not show it. Even now that I have determined that Devon is the love interest, I am convinced that she made a mistake and actually means for it be Cat. 

Merry, despite her name, is clearly determined to be miserable. As of pg. 370, and theres not been any sex yet. What the fuck. “Foolishly, [I] felt a hollow aching need for[…]” this book to be fucking over. 

This terrible married couple who later got divorced were mixing their tropes, and it was obvious which person wrote each section. There would be things like Devon’s grandmother bringing Merry to London to marry her Grandson, which is ironic and funny, and then some deeply underwhelming sex scenes with deeply weird word choices. Ultimately, I was let down my promise of it being a deeply problematic bodice ripper about pirates and very disappointed. Maybe thats on me though, I let my expectations get ahead of me.

Perhaps like this review, the book just went on too long. It seemed like there was an arbitrary word count they needed to make and so they had to keep coming up with new complicated subplots, most of which are either inconsequential or boring. For reasons that escape me, there was a very dragged out subplot about Merry nearly dying from Malaria after she tried to escape in what has to be one of the worst escape attempts of all time (next to every other single one of her other attempts) was truly deeply unneeded and it made the book much longer than it needed to, and therefore much worse.

Most of the description was so unneeded. It must have added at least 200 pages of things that no one cared about. But the description of everyones clothes? NOW that is important information that is needed. 

Once again, I have chosen a terrible book.

-Lily

6.7/10 stars

Additional Ratings

Historical Accuracy: 5/10 

The authors clearly did their research, but it was ruined when the characters opened their mouths. 

Sexy Sex: 4/10

They were having fun, but there were way too many words used. 

Nicknames: 2/10 

The flower nicknames were okay at first but by the time we got to the end we were done. 

Notes: Why couldn’t Devon have been a little bit meaner?

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681: MAGIC Live! 2022 - Day One Report

Sunday, May 15, 2022

24 hours Back Room Lounge

10:00 a.m. Registration until 10:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m. – Photo Badges until 10:00 p.m.

7:30 – 11:00 p.m. Welcome Celebration

7:30 p.m. until 11:00 - The Magic Shop (Dealers Room open)

11:00 p.m. Grand Prize Giveaway

Time stamps for this episode: Time to follow soon after I’ve gotten some sleep.

00:00:16 - Master Payne

Gregory Wilson

Karl Hein

George Reager - the Disney Tattoo Guy

Laura London

Curtis HIckman

Bruce Averbrook

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Look, I made another hat!

…and I gave it to Laura at MCM😊💜

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Alexander McQueen f/w 1999 rtw Creative Director Alexander McQueen Models Laura Morgan & Frankie Ryder  Newest Cool

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If anyone is interested in discovering some trans musicians who aren't c*vetown especially if ur into punk/pop punk/emo/indie/queercore/folk punk music then boy do I have the playlist for you!

This is a work in progress playlist I've been making of trans + nonbinary artists :3 only canonically and out trans artists not people who there's speculation about. Ftm, mtf and nonbinary artists included!

There's some popular artists and some less well known ones on there so hope u enjoy!

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Laura Knight (British, 1877-1970), Spring in St John's Wood, London, 1933. Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 115.6 cm. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

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I WAS IN PIECES THEY WERE SO CLOSE

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frozen london first look!

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David Walmsley and Laure Elsworthy in rehearsals for Our Town

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i caved. im posting this for the world to see

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Scrapper (2023)

Dir. Charlotte Regan

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I designed a memento ticket for Critical Roles' first international live show in London! I miss getting physical tickets & putting them up on a cork board, so I took matters into my own hands. I used the original advertisements to make it match and if you scanned the bar code on amazon, it takes you to one of their books. Can't wait for the show!

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✨NEW PHOTOS✨

The Release Date Of The Film T Y G E R Is Due 12 Feb 2024

Available on Apple Amazon & Google

Starring Ben Aldridge Dylan Edwards Natasha O’Keeffe Shaun Dooley Laura Haddock Pearl Mackie Alfie Stewart

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I never made a post of con back in May but believe me it was almost just as magical. Here's Oct '23 london MCM. What a time 💫

(most photos here by the brilliant @ashcorpdev)

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Also, please don’t say “Arca” or “Gerad Way” because they’re nonbinary and will be in a separate poll.

Please give me more musicians for a part 3.