![]() ![]() The author has done an excellent job of building the supporting characters, particularly Elena’s family, who are portrayed as absolute trash. On the other hand, Alec is a typical male lead, who initially comes off as stubborn and obtuse but later redeems himself with his groveling, which is an endearing quality in a book boyfriend. Despite facing several challenges, she maintains her composure and holds her ground. Elena, the protagonist, is a well-rounded character, who is strong-willed and determined to provide for her mother. The character development is one of the highlights of the book. The plot takes several twists and turns, and the author makes sure to keep the readers on the edge of their seats with the intriguing storyline, coupled with the angst and passion of the story. However, just as she is about to take the plunge, her childhood friend Alexander arrives with his brother Lucien and offers to marry her, with the condition that she provides the best hospital care for Elena’s ailing mother.Īs the story progresses, the duo’s marriage of convenience soon turns into a partnership of different kinds, where Alec helps Elena resolve her legal troubles and, in turn, makes Alec’s home life more tolerable. ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel, authored by Catharina Maura, revolves around Elena, who is left with no other option but to consider selling her body in a gentlemen’s club to provide for her mother’s expensive medical treatment. ![]()
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What would happen if the moon went away? ![]() In the New York Times best-selling book from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, Randall Munroe gives hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.įans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, that curiosity soon turns into outright horror when he glimpses a gigantic sea monster. ![]() Once the ground is sufficiently dry, he begins to explore this land, and on the other side discovers a strange obelisk which arouses his curiosity. However, much to the narrator's shock, his boat turns up on the shore of an island, which he discovers to be a piece of the ocean floor brought to the surface by volcanic upheaval. ![]() In fact, so good was their treatment, that the narrator was able to easily escape in the middle of the night in a lifeboat with enough supplies to last until he was either rescued by a passing ship or reached land. 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This was an unhealthy approach to defending a boundary. Then he did not communicate the remainder of the weekend. However, instead of communicating that, N said you are trying to make me feel guilty. When N said that he felt more guilt when I reacted negatively to a boundary, N was reinforcing his boundary. I phrased my feelings correctly however this was not respecting his boundary, which was an unhealthy response. ![]() I reacted by telling him this hurt my feelings. N’s guilt response wasn’t holding the line on his boundary, which wasn’t a healthy way to set boundaries.Īfter I told him to have a good night, I found out he was going out. This was confusing because I had already accepted the boundary. N probably tried to bend his boundary (probably because he felt guilty) by texting me to check in repeatedly and ultimately invite me out. ![]() N repeated his boundary, apologized and left. I pushed back and tested his limits, which were two unhealthy ways of responding to a set boundary. ![]() Explaining isn’t necessary and leaves room for confusion. ![]() N asserted a boundary that he needed space because he was overwhelmed and had a full plate even though I requested he stay after my surgery. ![]() |