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Today I'm going to be reviewing "Divergent" by Veronica Roth. Let me start of this review by saying. AMAZING!! I love this book and it's the best distopian novel I've read other than "The Hunger Games" of course. In this book it follows a girl named Beatrice, or Tris afterwards. In this life the world is set up into different factions. Amity, Abnegation, Dauntless, Candor, and Erudite. Amity is basically farm life, Abnegation is selflessness, Dauntless is courage/fearlessness, Candor is honesty, and Erudite is knowledge. Once you turn sixteen you take a test to tell you which faction you are most suited for. Then afterwards you can pick to either stay with your family, or change factions, which is considered betrayal. When Tris take's this test she is told that she is a Divergent. She is also told to never, ever tell anyone that. A divergent is someone who is not meant for one specific faction, she is fit for Erudite, Dauntless, and abnegation all in one. Tris ends up deciding that she can not go on with her life being so boring and being so selfless. She feels that she was never good at being an abnegation, no matter how hard she tried. She chooses Dauntless. As she says in the book "I am selfish. I am brave" I always say to myself I am dauntless that part is one of my favorite quotes in this book. The rest of the book is Tris's journey of becoming a dauntless. The mystery, the romance, the action in this book has you on the edge of your seat the entire time your reading it. I completely and utterly recommend this book.
This book gets a 4 and a half out of 5
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Tuesday 28 February 2012
Hes SO not worth it By Kieran Scott
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In this blog I'm going to be reviewing "He's So not worth it" By Kieran Scott. This is the sequel to "She's So dead to us" and again, besides the petty name this book was super good. I probably cried 4 times...but that's just me and my love for love. Jake and Ally are fighting...again. She's mad at him...again. I swear to God some force of anti-love just keeps pulling them apart. I mean Jake is CRAZY about Ally, never once did he hate her. But he always does something that pisses her off. Ally's former friends are not as harsh on her in this book, but Ally is not forgiving or trusting, she's learned better. You meet a new group of people in this book, The locals. Mainly Cooper, Ally's 'Boyfriend' and Jenny Coopers sister. I liked Cooper at first, I was still hoping for Jake (Ok i wrote Archer before. That is a true sign of how obsessed i am with Hex Hall ) to come and beat the dude up but I still liked Cooper. But eventually Cooper turns out into a jerk. I've already described all the other characters. But Ally's dad comes back in the end of the book previous to this one and the entire book he tries to wiggle his way back into Ally's life. Although he's not successful, he definitely won my heart. These books are well written, and the characters develop amazingly. You can see how much Jake alone develops amazingly. He goes from the guy who never goes and begs for a girl to the guy who is madly in love and needs her back. He's proud of his decisions and never looks back. It makes me feel like I'm so proud of him. This book is definitely recommended by me, but of course this is the second book so you would have to read "She's so dead to us" first which I have already reviewed. I recommend this series for sure.
This book alone gets 4 out of 5
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In this blog I'm going to be reviewing "He's So not worth it" By Kieran Scott. This is the sequel to "She's So dead to us" and again, besides the petty name this book was super good. I probably cried 4 times...but that's just me and my love for love. Jake and Ally are fighting...again. She's mad at him...again. I swear to God some force of anti-love just keeps pulling them apart. I mean Jake is CRAZY about Ally, never once did he hate her. But he always does something that pisses her off. Ally's former friends are not as harsh on her in this book, but Ally is not forgiving or trusting, she's learned better. You meet a new group of people in this book, The locals. Mainly Cooper, Ally's 'Boyfriend' and Jenny Coopers sister. I liked Cooper at first, I was still hoping for Jake (Ok i wrote Archer before. That is a true sign of how obsessed i am with Hex Hall ) to come and beat the dude up but I still liked Cooper. But eventually Cooper turns out into a jerk. I've already described all the other characters. But Ally's dad comes back in the end of the book previous to this one and the entire book he tries to wiggle his way back into Ally's life. Although he's not successful, he definitely won my heart. These books are well written, and the characters develop amazingly. You can see how much Jake alone develops amazingly. He goes from the guy who never goes and begs for a girl to the guy who is madly in love and needs her back. He's proud of his decisions and never looks back. It makes me feel like I'm so proud of him. This book is definitely recommended by me, but of course this is the second book so you would have to read "She's so dead to us" first which I have already reviewed. I recommend this series for sure.
This book alone gets 4 out of 5
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Spellbound by Rachel Hawkins
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Today I will be reviewing Spellbound By Rachel hawkins. This is the 3rd book of the Hex Hall series and I previously reviewd DemonGlass, the second book. This book actually doesn't come out until March 13th but since i have a kindle I can get a book a couple of weeks early. So if your going to be going out and buying a physical copy you might have to wait a week. Again, as all the books in this series it was pheominal. I loved how there was a mix of action, love, and magic. Sophie is still an awesome character even when her powers a locked inside her. So now im going to do a spoiler alert right now. So i definetley reccomend this book if you want to read it so...Don't read further if you haven't read the book's yet. Ok. Am i the only one who cried for an hour when I read that Cal had died for Sophie? I'm sorry its just I was in shock. Moving on, I';m happy with the ending of this book for once. It's not a major cliff hanger that makes you want to cry because you have to wait another year for the next book. This ending is nice, and clean, and it makes me happy. I was extremely happy when Archer said "You have a stupid arrogant former demon hunter whos stupidly in love with you" that made me happy. The book was well written and Sophie's sarcasm was certainly there coverng up when she's nervous or scared. I love the charcters i love the plot line. I love everything.
This book DEFINELY gets a 5 out of 5
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Today I will be reviewing Spellbound By Rachel hawkins. This is the 3rd book of the Hex Hall series and I previously reviewd DemonGlass, the second book. This book actually doesn't come out until March 13th but since i have a kindle I can get a book a couple of weeks early. So if your going to be going out and buying a physical copy you might have to wait a week. Again, as all the books in this series it was pheominal. I loved how there was a mix of action, love, and magic. Sophie is still an awesome character even when her powers a locked inside her. So now im going to do a spoiler alert right now. So i definetley reccomend this book if you want to read it so...Don't read further if you haven't read the book's yet. Ok. Am i the only one who cried for an hour when I read that Cal had died for Sophie? I'm sorry its just I was in shock. Moving on, I';m happy with the ending of this book for once. It's not a major cliff hanger that makes you want to cry because you have to wait another year for the next book. This ending is nice, and clean, and it makes me happy. I was extremely happy when Archer said "You have a stupid arrogant former demon hunter whos stupidly in love with you" that made me happy. The book was well written and Sophie's sarcasm was certainly there coverng up when she's nervous or scared. I love the charcters i love the plot line. I love everything.
This book DEFINELY gets a 5 out of 5
Just like the last ;) <3
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Sunday 26 February 2012
DemonGlass By Rachel Hawkins Review
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today I will be reviewing DemonGlass by Rachel Hawkins. Demon Glass is the sequel to Hex Hall. These books are amazing, the main character Sophie is hilarious, she's sarcastic and smart and knows how to think on her feet. Now I'm not going to give you a summary this time because i read this over Christmas Vacation and I'll probably leave things out so heres the amazon summary.
Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch.
That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered the family secret, and that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth.
Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world—the other being her father. What’s worse, she has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is precisely why Sophie decides she must go to London for the Removal, a dangerous procedure that will destroy her powers.
But once Sophie arrives she makes a shocking discovery. Her new friends? They’re demons too. Meaning someone is raising them in secret with creepy plans to use their powers, and probably not for good. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they’re using Archer to do it. But it’s not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she?
Review: These books I would say are a combination Of Pretty Little Liars (for the petty gossip school girl stuff), The Mortal Instrument Series (For the Fantasy) and Maximum Ride (For the dry sarcastic humour).
Sophie's humour has me highlighting every line in my kindle, she always has a witty remark, but she also has times where she makes stupid decisions, she makes mistakes to and that makes her a good character, not like other YA character's where the make really stupid decisions and they cant see whats in front of them, Sophie has reason. Archer Cross on the other hand is like hot city, and so is Cal so this love triangle has even me confused what team i should be. Cal or Archer Cal or Archer? How am i supposed to choose! HOW IS SOPHIE SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE!! Well yes Archer's technically bad and Cal is technically her arranged fiance but come on. This is why I hate love triangles. Anyway boy troubles aside I definitely recommend the series. SpellBound is coming out on March 13 and you can bet you buttons that I'm buying that book the day it comes out. Warning, if you hate cliff hangers as much as I do then be prepared because these books have major ones, I actually screamed at my kindle for about an hour.
This series get's 5 out of 5 for sureeee!!
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today I will be reviewing DemonGlass by Rachel Hawkins. Demon Glass is the sequel to Hex Hall. These books are amazing, the main character Sophie is hilarious, she's sarcastic and smart and knows how to think on her feet. Now I'm not going to give you a summary this time because i read this over Christmas Vacation and I'll probably leave things out so heres the amazon summary.
Sophie Mercer thought she was a witch.
That was the whole reason she was sent to Hex Hall, a reform school for delinquent Prodigium (aka witches, shapeshifters, and fairies). But that was before she discovered the family secret, and that her hot crush, Archer Cross, is an agent for The Eye, a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth.
Turns out, Sophie’s a demon, one of only two in the world—the other being her father. What’s worse, she has powers that threaten the lives of everyone she loves. Which is precisely why Sophie decides she must go to London for the Removal, a dangerous procedure that will destroy her powers.
But once Sophie arrives she makes a shocking discovery. Her new friends? They’re demons too. Meaning someone is raising them in secret with creepy plans to use their powers, and probably not for good. Meanwhile, The Eye is set on hunting Sophie down, and they’re using Archer to do it. But it’s not like she has feelings for him anymore. Does she?
Review: These books I would say are a combination Of Pretty Little Liars (for the petty gossip school girl stuff), The Mortal Instrument Series (For the Fantasy) and Maximum Ride (For the dry sarcastic humour).
Sophie's humour has me highlighting every line in my kindle, she always has a witty remark, but she also has times where she makes stupid decisions, she makes mistakes to and that makes her a good character, not like other YA character's where the make really stupid decisions and they cant see whats in front of them, Sophie has reason. Archer Cross on the other hand is like hot city, and so is Cal so this love triangle has even me confused what team i should be. Cal or Archer Cal or Archer? How am i supposed to choose! HOW IS SOPHIE SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE!! Well yes Archer's technically bad and Cal is technically her arranged fiance but come on. This is why I hate love triangles. Anyway boy troubles aside I definitely recommend the series. SpellBound is coming out on March 13 and you can bet you buttons that I'm buying that book the day it comes out. Warning, if you hate cliff hangers as much as I do then be prepared because these books have major ones, I actually screamed at my kindle for about an hour.
This series get's 5 out of 5 for sureeee!!
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Wednesday 22 February 2012
She's SO dead to us By Kieran Scott Review
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Today I will be reviewing, "She's So Dead to us" by Kieran Scott.
Summary: Ally Ryan was a crestie, she lived in a mansion had an amazing life and lived in the same place since she was born. She grew up with her friends Hammond, Chloe, Faith, The idiot twins, and Shannen they were best friends, no, they were family. They spent every summer at LBI and lived on the same street. They shared everything, did everything together, and not a week passes that they didn't talk to each other or see each other. They went on vacations together and had traditional Sunday dinners. But one day Ally's dad made a bad investment with his and all her friends money. They all lost millions of dollars. Ally's parents picked up their things and moved away within one night. Leaving behind everything and Ally didn't even say goodbye to her friends. Her dad took off not telling Ally and her mom where he was going and they spent 1 year trying to keep it together. Everything seemed alright until Ali's mom decided to move back to Orchard Hills. Ally was iffy about the idea, her mom loved the idea. But her old friends. HATED the idea. Jake moved into Ally's old house and a little love is in the air. But Ally's old friends would rather die before Ally and Jake became of 'thing'.
My Opinion: Now other than the cheesy/petty title, the book is actually REALLY good. Of course I'm a sucker for the whole "Secret love" stuff but its still a really good book. The main character Ally is actually a really awesome character. I'm a girl,and I think she's hot. I actually find her really relate able, but i don't know how. Some how Kieran made a girl in a impossible situation with a hard shell really likable. And Jake, Oh My gosh Jake, I love him so much. The book is written in two different perspectives, Jake's and Ally's, and it's really entertaining because the denial that's happening get totally erased when the other thinks about it. For example if Ally is thinking "oh Jake hates me" When its Jake's perspective he'll say he's got it bad for her. It gives the book more depth because Ally perceives Jake as a typical rich dude but when you hear Jake think you get the exact opposite opinion. They both have a tough and cocky exterior but inside have depth and worry's and it makes you just love them. If there's one thing I hate its cliff hangers and this one has a MAJOR one, so the next book is called, "He's So not worth it" I'm currently reading that one and my Kindle says I'm 26% in so when I'm done I'll review that one as well. The book is an amazing read and I totally recommend it, there's still drama and pettiness but the book also has depth. 4 out of 5 stars FOR SURE.
THATS IT
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Today I will be reviewing, "She's So Dead to us" by Kieran Scott.
Summary: Ally Ryan was a crestie, she lived in a mansion had an amazing life and lived in the same place since she was born. She grew up with her friends Hammond, Chloe, Faith, The idiot twins, and Shannen they were best friends, no, they were family. They spent every summer at LBI and lived on the same street. They shared everything, did everything together, and not a week passes that they didn't talk to each other or see each other. They went on vacations together and had traditional Sunday dinners. But one day Ally's dad made a bad investment with his and all her friends money. They all lost millions of dollars. Ally's parents picked up their things and moved away within one night. Leaving behind everything and Ally didn't even say goodbye to her friends. Her dad took off not telling Ally and her mom where he was going and they spent 1 year trying to keep it together. Everything seemed alright until Ali's mom decided to move back to Orchard Hills. Ally was iffy about the idea, her mom loved the idea. But her old friends. HATED the idea. Jake moved into Ally's old house and a little love is in the air. But Ally's old friends would rather die before Ally and Jake became of 'thing'.
My Opinion: Now other than the cheesy/petty title, the book is actually REALLY good. Of course I'm a sucker for the whole "Secret love" stuff but its still a really good book. The main character Ally is actually a really awesome character. I'm a girl,and I think she's hot. I actually find her really relate able, but i don't know how. Some how Kieran made a girl in a impossible situation with a hard shell really likable. And Jake, Oh My gosh Jake, I love him so much. The book is written in two different perspectives, Jake's and Ally's, and it's really entertaining because the denial that's happening get totally erased when the other thinks about it. For example if Ally is thinking "oh Jake hates me" When its Jake's perspective he'll say he's got it bad for her. It gives the book more depth because Ally perceives Jake as a typical rich dude but when you hear Jake think you get the exact opposite opinion. They both have a tough and cocky exterior but inside have depth and worry's and it makes you just love them. If there's one thing I hate its cliff hangers and this one has a MAJOR one, so the next book is called, "He's So not worth it" I'm currently reading that one and my Kindle says I'm 26% in so when I'm done I'll review that one as well. The book is an amazing read and I totally recommend it, there's still drama and pettiness but the book also has depth. 4 out of 5 stars FOR SURE.
THATS IT
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Monday 16 January 2012
Destined a House of night series novel by P.C Cast and Kristen cast
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Today I'm going to review 'Destined' by P.C Cast and Kristen Cast. This book comes after Awakened, in Destined it starts with the 'Nerd herd' (hehe I love that, Go Aphrodite) getting on the bus to the house of night.. Well after it goes through Zoey giving a run down of how she lost her mom in the previous book and all that, anyway they decide that Rephaim should go to school because Nyx forgave him. Anyway let me just say something. Aurox/Heath.... Oh my god! I LOVE him...but I'm team Stark so Heath... Stay away.
Has anyone else realized that all the names in these books are messed... Stark, Neferet, Aurox, Sgiach, Aphrodite, Rephiam, Kalona... Theres way more but .. Wow right? Anyway this book is amazing and so are ALL the other books, best ending to a book would have to be Tempted because of how heart wrenching it is. So so sad. Anyway I recommend this series here's the list:
Marked
Betrayed
Chosen
Hunted
Tempted
Burned
Awakened
Destined
There's a lot of books but it's So so so good. I'm not going to explain the book because I know it bugs some people but I recommend it completely.
Destined gets 9 stars out of ten :)
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Today I'm going to review 'Destined' by P.C Cast and Kristen Cast. This book comes after Awakened, in Destined it starts with the 'Nerd herd' (hehe I love that, Go Aphrodite) getting on the bus to the house of night.. Well after it goes through Zoey giving a run down of how she lost her mom in the previous book and all that, anyway they decide that Rephaim should go to school because Nyx forgave him. Anyway let me just say something. Aurox/Heath.... Oh my god! I LOVE him...but I'm team Stark so Heath... Stay away.
Has anyone else realized that all the names in these books are messed... Stark, Neferet, Aurox, Sgiach, Aphrodite, Rephiam, Kalona... Theres way more but .. Wow right? Anyway this book is amazing and so are ALL the other books, best ending to a book would have to be Tempted because of how heart wrenching it is. So so sad. Anyway I recommend this series here's the list:
Marked
Betrayed
Chosen
Hunted
Tempted
Burned
Awakened
Destined
There's a lot of books but it's So so so good. I'm not going to explain the book because I know it bugs some people but I recommend it completely.
Destined gets 9 stars out of ten :)
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Saturday 14 January 2012
Killer By Sara Shepard #6 From the PLL series
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Disclaimer: Spoilers. If u r reading or planning on reading these books...I've warned u ;)
I know I haven't blogged in forever but school got REALLY busy so..but I'm going to try to get out a whole bunch of reviews done... So lets start with Killer by Sara Shepard. Here's what it says on the Back:
"ROSEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA,SEEMS PICTURE PERFECT. BUT PICTURE'S OFTEN LIE- AND SO DO ROSEWOODS FOUR PRETTIEST GIRLS.
Hanna's on a mission to corrupt Rosewoods youth- starting with a very attractive sophomore. Aria's snooping into her boyfriends past. Spencer's stealing... from her family. And pure little Emily's abstaining from abstinence.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. These pretty little liars should be careful. Sure, The old A is dead. But there's a new A in town turning up the heat. And this time Rosewoods gonna burn.
~A"
So the back certainly does the book justice Especially the turning up the heat and Rosewood's gonna burn part. The book starts off the way all the books start (As i have mentioned and explained before) a flash back to when Ali was alive and a story that the entire book revolves around. This story is when Aria, Spencer,Hanna, Emily, and Ali are in grade 6 and are not yet friends, grade 6 is the first grade you are allowed to participate in the 'Time Capsule flag' game. Where clues are posted and the school flag is cut up into different pieces and are hidden. The goal is to find the different pieces, people who find a piece of the flag has their name put on a plaque and you decorate the flag piece you found, and then the flag will be sewn back together and put in a time capsule, people who find a piece of the flag are LEGENDARY. So of course, Ali gets a piece of the flag, claiming Jason (Her older brother) hid one of the pieces and told her where to find it. Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily all went to Ali's house the next day to retrieve the flag. And Ali explained that it had been stolen from her. Which is allowed in the game. The clues of the book and the thoughts all go back to that day and what happened. What they found was that Jason and Darren Wilden (Officer Wilden) were friends in high school and have some link to Ali's murder, or at least have something hidden. Now the ending to this book is incredible and a twist is something I did NOT see coming. Someone set fire to a barn that the girls were in and Aria rescued a girl in the forest that was in trouble. Later on when they were out of the fire they took the hood down and the face was...Ali's. Ya. I know what your thinking. "BUT ALI"S DEAD" well i doun'tt know the answer because that's where Killer ends and Heartless starts, i have an idea as to what happened...but thats something you have to figure out yourself....Happy reading.
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~M
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Oh and Ian...Hes innocent ;)
Disclaimer: Spoilers. If u r reading or planning on reading these books...I've warned u ;)
I know I haven't blogged in forever but school got REALLY busy so..but I'm going to try to get out a whole bunch of reviews done... So lets start with Killer by Sara Shepard. Here's what it says on the Back:
"ROSEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA,SEEMS PICTURE PERFECT. BUT PICTURE'S OFTEN LIE- AND SO DO ROSEWOODS FOUR PRETTIEST GIRLS.
Hanna's on a mission to corrupt Rosewoods youth- starting with a very attractive sophomore. Aria's snooping into her boyfriends past. Spencer's stealing... from her family. And pure little Emily's abstaining from abstinence.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. These pretty little liars should be careful. Sure, The old A is dead. But there's a new A in town turning up the heat. And this time Rosewoods gonna burn.
~A"
So the back certainly does the book justice Especially the turning up the heat and Rosewood's gonna burn part. The book starts off the way all the books start (As i have mentioned and explained before) a flash back to when Ali was alive and a story that the entire book revolves around. This story is when Aria, Spencer,Hanna, Emily, and Ali are in grade 6 and are not yet friends, grade 6 is the first grade you are allowed to participate in the 'Time Capsule flag' game. Where clues are posted and the school flag is cut up into different pieces and are hidden. The goal is to find the different pieces, people who find a piece of the flag has their name put on a plaque and you decorate the flag piece you found, and then the flag will be sewn back together and put in a time capsule, people who find a piece of the flag are LEGENDARY. So of course, Ali gets a piece of the flag, claiming Jason (Her older brother) hid one of the pieces and told her where to find it. Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily all went to Ali's house the next day to retrieve the flag. And Ali explained that it had been stolen from her. Which is allowed in the game. The clues of the book and the thoughts all go back to that day and what happened. What they found was that Jason and Darren Wilden (Officer Wilden) were friends in high school and have some link to Ali's murder, or at least have something hidden. Now the ending to this book is incredible and a twist is something I did NOT see coming. Someone set fire to a barn that the girls were in and Aria rescued a girl in the forest that was in trouble. Later on when they were out of the fire they took the hood down and the face was...Ali's. Ya. I know what your thinking. "BUT ALI"S DEAD" well i doun'tt know the answer because that's where Killer ends and Heartless starts, i have an idea as to what happened...but thats something you have to figure out yourself....Happy reading.
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~M
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Oh and Ian...Hes innocent ;)
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