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Free Sales Certificate in Essex
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Gadsby Wicks
Gadsby Wicks is the only specialist medical negligence solicitors firm in Essex and East Anglia. Since 1993 we have helped people claim millions in compensation across birth injuries, surgical complications, misdiagnosis and delayed treatment, with 96% of cases settled outside of court.
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PDO Threads Treatments: New Name in Face Lifting Technology
The demand for aesthetic procedures that remove the signs of aging increases every year. More and more men and women are looking for ways to slow down the aging process. Today, treating upper facial wrinkles with Botox injections is quite common, even among women in their 20s who use it as a preventative measure. Fillers are needed to smooth marionettes, nasolabial folds, increase cheeks and lips, which helps to restore the youthful volume of the face.
If you feel that the skin on your face has loosened or weakened as you age and you want a firmer, fresher, younger look without invasive surgery, you should consider PDO Threads Treatments Essex.
However, today we have several non-surgical facelift procedures, the most popular and feasible of which is the PDO thread lift. In recent years, the availability of non-surgical facial aesthetic treatments has greatly increased. Given the advances in medicine, these treatments will give you the best results without the side effects of surgery.
As we age, skin tissue thins as collagen and elastic fibers break down, resulting in sagging skin, wrinkles, folds, lines and wrinkles. PDO threads are a non-surgical treatment that can rejuvenate the face and neck and give them a youthful appearance. They can improve and reduce sagging skin such as cheeks, cheeks, neck and drooping eyebrows.
During the consultation, the beautician discusses your needs and decides what result you want. They decide which areas to focus on for an overall better look. During the treatment, different areas of the face are lifted with special threads, all done without surgical incisions.
A very fine needle inserts a thread into the skin, the skin itself, subcutaneous fat or muscle. Thread lifts can help improve sagging cheeks, forehead wrinkles, deep lines and wrinkles, loss of facial volume, jowls, and even change the jawline. Thread lifts are ideal for those who want a subtle change to the mid and lower face and don't want a long recovery time.
If you need help choosing a Cosmetic clinic in Essex, we offer a wide range of cosmetic procedures for the face and body: Botox, Vaser Lipo, lip augmentation, dermal fillers and many other treatments that help create a younger, slimmer and more youthful appearance!
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Optician In Colchester
Independent opticians should offer personalised eye care, and our opticians in Colchester will find the perfect pair for you, as we have been doing for over 20 years. One of the things that sets us apart from many opticians on Colchester’s High Street is our experienced staff who take the time to deeply understand your needs.
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On August 12th 1827 Joseph Lister, surgeon and scientist, performed his first antiseptic surgery.
Lister was born in West Ham, Essex and the majority of his education happened in the English Counties, but he moved to Glasgow in 1860 and became a Professor of Surgery.
It was at Glasgow Infirmary he did all his work on antiseptics, he read Louis Pasteur's work on micro-organisms and decided to experiment with using one of Pasteur's proposed techniques, that of exposing the wound to chemicals. He chose dressings soaked with carbolic acid to cover the wound and the rate of infection was vastly reduced. Lister then experimented with hand-washing, sterilising instruments and spraying carbolic in the theatre while operating, in order to limit infection. Carbolic acid, now called phenol, became the first widely used antiseptic in surgery and his principles were adopted throughout many countries by a number of surgeons. Lister is now known as the ‘father of antiseptic surgery’.
In 1869 Lister left Glasgow to become Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. Eight years later he was appointed Professor of Surgery at King's College, London.
The pics are of Lister and a plaque commemorating him at Alexandra Parade, Glasgow.
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group of senior clinical psychologists have apologised for the role their profession played in the promotion of transgender ‘medical’ treatments to children in the UK following a damning report which found that such interventions were done on “shaky foundations”.
In a joint letter published by the left-wing Guardian’s sister paper The Observer, 16 unnamed “senior clinical psychologists”, including some who actually worked in the now-discredited Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) clinics that prescribed hundreds of children life-altering puberty-blocking drugs, said that their profession led the way in pushing children into such a direction.
“These were psychology-led services. Whether intentionally or not, and many were doing their best in an impossible situation, it was clinical psychologists who promoted an ideology that was almost impossible to challenge,” they wrote.
“It is also our professional body, the British Psychological Society, that has failed (despite years of pressure) to produce guidelines for clinicians working with young people in this complex area; and that, forced into making an official response for the first time, now minimises its own role in events and calls for ‘more psychology’ as the answer. We are ashamed of the role psychology has played,” the group added.
They said that what occurred at GIDS clinics was a “multi-factorial systemic failure” but said that those within the psychology profession should be “fully examined” and held accountable for the role they played, noting that many “failed to carry out proper assessments of troubled young people, and thus put many on an ‘irreversible medical pathway’ that in most cases was inappropriate; and who failed in their most basic duty to keep proper records.”
The admission comes in the wake of a National Health Service-sponsored report from leading paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass, which argued that the NHS should no longer provide puberty-blocking drugs to children under the age of 18, given that many of that their prescription was “built on shaky foundations”.
The Cass report went on to say there is little evidence to support the so-called ‘gender affirming’ claim that hormone-altering treatments improved children’s mental health and that there has been little investigation into the potential ramifications such drugs have on the “cognitive and psychosexual development” of the children as they age.
Additionally, it argued that because many children will naturally grow past feelings of gender dysphoria “for most young people, a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their gender-related distress”.
A preliminary version of the report forced the NHS to order the closure of the Tavistock Centre and its controversial Gender Identity Development Service clinic, which served as the nation’s top transgender clinic for children. Cass argued that the treatments offered by Tavistock were “not a safe or viable long-term option” for children.
The clinic has long faced criticism over the apparent lax standards used to determine if children were displaying signs of transgenderism, with former governor of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, Dr David Bell, whistleblowing in 2022 to reveal that that staff would make such decisions based on flimsy evidence, such as if young girls failed to show interest in “pink ribbons and dollies“.
Last year, a re-examination of a 2011 study from University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and the Tavistock Centre — which claimed that there were no negative impacts of puberty blockers on the psychological function of 12 to 15-year-olds — overturned the initial claims, with University of Essex Professor of Psychology Susan McPherson and social scientist David Freedman finding instead that 34 per cent of children placed on puberty-blocking drugs saw their mental health “reliably deteriorate”.
While many in the United States continue to advocate for medical interventions for allegedly transgender children, there is a growing consensus in Europe against the practice, with progressive countries such as Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the UK having all begun to restrict transgender treatments for children. Last month, a report commissioned by French senators asserted that providing children with life-altering transgender drugs will be remembered as one of the “greatest ethical scandals in medical history” and called for the practice to be restricted in France as well.
Don't expect to see anything like this in the US. American Leftist never admit being wrong. Never
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BRIGADE FILES: CYCLOPS (Part 1)
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Main Alias/Moniker: Cyclops
Legal Name: Scott Daniel Summers
Other Aliases: Cyke, Slim, Scotty, Summers, One-Eye, Shades, Hot Shot, Risky Business, Ray Charles, Buddy_Holly
Date of Birth: August 13, 1986 (Age: 19)
Status: Alive
Species: Mutant
Sex: Male
Gender: Cisgender
Height/Weight: 5’9’’ (1.75 m) / 162 lbs (74 kg)
Hair/Eye Color: Hair/Eye Color: Brown / Brown (Glowing Red Almost Constantly)
Timeline (1986 - 1996): Scott didn't want to write up his own file. Something about a conflict of interest. So here I am. I choose to believe that means he sees me as capable as himself, since Scott otherwise takes his duties as a TB pretty seriously. There are still a ton of personal details I wasn't able to get from Scott directly, but I did get from Jean with Scott's consent, and I'd say that's about as good a verification as any.
Scott has had a rough life, but what he went through wasn't what entirely made him into who he is. When corresponding with Alex, it sounds like Scott was always a bit of a quiet kid, the kind who preferred to play around with his LEGO bucket than go outside. The family moved around a lot, which probably didn't help Scott with making friends. That's probably why he seemed to cling to Alex in these days. Even though Alex was super-young back during this time, he still vividly remembers Scott being very protective, helping Alex with his math homework and cleaning him up whenever Alex got scuffed up. Poor Scott might have been able to catch up on his social skills, were it not for everything that came next.
Timeline (1996 -1998): Now, even those among us here on Stars & Stripes, the full details of what went down at the Starcore Incident remain unclear. We have a prevailing theory, but pending the approval of an actual, real-life alien onto the Brigade (Rick himself has been vouching pretty hard for this Marvel guy, so it shouldn't be too long), all we know for certain was that Canadian billionaire Peter Corbeau wanted to get humankind into space, and someone else didn't want that. And because Chris Summers was the chosen pilot for the spacecraft and invited the rest of the family to the lunch site to watch him fly off, they all got caught in the crossfire.
First, Scott watched the spacecraft carrying his dad get shot out of the sky. Next, his mother rushed him and Alex into a convoy and rushed off the launch site as it was being bombarded from above. Scott's mom didn't get far and was swerved off the road. Pinned to the car from the wreck, she pleaded to Scott to lead Alex into the woods and keep him safe, but the brothers only made it out a little bit before Alex broke down in hysterics. As Scott tried to tend to Alex, he saw from afar two figures aiming a shot. When Scott shoved Alex out of the way, the blast that hit the ground then flung Scott into the air, striking his head against a boulder and knocking him out cold.
What happened next is much less speculative, but no less nasty. That monster Essex, he somehow found Scott and took him to his clinic in Arkansas. Over the next year, Scott was kept in the clinic's basement, sedated but conscious enough to be subjected to Essex's experiments, all to extract and toy with Scott's X-Gene. What finally pulled Scott out of it was Jean, when she became a guest of the clinic herself. The connection was hazy, but the mental impression of a red-headed girl around his age gave Scott enough focus to finally escape. His optic blasts cleared an entire concrete wall, and Scott blindly ran off into the Ozarks.
Waking up a year later, clear across the country, and suffering not only from intense migraines, but what seemed like lasers bursting out from his eyes to say that Scott was overwhelmed would be an understatement. This was how he fell prey to Jack Winters, a jewel thief who was operating in the area at the time. Winters came up with half the solution to Scott's optic blasts, and gave him a nice pair of Ray-Bans. They weren't as effective as his later custom ruby lenses, with Scott literally burning through his shades over time, but it was enough to entrust Scott to Winters, who became his lookout and accomplice in his crimes.
Scott's blasts would still sometimes get out of control, and enough random arsons made in this stealing spree caught the attention of Agent Duncan, who then reported the situation to the Professor. It all came to a head when Duncan assembled the local law enforcement to corner Winters in his latest raid. Desperate, Winters opted to hold Scott hostage, only to find his body becoming immobilized. The Professor then telepathically instructed Scott to exit the store, where the two then had a more proper introduction once the cops rushed in to detain Winters.
Timeline (1998 - 2004): With the help of Agent Duncan and Professor Xavier, Scott was sent to live with his grandparents in Alaska, where he lived a much more stable Iife for the next few years. Scott still wasn't much of a social butterfly, but his traumas didn't completely cripple him, either. During this time, Scott got super-introspective, getting into meditation and martial arts (Huge fan of Bruce Lee). He also got involved in his school's sailing and journalism clubs, which is how he met his one and only high school friend and confidante, Lee Forester. Speaking with Lee, Scott around this time didn't sound much different from how the rest of us know him for, save for being even more stiff and reserved. And, knowing what he just went through back then, I honestly don't blame him.
This was also around the time Scott first got into sleuthing. Not only having been victimized by forces he didn't understand, but also just insanely curious about his mutant nature, Scott first fell into his habit of never being able to leave things be. It's probably what ended up having him become one of Rick's earliest recruits into the Brigade. Scott never managed to uncover the full truth of what truly went down at Starcore, but he did at least track down Alex. He chose to remain with his adoptive family in Vancouver, but the two brothers remained in touch.
Speaking of keeping in touch, Scott maintained contacts with Xavier all throughout this time. The Professor hooked Scott up with his first pair of ruby shades, and frequently held check-ups on Scott's condition and his own private testing of his mutant power, and Xavier was completely open to any and all questions Scott had about mutants, of which there was apparently a lot. I can personally attest to this, the Professor is one of the few people Scott can become an absolute chatterbox about. He trusts him out of all of the original team. So when the Professor called Scott to come to New York following graduation to help him with a social study on the mutant experience, Scott left Alaska without a second thought.
The first day he stepped foot into the Mansion, Scott was met with his literal dream girl. Apparently, his face grew as red as his glasses, and then when Jean attempted to greet him telepathically he then rushed out of the room. The two tried again with the introductions eventually, but it would still take a bit more time for Scott to open up to Jean. All the other non-mind-readers of the First Class, it was a whole lot smoother. Scott got along with Hank pretty well. The two bonded not only on mutant issues (Scott with the social aspect, Hank with the genetics), but also because the two now had a sparring partner with their martial arts hobbies. There was a brief pecking order once Wren entered the picture, one that Scott didn't feel like dignifying and let Wren believe she was the leader of their little group, for the time being at least. The two even worked together when Bobby got into his legal troubles, and because of that Bobby was especially fond of the two of them.
Soon enough, Scott found himself in a friend group he could trust and depend on, and he believed in the Professor's whole dream wholeheartedly. So when the Brotherhood invaded Santo Marco and created an an international incident, it was a lot for Scott to take in. He looked for the Professor for guidance, only for Xavier to shut himself off entirely, taking the whole situation even worse. Hank told Scott and the others of the whole history between Xavier and Magneto, and the story sparked something in Scott. With a little encouragement from Jean, Scott first rallied the rest to take action, and then cajoled Xavier to let them take their training to the test. It took a lot of convincing, but eventually the group piled into the Professor's fancy private jet, ready to sneak into Santo Marco and change history.
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By: Hannah Barnes
Published: Sep 19, 2023
The majority of children in a landmark study on puberty blockers experienced positive or negative changes in their mental health, new analysis suggests.
The original study of 44 children, who all took the controversial drugs for a year or more, found no mental health impact - neither benefits nor harm.
But a re-analysis of that data now suggests 34% saw their mental health deteriorate, while 29% improved.
The authors of the original report have welcomed the new evidence.
The re-analysis, which has been seen by BBC Newsnight, questions some of the conclusions from the 2021 study about the potential mental health impact of puberty blockers on under 16s. It also sheds some light on this much-debated, but little understood, area of children's medicine.
The new study has not been in a peer-reviewed journal yet. The authors say they felt there was an urgency in getting the information into the public domain.
The original study
In 2011, a team from the Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) - England's only NHS specialist gender clinic for children - and University College London Hospitals (UCLH) embarked on what became known as the early intervention study.
They enrolled 44 children, aged between 12 and 15, over the following three years. The study looked at the impact taking puberty blockers - medicines used to postpone puberty in children - was having. It resulted in the age at which puberty blockers could be offered on the NHS being lowered.
When the landmark study's results were published in 2021, it revealed blockers brought "no changes in psychological function" to those taking them.
But this differed from earlier findings of Dutch researchers, who pioneered this approach to treating gender dysphoria. They reported a positive impact on young people's mental health and wellbeing.
The early intervention study used scores from both parent and child questionnaires, which assessed children's behavioural and emotional problems. These are widely and reliably used in psychology in many countries and include more than 100 questions on things like school, feelings, and relationships.
The overall finding of "no change" was based on a group average - or mean - of those scores, given at different points in time.
"That's a very standard way of doing things," Professor Chris Evans, a retired psychiatrist and psychotherapist, told Newsnight. "The problem is it doesn't pay attention to how much variation there was across the participants."
For example, a quarter could score extremely high, a quarter could score quite high, a quarter could score quite badly, and a quarter could score extremely badly. Yet the group average would be somewhere in the middle.
Re-analysis of data
Prof Susan McPherson, from the University of Essex, and David Freedman, a retired social scientist, have since re-analysed the data. They instead looked at the individual trajectories of each of the young people in the early intervention study.
They found, after 12 months of puberty blocker injections - 34% of the children had reliably deteriorated, 29% had reliably improved, and 37% showed no change, according to their self-reported answers.
The proportions were a little lower in the parents' scores, but in three quarters of the cases, there was broad agreement between parents and their children.
The impact on each of the children varied.
For a child who "deteriorated", it could mean moving from being psychologically well and not needing treatment for their mental health, to meeting criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis such as depression or anxiety. Whereas a child who "improved" could move from needing mental health treatment to being considered mentally well.
However, what neither the original research paper, nor the re-analysis, can do is tell us why these young people fared so differently.
The study is small - just 44 young people. And because of the way the original study was designed - without a control group - experts can't infer cause and effect or say these changes in wellbeing were caused by being on puberty blockers.
But despite those limitations, the new analysis suggests the need for more research, both into this specific group and on the impact of puberty blockers more generally.
Mr Freedman argues it is vital that young people and their families have the "best information possible" when making decisions on medical treatment.
Gaps in evidence
In June NHS England announced that puberty blockers will only be made available to young people taking part in clinical trials.
Dr Hilary Cass's interim report into children's gender services highlighted "gaps in evidence" around the drugs, and a systematic review carried out by NICE found the quality of the evidence for the use of puberty blockers in this context to be "very low".
Similar reviews have been undertaken in Sweden and Finland, with both reaching the same conclusion. A number of other European countries have begun taking a more cautious, less medical approach to helping young people questioning their gender identity.
Both the Tavistock and Portman Trust and UCLH said they welcomed new contributions to the evidence base around how to support young people with gender incongruence.
A spokesperson from Tavistock and Portman [NHS Foundation] Trust said data from the original study had been published to allow other researchers to conduct "further analyses". It said the analysis plan for the original study was independently produced by experts in medical statistics.
A spokesperson for UCLH said it supported Dr Cass's recommendation that "research should be fully embedded in the development of new services for children and young people expressing gender incongruence".
They added: "We will work closely with the new national [Children and Young People's Gender Dysphoria] research oversight board to support the collection and analysis of robust data in this area."
The board will oversee the design and conduct of the new puberty-blocker research trial, as well as ensure research is embedded at the heart of new children and young people's gender dysphoria services.
The Cass Review Team told the BBC that it has commissioned "an updated systematic review" of academic publications on puberty blockers.
This review, along with this new analysis will be taken into account in its final recommendations, which are expected by the end of the year.
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All You Need To Know About Cosmetic Clinics
When you look in the mirror and see some changes in your body, such as acne, obesity, pregnancy or weight gain, stretch marks. This greatly undermines a person's self-confidence. This is the reason why many cosmetic clinics have started using the latest technology with the specific aim of reviving and rejuvenating the beauty that everyone needs. That is why it is important to look for a popular and reliable cosmetic clinic that will give you the best results.
Finding the best Cosmetic clinic in Essex is really difficult and confusing for people who have no previous knowledge in this field. It is also quite common for many people to get nervous and find the surgery quite scary. Therefore, it is ideal to seek a qualified and authorized expert in this field.
Skin Clinic in Essex offer a wide range of sustainable beauty solutions that improve the patient's health in addition to beauty. These include skin and laser procedures, so usually the staff and surgeon must be fully trained to perform these important cosmetic procedures.
Some cosmetic clinics offer unique services. It is very important to check the clinic website for more detailed information. Some clinics may even hide the after effects of some surgeries. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to get more information not only about the operation, but also about which clinic you have chosen for the operation.
Be sure to do a site visit and visit all the clinics on your list before booking an appointment. Check that tools, equipment and machinery are properly disinfected. After the last decade, there has been a lot of development in the medical industry and therefore most of the surgeries are done with the latest machines. For example, if you are planning a skin treatment, make sure all the equipment you use is clean and fresh. Make sure the syringes are new and the chemicals used are not particularly harmful to your skin.
A reputable cosmetic clinic offering invasive, non-invasive and surgical treatments should have trained staff and a qualified surgeon. They must ensure that all treatments are carried out accurately, administer anesthetics if necessary and, above all, assess whether or not you are suitable for the medical procedures.
You should be very careful and skeptical when choosing a Non-Surgical Cosmetic Treatments Essex. Always seek advice from trusted family and friends or someone with recent cosmetic surgery experience. Look for reviews and recommendations from other patients.
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Diverse-Reads’ 23 Diverse Books to Read in 2023
Glitterland by Alexis Hall / Pub date: January 17, 2023
Summary: The universe is a glitterball I hold in the palm of my hand.
Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on love, hope, happiness, and — most of all — himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people’s expectations.
Then a chance encounter at a stag party throws him into the arms of Essex boy Darian Taylor, an aspiring model who lives in a world of hair gel, fake tans, and fashion shows. By his own admission, Darian isn’t the crispest lettuce in the fridge, but he cooks a mean cottage pie and makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it’s like to step beyond the boundaries of anxiety.
But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can’t see past the glitter to the light. Can a man who doesn’t trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can a man who doesn’t believe in happiness ever fight for his own?
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Books Read in 2023: Glitterland by Alexis Hall (Spires #1)
Rating: 4.5/5 ⭐
This is a book about the relationship between a crime fiction author, Ash Winters, and an aspiring model from Essex that he meets at a club, Darian Taylor.
The romance starts with sexual attraction that might come off a bit like love at first sight. They sleep together and then get separated for a short time, but they quickly show more intense feelings towards each other when they meet again. However, the way this was presented seemed realistic enough to me so I wasn’t bothered by it.
The story is told in first person, from Ash’s perspective, and what I really liked about this book is that it had an unlikeable protagonist, which I believe to be a rarity in this genre. Ash is snobbish, rude, judgemental and he is a bipolar depressive with clinical anxiety disorder, but as a character puts it “I just don’t fink you’re a very nice person. And that ain’t got nuffin to do wif being bipolar depressed.” Ash is the kind of person that said he would rather suffer with his mental health problems than be fat so that is the character the reader is stuck with for this.
I usually don’t like when accents are written on the page, but that didn’t bother me much here. As seen in the quote above, all the characters from Essex have that kind of dialogue. Even though those characters seem stereotypical and dumb, they are all clearly presented as nice and I found it charming when I got used to the writing. Unfortunately, that also means that they don’t have much distinct personalities, but since the book is mainly about Ash and Darian I was okay with it.
This is the kind of book where it is really needed to separate the character’s perspective from the author. The book clearly shows that Ash is the one in the wrong in all of his offensive opinions and bad behaviour and he is an hard character to root for, but I still enjoyed how the story ended up and I appreciated how complex he was.
Since Ash is a very sarcastic character this book also had many moments that made me laugh. I can’t help it because it is my kind of humour, except when it goes too far. Ash’s anxiety and depression was explored fairly well, but the bipolar aspect only got a mention from past episodes. There is this particular excerpt that I really liked:
“It was barely evening, but I crawled into bed. Depression-stupefied, weary and hopeless, I should have slept.
But I was strangely restless. Slightly tearful. And troubled by wayward thoughts.
Depression was thoughtless, tearless, an animal’s uncomprehending pain.
Some hours later, I realised.
I wasn’t depressed. I was sad.
This little piece of hurt was all my own.
I lay there, in the dark, rolling the idea across my mind like a pearl.”
I also liked Ash’s complicated dynamic with his friend and ex, Niall. There is a lot of resentment between them due to an accident in the past that left Niall feeling guilty and Ash feeling angry and both of them have scenes where they are being unfair.
“Maybe I like looking into someone’s eyes and seeing something other than pity, resentment and guilt.”
“If that’s what you see in my eyes, it’s because you put them there.”
This book isn’t perfect, but it is one of the best contemporary romance books I have ever read and I really enjoyed my time with it. It also made me want to read the rest of the author’s works, except for the sequels to “Boyfriend Material” since the plot of those don’t seem like my jam. I definitely want to continue the Spires series soon.
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Rating: 2/5
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In the past, the universe is a glitterball I hold in the palm of my hand.In the past, I am brilliant and I am happy and my every tomorrow is madness.In the past, I am soaring, and falling, and breaking, and lost.And now, there is only this.Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and—most of all—himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people's expectations.Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. Flashy and loud, radiant and full of life, Darian couldn't be more different...and yet he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it's like to step beyond the boundaries of his anxiety. But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can no longer see a way out. Can a man who doesn't trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can someone who doesn't believe in happiness ever fight for his own?
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A crime novelist who is bipolar and suffers from anxiety attacks is struggling to just get by day by day meets the most ridiculous man he’s ever seen, enter Essex boy Darian Taylor who is pursuing a modeling career, both of them soon find themselves trying to make it work despite the cultural divide between them. Ash Winters is a writer, he’s successful but dealing with multiple diagnosed mental illnesses, and his personal life is a mess. He’s isolated himself from friends, he can’t really deal with relationships, and he is just struggling. Then at a bachelor party he meets Darian Taylor, gorgeous, ridiculous, and enjoys hookups. Ash and Darian hook up but then Ash sneaks out in the middle of the night and then they both meet again at a book autographing event and Ash wants to have a relationship... without telling Darian about his illness. Ash and Darian will have to find a way to work out their boundaries, communication, and how they are going to handle each other if they want to make it work. The story is told from both past and present events and the author really did not hold back on Darian’s dialect... seriously... Unfortunately for me I just did not really enjoy reading this. Ash wasn’t really that likable and though he redeems himself it was frustrating, and as someone who deals with many similar things as Ash, it was relatable in a way. Also the formatting of the story and the dialect really threw me off. So in the end, despite this one not working out for me do give it a try.
*Thanks Netgalley and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca, Sourcebooks Casablanca for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*
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