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The Wild Card: The captivating, uplifting and addictive summer read you don’t want to miss in 2023!

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Ugh. Okay, picture me sighing in a long-suffering way here. Guys, I can’t just open this review up with a dad joke. Ignore the fact that I just did that, because I can’t do it. Hideo’s court proceedings take place at the Supreme Court of Japan, which has absolutely no basis in the Japanese judicial system whatsoever but is just dandy for the drama.

This book is special, though. This book transcended that typical hatred into something much more. Every second I spent reading this book was a second of suffering, and it’s all thanks to our darling protagonist with the rainbow head of hair. When the Wild Cards series isn’t globe-trotting, the action tends to stay in New York City—or in Los Angeles, when it’s exploring Hollywood-centric concepts like American Hero—and there are only occasional brief excursions to other areas of the United States. A trio of self-contained anthologies break with that tradition, however. A steamboat cruise up the Mississippi River forms the spine for the charmingly good-natured Vol. 24: Mississippi Roll; a genuinely awesome time-travel adventure takes some fan-favorite characters on a tour of the history of the Windy City in Vol. 25: Low Chicago; and a high school band competition in San Antonio is the setting for the surprisingly YA-toned Vol. 26: Texas Hold ‘Em. The “Britain” Cycle: 1946-2020 DID ANYONE WHO HAD EVER SO MUCH AS PEER REVIEWED AN ESSAY IN HIGH SCHOOL COME WITHIN ONE HUNDRED YARDS OF THIS BOOK. Inside Straight, Busted Flush, Suicide Kings, Fort Freak, Lowball, High Stakes, Low Chicago, Knaves Over Queens, American Hero, Joker Moon, Three Kings, Full House Hey, no judgment from me. I’m a hunter, too; I get it.” He smiles a little. “Besides. We also get into this sort of stuff for the thrill of it, don’t we? I don’t think I’ll ever get a shot at this big of a conspiracy again.”We’ve got a lot to work through, gang. So you know what that means. We gotta get into some categories. Mursell commented: "I am so thrilled to be publishing Judy Murray’s brilliant debut at Orion Fiction. Full of twists, turns, (and tennis), The Wild Card is a brilliantly feel-good tale of second chances and chasing forgotten dreams. Perfect, escapist holiday reading this is going to be one of the hits of the summer next year — best read with a punnet of strawberries and cream!" I’ve not focused too much on any particular characters that are part of the WCU, because the sprawling, “real-time” nature of the series is such that there is no way to know who might be showing up next. One could write up ten of the most prominent, and it’s quite possible that none of them would appear in the 29th volume of the series, in anything more than cameo roles. Sometimes forgotten characters arise anew to take center stage for the first time in years; and sometimes a book will come along like the fantastic Vol. 21: Fort Freak, which introduces a brand new cast that has virtually zero overlap with the protagonists of the previous book.

Vaughn, Carrie (December 21, 2016). "The Thing About Growing Up in Jokertown". Tor Books . Retrieved January 31, 2017. This book is refreshingly original and yet respectful to the ancient art of Tarot too. I love it, it's superb. Now when I have readings or try my own I can discern a Fool from the Empress with ease . . . Authentic and rebellious! Abraham, Daniel; Martin, George R. R. (2011). George RR Martin's Wild Cards: The Hard Call. ISBN 978-1606901588.Discover the tarot with Wild Card, a friendly, funny and straightforward guide to the seventy-eight cards, their stories and meanings. I wanted to do this great story justice..." – hmv.com talks to Wild Card director Simon West". hmv.com . Retrieved February 26, 2017. Elephant in the Room” by Paul Cornell is an interesting one. It’s set explicitly after Cornell’s story “More,” which saw print in 21: Fort Freak. Both stories feature the same lead character, Abigail Baker, and the events portrayed in “Elephant” seem to follow hard on the heels of “More,” such that it probably takes place sometime before Fort Freak actually concludes. The stated time-scale of “Elephant” makes the fit somewhat awkward with the internal timeline of Freak… but if you squint, it works. The chronological bumpiness is forgivable, because Abigail is such a charming and funny protagonist about which to read. The “More” the merrier, I say. Emika struggles with her feelings for Hideo and wants to convince him to put an end to his algorithm. Neither of them are over each other. Tremaine plays a slightly bigger role in this book than the last one and we find out why he left the Phoenix Riders. We learn a few new things about Roshan’s family and his past with Tremaine. And there's not much more to say that doesn’t spoil the book.

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