The character isn't militant about her diet, but between references to it in her narration and the countless number of scenes book-ended by descriptions of vegan food the book treads dangerously close to the line of being that vegan friend who won't shut up about how awesome their diet it. Given that the you could cut out all the stuff about veganism and not really lose the plot, some people will find it to be too much, and I wouldn't blame for you it. ME: I hope you develop a deadly allergy to smoothies. I hope your neti pot suffocates you. I hope you choke to death on your own smug sense of self-importance. ZOE: I studied with Nicholas Flamel. Because no one can write a book about alchemy and not mention Nicholas Flamel. But I don't like to talk about my tragic past. Did I mention I'm so attuned to the sun that I wake up immediately at dawn every day no matter what?! I get my strength from the light! It's so unhealthy to be awake when it's dark out!

Did you know she likes to eat vegan food because if she's going to live forever, she wants to eat food that will make her feel better. Never mind that going vegan when she did would have made her stand out, not a great idea for someone trying to hide. An alchemist moves to Oregon in an attempt to leave her old ways behind only to find that they’ve followed her in the form of a 3-foot-tall talking gargoyle. The gray creature looked similar to the famous "thinker" gargoyle, with short horns and folded wings. The main difference was that this gargoyle held an old, leather-bound book in his arms. That was odd. I would have expected any added detail to be made of stone, not this real book with leather binding. I couldn't place the type of stone used to carve the gargoyle. Granite? Sandstone? Or perhaps softer soapstone? It wasn't like any stone I'd seen. I leaned in for a closer look. There was something... Eso sí, estoy contenta de haber leído las notas de la autora al final. Interesante saber que es una superviviente de un cáncer de mama y que por eso tuvo que empezar a comer todo vegano. Al menos ya sé a qué vienen las recetas en el libro. ¡Campeona! Enhorabuena por haber superado algo así. There was room for humor in Zoe's centuries-long career, but it's treated seriously instead. Knowing that she will never age but she's still vulnerable to disease and injury--not immortal by a long shot--she develops her skill as a plant alchemist and survives by providing healing herbs to sell and to keep herself healthy.And a ninja whose murderous intentions in present-day Japan connect the deeds of a long-dead trader who was much more than he seemed… ZOE: Oh, a neglected neighbor boy. I've never seen him eat a vegetable. That is going to change. I will make him eat vegetables and he will like it. Whether he wants to or not.

stars. An interesting premise, but one I had trouble stayed focused on, and I just could never push myself to read more than a chapter or two before switching to something else. My dislike for this book is palpable. DNF at 55%. I don't always rate books I don't finish, however I made it more than halfway through and it never got better. Cozy Case Files Volume 14 (With: Diane Kelly,Ellie Alexander,Paige Shelton,Mindy Quigley,Korina Moss) All in all, I can't recommend this. It's lighthearted, but also thin. If you're a vegan tired of reading about heroes eating steak, this may be the book for you - the frequent mentions of food are mouth-watering. But if you're reading for the story, you're probably in the wrong place. ME: Yeah, it's kind of hard to rant about your vegan ways when your book is shut, isn't it? Take that you horrible, self-absorbed nitwit. You are definitely going on the Worst Books of the Year list.You know one good way go tell if a story is all about telling and nothing about showing? When 95% of the sentences start with the word I. I am also not a fan of the immediate love thing. She has known the gargoyle only an hour or two, but she really likes him and trust him. She eats only one meal cooked by him and no one else can hold a candle to his cooking. We know that she is an outcast because she says, "I am an outcast".

When her contractor ends up dead on her doorstep and she smells poison she tells the police detective, but because she can’t explain her skill she naturally becomes a suspect. When they discover that Dorian’s Alchemy not Alchemy book was stolen by the murderer she has even more of a reason to find the killer. Zoe and Dorian are my new favorite amateur-sleuth duo!" ― New York Times bestselling author Victoria Laurie

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Aparte de las recetas veganas que ha incluido en el libro y poco más, un libro normalito donde los haya.

There is a LOT of discussion of vegan menus, vegan cooking, vegan food options. And I gather there are recipes at the end of the hardcopy (I haven't gotten to the end yet, so I don't know if they're included in the audiobook recording). ZOE: I'm going to finally talk about my tragic past, but I'm going to barely go over it. It will be emotionless and boring as all get out. Then I will wax poetic about herbs and vegetables. Jaya accepts Steven proposal to help locate some letter that she had already denied of knowing about the letters whereabouts. The central and sole viewpoint character for the story is Zoe Faust, an immortal alchemist (the accidental appellation is explained in the story) who has just moved to Portland, Oregon. Moving in to her new home does not go to plan when she discovers a talking Gargoyle in her luggage and her chosen repair man ends up dead on her doorstep. Not surprisingly, she is a suspect.When interior decorator Madison Night crosses the country to distance herself from a recent breakup, she learns it's harder to escape her past than she thought, and diamonds are rarely a girl's best friend. When a member of the digging crew is brutally murdered, Java must work day in day out to find out which of the scholars wants her love and which one of them is a killer. Cozy Case Files Volume 9 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Hannah Dennison,Kylie Logan,Leonard Goldberg,Susanna Calkins,Allison Montclair,Ellie Alexander,Eve Calder,Mindy Quigley)